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Sol Project
I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
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Posted - 2015.01.07 19:50:36 -
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Hard for me to respond to this one.
I can tell you that I met quite a few roleplayers who are doing it for a while already ... ... and I catch incongruencies (isthataword?) between their character and their real persona.
I caught myself being angry at a liar, until I realised that he simply failed at roleplaying.
Bad rolplayers? Not necessarily. On a level of Erica Dusette? Not by a mile.
I can not really answer any better. Complicated. One doesn't necessary need to know a person to spot lies.
I think a big issue for me to responding to this is your completely inadequate use of the word "strange".
This comes from the fact that you don't really know how to spot liars... ... yeah I dare saying that without meaning it offensive.
The reason why I say it's superficial btw, is because it is. That's not individualism.
Analogy: People say sugar is bad for teeth. That's wrong. It's a superficial view on the matter.
Sugar doesn't do **** to teeth, but the bacteria who process the sugar create an acid that destroys it.
Imagine I'm the dentist here, who successfuy holds up a language barrier that allows him to roleplay a person that doesn't know how to properly express himself.
And that grammar ... oh god that grammar .....
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
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Posted - 2015.01.07 19:59:30 -
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Stop confusing people ... -.-'
What he is saying is that you lack understanding of the matter, which is the reason why you have issues with what you are having issues with.
People... characters ... roleplayers ... people prerending to be roleplayers.
In the end it's always a human and they all make the same mistakes.
A whole industry builds up on that.
Ralph King-Griffin > **** you sol, years, ****ing years since thats happend
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The Golden Serpent
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:00:33 -
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Erica Dusette wrote:Exxxtreme roleplayer checking in. Welcome to EVE anyway and don't be put off. Trust me, there's a ton of fun here for us roleplayers.
Thanks for the reply Erica, I am sorry I missed it on the first page yesterday, along with a lot of other really great and warm responses That is exactly the kind of perspective I was hoping to hear about. I think you have a lot of awesome roleplayers in your community after watching it. Im looking forward to playing around in the sandbox.
Knowing that people are living with the problem and not being discouraged by it is all I really needed to hear I think. I am willing to work with the situation as long as I know what the situation is. |
Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:12:54 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote:I can see there is more tension between roleplayers and non roleplayers in this game than in any game I have ever seen. That's EVE and it's not unique to RP vs Non-RP. There is conflict between every play style.
It's a very harsh place in the context of an MMO. Which is why a lot of us love it, and why some other people don't like it.
The Golden Serpent wrote:The trolling folks in militian chat certainly had time to post expletives and walls of nasty spam at me for about 15 minutes so I think it's more about being hateful bigots than "not having enough time". While I didn't intend for it to be about trolling, I can really have a fun time where I am a religious nut who consternates other hateful and bigoted players who insist on going out of their way to be earthlings, so I am not going to stop roleplaying in militia chat or any other chat, considering the opinions presented here. Haters are always gonna hate. I dunno about you though but I'm not having much fun when I'm being showered in a ton of hate, and at the end of the day when you log into EVE you should be here to have fun. So do your thing, have fun how you like to have fun. But also realise others are going to do the same and a lot of them enjoy trolling.
So in the end I think we find a medium point. For me I'm confident enough to start RPing in any local chat, and did as recently as tonight in fact (got a great response too which is unusual. Nice system I guess). But I'm not interested in spending hours reading troll posts or deflecting hate while I'm trying to have fun, so if the audience is hostile I'll eventually move onto somewhere that is more receptive. In other words, don't persist too much in places like Militia chat because at the end of the day you'll be the one struggling to enjoy yourself while the trolls are having all the fun in the world.
The Golden Serpent wrote:Okay so one thing that confuses me about the intergalactic summit is a lot of people treat it like a text video chat...some of them treat it like a text chat, while others treat it like a sort of intergalactic emergency radio. Yep. The Intergalactic Summit can be a lot of things, but the one thing it is not is a location.
I'll assume you're talking about the forum section, not the ingame channel. Some people treat their posts as a video interface of sorts, others treat it as a text interface. Just roll with it. Personally when I post in the IGS I consider it a forum; my characters are using a datapad or something and actually making forum posts themselves while sitting in their quarters.
