Post by Morreion on Jan 20, 2012 13:36:39 GMT -5
Storyboard: They all laughed (Massively)
The problem is that by creating a character good only for a laugh (such as "how did the clown get in there?"), you create a character who also destroys any attempts at serious development just by his presence. You can't take the character seriously even if he's acting serious at a given moment. Heck, it's hard to even take the world around you seriously when it's just being mocked by someone's presence....
A little bit of comedy can go a long way. And a little too much comedy can go way, way too far. I'm not talking about jokes that wind up offending people by content; I'm talking about jokes that offend people because they don't stop...Roleplaying jokes don't usually involve outright parroting of memes, but they can still get overused.
My favorite humorous RP character was Taranon the Bard in DAoC. He'd make up humorous rhymes about party members and would usually get a laugh.
The problem is that by creating a character good only for a laugh (such as "how did the clown get in there?"), you create a character who also destroys any attempts at serious development just by his presence. You can't take the character seriously even if he's acting serious at a given moment. Heck, it's hard to even take the world around you seriously when it's just being mocked by someone's presence....
A little bit of comedy can go a long way. And a little too much comedy can go way, way too far. I'm not talking about jokes that wind up offending people by content; I'm talking about jokes that offend people because they don't stop...Roleplaying jokes don't usually involve outright parroting of memes, but they can still get overused.
My favorite humorous RP character was Taranon the Bard in DAoC. He'd make up humorous rhymes about party members and would usually get a laugh.
