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Dust Puppy	Posted - 2004.11.19 18:35:00 - [1] 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? __________ Capacitor research
Dust Puppy	Posted - 2004.11.19 18:35:00 - [2] 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? __________ Capacitor research
Joshua Foiritain	Posted - 2004.11.19 18:57:00 - [3] 1. I roleplay in the forums mostly, ingame i usually talk to fiends so i stay ooc there. 2. Dunno never looked for em --------------------------- [Coreli Corporation Mainframe]
Joshua Foiritain	Posted - 2004.11.19 18:57:00 - [4] 1. I roleplay in the forums mostly, ingame i usually talk to fiends so i stay ooc there. 2. Dunno never looked for em --------------------------- [Coreli Corporation Mainframe]
Oveur	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:04:00 - [5] One thing I find strange, is that I just play me when I'm playing EVE - just in space. Isn't that considered roleplay? I don't have to talk like a scottish drunken dwarf with a beard down to my knees because I'm not a scottis drunken dwars with a beard down to my knees. I'm like, me. Just in a different world, where you don't drink coke, you drink Quafe. You don't drive a car, you fly a spaceship. With or without the scottish dwarf accent, I think that would barely be considered roleplay. Besides, my scottish dwarf accent sucks, I'd just be ruining roleplay for everyone else Ok, I sometimes say "Yarr" which I don't usually say in real life. However, the pizza delivery man gave me a wierd look when I told he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it _____________________________ I say hey sky, s'other say I won say, I pray to J I get the same ol' same ol.
Oveur	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:04:00 - [6] One thing I find strange, is that I just play me when I'm playing EVE - just in space. Isn't that considered roleplay? I don't have to talk like a scottish drunken dwarf with a beard down to my knees because I'm not a scottis drunken dwars with a beard down to my knees. I'm like, me. Just in a different world, where you don't drink coke, you drink Quafe. You don't drive a car, you fly a spaceship. With or without the scottish dwarf accent, I think that would barely be considered roleplay. Besides, my scottish dwarf accent sucks, I'd just be ruining roleplay for everyone else Ok, I sometimes say "Yarr" which I don't usually say in real life. However, the pizza delivery man gave me a wierd look when I told he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it _____________________________ I say hey sky, s'other say I won say, I pray to J I get the same ol' same ol.
Cissy	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:12:00 - [7] 1. 95% good ol rude me 5% xonofhobic Cissy who hates amarr for there slave biz hate caldari for there betrayal and nothing against the minis i emphatiz with em... 2. never loked for em, but a friend started a roleplaying corp...but i did not think it was for me ____________________________________________ your logic is flawed, therfor you are flawd
Cissy	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:12:00 - [8] 1. 95% good ol rude me 5% xonofhobic Cissy who hates amarr for there slave biz hate caldari for there betrayal and nothing against the minis i emphatiz with em... 2. never loked for em, but a friend started a roleplaying corp...but i did not think it was for me ____________________________________________ your logic is flawed, therfor you are flawd
JP Beauregard	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:15:00 - [9] Edited by: JP Beauregard on 19/11/2004 19:19:38 Originally by: Oveur However, the pizza delivery man gave me a [weird] look when I told [him] he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it. He was on time, well-mannered, impeccably dressed and polite to a fault? And even though some Caldari munchkin had gotten your order wrong, you felt obliged to accept the delivery because the delivery guy was ever so charming?
JP Beauregard	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:15:00 - [10] Edited by: JP Beauregard on 19/11/2004 19:19:38 Originally by: Oveur However, the pizza delivery man gave me a [weird] look when I told [him] he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it. He was on time, well-mannered, impeccably dressed and polite to a fault? And even though some Caldari munchkin had gotten your order wrong, you felt obliged to accept the delivery because the delivery guy was ever so charming?
