Get out there and RP more!

[Illysia]

No Sarva, what he means is old players making new characters, and some will go through the tutorial, then pretending to be completely new players. Org doesn't want to have his time wasted.

However Org, the point is not how new they are to the game but how new they are to your character. Just because it is not someone you have always RPed with it that doesn't mean that they aren't worth RPing with. A lot of times people will just stand around and not interact with the other characters around them because they don't already know them. I'm just saying go ahead and risk saying Hi to someone else, you might just find that they are someone you'd like RPing with.

[Falcon Avian]

I shall start a very fun rp that will effect all of Yliakum!   

Just wait a few months/years for me to come up with a plan...

[Candy]

Sounds fun, Falcon, but in the meantime, why not look for some inspiration in some everyday RP?

[Falcon Avian]

I try to when I can :| Not the easiest thing for me to start a roleplay without some planning though it comes out oddly.

[LigH]

Confirming. Meeting new players/characters now and then who do not yet seem to have any clue about the reason and purpose of being in Yliakum - and still behave nicely often.

Setting task from "Unconfirmed" to "New".

[Illysia]

Time for a RP update. Recently Roled had a party in the Secret Garden in honor of Xiosia and threw Illysia a welcome back party at the Stonehead. Unfortunately I must not have taken a screenshot at the garden like I thought, but I did get one at the Stonehead.



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As you can see, we had good turn out and there were even more at the Secret Garden. And for all of you not there, you missed dancing and people playing in the pool. If we can just get the number of players online back up we can have some pretty good RPs. All you need is 4 people together and you've got a party.  If anyone else has screenies of the two events, please post them.

[Knightspark9]

Time for a RP update. Recently Roled had a party in the Secret Garden in honor of Xiosia and threw Illysia a welcome back party at the Stonehead. Unfortunately I must not have taken a screenshot at the garden like I thought, but I did get one at the Stonehead.



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As you can see, we had good turn out and there were even more at the Secret Garden. And for all of you not there, you missed dancing and people playing in the pool. If we can just get the number of players online back up we can have some pretty good RPs. All you need is 4 people together and you've got a party.  If anyone else has screenies of the two events, please post them.



Good rp is ALWAYS out there if you search for it!

[bloodedIrishman]

Time for a RP update. Recently Roled had a party in the Secret Garden in honor of Xiosia and threw Illysia a welcome back party at the Stonehead. Unfortunately I must not have taken a screenshot at the garden like I thought, but I did get one at the Stonehead.



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As you can see, we had good turn out and there were even more at the Secret Garden. And for all of you not there, you missed dancing and people playing in the pool. If we can just get the number of players online back up we can have some pretty good RPs. All you need is 4 people together and you've got a party.  If anyone else has screenies of the two events, please post them.



Good rp is ALWAYS out there if you search for it!

[LigH]

  Full quotes are so incredibly creative... 

Wikipedia: Chosing the proper posting style (about quoting only a summary)
RFC 1855 = The "original" Netiquette
The "modern" Netiquette (by Virginia Shea)

[Nivm]

 The forums have handed me the writhing idea that "random parties" equate role-playing. It's horrible, and sticky.

[Sarras Volcae]

nivm has finally spoken something clear and true

[Roled]

What if these are Not 'random parties'?

If you weren't there, you have no idea what long- term, multi-character, involved rp stories were being forwarded during these 'parties'...

You don't know who betrayed who's trust ...

You don't know who spoke the unspeakable and endangered lives in another long term story...

You don't know who stole who's ______ that even now they are just discovering is gone...

Its not just a party when someone's life becomes marked in the process, is it?

[LigH]

Not at all ...

"Long term plots" ... how many years does the RHoP already plan to offer Hagarath to Talad, after suffering his terror?

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And then suddenly nitpickers appear and terrorize with "Settings compliance"...

[kaerli2]

The forums have handed me the writhing idea that "random parties" equate role-playing. It's horrible, and sticky.

Hint: it's all one big web...social RP (parties, gatherings, ...) are an important part of it, so are the long and short term plotlines...RP plots don't exist in isolation, either

[Illysia]

It only comes off as "random parties" because anything more than that requires far more finesse and thoughtfulness to pull off. It's like asking a baby to do a triathlon before walking. RPs can be anything, but if you can't hardly get people to talk to each other, what is the likelihood anyone is going to pull of a heist?  I remember in the past giggling a bit when I saw people who were brand new to RPing wanting to RP an assassin. It's not that someone new can't do it, but to pull it off it takes no small amount of experience, class and flair. (and I don't mean hamming it up. )

Before we can get the great RP machine rolling in game, we got to get it crawling and for people who are uncomfortable RPing, small parties and sometimes even large ones are a great starting ground. It's relaxed and there isn't a lot of demand to "keep up" with the pace of a plot. Some people don't RP with others simply because they don't have the confidence, so lets get some simple confidence building RPs started.