Where are all the Roleplayers?

[Zweitholou]

I would just like to say that every time I've been on recently, I've either been able to RP with someone I've RPed with before or develop interesting RPs with groups of complete strangers. Personally, I've quite enjoyed my recent experiences with roleplaying on PS and I hope to be able to further them through my own effort.

Thank you.

[Wavan Levironk]

Ummm.... open RPs were more common in the past and so were people that helped others learn. That's kinda why RPers "whine" about the old times.  And you assume that most people you pass are just waiting and willing to learn or participate in RPs. Most of the time, when you have open RPs, people stand around silent. I've tried making RPs, they always fizzle out due to low interest unless it is someone who regularly RPed with me in the past.

Were more common in the past, that's all whining but doing nothing about it. Who cares if those ones don't want to roleplay? What I assume is that some people want to and they can't because they have no chance to take part in an event.

[Prolix]

Gees just this morning I had some taxman ask me where to find a victi...debtor and a big orange dud ask where a diamond mine was. It was positively an eventful time!

[Illysia]

Illysia Caterean stands near the Hydlaa message board talking with a well dressed Ylian. In her hands there are three scrolls; she hands one to the Ylian and walks away.

The Ylian opens the scroll and reads out loud, "Lady Illysia Caterean of the Royal House of Purrty will be offering hosting lessons to those who visit her in the kitchen in the Broken Door Tavern in Ojaveda free of charge. Classes will begin with cooking lessons. All that is requires is that you provide your own cooking implements. Necessary tools: kitchen knife, scoop, wooden spoon."

The Ylian pins the scroll with some difficulty to the message board and then walks away returning to his previous business.


[See this thread http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=33082.0 for an explanation of the post.]

I think the above is about as open as  it gets. Just because it is open doesn't mean people come rushing to join. And, I think that people forget that PS is supposed to be a RP game not  "oh by the way there were some people RPing somewhere". Even if not everyone is RPing you should be able to walk through a city and see random RPs happening throughout it. I have nice RPs from time to time. I try to make them. But, non RPers underestimate how easy it is to just create RP. And unlike PLing, RP can continue during server outages and through wipes.

[Gaian]

Ok, yes, sure, of course...
We all know that RP died years an years ago, not NOW.
Anyways, RP is dead 'cause RPers already solved many of the problems that the "evil" people created, and now there aren't much more left.
I mean, you can still hear shouting "GUAAAAAARDS!" around, sometimes, but there aren't anymore things as the slavery, people trying to conquer the world (ok, this may make you all laugh, as me when I found out that that was one of shauni's evil plans.), and other things as these... Mah...

[Candy]

There's still evil and slavery and such...and if you're not finding any, why not make an evil character? 

[Gaian]

'cause I am too good and I like too much playing as Gaian.. Ok, SOME times she turned evil...  But not too much time. While she was still a Dark Magic lover 
Hehe. When I'll have time (and the time to exit from this horrible tutorial with my characters... but... erhm, don't you seem to be a bit exaggerated to give a probable n00b around 4k trias?!  ) I'll create my evil char 

[Candy]

Heh, well, admittedly my characters lean towards good or occasionally neutral most of the time. My latest alt is neutral and could be swayed either way right now, but it's hard to have a character go evil when they happen to be afraid of pretty much everything that moves...XD

[Gaian]

Delireah is coming. Take care. 
Maybe I'll make evil RPers have less idiot ideas 

[dandelion]

thinking that anything said with /me counts for roleplay (example: /me thinks xx is a noob).

Looking for a game with RP opportunities, can I assume that this RP is the norm, or not? I read a few pages of posts, but some were confusing to the point of even downplaying RP.

[Tuxide]

Looking for a game with RP opportunities, can I assume that this RP is the norm, or not? I read a few pages of posts, but some were confusing to the point of even downplaying RP.

Indeed, RP is the norm here.  We just have a few babies here, that's all.  But that's typical with about any game that has some degree of RP in it.

[dandelion]

Indeed, RP is the norm here.  We just have a few babies here, that's all.  But that's typical with about any game that has some degree of RP in it.

I was hoping the 

/me thinks xx is a noob

was not the norm, some friends and I with a love of RP were thinking of trying the game, and am glad that RP is the norm, thanks!

[LigH]

To be picky:

The OOC term "noob" does not belong to an IC emotive "/me".

Apart from that, most players I meet try to act in a roleplaying style, try to stay in-character. We don't enforce, we support.

[dandelion]

To be picky:

The OOC term "noob" does not belong to an IC emotive "/me".

Apart from that, most players I meet try to act in a roleplaying style, try to stay in-character. We don't enforce, we support.

That is good to hear, i.e. "picky" it doesn't seem the appropriate word for IC RP to me either and support is good, I hope to meet some RPers in game. Right now have been trying to understand/read the history,rules etc.  before making a char. Thanks for all your input.

[LigH]

The "documented" rules of races, their pro's and con's, are not yet completely implemented (e.g. no "Nightvision" yet). They differ in start-up skills and stats, but not so much that e.g. an elvish female would never have a chance to advance in combat (although it is harder than e.g. starting with a male Ynnwn or a Kran for this purpose)...

Make a char that matches the role you want to play.

Play your role.