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Just to gently remind folks, about two months back Vasilia put up a very handy thread on the World's End Tavern forums (the general RP board Blizzard maintains) advertising some of the general RP opportunities on Cenarion Circle. It's not specific to any faction, guild, or event; just a short list of the general awesomeness that is the server.

If you get a chance, stop by and bump the thread! A lot of the new interest and new characters we've been seeing lately has originally come from reading her post. In fact, some of you reading this may have got your own start that way. Here's the thread:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2369677639?page=1

If you like the RP on Cenarion Circle, stop by and let the folks hunting around for a good RP server know!

I recommend trying the channels we list in the sticky on these forums (and the advertisement thread this one links to as well) if you're having trouble finding RP; there's usually people who are happy to talk in the Hearthstone/HearthstoneIC channels or meet up for an event somewhere if you mention it in HordeOOC/AllianceOOC.

That said, I'm not particularly dedicated to arguing that this is the best RP server out there or the only good option. I do think we have offerings that it's worth sharing with the larger population that reads the World's End Tavern boards. There seem to be some other people that agree with me helping to keep the good word out there. Doesn't mean other servers aren't good too.

I'm not sure there's a lot of benefit to coming here on an alt to knock on the server if you've already found one you like. I suppose if you're just proud of your server and want to tell everyone how great it is you could start a thread like the "See Scenic Cenarion Circle" one? It seems more productive.

Obviously, Romantic, you don't *try* to RP on CC.

I have never had a problem finding it. And, yes, we have lots of events and that's our primary focus. But I walk-up and RP with people all the time. Today I walked up to four different people in different places and RPed (and then went and did an event).

And in all that time? Not one troll. Not on griefer.

Actually give RP on our server a shot before you start shooting it down, alrighty? Thanks.

Sorry, but my personal opinion, not to be confused with anything as objective as truth.

Fixed it for you.

Keep the friendly bumps coming!

Queest, your post in the thread was wonderful. I hope we cross paths Alliance-side soon!

Obviously, Romantic, you don't *try* to RP on CC.

I have never had a problem finding it. And, yes, we have lots of events and that's our primary focus. But I walk-up and RP with people all the time. Today I walked up to four different people in different places and RPed (and then went and did an event).

And in all that time? Not one troll. Not on griefer.

Actually give RP on our server a shot before you start shooting it down, alrighty? Thanks.

Not sure why my previous post was deleted, as I'm not trolling or spamming. I've been on this server for years.
Also, I will say Alliance is way better off then Horde on our server. You guys actually have a RP Spot (Blue Recluse I believe in SW?), which Horde does not have any one specific spot people can go to.

And when I say "walk-up" RP, I generally tend to mean, Random, walk up RP. As in.. you're just walking around Silvermoon or Stormwind, and see people chatting and go up to them or something. Not "Oh, hey, wanna RP? Meet in Stormwind" and all that. I don't really consider that walk up.

Horde has more event RP. But if you want something like, going to Silvermoon and finding people, it's going to be pretty hard on this server. Most, if not all the majority of RPers in the HordeOOC channel tend to not hang out in a place unless they are already RPing there.

On Tuesdays and Mondays you can easily find Horde RP by just going to the Tavern and Clinic, but outside of that, if either of those events are things none of your characters would be interested in, then it's going to be hard.

Yes, you can ask in HordeOOC for RP, I've seen it done, and most often then not (unless they are contacted privately), those people are really just ignored for a while, and eventually just become incessant and keep asking and then are usually asked to stop asking.

WrA is more populated with more RPers then CC, that's just fact.
WrA has more walk up RP then CC, again, fact. You can go to almost any city and see people RPing. Where as you go to our Orgrimmar and see people "LOL, Dungeon queues are so bad." or "Yeah, we wiped on HM Atramedes all night." Now, I do applaud people like Abominus, who will actually reply to that IC. But the majority of us will simply ignore it. I myself saw a troll one night in Org, he was doing some odd /emotes so I attempted to RP with him on my troll, thought it was going well, though, maybe I found a RPer sitting in Org, le-gasp! But that was not it, as at the end he was like "LOL. GTG, dungeon pop!" I also applaud people who I see do gem cuts, or enchants or such in character (Saw Didios do this a few weeks ago).
WrA has more RP guilds then CC, another fact.

CC has it's good points, it's why I stay here. I love the Doctas, probably one of my favorite guilds. I love the people, been here for years, as I said above, and made some pretty awesome friends. Most of the people are great, and we have a good raiding population.



Also, I suggest reading up on Lore and Wow Wiki as well as RP Guides before rolling to RP. Last night I saw a troll rogue, who had RSP, who was a druid of Sen'jin, and then was talking about taming some pets.

