Who is "the PlaneShift player"?

[zanzibar]

Will PlaneShift be a game that will appeal to everyone who plays it because it's open to any style of play?  Or will PlaneShift have a specific target market?  Can both be done at the same time?

"The PlaneShift player" is the theoretical ideal player who embodies the values and characteristics of the community.  PlaneShift is specifically designed towards the tastes of "the PlaneShift player".  If you were asked to describe "the PlaneShift player", how would you answer?

[Bguy]

I would say it would have to be a roleplayer not a powerleveler (as if that wasn't obvious) and they would be helpful and patient with new players.

[Donari Tyndale]

The PlaneShift player should be a roleplayer who likes using the game mechanics. Currently, there is no motivation for those who tend to belong to an extreme, such as roleplayer or powerleveller, to do the opposite. The game mechanics don't encourage or promote roleplay, that's why. Pickpoints, for example.

[Irgendwer]

The ideal PS player appears to be someone, who spends a lot of time defining ridiculous standards and shooing people away, who don't live up to them, in in effort to make sure, that the ideal never shifts.

[Eathon]

Irgendwer, don't you feel this sarcasm is getting a little tedious?

Someone who makes the effort to roleplay and maintains civility.

[zanzibar]

Keep them coming everyone!

Irgendwer's comment wasn't constructive, however he is describing the community dynamic of a great many games.  Although there are different measures in different games of what makes one an elite member of the community, the trend is the same:  Those at the top treat those at the bottom with a lack of respect.  Those at the bottom are expected to accept it until they are one day themselves elite and can then have their turn at treating others poorly.

However, I'm not sure this is an answer to the question I asked.  Irgendwer is pointing out a general trend among players of all games.  While his answer can be useful, I don't think it helps to identify PlaneShift's target market.

[Garris Shrike]

The PlaneShift player is an intelligent and curious person who wishes to experience roleplay and will take the time to learn Yliakum's intricacies.

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

The tendency among those who stay in planeshift today would be this imo:

-Above average intelligence.
-Aged 23-35 (this is an average our players are all ages, but I'd say this is the roundabout figure).
-Advanced in computer literacy.
-Imaginative.
-Likes snorks.

[Thoss]

The tendency among those who stay in planeshift today would be this imo:

-Above average intelligence.
-Aged 23-35 (this is an average our players are all ages, but I'd say this is the roundabout figure).
-Advanced in computer literacy.
-Imaginative.
-Likes snorks.

lol

kind of scary Xillix - do you know me?

Snorks were the bomb! 

[Vannaka]

The tendency among those who stay in planeshift today would be this imo:

-Above average intelligence.
-Aged 23-35 (this is an average our players are all ages, but I'd say this is the roundabout figure).
-Advanced in computer literacy.
-Imaginative.
-Likes snorks.

* Vannaka falls short on 4 of the 5, bet you can't guess which.

Sounds about right.  Also, most of us are people, although I have my doubts about some.

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

I suppose the only one I listed that I'd like to see change is that I'd like it if someone didn't have to be particularly computer savvy to find ps appealing.

[Akkaido Kivikar]

I know many non-computer-savvy players.

They all own Macs.

[ravenrise]

The target current PS player is a person who doesn't mind testing out the game, we are all guinea pigs in fact but its also the player who can tolerate bugs and newbies and have a good time without an all consuming need to be the best.

[Pelinal]

He is someone that completely changes (or tries to change) his personality before entering the game, and after do it, they enter it as if they were just entering another city, but adapts to the Medieval and Fantasy that are characteristics of the game.

This is IMO the definition of the perfect Planeshift player 

[zanzibar]

The target current PS player is a person who doesn't mind testing out the game, we are all guinea pigs in fact but its also the player who can tolerate bugs and newbies and have a good time without an all consuming need to be the best.

But how would you describe the player PlaneShift is being made for?