When it comes to the Intergalactic Summit (or The Summit) ingame channels most people consider it a holo/video interface where everyone is using camera drones. Often people will post in a text format though, and when they do they will often prefix their messages something like this:
Erica Dusette > Text > So here I was, surrounded by Hostiles with no one but The Banana for backup when Suddenly...
The Golden Serpent wrote:Like alot of you mentioned , I roleplay within game limitations, which means if my character is a fighter and soldier, I am going to be PvPing. Fighters and soldier types here can often include PVE'ers as well. Afterall they're always off fighting the Guristas or Blood Raiders or something, and many take that whole storyline thing quite seriously.
The Golden Serpent wrote:Similarily, if im getting text on my screen Im going to have my character assume it is text. (Im not playing a MUD here, after all) Wow, don't do that. You'll be missing out. Chat here in EVE is the same as many MUDs in that it's IRC based, with actions and such. Our avatars can't meet in person in EVE, so you still need to RP such things narratively or action-based.
When Erica is talking to someone in convo I consider it a holo/video comm. We can see each other, so I add in narrative of how things appear and what she is doing as she's talking.
Many people simply RP in-person meetings in the same way, over convo or in a channel. Even though these people aren't actually together ingame at the time they use what people call "the interbus shuttle service" to imaginarily bring their character's together. Personally I hate that and refuse to do any ingame RP in that way - if someone is meeting my character in person then they actually have to be at the same location before I start to RP the scenario. Most people aren't that strict though because it's not often practical.
Lastly, like every single part of EVE, the RP scene here is what you make it. CCP give us the basic framework and tools for everything and the players do the rest. If you're looking for strict guidelines and areas for RP, or firm moderation, well just like every other part of this game you will not find it here because that's not what EVE is about.
Have fun, do things your way, but watch and take guidance from others already doing it so you can still have a smooth time. RP is a little different in every MMO along with the community engaged in it and EVE is no different.
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Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
28903
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:13:43 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote:True story, ahen I was a sad lonely 15 year old living in my grandmothers basement (Playing Gemstone III on AOL on a crappy IBM on a 14K connection) I once grabbed a banana in desperation for assistance with *ahem* release and it was a terrible mistake. They give you tiny splinters. Ugh....condoms first....
It was worth it though actually. Wow, not quite sure what to say.
But strangely I believe you'll likely do just fine here.
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Cara Forelli
Green Skull LLC
844
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:25:08 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote:That's a VERY defensive message Cara. Not my intention, really. I simply meant to answer your title question from the OOC player's perspective. I don't have an issue with RP in general. I rather enjoy some of it. I do have an issue with some specific RPers, but that is unrelated.
I do hope you find your niche. I agree with Erica, militia chat is not the place. If consternation is your goal, you can hardly be surprised when people rage.
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Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
8333
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:50:55 -
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With regards open hostility, there's the notion about eve that it's a much more grown-up game than the rest of the genre. I know that's one of my initial thoughts about it and was certainly a part in my initial fascination, it helped validate the game to my sensibilities as a grow man with children of his own, iv never felt at any point that it wasn't an adult game with adult content and themes, it's complexity , infamously harsh and largely unregulated player interaction would support this in my eyes
I can certainly say that this is one of the games strongest virtues (imo, obviously), now while I don't feel this way personally I know a lot of people both in and outside eve who would see the serious role-playing element of the community as detractors of this virtue, they would see it as anathema to what they feel is part of the core of eve as it's childish and frivolous and how they feel kids and preteens would treat the game.
In sort, the rp crowd threaten their perception of a very good,long living and unique hobby of theirs.
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Candi LeMew
Isogen 5
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Posted - 2015.01.07 20:54:54 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Posting in thread to admit I'm a dirty Caldari roleplayer with no one to RP with.
Life is so lonely for a Civire guy... Then play with yourself This is pretty much mandatory when you live in the vast emptiness of J-Space. No wonder you're lonely. No true wormholer worth their salt calls it "J-Space" yo.
IT'S ******* W-SPACE.
Next you'll be saying Gallente aren't heathens and Thera isn't just more nullsec.
But anyway, w-space can be lonely but that's nothing that can't be solved by joining channels, making occasional trips to Empire or hosting visitors at your pos Tower. We do all of those and enjoy a healthy social life. You've got to want it, sir.
=ƒÉÆ I am a banana.