Well, I didn't report the post, so no answers for you there I'm afraid.

But at the same time I'm not sure what your purpose is here. If you like WrA better, that's okay. Different people like different kinds of RP, and every server does things a bit differently.

If you think the experience there is worth sharing, and you're feeling generous with your time, start a thread on the World's End Tavern boards! They're a great way to get people to drop by and test the waters with an alt. A number of the people in my guild originally came to CC because of that ad thread (or its earlier incarnation on the old forums).

But I suspect folks aren't looking kindly on your post because this wasn't really a thread about whether CC is better for RP than anywhere else. It's just a gentle reminder to folks that do like the RP here that there's an advertisement project they could come help with.

No one's really going to be hurt if you're not one of those people. There just doesn't seem to be much percentage in saying "you're all wrong" to the people that do want to help out.

Especially from an alt. I'm sorry, it's just...tacky. If you believe what you're saying there's really no reason to do it anonymously.

Now, who's still reading because they think forum drama is fun? You there? Well, earn your keep around here and go bump the advertisement thread. Go on! Shoo!

I think we need more bad words.

Yes.

Villains!

Did somebody say "villains"?

:3

Your original post probably disappeared because it *was* trolling. Sorry, it was. You came on a thread with one specific purpose to completely disagree with that purpose, on an alt without so much as a picture of your toon on it because you couldn't be bothered with a little honesty about who you are. Romantic, that makes you a troll in my book. And trolls get their posts deleted, and if you'd rather not be upset that your posts are getting deleted then you should realize, we're not going to hunt you down because you disagree with us. I'm way more offended by your anonymity than your opinion.

And when I say "walk-up" RP, I generally tend to mean, Random, walk up RP. As in.. you're just walking around Silvermoon or Stormwind, and see people chatting and go up to them or something. Not "Oh, hey, wanna RP? Meet in Stormwind" and all that. I don't really consider that walk up.

And when I said I'd engaged in walk-up RP multiple times the day of my post, what exactly did you think I meant? I meant I walked up to someone and RPed with them -- an utterly crazy gnome who was not happy with Robby Flay (and can you blame him? Who really does all the work for those recipes? Get your own ingredients, for real!), and then I bumped into Cyrus in the Trade District and we RPed a bit, and then I headed over to Darnassus where I bumped into Keyesh and we RPed a bit.

You know why there was walk-up RP? Because rather than complaining about how there's no random walk-up RP.... we randomly RPed with someone we walked up to! That's how it happens on WrA too, the only reason you see more of it there is because there's more RPers.

So, I'm sorry, if that's your complaint about CC the solution is to help us recruit more RPers and also to randomly walk up to people and RP. Problem solved.

All of those facts you listed are simply the result of WrA having a larger RP community. Obviously, that's something you like and there's nothing wrong with that. (And, frankly, btw, what you described WAS walk-up RP. That person may not really be an RPer but that's what you were doing.... I don't know if that gnome was I RPing with the other day was an RPer or not, I just know we RPed and I was entertained.)

On another note,
We do need more villains! There's some discussion about that going on in the Lucid Whispers thread on our realm forums... http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2661068158?page=1#9

06/16/2011 11:20 AMPosted by Crayauchtin

And when I said I'd engaged in walk-up RP multiple times the day of my post, what exactly did you think I meant? I meant I walked up to someone and RPed with them -- an utterly crazy gnome who was not happy with Robby Flay (and can you blame him? Who really does all the work for those recipes? Get your own ingredients, for real!), and then I bumped into Cyrus in the Trade District and we RPed a bit, and then I headed over to Darnassus where I bumped into Keyesh and we RPed a bit.

Yep, that is walk-up RP, but it is also with established characters (the gnome excepted) in a network of people that rp together on a regular basis anyway. This leads to the next issue:

06/16/2011 11:20 AMPosted by Crayauchtin

You know why there was walk-up RP? Because rather than complaining about how there's no random walk-up RP.... we randomly RPed with someone we walked up to! That's how it happens on WrA too, the only reason you see more of it there is because there's more RPers.

Cenarion Circle is good for tight-knit groups of people that are involved in complex storyline-driven rp. Anyone can usually come right in, but there are also times when people feel they are either stepping on toes or have no clue what they are getting into and thus stay out of the action. This is coming from someone who found their way into CC only last December, and recalls this being the norm for some time. CC is, however, the best place I have yet seen for stories and involved plot lines.

Wyrmrest, in my experience anyway, seems to be more spontaneous and less story driven. I think it is just the atmosphere of the server, and the way guilds seem to be run over there. Is it better? Not necessarily. Both kinds of rp make for the ideal situation.

06/16/2011 11:20 AMPosted by Crayauchtin

the solution is to help us recruit more RPers and also to randomly walk up to people and RP. Problem solved.