Wrangler	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:22:00 - [11] Originally by: JP Beauregard Edited by: JP Beauregard on 19/11/2004 19:19:38 Originally by: Oveur However, the pizza delivery man gave me a [weird] look when I told [him] he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it. He was on time, well-mannered, impeccably dressed and polite to a fault? And even though some Caldari munchkin had gotten your order wrong, you felt obliged to accept the delivery because the delivery guy was ever so charming? Now you're being silly, everyone knows Caldari doesn't make mistakes I bet the Gallente pizze delivery man offered to sell adult magazines or something. [Read the Rules!] - [Email the Moderators]
Wrangler	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:22:00 - [12] Originally by: JP Beauregard Edited by: JP Beauregard on 19/11/2004 19:19:38 Originally by: Oveur However, the pizza delivery man gave me a [weird] look when I told [him] he was just like the damn Gallente. He didn't get it. He was on time, well-mannered, impeccably dressed and polite to a fault? And even though some Caldari munchkin had gotten your order wrong, you felt obliged to accept the delivery because the delivery guy was ever so charming? Now you're being silly, everyone knows Caldari doesn't make mistakes I bet the Gallente pizze delivery man offered to sell adult magazines or something. [Read the Rules!] - [Email the Moderators]
0seeker0	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:24:00 - [13] Edited by: 0seeker0 on 19/11/2004 19:27:36 Edited by: 0seeker0 on 19/11/2004 19:27:19 Did the pizza dudes favourite car look like a willy? San. Edited cause ***** is starred (see i told you) Character "Widescreen" is a scammer; beware. Check my bio for a list of known scammers.
0seeker0	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:24:00 - [14] Edited by: 0seeker0 on 19/11/2004 19:27:36 Edited by: 0seeker0 on 19/11/2004 19:27:19 Did the pizza dudes favourite car look like a willy? San. Edited cause ***** is starred (see i told you) Character "Widescreen" is a scammer; beware. Check my bio for a list of known scammers.
Alpha Dangerous	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:41:00 - [15] 1. I'm a actually a drunken dwarf with a scottish accent in real life (beard down to here and everything) who is pretending to be some guy that's playing a game about an albino dude that flies a spaceship. But at least I don't ever say "yarr!" Ever. I do this 100% of the time. Even now. 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing.
Alpha Dangerous	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:41:00 - [16] 1. I'm a actually a drunken dwarf with a scottish accent in real life (beard down to here and everything) who is pretending to be some guy that's playing a game about an albino dude that flies a spaceship. But at least I don't ever say "yarr!" Ever. I do this 100% of the time. Even now. 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing.
Raem Civrie	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:49:00 - [17] I'm just a slightly exaggerated me in EVE, with all the bells and whistles and howling paranoia.
Raem Civrie	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:49:00 - [18] I'm just a slightly exaggerated me in EVE, with all the bells and whistles and howling paranoia.
Avon	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:50:00 - [19] Edited by: Avon on 19/11/2004 19:55:13 Edited by: Avon on 19/11/2004 19:53:46 Ok, this gets complicated. When I type in corp chat I am almost always OOC. When I talk in TS I am always OOC, and I also tend to refer to Avon in the third person (ie. "I'll bring Avon down there to help out") When I talk in local or in convo's I am almost always IC. Thing is, Avon IC it pretty easy to do. A few racial slurs, a couple of Yarr!!'s, some outrageous demands, etc. The difference is how I 'think' when I am talking IC. My points are not made in some fancy meta language, or with a dodgy French accent, but the things said are based on the knowledge Avon would have of the situation. Most people do not even realise there is any roleplay going on - they just think of me as a griefer who is adding the odd Yarr!! to take the p1ss. If you want to help my RP, I need a parrot, a red and white strippy shirt, and eye patch, a hook for a hand, and a wooden leg. A cutlass might be a little much. A lot of the people I see playing Eve are far more IC than they know. They are roleplaying their characters, putting their heart and soul into them. The problem comes because they don't realise they are reloplaying, and they view attacks on their characters as personal attacks, they don't have that IC / OOC seperation. People who are completely OOC see everything as an action in a game - and they are probably the minority of players. ______________________________________________ Never argue with idiots. They will just drag it down to their level, and then beat you through experience.
