roleplaying

[Mehallie]

It works a treat; rp to your heart\'s content and fellow rpers will find you, I assure you.  It\'s also helpful to keep track of which guilds also rp so, in the case where a major raid or quest needs doing and a guild doesn\'t quite have enough people, the rpers can band together and rp AND get the job done at the same time; it\'s more fun doing those sorts of things with fellow rpers anyway

P.S Looked at the link there, Valfaran (hope I spelled your name right *blush*, and I\'m impressed.  I\'ll give it a go!

[explorer]

Hmm, what about a \"d00d ranking\"? We see people being \"kewl d00ds\", and we type in a thing, ex.  /rank jimbo 5. That would be a rank 1-5, and when jimbo reaches a d00d level of 10, he\'s squelched by everybody automaticly. That squelch would last untill he\'s asked a dev to take it off, or something similar.

[Mehallie]

lol!  I wish, but that\'s getting a bit elitist, and Lady knows it would end up getting abused at some point or another, which would make it utterly null.

However, in various guilds we did have what was known as The List (yes, caps for a reason) where we put obvious griefers, problem players, rip-off merchants and the like for future reference of other players, though everything had to be legitimate and followed up with observation to be \"confirmed\" so it wasn\'t just a personality clash thing that was blown into a revenge blacklisting.  But that\'s a practice that is pretty wise for anyone, rper or no.

[kinshadow]

Originally posted by explorer
Hmm, what about a \"d00d ranking\"? We see people being \"kewl d00ds\", and we type in a thing, ex.  /rank jimbo 5. That would be a rank 1-5, and when jimbo reaches a d00d level of 10, he\'s squelched by everybody automaticly. That squelch would last untill he\'s asked a dev to take it off, or something similar.

This is similar to \"hate points\" discussed here.  Of course, this only works (for RPing) if the RPers use the system more than the d00ds.

[AendarCallenlasse]

Well I do not think it will be possible to do it in PS because the game is not level based but on a MUD I play it is possible to gain EXP and level up by roleplaying.  Players would be allowed to issue out a certain amout of rpaward points to other players they thought were exceptional rpers.  That way those who rp will gain levels faster.  An added bonus.

[Mehallie]

Interesting thought, mate.  Never heard that one before.

Too bad I am total pants at MUD\'s; give me visuals!!!!

I don\'t think there is really any way to encourage rping other than just rp yourself as much as you can and encourage by example, but I\'ve already said that

P.S. Velfaran, I am at Neara now but I admit I\'m not seeing much rp yet.  Oh, and I\'m still interested in your guild - would like to see some updates on your page when you have a moment to spare.

[Aelostar]

hmm now here is the problem, even though there are those who really like the role playing aspect of online games, you really cant enforce that as the only standard online. the developers of games like these allow freedom of choice in the fact that you can pretend that you are inside that world, living and breathing your livelyhood from the earthen soil. Or that you\'re Joe Shmoe just in from the real world kickin some @$$. To enfore one or another would loose fan base (or revenue if it was a pay for sight)
perhaps someone should suggest a system to mark roleplayers out from the crowd (ie specifically colored name or symbols to show who is in fact portraying a character) That way everyone can have fun

btw, avid RP here

(oh...and who ever said that AO was just hack and slash, maybe you should go play it:evil: *annoyed look on her face* we are more than just anarchist there buddy. there has been a HUGE rp movement since YOU last visited, if at all)

[AendarCallenlasse]

Actually the devs can  enforce only rp and by looking at the fan base so far, most here want to rp.  And since there will be no paying whatsoever they will not be losing money.  

[Ravenmaster]

Arg. I agree with, well most stuff here. I whole-heartedly support rping in an rpg...
OOC/IC chat would be useful. If you just want to talk IC, you stay IC, and the same for OOC.  Also, if you could change the way your name looks, and have a designated color for rpers, that would be good.  Kicking people out for not rping is kinda harsh though. Just let them go there merry little (albeit a bit bland) way, while the rpers go theirs.

[druke]

Originally posted by Mehallie

I don\'t think there is really any way to encourage rping other than just rp yourself as much as you can and encourage by example

very true
(thought some of the newer guys should read these)

[Kramy]

Somehow I disagree with immensing yourself into the position of your character. Maybe EQ caused that, but I would not have any problem saying things like:

\"Hello fellow Kran warrior, what brings you to these parts?\"

\"I\'m exploring to find the vale of nine trees. It\'s supposed to have lots of herbs so I can make lots of potions and go out killing stuff.\"

\"Ah, mind if I tag along? Someone mentioned a dragora killed them near here, and I\'d like to try my lance at it.\"

\"Ah...sure....but if the dragora comes after us you\'re on your own.\"

etc, etc.

[Yarulion]

Tolkien invented many Mannish tongues but his books were written in English. Obviously everyone in the book did not speak English because there was no England in the timeline. English and Old English simply represented Westron Common and its older varietites.

A prime example that comes to mind is the word \"hobbit\" descended from OE holbytla.
Actually the word was kuduk, from old kud-d?kan.

So, you see, a bit of modernization that is simply representative of old conversation is fine. As long as it is on the same topic arguing what words the old guys would have used is a little pointless

Edit: To be true to my history, Seregon would only speak Sindarin and Ilkorin, only speaking Westron with a thick accent, but I\'m not getting that hardcore till CB. Then I\'ll show y\'all my l33t ub3r rp skilz.
I heniel s? pennin sindarin pain l??
{For who here would understand me if I spoke Elvish all the time?}

[mucera]

as a longtime pen and paper rp player,of course i love rp.
i tried quiet a few mmorpgs,some for quiet a while,but with only a handful of people rp?ing,in the end i lost interest.if i only want to kill monsters,lvl up and chat i play diablo2.hell,with d2 i can even make money over ebay^^
now all my hopes are with ps.
i really hope there will be a big rp community ingame.
you will always have ooc,but mainly it should be rp.
although for me it is hard for i am not a native english speaker and cant express myself in that language as good as i would like too, i will try.
please,for the sake of a great game just coming up,at least try to rp.you will see its fun.

[Samoth]

RP all the way.

[Natrina]

Long life to RP

 RP rules, do we have anyguild that is RP only? I saw that one with a strange name, that did not accept members with names like aafjbakjf or Iruleyou