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
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Posted - 2015.01.07 21:26:57 -
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Erica Dusette wrote:When Erica is talking to someone in convo I consider it a holo/video comm. /me connects.
Erica!!
Did you finally upgrade your comms to the new touch-generation? The amount of travelling time I have saved with this is GIGANTIC !!!
Literally everyone I had [BBZBZZZZKRRRR] with acknowledged how faaar more convinient it is to be able to just convo me and [ZZZZZZDDDDRRRRR] instead of me having to travel all the way to their stations!
When there is urgent need, waiting is torture!!
Well ... uhm ... that's it already.
/me disconnects.
Ralph King-Griffin > **** you sol, years, ****ing years since thats happend
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
244
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Posted - 2015.01.07 21:28:52 -
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I have not read this entire thread so if someone said this already then I'm sorry but if this guy is Amarr and looking to RP you should look into CVA
https://gate.eveonline.com/Alliance/Curatores%20Veritatis%20Alliance
I know they are not has hard core as they used to be but I think that they are still pretty serious into their RP. You may want to look into this and see if it is up your ally. |
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
100
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Posted - 2015.01.08 15:05:44 -
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Candi LeMew wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Ralph King-Griffin wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Posting in thread to admit I'm a dirty Caldari roleplayer with no one to RP with.
Life is so lonely for a Civire guy... Then play with yourself This is pretty much mandatory when you live in the vast emptiness of J-Space. No wonder you're lonely. No true wormholer worth their salt calls it "J-Space" yo. IT'S ******* W-SPACE. Next you'll be saying Gallente aren't heathens and Thera isn't just more nullsec. But anyway, w-space can be lonely but that's nothing that can't be solved by joining channels, making occasional trips to Empire or hosting visitors at your pos Tower. We do all of those and enjoy a healthy social life. You've got to want it, sir.
The J-space thing is an in joke from my corp, J after Jay Joringer our CEO. Don't worry, I still think the federation need purging with extreme prejudice and Heth was the best thing that ever happened to the State what ever the bleeding heart liberals think
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Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
29534
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Posted - 2015.01.08 15:24:17 -
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Utari Onzo wrote: The J-space thing is an in joke from my corp, J after Jay Joringer our CEO. Don't worry, I still think the federation need purging with extreme prejudice and Heth was the best thing that ever happened to the State what ever the bleeding heart liberals think
Don't mind The Banana, sir.
She does love to stir people. Sounds like you have quite a reasonable outlook on things.
Jack Miton > you be nice or you're sleeping on the couch again!
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Petrus Blackshell
Scrap Metal Squadron
3281
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Posted - 2015.01.08 16:07:46 -
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Most players in FW are there for one of two reasons:
- That sweet delicious high ISK/hr income with a zero-SP character.
- PvP in a slightly more structured manner than vanilla nullsec or lowsec provides.
Don't get me wrong, RP is great, but trying to do it in militia chat is like walking into a modern fencing club dressed like this and exclaiming "I bite my thumb at thee, scallywags!" There's a time and place for that, and the current FW is not it.
I recommend finding a corp of RPers aligned with your in-character interests to find a more RP-friendly atmosphere.
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The Golden Serpent
24th Imperial Crusade Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2015.01.12 06:50:09 -
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The weekend has been nice, I love the game and the RPers. I think I can totally live with where things are at. I like all of the characters I have met. Im having a lot of fun developing this character. The explanation was great Ms. Dusette on the chat and forums, but I am still getting used to it I guess. I still have sooo many questions about the game, most of them surrounding food.
Like, cinnamon donuts. I said something about that, then winced mentally because I wasn't sure there was cinnamon in the game. I knew there were donuts because of the silly donut holder in the market but....
Some people are very casual, making earth references in their bio and talking about stuff that i am not even certain exists in the world. Meh...I guess I'll learn.
I fall back on other weird things from sci fi novels I've read over the years to fill in the blanks.
Another thing is the skin coloration variance is quite extreme in the character maker. As Im trying to learn what is the norm, I examined all of the NPC's in the game through the NPC corps. All Khanid are light skinned. My character's whole family is BLACK AS BLACK can get. I thought that's what they meant by Dark Amarr, and I liked how it looked, alot. But I have yet to see a Khanid or Amarr, even player character, with skin on the darkest end of the spectrum. But it's a choice available.