Avon	Posted - 2004.11.19 19:50:00 - [20] Edited by: Avon on 19/11/2004 19:55:13 Edited by: Avon on 19/11/2004 19:53:46 Ok, this gets complicated. When I type in corp chat I am almost always OOC. When I talk in TS I am always OOC, and I also tend to refer to Avon in the third person (ie. "I'll bring Avon down there to help out") When I talk in local or in convo's I am almost always IC. Thing is, Avon IC it pretty easy to do. A few racial slurs, a couple of Yarr!!'s, some outrageous demands, etc. The difference is how I 'think' when I am talking IC. My points are not made in some fancy meta language, or with a dodgy French accent, but the things said are based on the knowledge Avon would have of the situation. Most people do not even realise there is any roleplay going on - they just think of me as a griefer who is adding the odd Yarr!! to take the p1ss. If you want to help my RP, I need a parrot, a red and white strippy shirt, and eye patch, a hook for a hand, and a wooden leg. A cutlass might be a little much. A lot of the people I see playing Eve are far more IC than they know. They are roleplaying their characters, putting their heart and soul into them. The problem comes because they don't realise they are reloplaying, and they view attacks on their characters as personal attacks, they don't have that IC / OOC seperation. People who are completely OOC see everything as an action in a game - and they are probably the minority of players. ______________________________________________ Never argue with idiots. They will just drag it down to their level, and then beat you through experience.
Mrs Magunus	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:02:00 - [21] Originally by: Alpha Dangerous 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing. Hey! That's not true! I'm 33.
Mrs Magunus	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:02:00 - [22] Originally by: Alpha Dangerous 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing. Hey! That's not true! I'm 33.
Alpha Dangerous	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:16:00 - [23] Originally by: Mrs Magunus Originally by: Alpha Dangerous 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing. Hey! That's not true! I'm 33. ...oh I'm sure that's what you'd LIKE me to think, Frank. You ain't fooling me THIS time hehe.
Alpha Dangerous	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:16:00 - [24] Originally by: Mrs Magunus Originally by: Alpha Dangerous 2. In my experience, almost everyone else is actually a 37 year old guy named Frank pretending to be an woman, so I really haven't had any problems. But that might be just a Gallente thing. Hey! That's not true! I'm 33. ...oh I'm sure that's what you'd LIKE me to think, Frank. You ain't fooling me THIS time hehe.
Dau Imperius	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:29:00 - [25] 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? Answer: As much as I wanted to be (and would be if I could get the oppurtunity), no I'm not really. I'm probably down to 25% in charater and 75% out of it now. 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? Answer: There are some who would say no. (and darn are they good) But I'm one of those yes people. It's so hard to stay in character for me when I've got people chatting about things like: Oh dude wus up? He got owned by so-&-so! I need like 35 Spectral Jammers, yo bud give em to me! Or hey how's your wife doing...? Sometimes I get 'spurts' of total RP, but few, if any, gets it as they still talk like themselves. And a DEV that doesn't know RP? Well, seems no one is perfect. That would explain a few things though...
Dau Imperius	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:29:00 - [26] 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? Answer: As much as I wanted to be (and would be if I could get the oppurtunity), no I'm not really. I'm probably down to 25% in charater and 75% out of it now. 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? Answer: There are some who would say no. (and darn are they good) But I'm one of those yes people. It's so hard to stay in character for me when I've got people chatting about things like: Oh dude wus up? He got owned by so-&-so! I need like 35 Spectral Jammers, yo bud give em to me! Or hey how's your wife doing...? Sometimes I get 'spurts' of total RP, but few, if any, gets it as they still talk like themselves. And a DEV that doesn't know RP? Well, seems no one is perfect. That would explain a few things though...
Pottsey	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:29:00 - [27] "1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character?" I stay in character 80% of the time. No just one min I need to go out to the shop down the road, no hey who won that football match last night e.c.t If anyone mentions a film I go oo I remember seeing that, got that old film in my ships data base e.c.t If I need to go get foods its AFK 5 min's I need to get food from cargo bay 5 and no coms screens down there e.c.t _________________________________________________ Gallente defensive innovation comes from unexpected source.
Pottsey	Posted - 2004.11.19 20:29:00 - [28] "1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character?" I stay in character 80% of the time. No just one min I need to go out to the shop down the road, no hey who won that football match last night e.c.t If anyone mentions a film I go oo I remember seeing that, got that old film in my ships data base e.c.t If I need to go get foods its AFK 5 min's I need to get food from cargo bay 5 and no coms screens down there e.c.t _________________________________________________ Gallente defensive innovation comes from unexpected source.
