Post by aerysaegis on Oct 31, 2016 2:54:14 GMT
Power-emoting (or powergaming), along with metagaming, is another one of those actions that will send you straight to the Nether. In the well written words found on Wikipedia, "A player can be described as power-emoting (powergaming) if he or she presumes or declares that his or her own action against another player character is successful without giving the other player character the freedom to act on his own prerogative."
The classic example of this is when a guard is trying to arrest a crook. This is an example where both sides power-emote:
Guard trips Crook and binds his hands and legs.
Crook uses his large strength to break the bonds and runs.
Guard sprints to the Crook and tackles him.
Crook pulls out a dagger and kills Guard.
As you can see, neither side was being realistic or letting the other side react. An example of good roleplay:
Guard attempts to grab Crook.
Crook barely escapes Guard's grasp.
Guard throws a rock in an attempt to trip Crook.
Crook stumbles, and slowly recovers.
Guard tries to force shackles on the Crook.
Crook resists, but is caught.
The lesson is, you can't always win! But, luckily in roleplaying, losing is fun as well. Strive to never power-emote, no matter how tempting it is. It is not fun to play with a power-emote.
The classic example of this is when a guard is trying to arrest a crook. This is an example where both sides power-emote:
Guard trips Crook and binds his hands and legs.
Crook uses his large strength to break the bonds and runs.
Guard sprints to the Crook and tackles him.
Crook pulls out a dagger and kills Guard.
As you can see, neither side was being realistic or letting the other side react. An example of good roleplay:
Guard attempts to grab Crook.
Crook barely escapes Guard's grasp.
Guard throws a rock in an attempt to trip Crook.
Crook stumbles, and slowly recovers.
Guard tries to force shackles on the Crook.
Crook resists, but is caught.
The lesson is, you can't always win! But, luckily in roleplaying, losing is fun as well. Strive to never power-emote, no matter how tempting it is. It is not fun to play with a power-emote.
