Role Playng in PS

[Nimfis Altmer]

Theres too many bizaro nazi-like rules for roleplaying..People should be able to roleplay were they want,when they want with whoever they want..Its unfare to say its not aloud in certain areas because who are you to decide

[blubasso]

\"Huh? I said most quests start in tavern because you say we should go out. Adventurers usually don\'t go out to hunt monsters just-like-that. They need a reason behind it and often such reasons can be found in taverns, since they are places where various people (those who look for job and those who offer it) meet. \"

Hehehheeh  i said what i\'d like to have in PS and you said what PS is... That\'s the differences between us...
Well, in some way you\'re right but you (and me and all the others) could bring your game experience to lead people on the RP way, if you like to RP. I surely will try to, maybe it will work or maybe not, but i will try it...

\"Also, did you read what I said? If you scatter roleplayers all around the area then how will you encourage newcomers to roleplay? That\'s not easy if they have no one to roleplay with.

This is quote from you:

    Quote:When i arrived on PS more than go around and kill monster i started to try to RP with other player but not often i found someone who really role play... \"

I can encourage newcomers only in the best, my opinion, i can: to roleplay. I try to talk about Yliakum world as i were a Yliakum citizen. But if all my \"taget\" is able to say is \"how\'s the weather in your real Country\" or so i must stop RP, no sense to continue RP if the other doesn\'t want and i\'m not a Yliakum GM to say him/her \"Hey man, please, roleplay not chat\"
I dunno...for me is natural to act as i were Shannath and not \"Stefano who lead a virtual one called Shannath\"...

Stefano

[Merdarion]

Well, well, ...

I cant say, but each time i play i find someone to roleplay with, and even if it is atop of the brown tower,

hmm i cant say but maybe you just ran around at the Plaza talking to that fighting trolls.

*hammers in a sign before the statue of laanx,

\"Do no feed the Trolls*

[Draklar]

Originally posted by Nimfis Altmer
Its unfare to say its not aloud in certain areas because who are you to decide

Who said that?

blubasso: You still don\'t understand. If you scatter all around the playing area, newcomers will have problems with finding them. Just as you do now.

[buddha]

The last post metions a fundamental problem.  When you first log on, you don\'t know anyone, so you don\'t know the tone of the game. It\'s also pretty hard to even find the tavern the first time.

Perhaps those of us who are more interested in character should make more of a point of meeting the new people and encouraging them to play in character.  Otherwise all they see is people dueling, and that\'s not the environment most of us here want.

[blubasso]

\"blubasso: You still don\'t understand. If you scatter all around the playing area, newcomers will have problems with finding them. Just as you do now. \"

Uhm... so it that the reason why you stay in the Tavern? I got it now... Late, but i got it... :-)
Yes, could be a solution even if i think you can go around and try to RP with how much people if you can.
But as i said in the firs post i made this is the first time for me on a MMORPG and maybe you can get right. Dunno...

Stefano

[blubasso]

\"Perhaps those of us who are more interested in character should make more of a point of meeting the new people and encouraging them to play in character. Otherwise all they see is people dueling, and that\'s not the environment most of us here want. \"

Buddha, all can i say to you is when you are on PS, type /who on your chat window and if you see my name inside call me with the command /tell .
I can surely arrive and we can roleplay. We have all the time, after, to chat in the forum or via Messanger or so...

Stefano

[Gilibran]

have newcomers spawn in front of the Tavern the first time they log on.

It\'s safe to assume that they came to Yilakum after a long travel, the first thing you do after that is have a drink and a meal.

That way you can immediately tell who the rp-ers are and who are not. Because a good rp-er would go straight into the tavern to get some news on where he/she is and familiarise himself with the city and it\'s customs he/she is in.

[Nimfis Altmer]

The Tavern is like The only good place to roleplay...How many people do you see roleplaying in laanx or ojaveda?? none exactly...I think all newcomers should spawn in the tavern so that the get a warm welcome from the better players and possibly tutorials...also like Gilibran said they can get drunk there and have a party.