Exactly!

Brenri and Romantic.

Let's see. Today Abon, a not well known character, rped with several people who were not part of the clique.

Rhumple rped with probably a dozen people including a human from a raiding guild who was sitting afk on a box by the bank. Pretty sure she wasn't part of the tight-knit group of rpers who only rp with each other. Nor was the elf who said, "WTF are you people doing?" when Rhumple informed him he was in the greatness of Rhumple's kingdom of boxes.

Two moonkin jumped up on the boxes to visit his kingdom.

Chalimar, an even less widely known character, rped with someone in the AH.

And before anyone complains more about how "yes, but Cray is part of the clique" he started somewhere just like everyone else did. He started by stopping and visiting with people.

Gods. I am constantly amazed that people just think rp icons are some kind of add on. Known rpers are known because they make the effort. You don't pay Blizzard an extra $25 to get a popular rp character.

I'll lay 500 gold on the line I can get on an unknown character and get "walk up rp" without approaching anyone who is a known rper. I don't run any kind of rp add ons, so I can't use that either.

Just for the fun of it, Gentyl, I'll take you up on your bet. 500 gold against you being able to start RP with the following conditions attached:

1) Not a character that the public in general knows is you

2) Not a character in a well known RP guild

3) Not running any RP addons for that character

4) No approaching a role player you previously know who has any reputation for responding positively for random RP of the sort being argued about here.

Let's see how long it takes for you to start something up. I'm thinking I'll lose my 500 gold pretty quickly.

I'm not saying it does not happen, nor are you incapable of "street" rp, but that it does not happen as often on this server as I have experienced it on others. This is not a complaint or a slam against the server in any way, just an observation. That should be pretty clear.

I think the way we do things on CC is a strength, when we also open up to other people (as we normally do).

06/16/2011 02:28 PMPosted by Gentyl

Gods. I am constantly amazed that people just think rp icons are some kind of add on. Known rpers are known because they make the effort. You don't pay Blizzard an extra $25 to get a popular rp character.

I don't follow your meaning here, please clarify.

06/16/2011 02:28 PMPosted by Gentyl

I'll lay 500 gold on the line I can get on an unknown character and get "walk up rp" without approaching anyone who is a known rper. I don't run any kind of rp add ons, so I can't use that either.

No argument there. Like your man said:

06/16/2011 11:20 AMPosted by Crayauchtin

the solution is to help us recruit more RPers and also to randomly walk up to people and RP. Problem solved.

06/16/2011 02:28 PMPosted by Gentyl

And before anyone complains more about how "yes, but Cray is part of the clique" he started somewhere just like everyone else did. He started by stopping and visiting with people.

Actually, true, the very first person I RPed with (who I don't think is part of the clique as I have not seen them since EVER) was standing on the bridge in Stormwind between the Trade District and the Cathedral District, struggling with some fish. I asked them if they needed help reeling it in, to which they replied they wanted this victory to themselves but that I should catch them if they fell in. They didn't (obviously, cause game mechanics :P), bid me a good day and wandered off.

After that, I looked up the channels on the forums and then I wandered into the Recluse. I think we all know it's been downhill ever since. :P (I kid, I kid, I have more fun RPing on this server than I've had in any other game ever.)

I'll vouch that Gentyl uses no identifying RP addons (she uses GHI but that doesn't help you find people). Let the games begin. I'd bet too but I can't get in game yet.

...I miss my computer! :'(

I'm just gonna bump the reminder part of this again...not so much the shouting and arguing part, though carry on with that if you like, but try to drop by and say a good word for CC on the linked thread as well. Thanks! Right here in case you're feeling too lazy to scroll back up:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2369677639?page=1

Can I take that bet Imperon? Horde side might be a bit more difficult...but I bet I can find walk up rp somewhere besides Orgrimmar or Silvermoon City. And my characters are fairly well know Alli side, but not Horde. I don't need the gold, but some rp would be fun! I like a little cross faction rp.

An experiment about finding random, walk up rp. I did this on a character no one knows and I took her out of Pia so no one would recognize the guild tag and know I was a rper. Where there are lapses in time, it's because I took out pages of people creating things, which chatlog records and stuff like Donna and Gil chasing each other.