Gaven Lok'ri	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:17:00 - [29] 1. In public channels almost all the time, in private channels It is much lower as it is important to keep OOC and IC separate if you want to keep a civil environment. And in my actions... 100% of the time. It is only in words that I ever break character. 2. Not at all. Its fairly simple to work just about anything said in a public channel into roleplay in a science fiction game. People who dont roleplay become the uneducated masses. They are the people who have no idea what is going on in the world. People who are anti-roleplay are even more fun to deal with as they actually get more ****ed off by our staying in character than we do at their attempts at breaking our character. Anything anyone does that has any effect on the state of the universe is in a very basic sence RP. If you shoot a ship you are RPing your character commanding his ship to kill another ship, if you hand someone cash, you are RPing giving someone cash. The only thing that can possibly not be taken as a form of RP is in words, those can indeed break from character... but your character in its base form is seen more in its actions than the fancy words that go with the actions. I will also add this, By makeing a character that isnt myself, one that I am makeing a blantant shift in my own personality and beliefs to play I am able to take the game a bit less seriously than many who dont RP. RP wars have in most cases an underlieing OOC respect as a backdrop with the IC fighting and hatred being understood that it is a game... on the other hand wars thathave no RP reasoning, and are based entirely on OOC, have nowhere to shunt the hatreds that develop and often lose the basic respect that makes a good RP war fun. Nobiscum Deus! Ave Doriam II!
Gaven Lok'ri	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:17:00 - [30] 1. In public channels almost all the time, in private channels It is much lower as it is important to keep OOC and IC separate if you want to keep a civil environment. And in my actions... 100% of the time. It is only in words that I ever break character. 2. Not at all. Its fairly simple to work just about anything said in a public channel into roleplay in a science fiction game. People who dont roleplay become the uneducated masses. They are the people who have no idea what is going on in the world. People who are anti-roleplay are even more fun to deal with as they actually get more ****ed off by our staying in character than we do at their attempts at breaking our character. Anything anyone does that has any effect on the state of the universe is in a very basic sence RP. If you shoot a ship you are RPing your character commanding his ship to kill another ship, if you hand someone cash, you are RPing giving someone cash. The only thing that can possibly not be taken as a form of RP is in words, those can indeed break from character... but your character in its base form is seen more in its actions than the fancy words that go with the actions. I will also add this, By makeing a character that isnt myself, one that I am makeing a blantant shift in my own personality and beliefs to play I am able to take the game a bit less seriously than many who dont RP. RP wars have in most cases an underlieing OOC respect as a backdrop with the IC fighting and hatred being understood that it is a game... on the other hand wars thathave no RP reasoning, and are based entirely on OOC, have nowhere to shunt the hatreds that develop and often lose the basic respect that makes a good RP war fun. Nobiscum Deus! Ave Doriam II!
Majaraw Awalabas	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:30:00 - [31] My answers are much like Gaven's I guess. 1. I am always in character on Public channels (Local etc) but in corp chat we do talk ic and ooc stuff. Some of the ooc stuff is actually ic though, such as various logistical things. 2. It's easiest then! You should see the amount of rubbish we get from those that oppose to our roleplaying and then it's even more fun to hit them with more phrases while they turn red in the face. Also like Gaven, Majaraw is wildly different from myself. I'm very liberal in life but in EVE I'm a staunch tradionalist. I'm an atheist but in EVE I'm a dutiful servant and believer in god. This helps us keeping things very ic/ooc seperate.
Majaraw Awalabas	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:30:00 - [32] My answers are much like Gaven's I guess. 1. I am always in character on Public channels (Local etc) but in corp chat we do talk ic and ooc stuff. Some of the ooc stuff is actually ic though, such as various logistical things. 2. It's easiest then! You should see the amount of rubbish we get from those that oppose to our roleplaying and then it's even more fun to hit them with more phrases while they turn red in the face. Also like Gaven, Majaraw is wildly different from myself. I'm very liberal in life but in EVE I'm a staunch tradionalist. I'm an atheist but in EVE I'm a dutiful servant and believer in god. This helps us keeping things very ic/ooc seperate.
flummox	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:41:00 - [33] i'm about the same jerk in game as i am out of game. people have the exact same opinion of me no matter what dimension i'm in... there is a fine, but dissasterous line between a fart and a shart. i suggest you make sure which side you want to be on...
flummox	Posted - 2004.11.19 21:41:00 - [34] i'm about the same jerk in game as i am out of game. people have the exact same opinion of me no matter what dimension i'm in... there is a fine, but dissasterous line between a fart and a shart. i suggest you make sure which side you want to be on...
