Ahh, seems I misinterpreted that sentence.

For me at least the time spent crafting isn't really time I don't want to RP, if RP comes up then I'll just RP instead of crafting (except sometimes just before the market but that is negligible).

Crafting is more there for when there is nothing to do, just like the quests most of the times. The crafting system should nevertheless be discussed and looked at.

Oh, of course.

Well, I think one of the reasons for that not being implemented nowadays is the fact that it would lead to unnecessary contention.  See to the recent closing of the RCD for an example of why.

It would be nice if you could rent venues for a certain amount of time — but what would happen with evicted items?  Again, contention and nastiness bleeding over from the simulated world to the users.

Alternatives:  I think you can ask a GM to lock–down items of yours which would make for a stall somewhere.  Almost like a brick–and–mortar shop. 

First off, I hope you don't mind I reply here but it's more fitting I think.

I'll be honest and say that I only know the RCD as either the seized and closed building or the public use space that it is now. But given what little I know about it it turned to a situation where a small group/one person controlled the building and it stopped being a place for the benefit of the public. This most likely is wrong so please correct it if I'm fundamentally wrong.

This type of contention would not be present as a shop would be owned/rented by a single character and wouldn't be allowed to be sold to another character or rented out to another character. (both reselling and re-renting would create undesirable situations in my opinion).

Therefore the only contention arising is from characters not doing anything with their shops and gms evicting characters?

The first, is a problem which I don't think there is a real solution for except if all those hiring would accept the decision from either a GM, a commitee or another entity. Something like that is easy to get people to agree to until something they don't like happens, then there would be contention.

As for evicted items, they could be held in storage by one of the gms(whom supposedly evicted them) or in a bunch of crates or the like in a gm only location. After a while all items could be "destroyed"/"converted" into tria (or something) except the "special" ones at discretion of the person handling it.

I think that as long as it is clear that you may be evicted at the discretion of a gm, that it is possible to lose any items you place inside, that you wouldn't lose your items immediately and you have some ability to protect against abuse from GMs (just in case it were to occur) then I think that dissent about it would be minimal and worth it.

As to the alternative: I'm failing to see the difference between that and asking a gm for a personal building to use as a shop from a minimize contention point of view, from a functional view however it lacks the inherent physical storage a shop building would provide as any items not locked down by a gm could be taken by anyone.

To clarify a couple of points: I don't think any crafting areas should be removed, All should stay where they are. Only that a single one should be added in an accessible place (preferably hydlaa) with a storage.

I'm also not saying that players should be able to buy stoves and set them up somewhere, I'm suggesting that having a series houses of which the door are unlockable and serve as a workshop for a character. In that house there would be the crafting stations(locked in place by GM) that the character would need for their main profession. It would then also serve as a shop where they could display their wares so that others can easily find them because i.e. the sign on the door says it's larili's shop which sells drinks and a green book on it which says it's open.

It is true that I could put down a bookstand+book, except I don't think there is a spot with a "lot" of traffic with pot,preparation table and brewing facilities and it's still a book not an array of goods displayed, the markets would be a lot bleaker if people only used books.

Well then why don't I put items on display? Because it's more of a pain to do compared to having a place where you can keep it on display and not have to grab and bring everything to storage every time. That is especially true as I don't just would want to have a shop myself but I want others to have one aswell making it a lot more likely you'll be able to procure something you need for a quest or something you would like. For multiple people to do it it would need to be no hassle. Basically whenever you set up shop the only thing you would need to do is unlock the door, go in and do your main crafts till someone comes in.

I hope this doesn't seem to you like a rant as it certainly isn't meant that way but purely to know if people would want this and if this is possible or a even good idea.

As is clear we need more RP in planeshift, currently the most effective way to RP is to whisper to someone or ask in gossip. There are the couple of meetings you might have but in general those are sparse. To me it is clear that our characters either need to share a common place where they often stay/meet or be able to easily find eachother. To that effect I have the following ideas on which I would like to hear everyone's opinions and especially those of the devs.

1. Have a place where all/most crafts can be practiced, this leads to everyone naturally gravitating to a single place, meeting often and staying in the same place for extended periods of time making spontaneous RP more likely.

2. Give characters the ability to own a workshop/atelier, this creates the possibility to have shops which are open on specific times without the player having to waste their time standing around waiting (they would be able to practice their craft while they wait). It would also increase the chance to find someone specific if that person owns a workshop. Furthermore, it would increase trading between players.

Both ideas aren't completely thought/written out but if they are well received I'll make a more detailed proposal if needed.

I disagree, seeing as you marginalized it to nothing originally. Germany as a whole still has 16 times the influence of Luxembourg. and if you look at it from a citizens perspective then a citizen from Luxembourg has ~8.5 times the influence of a German citizen.

The amount of votes are not directly proportional to the amount of seats but the amount of a country's seats does relate to its population. That said, there's also the European council which evens it out even more so in the end its quite close to even for every country but not completely so.

Like others have said, there is still rp, it's however occasional and often you need to go out of your way to find/create it. Most players will gladly take part if you strike up some rp.

I would point to the boring gameplay (most things are just the same few actions you repeat.) and there not being much rp which you would just stumble on as reasons for the current lack of active player. Jonobe's parties were very nice because you could meet quite a few people and have some light interaction with them. She hasn't held any for some days now so I might consider holding one occasionally.

As Tidebringer said, Emaline is pestering as hard as she can. She did it some time ago on my behalf and got the job done after a while.