More Oja Role-play

[Vannaka]

I think eventually, when faster modes of transportation are implemented there will be more roleplay in more places.  'tis only a matter of time.

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

simple rule of humans: people gather where people are gathered.

[Mythryndel]

Xillix... how dare you!!! I want to be DIFFERENT!!! Just like those people over there...

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

Timmothy, yes there was more rp back then, just like there is more roleplay today than there will be tommorow, and there will be more tommorow than the day after that.

[zanzibar]

Xillix... how dare you!!! I want to be DIFFERENT!!! Just like those people over there...

I don't think people roleplay just to be different.  People roleplay because they enjoy it.

Timmothy, yes there was more rp back then, just like there is more roleplay today than there will be tommorow, and there will be more tommorow than the day after that.

I don't think this is necessarily true.  It depends on how you make the game.

[Arerano]

I like to spend a lot of my time in Ojaveda, but it is really uneventful when it comes to role-play. To many people, Oja is just a place to fight, go on quests, and buy stuff. But Oja should, in theory, be a dangerous exiting place. There are rouges roaming all about and you can have your weapons out (which you can't do in Hydlaa).

So I want to think of plans to increase Oja role-play, but I need the help of people who have been playing longer then I. Any ideas?

Maybe there just aren't enought "roleplayers" online to cover all the cities. But then again, if some are fighters and fight in Ojaveda isn't what they do "roleplaying"? I mean, they do play their role after all.
But maybe your standards concerning "roleplaying" are just too high and "their way of playing their role" doesn't suit yours?

[Timmothy Perriwinkle]

You beat me -_-
rofl bcuz i train
lets duel again heal me
lol no

haha fine

<jumping about>

[Mythryndel]

Sorry Zanzibar... I will try to be more clear. This situation would actually be "I want to do something DIFFERENT... but nobody is here for me to do it with". PLEASE don't take this out of context or read anything more into it...

I think that Arerano hit the nail on the head. Everyone RPs differently... you just have to find people who RP the way you like to RP in order to enjoy PS to it's fullest. Right now most people I encounter in Ojaveda RP by actually doing things, not just sitting around talking about things. I interact with people at Trasok's and around town as my character would. Normally these are not long encounters, but there are exceptions.

[zanzibar]

Maybe there just aren't enought "roleplayers" online to cover all the cities. But then again, if some are fighters and fight in Ojaveda isn't what they do "roleplaying"? I mean, they do play their role after all.
But maybe your standards concerning "roleplaying" are just too high and "their way of playing their role" doesn't suit yours?

This is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as the game world increases.  The bigger the world is, the more spread out people are.  The more spread out people are, the less they interact.  The less people interact, the less roleplaying there is.

It's an interesting problem that requires a creative solution.

Sorry Zanzibar... I will try to be more clear. This situation would actually be "I want to do something DIFFERENT... but nobody is here for me to do it with".

Ah.

[Vannaka]

[ungodly exaggeration]

You beat me -_-
rofl bcuz i train
lets duel again heal me
lol no

haha fine

<jumping about>

[/ungodly exaggeration]

I think friendly dueling CAN be in character if you want it to be.  What is more IC for a warrior to do, sit in the tavern telling tales of his grand adventures, or proving himself in honorable duels in the arena?  There's no right answer, and neither is OOC.

[Timmothy Perriwinkle]

Did I say anything about dueling being OOC? No. I simply showed you an excerpt of what I saw in Oja last week. You can have your duels, I really don't care, they can be amusing at times but some of the stuff I see in Oja darn near every time I'm there is annoying as hell.

Really, I don't expect a whole lot to be done about it, other than how it currently works; have less that a lot of RP in Oja. Oja is amazing for gaining ranks at low levels, and I'm no god, I was exactly like that, in Oja when I first started. Did I want some nazi RPer screaming at me? Not at all. In fact, one did and it annoyed me to no end. But eventually, with gentle guidance from a few key people I grew out of it and learned how not to fail at playing this game.

Give the noobies their Oja. They'll come to Hydlaa when they're ready.

[Mythryndel]

I hate to say it... but a lot of people I know of avoid Hydlaa just for that reason. They don't want to be called out for not living up to someone's standard of RP. I personally avoid Kada El's for this reason.

[Parallo]

Maybe thats better for all parties.

[Timmothy Perriwinkle]

Completely agreed. When I was a noob, I avoided Hydlaa because it terrified me. I was afraid of getting called out on bad RP. Why? Because my RP was bad. So everyone won.

[Mythryndel]

I sincerely do not see this as a good thing, but at least we all agree that this happens.

[EDIT] Please explain to me how being your character means that your RP is bad? I think some people just hold this RP concept in such high regard that unless you can pull Shakespeare out of your nether regions on a whim, they think you are bad at it...

[EDIT2] Going into Hydlaa should not feel like walking into the lion's den... or am I missing something? Is hanging out in Hydlaa without being called out for bad RP is a status symbol like wielding "finest" weapons is to a warrior... or slinging realm 5 spells is to a mage?