This thread began as informative and turned into petty squabbling. Take a step back and see what kind of message these actions relay. I would hope that this list board would help encourage people to come and role play on the server, but seeing this type of … misguided energy is sad. And yes, it leaves a sour taste and turn people from the SoE roleplaying scene.
If that is the intent, then stop reading now because the rest is for folks who want to see role play continue on the server. Still with me? Good. Let’s talk about a few things.
I’ve seen new faces join up to the RP side of things and having all the information like this, consolidated in a post, is helpful. Do we not use RSS news feeds and search engines (aka – Google), to find our information? I believe we do. And the newer generations, and possibly the older ones as well, can identify with this and hopefully find something useful in what is written in post like these.
There have been folks who are role play veterans who are not quite sure how to mold to the world of Azeroth. Guides like this help to launch folks into all the lore thus furthering their experience and hopefully the experience of other players on the server.
And for folks who are just now dipping their toes into role play for the first time? Welcome. I hope you find your own voice here and the good times that, I hope, will follow. Use these posts to aid you in refining your own voice, or not, the choice is yours.
For anyone, old(seems like a silly term seeing how the game isn’t even a decade old) or new, take all these as tools. Only tools. If it is useless to you, then discard it. Simple. And not all tools will work for what you situation currently is. It may be better to use a screwdriver instead of a hammer. But, the choice is yours.
So take the information, in whatever form you can digest it, a CMM level 5 document or a post-it note, and go forward and try. And then if others ask for aid, pass on what you know and do it freely. It will come back to you in a good way.
There is always going to be new generations of folks playing this game, and others like it. The older folks will move on, or stay, and the newer ones will come in with their own ideas. Most folks are resistant to change, it happens. But we have to try to truly change. Fighting it really doesn’t help, adapting, does.
Now this next part I will be misquoted, misunderstood, flamed and trolled for but do what you will with it:
When it is said and done, there is only one person who you can control, you. And if you wish for change, truly wish for change, then begin with that person. Otherwise, nothing will change for you.
