What the crap -is- role play.
1. Is it a series of fake adventures that we can't act out anywhere else because our real lives are drull and boring? Yes, because everyone knows that fiction is always more exciting.
2. Is it a place to act out our deepest desires and try to make people feel like crap and then break character to yell at them for not sticking their tongues to our characters boots and then having to much relationship rp that causes real life jealous drama over a fake acted out story? No it isn't. People who get involved in that need to stop role playing, and never role play again.
3. Is it a place to express parts of ourselves in good fun that people need to realize its just role play and that the best way to learn how to separate out of character and in character actions is to take everything that happens with a grain of salt? Yes, creativity helps one express themselves, its no different then being an actor, writing a song, or painting a picture.
4. Is it a place to decry people for not sticking to lore, pointing out flaws in their stories. Try and be all high and mighty and puff out your chests claiming that you're a far better role player then everyone else? No it is not. We all make mistakes, all of us have meta gamed or god modded once or twice in our life. Guess what, its not the end of the world. No story is perfect, nor will it ever be. Blizzard can't even keep their own lore straight anyway. This does not give people permission to all be zombie dragon demon unicorn fairy vampire werewolf hunters however, because I'd like to think that creative people can use both common sense, and logic.
5. Is it a place to hold grudges because of something someone said to you over the internet on a bloody video game when you will likely never meet that person in real life and hating them is a complete and utter waste of your time? No it isn't. It happens (I should know) anyway, but to those people I have but one phrase to utter 'grow up'.
People have forgotten that role play is supposed to be fun. That is why you have people who stick to their cliques, that is why there will always be six degrees of separation in the rp masses. You can't train style, you can't train lore, you can't train group activities, you can't train bubble breaking or ice breakers. People have to choose to consider. But in this current new generation of 'everyone owes me something and everyone can be a winner' that has popped up starting in 2009 its hard to get that across. Tommorow's leaders are right now, a bunch of whiny brats. Me, I'm just a crotchety 30 year old dude who shares his opinion whether people like it or not. But thats besides the point. This isn't about me, this is about rp, I look forward to the rabid, and friendly responses to this post.
1. Is it a series of fake adventures that we can't act out anywhere else because our real lives are drull and boring? Yes, because everyone knows that fiction is always more exciting.
2. Is it a place to act out our deepest desires and try to make people feel like crap and then break character to yell at them for not sticking their tongues to our characters boots and then having to much relationship rp that causes real life jealous drama over a fake acted out story? No it isn't. People who get involved in that need to stop role playing, and never role play again.
3. Is it a place to express parts of ourselves in good fun that people need to realize its just role play and that the best way to learn how to separate out of character and in character actions is to take everything that happens with a grain of salt? Yes, creativity helps one express themselves, its no different then being an actor, writing a song, or painting a picture.
4. Is it a place to decry people for not sticking to lore, pointing out flaws in their stories. Try and be all high and mighty and puff out your chests claiming that you're a far better role player then everyone else? No it is not. We all make mistakes, all of us have meta gamed or god modded once or twice in our life. Guess what, its not the end of the world. No story is perfect, nor will it ever be. Blizzard can't even keep their own lore straight anyway. This does not give people permission to all be zombie dragon demon unicorn fairy vampire werewolf hunters however, because I'd like to think that creative people can use both common sense, and logic.
5. Is it a place to hold grudges because of something someone said to you over the internet on a bloody video game when you will likely never meet that person in real life and hating them is a complete and utter waste of your time? No it isn't. It happens (I should know) anyway, but to those people I have but one phrase to utter 'grow up'.
People have forgotten that role play is supposed to be fun. That is why you have people who stick to their cliques, that is why there will always be six degrees of separation in the rp masses. You can't train style, you can't train lore, you can't train group activities, you can't train bubble breaking or ice breakers. People have to choose to consider. But in this current new generation of 'everyone owes me something and everyone can be a winner' that has popped up starting in 2009 its hard to get that across. Tommorow's leaders are right now, a bunch of whiny brats. Me, I'm just a crotchety 30 year old dude who shares his opinion whether people like it or not. But thats besides the point. This isn't about me, this is about rp, I look forward to the rabid, and friendly responses to this post.