[Hatchnet]

Hmmm I roleplay wherever I go be it the Kada\'s, the Broken Door, the sewers, the arena, or even the plaza.
Hell I even went around one time telling all the dueling trolls in the plaza to knock it off (in character of course); and you know what after a while I succeded.

[Ionas]

Originally posted by Hatchnet
 and you know what after a while I succeded.

in other words they joined up against you

[blubasso]

\"have newcomers spawn in front of the Tavern the first time they log on.

It\'s safe to assume that they came to Yilakum after a long travel, the first thing you do after that is have a drink and a meal. \"

Gili, that is a very good idea!! I hope devs listen you...

[buddha]

Kudos to you Hatchnet!  This illustrates the point I was trying to make in \"The 5 People PS needs most\": if you lead they will follow.

When I come into a new game, I don\'t know who is in charge.  Like most people, I try to determine the general climate.  If noone is dueling in the plaza, I won\'t start dueling in the plaza.  If I hear someone shouting \"Please do your dueling in the arena\" for instance, I will take it there.  I just assume that\'s where everyone does it--even if I am power-leveling and not interested in role-playing!

Hatchnet has demonstrated that someone could appoint themselves \"Sheriff\" and pull it off.  If you log on tomorrow and say \"I\'m the new Sheriff of Hydlaa\", you won\'t be totally ignored.  In fact, you may find yourself at the center of a big political drama.

If you all have a moment, please read my first post in \"The 5 people...\"  Constructing a culture can be as simple as deciding to do so!

Should you come across Mulla on line, I encourage you to treat him the way you would a village idiot: deride, point, laugh, insult.  I (buddha) will not have my feelings hurt.  In fact, you will be allowing me to play the character I created.  I was hoping to offer up a communal whipping boy so we that could emphasize the \"communal\" part.

[Draklar]

No! No spawning in front of tavern... just... no!
It would turn this nice place into what plaza is now and with all the advisors there, you\'d have situations like
*dwarf enters tavern*
\"Greetings me lads! May any of ye have a job for this sturdy dwarf? A quest perhaps?\"
*advisor answers*
\"To get quests talk with NPCs\"

No! 8o

[Gilibran]

is\'nt it up to the players in the tavern to answer in a roleplaying fashion?? because that\'s what we want? is\'nt it??

Draklar, the way you put it, you make it sound (perhaps out of experience, i would\'nt know that) like it would all come down to you or another advisor to answer the newcomers.

If the players present at the moment would react like

\"/me looks at the newcomer who just entered the tavern and takes notice of him and returns his attention to his mug of ale\"

now that\'s a signal and gives the newcomer a way to start asking and acting differently.

i can imagine others replying in a different manner, perhaps a bit hostile like. \"pfff , yet another fortuneseeker who\'s going to end up in the gutter begging and bothering me on my way home\"

Or he might be invited to the table either by a group of his own race or just some people who remember how they once came into this tavern knowing nothing of the world they just entered, and were helped and taught in a friendly way.

Now that is a better introduction to the game then spawning in the plaza and being challenged the second you put you\'re first step (like what happened to me) Now you can ignore it, accept it and get you\'re butt kicked ( the stubborn dwarf way), or think, well that\'s a nice welcome so it\'s nothing more then everything else out there and i so much hoped it was more.

And yes I admit I did\'nt roleplay enough in the beginning and annoyed people with my questions, and I still don\'t roleplay 100% of the time i\'m online. Because it\'s a game and it\'s great because it gives you room to do both roleplay and have fun. And make remarks out of character on situations.

I think I\'ve helped some newcomers in a way that they remember me positive, not 100% rp, but showed them enough t get to like this world and see it has two sides.

I just won\'t believe that when you played rpg the old fashioned and still the best way with pencil and paper you are/were in character 100% of the time all day, night and morning long. between beer, snacks and pizza\'s.

That\'s what\'s rpg-ing is in my humble opinion, Roleplay when you have to and have fun when you can.

So i stick to the idea that only for the first time newcomers log on they spawn in front of the tavern, and it\'s up to them wether they go in, and up to us how we handle it.