I thought maybe I could explain it by saying her family had their genes manipulated a long time ago to melanize the skin to make their survivailty in space pre-capsule/clone tech more likely. UV rays and such....but I'd like to hear some perspective on this.
I don't know. First world problems. |
Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
30260
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Posted - 2015.01.12 07:04:30 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote: I still have sooo many questions about the game, most of them surrounding food.
Like, cinnamon donuts. I said something about that, then winced mentally because I wasn't sure there was cinnamon in the game. I knew there were donuts because of the silly donut holder in the market but....
Some people are very casual, making earth references in their bio and talking about stuff that i am not even certain exists in the world. Meh...I guess I'll learn.
I fall back on other weird things from sci fi novels I've read over the years to fill in the blanks. I do the same thing personally.
To be honest I know almost nothing about Achuran cultural history, or even lore in general. I just want to play a character I enjoy, not one who fits strictly into someone else's framework.
So I have a character who's from an "obscure and remote" part of Achuran territory, allowing me to makeup whatever damn lore or family history I please lol She also lives in wormhole space and has a great disinterest in goings-on, news or history in known space. Convenient for me.
She loves caramel lattes, and I'm sure your character's love of cinnamon is perfectly fine. Gotta remember the first settlers in New Eden would have brought with them most terran commodities, so almost everything could still be found here. If someone was anal enough to pull you up over cinnamon they're not really even worth RPing with imho. I'd prolly just troll them instead
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Gregor Parud
889
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Posted - 2015.01.12 07:50:05 -
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- the majority of 0.0 folks roleplay that they're pvpers - CODE roleplays that they're not bored of hiding behind 45k blues resulting in them hiding behind alts shooting stuff that doesn't shoot back - a lot of players roleplay that they know how this game works - I roleplay that I'm intelligent
Roleplay is everywhere.
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Thorn en Distel
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2015.01.12 11:20:48 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote:
What's up roleplayers, how do you deal with this hate and is this a bad roleplaying community?
Roleplayers make non-roleplayers (by far the majority of on line gamers) uncomfortable. Especially the more die-hard kind, who insist on staying in character in the most absurd situations and (more importantly) try to impose their role playing on the play style of non-roleplayers.
This may be an MMORPG, but most players do not want to act out the RPG part, even if they like the story.
My advice: find a group of like-minded people, and keep the role playing in corp chat.
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Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
30337
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Posted - 2015.01.12 11:36:41 -
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That's probably the worst advice I've seen in this thread yet
Thorn en Distel wrote:Roleplayers make non-roleplayers (by far the majority of on line gamers) uncomfortable. Not really. Most gamers actually aren't so hung up, and fully understand the spirit games are played in.
The other kind, well I love to make them uncomfortable.
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
15358
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Posted - 2015.01.12 11:44:45 -
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Erica Dusette wrote:That's probably the worst advice I've seen in this thread yet Thorn en Distel wrote:Roleplayers make non-roleplayers (by far the majority of on line gamers) uncomfortable. Not really. Most gamers actually aren't so hung up, and fully understand the spirit games are played in. The other kind, well I love to make them uncomfortable. Can confirm.
The amount of non-roleplayers who LOVE my roleplaying ... ... or Erica's as well ... ... btw I really, really like Candi! ... ... is literally uncountable.
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
15366
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Posted - 2015.01.12 11:49:08 -
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And in the light of my above post ....
The Golden Serpent wrote:... words ...
I love white chocolate just as much as dark chocolate. ;)
Ralph King-Griffin > **** you sol, years, ****ing years since thats happend
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Thorn en Distel
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2015.01.12 15:57:34 -
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Solecist Project wrote:Erica Dusette wrote:That's probably the worst advice I've seen in this thread yet Thorn en Distel wrote:Roleplayers make non-roleplayers (by far the majority of on line gamers) uncomfortable. Not really. Most gamers actually aren't so hung up, and fully understand the spirit games are played in. The other kind, well I love to make them uncomfortable. Can confirm. The amount of non-roleplayers who LOVE my roleplaying ... ... or Erica's as well ... ... btw I really, really like Candi! ... ... is literally uncountable. Also I do find a mindset that advocates that people "stick within their own group" rather questionable. If you have an issue with something, sometimes the issue is with you and not the other side. Pushing people away, because you don't feel like accepting them, although they do you no harm at all, makes you a bad person.
