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« on: June 22, 2009, 12:23:44 pm »
Is the magic house picture taken in game or from the original art? It looks more vivid than that in my game.
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I heard Asonoh wasn't the only Prophet of Chaos to do that. (Vannaka has denied this. First-hand testimony on that issue would be interesting.)
Quick definition of PLer and RPer in this post. PLer is someone who enjoys leveling up fast and getting stronger. RPer is someone who enjoy acting out their character (based on mechanics and stats as much as possible). The extremes to these are Trollevelers and Elitists. Then there are Textplayers, who use only text to 'RP', and ignore all mechanics.
1 Powerlevelers = good. Can be IC, but don't have to be as long as they respect RPers.
2 Roleplayers = good. Sometimes powerlevel as well. Fine as long as they respect those that do not want to 'get into' the story.
3 Textplayers = ok as long as they keep their own little worlds to themselves.
4 Trollevelers = bad. They do not respect that RPers have as much fun as those who level, and go out of their way to insult them.
5 Elitists = bad. They try to force everyone to their version of roleplaying or drive everyone out who does not fit -their- style.
You want to bring the first two together. The first step is making things the powerlevers and the roleplayers enjoy separately, can do separately, and do not have to interact if they do not wish to. In other words, give both 'sides' a sanctuary from each other.
Second step: Make an overlap both sides can enjoy if they want to, incorporating elements from both styles of play. Give roleplayers a -good- reason to level (with options in doing it), and give levelers a role to play that is not RP heavy and still lets them be the PLer (soldier is a good example).
Step three: Ban all 4s and 5s. Leave Textplayers in their own little worlds. Mute any that come out.