Thank you all for your time and advice. You have done a good job at answering my long-standing, RP questions. Hopefully, I will have better success in my upcoming attempts to RP.

Don't use /greet
Everyone ignores it or assumes that it was accidental.

As for those who are trying to lead some sort of an event, its possible that you have run into someone who doesn't play well... I don't know and can't say without seeing for myself.

My experience has been that people tend be rather friendly or inclusive, but your experience seems to say otherwise. Have you tried contacting the person or people in question?

     I have never tried to contact them. I tend to be a short-sighted at times so instead of working towards an agreement I am more likely to make an incorrect assumption that the other player(s) did it on purpose. This is probably because I normally give my actions a lot of thought before I go ahead with them.

@Rigwyn

I'm not sure what you mean by *planned*, but plots and storylines - whether they happen naturally or due to some kind of player maipulation, are not necessary.

     What I mean by planned is when you come across a group of characters that are all reacting to what one person is saying. This person is the ONLY one that moves the story forward almost as if the story has already been completed and is just now being unveiled to the audience. This single performer just ignores anything that is not directly inline with their planes while the rest is the audience is expected to simply react occasionally. 

     I have heard many opinions of how to RP or what makes good RP but I have never completely understood it. Role-play as defined on www.planeshift.it as Role play: To assume or represent in a drama; act out. Ok, I understand that but how. The site later says to create a character with his own goals, fears, joys and weaknesses. Ok, not a problem. Then finally you act out your character’s life. This example is given on http://www.planeshift.it/roleplay.html 
     
    The kran looks at the written page, tilting his head a bit and scratching the top with his left hand. - "Well, I never been a novelist, but that should do it, I guess." He stands up from the giant crystal table, picks a thick cloak and looks outside the window of his sculptured stone house. He concentrates a bit and thanks to his magic vision, he reaches the Hydlaa plaza.
- "mmmm... there is still much more to do, but things are surely getting better. Time for some magic!" 
   
     Based on what I have seen there are many different kinds of RP and ways to go about it in PS. Personally if I have a choice to actually go out and do what my character likes to do or to stand in town and act out what my character likes to do I am ALWAYS going to go out and do it because it adds a real feel to the game while opening up dynamic RP opportunities by meeting others who are doing similar tasks. The whole idea of creating an event or planning out RP is completely unnecessary to me. For me, role-play begins as soon as I log on and ends when I log off. Everything between is my contribution to making the game more lifelike.
   
     Some people may argue that planned out events or RP storylines are necessary to make things interesting but I find I am just ignored when I try to join in (this has happened many times). If players want to have PRIVATE RP events, then they should CREATE A NEW CHAT CHANNEL so they are not filling up the main chat with their closed events that are obviously not meant to be heard. The worst case that I can remember is when someone walked up to me, asked me a question but as soon as I answered they completely ignored everything else I said. If I had been rude then I can understand a response like that but so many times I have just simply wanted to RP and have been ignored or some control freak tries to take over of the situation.
   
     Bottom line the ONLY wrong way RP is to be forceful (god moding) or simply not even trying at all. Don’t feel you have to RP like others. Go your own way.

Feel free to comment if you have anything of value to add.