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Leilani Solaris
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:15:00 -
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As the title says, i just poked my head in there, first time since i've been playing EVE and was like errr wtf.. No offence to those who like to roleplay...but wtf  They take it so seriously...
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Atandros
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:19:00 -
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Heh. They don't. It's actually a matter of taking the game LESS seriously, if anything.
You put on a mask, you act for a while, you drop the mask. That's about it.
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Asane
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:24:00 -
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compared to some people around here (RL) who wouldn't dream of not thinking about eve, I say the RPers are quite unserious... they have some distance atleast
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:25:00 -
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some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
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Tiuwaz
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:26:00 -
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if that one scares then you should never set a foot into the Corporation, Alliance and Organization Discussions Forum 
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****! Lets nerf it!
To the nerfmobile!
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Aran Cole
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:27:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
Sure, along with Acting in movies... ha, those crazy head-cases...
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:29:00 -
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Originally by: Aran Cole
Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
Sure, along with Acting in movies... ha, those crazy head-cases...
nah they're role playing for the entertainment of others........oh wait yea acors must be messed in the head
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Marcus Aurelius
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:31:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
One could argue not doing it is even worse 
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Asane
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:37:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
One would rather consider if it's technically possible to Not play a role in games.
(And as for role-playing in itself, I always thought that was something they would encourage you to do)
And didn't you know already? This is part of my sig.
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Tar Magen
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:41:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
Some others would speculate that not having any imagination is a severe handicap in life.
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:42:00 -
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Edited by: BloodSpoon on 01/03/2006 00:44:25
Originally by: Asane
Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
One would rather consider if it's technically possible to Not play a role in games.
(And as for role-playing in itself, I always thought that was something they would encourage you to do)
now your talking semantics, and what role playing really is............
Originally by: Tar Magen
Originally by: BloodSpoon
some would speculate role-playing in games is a mental disorder
Some others would speculate that not having any imagination is a severe handicap in life.
heh immagination goes as only so far before they become delusions and they call the people in the white coats to come strap you down with a leather jacket
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Asane
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:44:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
now your talking semantics, and what role playing really is............
There's more than one type now?
And didn't you know already? This is part of my sig.
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Hermia
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Posted - 2006.03.01 00:45:00 -
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As the title says, i just poked my head in there, first time since i've been playing EVE and was like errr wtf..
No offence to those who like to roleplay...but wtf They take it so seriously...
corp & alliances discussion is where your'll find the serious talk, heh, by definition its role play in 'summit'. I think i know what you meen, but be aware that a corp or person preaching some philosophical argument doesnĘt necessarily believe that to hold true in RL.
The way I see it its all about creating drama, its great to be involved in a big coo or in the middle of diplomatic tensions, especially when the plot is dark/imaginative with spin offs. Obviously eventually (and this is the best bit) the writers get drawn into the plot to an extent that RP arguments ruffle feathers with a real feeling of frustration. This is great since it helps carry emotion over to the forums successfully, getting everyone more enthralled.
It only goes horribly wrong when someone enters the scene who cant take RP for what it is, competitive fun. anyway this comes from a person who doesnt do much RP, but loves reading it!
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Marcus Aurelius
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:05:00 -
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Hey, I do nothing else then roleplay like that. And I've yet to post in the summit as far as I can remember
Sounding serious and being serious can be two different things, which has nothing to do with mental health at all.
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:12:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Aurelius
Hey, I do nothing else then roleplay like that. And I've yet to post in the summit as far as I can remember
Sounding serious and being serious can be two different things, which has nothing to do with mental health at all.
everything has to do with mental health...ingame and RL
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Pa1nbringr
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:21:00 -
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full of strange roleplayers
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Marcus Aurelius
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:25:00 -
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Originally by: BloodSpoon
Originally by: Marcus Aurelius
Hey, I do nothing else then roleplay like that. And I've yet to post in the summit as far as I can remember
Sounding serious and being serious can be two different things, which has nothing to do with mental health at all.
everything has to do with mental health...ingame and RL
That doesn't sound healthy m8
Let's leave it at this. Noone here should judge another users' sanity anyway, it's not chique 
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Coconut Joe
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:26:00 -
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I remeber takeing a walk through the woods one day with a mate, and we came a across a bunch of roleplayers ahveing sword fights. They're the weirdest thing I ever seen in my life. Hense, I fear to go into that intergalactic sumit as well. 
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Wild Rho
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:28:00 -
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Everyone finds their own way to have fun in eve, rping is just one of those ways for some people 
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Hermia
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:39:00 -
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you guys who dont RP would be lost without it. Think about the beautiful wars, the spectical! Besides, everyone does a little RP without realising it.
Its usefull, be thankfull
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Gauge Lockhart
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Posted - 2006.03.01 01:52:00 -
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Yeah, only PSYCHOs would log into a massively-multiplayer-online-ROLE-PLAYING-game and play a game where they fly around in space-ships and shoot lasers at one another.
GOSH.
So, anyone who pretends to be someone else for a bit is psycho, eh? The millionaire actors in Hollywood and the thespians on Broadway would like to have a word with you. Its so sad how some people just don't 'get it'.
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tinae
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Posted - 2006.03.01 02:00:00 -
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Yea that place is full of sad people
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Zevrik
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Posted - 2006.03.01 02:07:00 -
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Originally by: Coconut Joe
I remeber takeing a walk through the woods one day with a mate, and we came a across a bunch of roleplayers ahveing sword fights. They're the weirdest thing I ever seen in my life. Hense, I fear to go into that intergalactic sumit as well.
Those are larpers (Live Action Roleplaying), don't group them with the semi-normal RP, I RP and even I think the larpers are a bit scary.
