Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25309478-20140908212228/@comment-5523905-20140908233248

My thoughts on this are the same as my thoughts on pretty much all universal RP rules: the only problem with the rule is when people abuse it, and when people abuse a rule, that's not the rule's fault.

It's important to have these rules not because rules are important, but because they describe problems that huge majorities of people encounter and dislike, and the terminology gives them a way to easily, clearly talk about the problem. Getting rid of the word used to describe the problem doesn't mean the problem itself goes away, it just makes it harder for people to communicate about their observations and feelings.

If you think something has been labelled "overpowered" and doesn't get enough attention in roleplay because of that, then play a character who uses it in a way that isn't overpowered and is completely okay. People will notice if you show them something they never considered - it happens all the time. Hell, two years ago, almost no one used quotation marks with their dialogue in RSRP, and now look. Or, another example, not a year ago if people tried to use game mechanics in roleplay they were scoffed at as rulebreakers, but then people like Faeyrin helped to show us that it's not wrong it's just a different, separate style that is equally acceptable.

To be totally direct, I think saying things like "The overprotection is suffocating" and bringing in descriptors like "gravely" or "banishment" is just melodramatic and detracting from your point.

tl;dr the rule is fine, if you see people abusing it be a reasonable person and just ask them to stop or don't play with them.