Kostantin Mort	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:09:00 - [35] I tend to always keep IC all the time, but as many of the PIE members have already said, the corp chat tends to be OOC. As for dealing with people that don't RP...well, I have to say that some of the funniest moments that I ever had while playing EVE was keeping to my character while a pirate shouted abuse at me. As for my character, as you can see he's part of the Holy Order within PIE. I real life I am actually an atheist. ------ Dei Gloria "God is my shield and protector!"
Kostantin Mort	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:09:00 - [36] I tend to always keep IC all the time, but as many of the PIE members have already said, the corp chat tends to be OOC. As for dealing with people that don't RP...well, I have to say that some of the funniest moments that I ever had while playing EVE was keeping to my character while a pirate shouted abuse at me. As for my character, as you can see he's part of the Holy Order within PIE. I real life I am actually an atheist. ------ Dei Gloria "God is my shield and protector!"
DB Preacher	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:10:00 - [37] Originally by: Dust Puppy 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? I used to play 100% in character when I was playing alongside Jade alot, now I don't get the opportunity to as much. I think alot of the change came from the addition of TS. It was easier to play a certain role (i.e. a ***** female minmatar) in-game than it is to play one on ts. It kinda scares faramir when I do it on ts :/ 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? Again, same answer as above with a bit more clarification. It's not really hard to roleplay depending on how far you wanna take it. Unless you are roleplaying something completely foreign to and trying to completely change your personality to something you are not, it's always going to be some reflection of yourself. dbp Current RKK Ranking: (CAL4) Soldier** Drop by and say hi in Reikoku Forums.
DB Preacher	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:10:00 - [38] Originally by: Dust Puppy 1. Are you always in character in EVE? If not how much would you say that you are in character and how much out of character? I used to play 100% in character when I was playing alongside Jade alot, now I don't get the opportunity to as much. I think alot of the change came from the addition of TS. It was easier to play a certain role (i.e. a ***** female minmatar) in-game than it is to play one on ts. It kinda scares faramir when I do it on ts :/ 2. Is it hard to roleplay if the majority of the people around you are not roleplaying? Again, same answer as above with a bit more clarification. It's not really hard to roleplay depending on how far you wanna take it. Unless you are roleplaying something completely foreign to and trying to completely change your personality to something you are not, it's always going to be some reflection of yourself. dbp Current RKK Ranking: (CAL4) Soldier** Drop by and say hi in Reikoku Forums.
Burga Galti	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:22:00 - [39] 1/ Not really, I slip in and out of it depending on the company. I roleplay with roleplayers but will happily talk about RL if the conversation is in that area. Roleplay isn't a hard thing to do. It's more about what you don't do that what you do do. If you keep all references to RL out, don't refer to CCP mods GMs or exploits etc then imo you are roleplaying. 2/ Not at all, as most people in EVE talk about EVE. And thats roleplay to me. If the conversation is blatently OOC that there isn't any realistic way to shift it apart from getting back onto EVE topics. Tales from the EVE Cluster
Burga Galti	Posted - 2004.11.19 22:22:00 - [40] 1/ Not really, I slip in and out of it depending on the company. I roleplay with roleplayers but will happily talk about RL if the conversation is in that area. Roleplay isn't a hard thing to do. It's more about what you don't do that what you do do. If you keep all references to RL out, don't refer to CCP mods GMs or exploits etc then imo you are roleplaying. 2/ Not at all, as most people in EVE talk about EVE. And thats roleplay to me. If the conversation is blatently OOC that there isn't any realistic way to shift it apart from getting back onto EVE topics. Tales from the EVE Cluster

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