Actually, I have met quite a few roleplayers who did A LOT of harm, most extremely so when an ERP roleplayer started stalking and harassing a woman player in real life. Like with all things, there are gradations, from harmless to very much not so and from amusing to hideously annoying.
And yes, I do think that if you want to avoid negative responses, you might want to stick to the chats of a role playing corp or channel. Just like I'd advise people who want to discuss religion or politics nonstop to stick to the like-minded. If that doesn't fit your ideal world, tough. People are not angels, irritation will happen, and there's no harm in minimizing the friction.
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
252
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Posted - 2015.01.12 17:21:41 -
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The Golden Serpent wrote:
Another thing is the skin coloration variance is quite extreme in the character maker. As Im trying to learn what is the norm, I examined all of the NPC's in the game through the NPC corps. All Khanid are light skinned. My character's whole family is BLACK AS BLACK can get. I thought that's what they meant by Dark Amarr, and I liked how it looked, alot. But I have yet to see a Khanid or Amarr, even player character, with skin on the darkest end of the spectrum. But it's a choice available.
I thought maybe I could explain it by saying her family had their genes manipulated a long time ago to melanize the skin to make their survivailty in space pre-capsule/clone tech more likely. UV rays and such....but I'd like to hear some perspective on this.
I don't know. First world problems.
Don't be ashamed that one of your progenitors got busy with a Matar slave. That's self hatred.
Seriously though if you are thin skinned this is not the game for you and especially not an RPer and especially especally not an Amarr RPer. Your race enslaved the Minmatar. Just the fact that you are Amarr will bring down upon your head extreeme hatred from all the Minmatar RPers. Some people play this game just to play the role of the bad guy and run around and try to pretend that they are some bad ass hard core nasty pirate and then hate on what they call RPers. This is an RPG we all role play some people just haven't made peace with it.
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
252
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Posted - 2015.01.12 17:30:16 -
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Solecist Project wrote:[quote=Erica Dusette]
Also I do find a mindset that advocates that people "stick within their own group" rather questionable. If you have an issue with something, sometimes the issue is with you and not the other side.
Yes it's kind of how most if not all homophobes are closet homosexuals. Hate and love are two sides of the same coin. If one is truly happy with their position on an given topic they would be accepting of the other side. All hatred at it's root is self hatred but now I'm getting outside the game and into philosophy.
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
252
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Posted - 2015.01.12 17:46:19 -
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Thorn en Distel wrote:
Actually, I have met quite a few roleplayers who did A LOT of harm, most extremely so when an ERP roleplayer started stalking and harassing a woman player in real life. Like with all things, there are gradations, from harmless to very much not so and from amusing to hideously annoying.
uhhh..... That's not role playing that is real life. We don't put actors in jail for playing a serial killer in a movie but we do put people in jail if they actually go out and kill people. I want to avoid going into the real life consequences of long term getting into the mindset of someone truly evil but there is a difference between in game and out of game. Role playing is something that people "pretend" in game and in character. When you take it out of game and out of character we call it criminal.
You seem to be having difficulty grasping the concept of these boundaries or the fact that almost everyone RPs even if they don't play RPGs. You act one way at work and another way around your family and a different way around someone you are trying to impress to get into their pants. I don't think in my life I have ever met someone truly genuine 100% of the time. When I go to work I put on a uniform and have to fulfill a "role" and make my customers have some confidence in my ability to solve their problems. Some people play the role of a faithful spouse while they are actually getting some action on the DL. When you were growing up your parents played the role of parents when they were around you and a guarantee that they were totally different people when they were not around you but in adult situations. |
Erica Dusette
Isogen 5
30490
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Posted - 2015.01.12 21:16:53 -
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Thorn en Distel wrote:Solecist Project wrote:Erica Dusette wrote:That's probably the worst advice I've seen in this thread yet Thorn en Distel wrote:Roleplayers make non-roleplayers (by far the majority of on line gamers) uncomfortable. Not really. Most gamers actually aren't so hung up, and fully understand the spirit games are played in. The other kind, well I love to make them uncomfortable. Can confirm. The amount of non-roleplayers who LOVE my roleplaying ... ... or Erica's as well ... ... btw I really, really like Candi! ... ... is literally uncountable. Also I do find a mindset that advocates that people "stick within their own group" rather questionable. If you have an issue with something, sometimes the issue is with you and not the other side. Pushing people away, because you don't feel like accepting them, although they do you no harm at all, makes you a bad person. Actually, I have met quite a few roleplayers who did A LOT of harm, most extremely so when an ERP roleplayer started stalking and harassing a woman player in real life. Like with all things, there are gradations, from harmless to very much not so and from amusing to hideously annoying. That reminds me a lot of a couple of people that used to tell me when I was a teenager that Dungeons & Dragons is really a closet-cult for satanists and that the game encourages people to go murder folks, so I shouldn't play it.
