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>>54135177
>your barbarian is trying to fuck or murder everyone he sees, the wizard is trying and failing to run the most unoptimized and memey build possible with no forethought, and the ranger is begging the dm for a unique special snowflake dragon mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv13gl0a-FA

>>54135177
I feel this sometimes, but for me it's ironic humor that references outside of the campaign that takes me out of the game. Humor is great, but if the only humor is referencing movies/comics in character or making sly remarks about noticing tropes in the NPCs kills the mood. I hate having every mecha we find to be followed by a slew of evangelion jokes, or every woman npc to be a challenge to roll charisma - the layers of irony don't salvage the shit humor.
I'd ask the same thing; do players eventually grow out of being an ironic roleplayer and start to be serious about their DMing or PC creation?

>>54135463
I'm fine with references if they're done naturally or don't feel forced, but I do agree that waves of the same references over and over, or trying to woe a woman even if doing so is ooc, is really obnoxious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4XnKVfQv9w&t=418s

Why it is a D&D Parody when they are playing GPURPS .....?

>>54135177
Its just how most people play, because they don't actually care about roleplaying. Its just a reason to socialize. RP dedicated groups exist, but its kinda like an rp server on an mmo; many are varying degrees of deranged and trying to live out some bizarre, probably sexual fantasy.

If you do find a group into it for the rp, hold on and never let go. Also, you'll probably have better odds finding one outside DnD