The other kind of min-maxing

[lsfreak]

There's a pretty good correlation between people insisting on being the best in the group - even at the expense of the enjoyment of their friends - and bad roleplaying though. Your experiences may differ.

They do differ. I've found no such correlation. Instead, I've found a correlation between people insisting on "roleplay, not rollplay" and people who constantly need me to save their ass because they managed to build a flavorful, utterly useless character.

EDIT: And as pointed out, you've described someone who is primarily a jerk who happens to optimize at the same time.