Almost twenty years later I'm still playing it. Oddly I haven't conducted a single ritual sacrifice yet.
Posts like yours don't really even merit legitimizing with a reply tbh, but I just wanted to share that anecdote.
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Alaric Faelen
Sabotage Incorporated Executive Outcomes
308
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Posted - 2015.01.12 23:34:40 -
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While I'm not much of a role player, I think those that do- like CODE, are playing Eve right. Eve is, after all, an RPG. I gave it a try with an FW alt, but found no one really willing to engage.
Few players have much in the way of imagination or creativity in this game. Most just come to forums to ask 'how to' or 'what is best'....but you never see 'what is most fun?' threads. They are content to play someone else's game, spam what works for other people, and obsess over 'winning' rather than enjoying. These are the people concerned with isk/hour or crying that their ship just got blown up. They are also the people most likely to run to CCP to remove any adversity with the hand of Dev-god patches rather than deal with things within the game itself. Again, going back to their lack of creativity. They remove the 'game' from Eve, and turn it into spreadsheets-in-space or a river of tears and appeals to Devs.
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
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Posted - 2015.01.12 23:53:05 -
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Thorn en Distel wrote:Actually, I have met quite a few roleplayers who did A LOT of harm, most extremely so when an ERP roleplayer started stalking and harassing a woman player in real life. Like with all things, there are gradations, from harmless to very much not so and from amusing to hideously annoying. Okay.
There's a difference between "cybersex" and "erotics". People like these exist in your every day life, too.
I'm not like that. I'm neither desperate, nor obsessed.
Quote: And yes, I do think that if you want to avoid negative responses, you might want to stick to the chats of a role playing corp or channel. Just like I'd advise people who want to discuss religion or politics nonstop to stick to the like-minded. If that doesn't fit your ideal world, tough. People are not angels, irritation will happen, and there's no harm in minimizing the friction.
You are a very easily scared person. The harm behind minimizing this kind of friction, as you put it, comes from you simply putting a whole lot of different people into one box .......
... and you're not even really dealing with it.
You just put it away. Literally.
And you do that, by telling us to stay away. Within our group. Isolated.
What kind of person does that?
How many boxes have you put away by now??
Why do you deny me the right to be an intelligent human being?
Are all black people drug dealers?
Gee ........
Ralph King-Griffin > **** you sol, years, ****ing years since thats happend
The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D
Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
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Solecist Project
All Glory to the HypnoBoobs
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Posted - 2015.01.13 10:16:54 -
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No, I won't let this die just because the person in question now is too ashasmed of responding.
This is an important matter and shows what's wrong with so many people on so many levels.
Ralph King-Griffin > **** you sol, years, ****ing years since thats happend
The Cuppy Cake Song <3 <3 <3 :D :D :D
Come along now, come along with me and I'll eeaasee your pain..
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
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Posted - 2015.01.13 12:37:04 -
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ITT Sol wins at life
But seriously what people get up to in a video game between consenting players should be a non issue in the first place. Its iust space pixels and text yo
New York, Paris, Peckham, Jita
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Velicitia
XS Tech
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Posted - 2015.01.13 12:38:24 -
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Erica Dusette wrote:That reminds me a lot of a couple of people that used to tell me when I was a teenager that Dungeons & Dragons is really a closet-cult for satanists and that the game encourages people to go murder folks, so I shouldn't play it. Almost twenty years later I'm still playing it. Oddly I haven't conducted a single ritual sacrifice yet. Posts like yours don't really even merit legitimizing with a reply tbh, but I just wanted to share that anecdote.
Well, there was that one time when we were up in the Spine of the World...
One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
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