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 02:10:00 -
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Originally by: Gauge Lockhart
Yeah, only PSYCHOs would log into a massively-multiplayer-online-ROLE-PLAYING-game and play a game where they fly around in space-ships and shoot lasers at one another.
GOSH.
So, anyone who pretends to be someone else for a bit is psycho, eh? The millionaire actors in Hollywood and the thespians on Broadway would like to have a word with you. Its so sad how some people just don't 'get it'.
heh....wonder where that idea came from?
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Vendrin
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Posted - 2006.03.01 02:13:00 -
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Originally by: Zevrik
Originally by: Coconut Joe
I remeber takeing a walk through the woods one day with a mate, and we came a across a bunch of roleplayers ahveing sword fights. They're the weirdest thing I ever seen in my life. Hense, I fear to go into that intergalactic sumit as well.
Those are larpers (Live Action Roleplaying), don't group them with the semi-normal RP, I RP and even I think the larpers are a bit scary.
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I rp. But Larpers are insane.
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Nauta Starbane
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Posted - 2006.03.01 03:37:00 -
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The only problem with the rp community in EVE is there are currently only 6 roles that are played by about 300 people:
1. Amarr-hating Minmatar
2. Minmatar-hating Amarr
3. Gallente-hating Calderi
4. Gallente-hating Intaki
5. Empire-hating Pirate
6. Jericho Fraction
...which would be fine if they ever got past the 'slaver scum' 'inferior race' and 'kill all non-posthumanists' copy/paste insults.
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BloodSpoon
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Posted - 2006.03.01 03:54:00 -
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Originally by: Nauta Starbane
The only problem with the rp community in EVE is there are currently only 6 roles that are played by about 300 people:
1. Amarr-hating Minmatar
2. Minmatar-hating Amarr
3. Gallente-hating Calderi
4. Gallente-hating Intaki
5. Empire-hating Pirate
6. Jericho Fraction
...which would be fine if they ever got past the 'slaver scum' 'inferior race' and 'kill all non-posthumanists' copy/paste insults.
VERY nice point/post
could there be another section of a different kind of RP'rs........
The diplomats....because really they're just playing the role....diplomacy is dead..and has been dead for years....so really everyone is just pretending..thus putting them into a division or RP'rs
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Telemicus Thrace
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Posted - 2006.03.01 04:13:00 -
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Originally by: Leilani Solaris
As the title says, i just poked my head in there, first time since i've been playing EVE and was like errr wtf.. No offence to those who like to roleplay...but wtf They take it so seriously...
I think the carebears (both industrial and combat) that storm in here from time to time to spark off a 12 page diatribe about how broken Eve is because they lost a ship are the ones that take it too seriously.
I'm a Role Player myself. I base my in game actions on what my character would do rather than my own whims. For instance I can't just head into low sec and gank some hauler because Telemicus Thrace is not a pirate. Taking part in the alliance politics and a bit of RP in RP chat channels adds a nice depth to the game for me.
For me it's the difference between Eve being a space-combat-resource-gathering-simulator and a rich and engaging galaxy with drama and intrigue on a par with Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica. The core difference being my character that I breath life into is an active participant in the story and may even shape the course of that story.
Of course if I'm dealing with non-RPers I don't bother to RP, in fact in game I generally only bother to RP in channels dedicated to the task. I'm not one of the folks who has a go at people for talking about Big Brother in local.
It's not for everyone and because of that there are in-character areas of the forum and there are out of character areas. You are not forced to participate in one or the other (I have actually played games where you must remain in character at all times, it was cool in small doses. Very immersive but straining).
The key thing a lot of RP outsiders don't realise is the amount of co-operation, communication and mutual respect that goes on behind the RP curtain. They may look like bitter enemies in the forums or when blowing each other to shreds but for the most part all roleplayers have a healthy seperation between self and the characters they play. I did not blow up a load of Angel cruisers last night, Telemicus Thrace did. I just sat at my computer and told him what to do.
The folks that do their nut because they lost their ship and it ruined x hours of their life playing the game to get that ship need to consider the above. Your character lost their ship, you got to play a great game and just got some action. Chill out.
If it's not your thing don't take part, simple really. For those of us that do enjoy RP and do take part in it we feel we get a lot more out of the game for our money. I don't see why this needs any kind of commentary at all.
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Kyoko Sakoda
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Posted - 2006.03.01 04:24:00 -
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Originally by: Nauta Starbane
The only problem with the rp community in EVE is there are currently only 6 roles that are played by about 300 people:
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6. Jericho Fraction
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Hahaha. That's excellent but so true. Heart Jade. <3
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Garreck
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Posted - 2006.03.01 04:38:00 -
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Originally by: Leilani Solaris
but wtf They take it so seriously...
An interesting statement to make.
In a roleplay encounter, opposing factions will have various insulting/derisive remarks to make at each other before/during/after a fight...or even just passing each other in the same system. Both parties understand it's all part of the fun, all part of the game.
In a non-roleplay encounter, you get people slagging off pirates (or, more accurately, the PLAYER behind the pirate, because to slag off a pirate would imply roleplay) or their enemies, or whatever else. There's no acting to it...the player behind the keyboard is ****ed off and venting.
Who's taking it more seriously?
There's been an epidemic of people bringing up the "oddity" of roleplayers in Eve. Which, in turn, strikes ME as odd as Eve is a roleplaying game. Everything you do...every mission you run, every transaction you make, every combat experience you have...is roleplay.
This is a persistant world we play in where every action has a decisive consequence (security status, faction standings, losing that brand new damn battleship you worked so hard to earn...) and where your character builds a reputation whether you like it or not. I daresay it's more healthy for that reputation to be a facade or some fake character you portray than for it to be a representation of the real YOU. Hell, I have to present the real me (and be judged based on that presentation) enough in the real world. When I want some escapism, I play Garreck.
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