Is Roleplaying Frowned upon on this server? - Page 7

h0tr0d (shaere) · #61 07-12-2011, 07:10 AM

Eh rp if you enjoy it. The people you find with the lolrp go kill yourself mindset like to gather in groups and they label themselves for easier identification. Just ignore them. Personally I always enjoyed people who do some rp in game but not 100pct, a mix if you will.

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Pretty gutsy getting married in the Arena zone. The right people get wind of that and guilds mobilize to rain on your special day. Yeah...that was real roleplaying.

Works as bait also.

Messianic · #62 07-12-2011, 08:03 AM

I use this to translate my words into RP-speak

RiffDaemon · #63 07-12-2011, 09:41 AM

I've met some roleplayers on this server, and I'm a roleplayer, as well. However, I do understand the hate for it: No one wants the group killed because the Troll leader was barking orders that no one could understand [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stormhowl · #64 07-12-2011, 05:25 PM

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role-playing while going head to head in an RTS online? "RPG" is a misnomer, they (EQ, etc.) are online fantasy themed games (OFG's?) pretending to be your character seems akin to mental illness.

Except it's not a mental illness. Roleplaying isn't any different than what a (good) writer does to make their characters more than just a 2 dimensional stereotype that mindlessly goes along with the plot.

BrandeX · #65 07-12-2011, 11:51 PM

So why aren't people pretending to be their characters in other kinds games? That's the one I don't get. RP'ing as an Ash Ketchum wannabe while going head to head on your gameboy with pokemon, or talking in character while going around the track in mario kart, or w/e. Talking in character as Master Chief, etc. Do non-fantasy mmo's have this issue of people pretending to be their imaginary avatar in game? I haven't noticed it that I recall.

Stormhowl · #66 07-13-2011, 01:06 AM

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So why aren't people pretending to be their characters in other kinds games? That's the one I don't get. RP'ing as an Ash Ketchum wannabe while going head to head on your gameboy with pokemon, or talking in character while going around the track in mario kart, or w/e. Talking in character as Master Chief, etc. Do non-fantasy mmo's have this issue of people pretending to be their imaginary avatar in game? I haven't noticed it that I recall.

because that's not what RP is. Id recommend doing more actual reading on the subject than just throwing out blanket, simplistic generalizations that only serve to denigrate the act of RPing.

hint: its not about speaking "in character" for a character that already has a personality and/or story.

PurelyElf · #67 07-13-2011, 01:16 AM

idk about you guys, but i always rp a 10-year old girl fighting the forces of evil and helping to further pokemon research when i play pokemon. or rly any game [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ojamajoe · #68 07-13-2011, 01:19 AM

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So why aren't people pretending to be their characters in other kinds games? That's the one I don't get. RP'ing as an Ash Ketchum wannabe while going head to head on your gameboy with pokemon, or talking in character while going around the track in mario kart, or w/e. Talking in character as Master Chief, etc. Do non-fantasy mmo's have this issue of people pretending to be their imaginary avatar in game? I haven't noticed it that I recall.

People do roleplay in non-fantasy games. It was a big deal in old SWG, for one. People don't tend to roleplay other peoples' characters, which of course is exactly what Ash, Mario, and Master Chief are...

In a game that encourages you to create a character, like this one, and is as relatively open-ended as EQ, roleplay is not uncommon. A lot of that type of game seems to be fantasy based... but really any of the mmo(rpg)'s will have a similar number of people doing it in my experience.

It is interesting to note how far everquest has wandered from its roleplaying roots. In the beginning, there was an assumption that people would be roleplaying the game; hence the existence of an OOC channel vs /say and /shout, and the fact that /roleplay wasn't added until large numbers of people were playing who were antipathetic to this aspect of the "vision".

And I don't so much pretend to be my character as I pretend that my character is somebody who is not me. Even on P99, Iosefis is a Koada'Dal with a keen interest in exploration and a scholarly bent; not the avatar of a 30-something dude with nothing better to do than play a free 11-year-old mmorpg in his spare time.

Hottbiscuits Dreadmuffin · #69 07-13-2011, 10:28 AM

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And I don't so much pretend to be my character as I pretend that my character is somebody who is not me. Even on P99, Iosefis is a Koada'Dal with a keen interest in exploration and a scholarly bent; not the avatar of a 30-something dude with nothing better to do than play a free 11-year-old mmorpg in his spare time.

Nailed it

Brut · #70 07-13-2011, 10:33 AM

/shrug, RPing lightly pretty much all the time unless sleepy/ragemode; hardly ever anyone got on my case about it. And as ogre it only really means inserting poor grammars, referring to yourself in third person, biting the occasional snack-specie passerby, speaking alot about biting the occasional snack-specie passerby, and being vastly racist towards everything that isn't an ogre (and if it's an ogre of other class/level than you, should hate on that too). Most RP-hefty effort from me really is to make sure all me food supplies consist of dwarf/gnome pickles. And occasionally raiding the windmills in steamfont for good measure. Em baldin' little mages scampering to their watchmen that aren't there is an endless source of joy!