6/18 12:59:21.279 Charitye paws at the mailbox, trying to get her fish out.
6/18 12:59:50.050 Charitye growls at the mailbox.
6/18 13:00:07.478 Charitye keeps pawing trying to get the fish out.
6/18 13:00:16.313 Charitye looks around for help.
6/18 13:00:54.352 Charitye paws at the mailbox again and then whimpers.
6/18 13:01:26.474 Charitye smells the mailbox for the fish.
6/18 13:01:35.453 You plead with Smilie.
6/18 13:01:42.604 You plead with Termokk.
6/18 13:02:01.356 Smilie comforts you.
6/18 13:02:02.361 Charitye paws at the mailbox.
6/18 13:02:20.775 Charitye keeps digging for her fish she can't get out.
6/18 13:02:30.043 Charitye cries

(Earlier Rhumple and Gen had been rping because he had a mailbox and out Gen was examining it to see how it worked. Then he got out a bunch of other things to see if I could properly access them and he made notes on his experiment. Lastly, he got out his Gadget transporter and said "I bet you can't access this, but I would stand clear just in case. Gen has one, also, so she transported to Gadget with him and complained about getting sucked into his transporter. His malfunctioned and caused a spirit split which separated his good and evil parts. Then he returned to SW where he went around complimenting everyone on how marvelous they were because that's what happens when only you good spirit is working.)

6/18 13:02:58.331 Rhumple says: What on earth have we here?
6/18 13:03:03.779 Rhumple says: This giant creature has been tamed!
6/18 13:03:04.796 Charitye looks at the gnome for help.
6/18 13:03:20.024 Charitye paws at the mailbox for her fish.
6/18 13:03:24.676 Rhumple says: My goodness, only the mightiest and most cunning of handler could manage sucha feat.
6/18 13:03:36.071 Rhumple says: Remarkable!
6/18 13:03:46.568 Charitye swats at the imp.

(Charitye was in cat form trying to get her stuck fish out of the mailbox. I don't know who Aasu is, but she isn't in a rp guild. She just happened to be at the mailbox.)

6/18 13:03:55.523 You plead with Aasu.
6/18 13:04:08.222 Charitye paws at the mailbox for her fish.
6/18 13:04:19.100 You cry on Aasu's shoulder.
6/18 13:04:43.589 Charitye growls at the mailbox and keeps digging for her stuck fish.
6/18 13:04:49.379 Aasu ponders your actions.
6/18 13:04:56.861 You smile at Aasu.

6/18 13:05:09.801 Charitye looks around for help.
6/18 13:05:30.247 Charitye paws at the mailbox again trying to get her fish out.
6/18 13:05:44.967 You plead with Aasu.
6/18 13:06:11.045 You cry on Aasu's shoulder.

(Then she started doing magic tricks.)

6/18 13:06:26.078 Charitye sniffs the purple smoke.
6/18 13:06:29.234 Aasu says: maybe you should try shapeshifting to see if that would help
6/18 13:06:45.477 Charitye says: Do you think it would?
6/18 13:07:25.290 Charitye paws at the mailbox again and gets he paw stuck in the slot.
6/18 13:07:28.920 Aasu says: yes because then you would have hands to search with
6/18 13:07:35.016 Charitye yowls in pain.
6/18 13:07:42.651 You whine pathetically at Aasu.
6/18 13:07:56.375 Charitye says: Hmm.
6/18 13:08:15.115 Charitye says: I dont' really like fish when I'm an elf though.
6/18 13:08:40.381 Charitye says: Would you hold my fish if I get them out?
6/18 13:08:50.692 Aasu says: that i could do
6/18 13:08:55.621 Charitye says: thank you.
6/18 13:09:07.470 You receive item: Raw Brilliant Smallfishx9.
6/18 13:09:08.333 You receive item: Raw Bristle Whisker Catfishx3.
6/18 13:09:09.331 You receive item: Raw Longjaw Mud Snapperx12.
6/18 13:09:18.173 Charitye says: I dont' want anyone to steal them.
6/18 13:09:22.868 You have requested to trade with Aasu.
6/18 13:09:46.790 You smile at Aasu.
6/18 13:09:52.591 You receive item: Raw Brilliant Smallfishx11.
6/18 13:09:55.865 You thank Aasu.
6/18 13:10:01.822 Aasu welcomes you.
6/18 13:10:09.274 Aasu bows before you.
6/18 13:10:19.105 Charitye drops the fish on the ground and starts eating them delicately.
6/18 13:10:50.758 Dandex laughs at Charitye's animal like manners
6/18 13:10:57.109 Charitye drags her fish back so she can lie in the cool water while she eats.
6/18 13:11:10.731 Dandex laughs at you.
6/18 13:11:17.135 You smile at Kallin.
6/18 13:11:32.688 You eye Dandex up and down.
6/18 13:11:43.473 Charitye pushes one of her fish toward the man.
6/18 13:12:45.060 Charitye smiles at the cool water and then jumps when one of the fish comes to life in the water and starts flopping around.
6/18 13:13:11.224 Charitye growls at the fish and grabs it.
6/18 13:13:19.973 You love Aasu.

(She's going through her whole bag of tricks now.)