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Antagonist Guide - Polk
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Do note that nothing I am going to state here is me trying to belittle the way you antag or your rp.

But...

The kind of antagonism you're advertising here is very much like a scooby doo monster of the week type of villain, not the way to make a good and persistant antagonist.

A proper antagonist character falls into one of three catagories, in my opinion.

The first I've mentioned, which does have a purpose in the fact that it can give people something to briefly keep their attention, but serves no real purpose beyond being filler between important events, but even then shouldn't include ganking as a main interaction, quite simply because it requires a very meta set of knowledge, how to build and penalizes people who just either want to rp or are new to the game.

The second type is one that provides amusement, they're meant to be more for the enjoyment of all involved, highly subject to the whims of participants and even with kills under their belt will get released from prisons and the like to continue their shenanigans until they cross some kind of line. This is the main kind of antag that seems to do well in sl2, as it allows scenes to play out in a rather organic manner without people getting salty.

The final is the slow burners. These are characters that may have persisted for a considerable amount of time as a non-antag or non-obvious antag, which have gone through some level of character development that brings them to a point that their views or actions start to run a negative effect on the world in some manner, generally while boosting themselves. Things such as corrupt politicians, religious/cult members are an easy route to go with this, but there are many more avenues to take it. These antags require patience and an actual commitment to story, sometimes not panning out as expected, maybe even shifting away from antagonism. Regardless to avenue though, it almost always takes a significant amount of time to get going and effort to persist, but in my opinion is most likely the most rewarding.

I would also like to state that slow burner antagonists generally don't require eventmins, but if world events are woven in at times, all the better.

Also... Why specifically lesbians?.. I feel like this might be projecting a little...
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Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Poruku - 12-13-2022, 07:24 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by BoberJones - 12-13-2022, 11:40 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Bryce_Hego - 12-14-2022, 12:08 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Mewni - 12-14-2022, 04:04 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Dezark - 12-14-2022, 04:07 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Tana - 12-14-2022, 04:14 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Moku203 - 12-14-2022, 04:17 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Imotepchief - 12-14-2022, 04:35 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by FaeLenx - 12-14-2022, 04:59 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Kazzy - 12-14-2022, 05:04 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Autumn - 12-14-2022, 05:33 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Sawrock - 12-14-2022, 06:58 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Mewni - 12-14-2022, 07:33 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Poruku - 12-14-2022, 07:41 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - by Bryce_Hego - 12-14-2022, 09:49 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Cheshyre - 12-14-2022, 08:21 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Dezark - 12-14-2022, 08:29 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Poruku - 12-14-2022, 08:28 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Imotepchief - 12-14-2022, 08:32 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Mewni - 12-14-2022, 08:47 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Balthie - 12-14-2022, 08:50 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Tana - 12-14-2022, 09:13 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by FaeLenx - 12-14-2022, 09:16 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Neus - 12-14-2022, 10:14 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Nehemoth - 12-14-2022, 11:03 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Ray2064 - 12-14-2022, 03:57 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Bylamir - 12-14-2022, 05:24 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Ray2064 - 12-14-2022, 07:47 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by renowner - 12-14-2022, 08:47 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by MegaBlues - 12-14-2022, 08:55 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by WaifuApple - 12-14-2022, 10:44 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by FaeLenx - 12-16-2022, 07:47 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by BoberJones - 12-18-2022, 01:52 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by FaeLenx - 12-20-2022, 06:53 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Soul_Hacker - 12-18-2022, 03:10 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Shujin - 12-18-2022, 05:09 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Poruku - 12-19-2022, 05:26 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Shujin - 12-20-2022, 11:32 AM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by FaeLenx - 12-20-2022, 12:26 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by Shujin - 12-20-2022, 12:41 PM
RE: Antagonist Guide - Polk - by caliaca - 12-21-2022, 09:31 AM

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