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RE: There Is A Button. - Caspar - 04-19-2016
(04-19-2016, 08:36 PM)Arvid Greave Wrote: Um. UMMM. UMMM. Ok here we go. IPUSHBUTTON.Are you saying you'd all be IC as soon as you get into the game? Or like, everyone's character is just straight up them? You don't plan a character and rather just kinda become them the moment you log in?Â
THERE IS NO OOC.
EVER.
No one is worried about being politically correct IC. No one is creeping on anyone OOCly. No means no when it comes to erps. Everyone regards their character as pretend times only. It's just nothing personal, ever. Everyone is writing to write their own personal plots for entertainment. Nobody gets OOCly butthurt over what happens IC, because IC is not real. IT'S NOT REAL.
(nobody is under 18, all those kid are playing neopets or whatever the kids are doing.. what? they playin call of duty these days? ok they doin that)
I could add more onto this.....
There would be no ooc friendships, that's true. But in some cases thaaat's not so bad.
"It's not real! IT'S NOT REAL!"
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That's an interesting idea. I like to plan too much to be truly happy with that, but it definitely would fix those things for certain. It would take some adjusting, but I wonder if I could do it.
RE: There Is A Button. - Aaron - 04-19-2016
I press the button,
Everyone builds me a shrine and gives me all their gil.
RE: There Is A Button. - Shoshopu - 04-19-2016
I mostly would push the button to give people better capacity to communicate with eachother. I wouldn't want to take away peoples' own agency and preferences (because every now and then one likes to try something new and different, and if everybody is doing the same thing, that's hard to do!) but overall I'd like the community to treat eachother better. Everyone would be able to convey exactly what they mean and be understood by others and there'd be much fewer misunderstandings, and more actual, constructive agreements and disagreements.
As for what kinds of stories that would get told? Um...! The stories people want to tell! Hopefully the Button also gives them the ability to see their stories through and be able to include everyone who mutually wants to be included. Can the button magically make schedules line up? Although I have a preference for some stories, of course, I would like to see all the stories. Why only pick one flavor of ice cream when the Button allows you to afford them all? I wouldn't want to limit myself to just one flavor.
I guess that sounds like an easy answer-- but there'd also be a lot more epic, sweeping romances, and more roegadyn. Also the lalafell who want to be taken seriously would be.
RE: There Is A Button. - Virella - 04-19-2016
I push the button, and more EU roleplayers would come onto Balmung.
Shockingly, that's all I would add, simply because we would get a more diverse community, and... better playtimes for fellow EU scum
RE: There Is A Button. - Gabineaux - 04-19-2016
(04-19-2016, 08:47 PM)Caspar Wrote:(04-19-2016, 08:36 PM)Arvid Greave Wrote: Um. UMMM. UMMM. Ok here we go. IPUSHBUTTON.Are you saying you'd all be IC as soon as you get into the game? Or like, everyone's character is just straight up them? You don't plan a character and rather just kinda become them the moment you log in?Â
THERE IS NO OOC.
EVER.
No one is worried about being politically correct IC. No one is creeping on anyone OOCly. No means no when it comes to erps. Everyone regards their character as pretend times only. It's just nothing personal, ever. Everyone is writing to write their own personal plots for entertainment. Nobody gets OOCly butthurt over what happens IC, because IC is not real. IT'S NOT REAL.
(nobody is under 18, all those kid are playing neopets or whatever the kids are doing.. what? they playin call of duty these days? ok they doin that)
I could add more onto this.....
There would be no ooc friendships, that's true. But in some cases thaaat's not so bad.
"It's not real! IT'S NOT REAL!"
That's an interesting idea. I like to plan too much to be truly happy with that, but it definitely would fix those things for certain. It would take some adjusting, but I wonder if I could do it.
I'm saying ...well, no OOC. They don't have to be their character. You are still you, but if you don't like someone OOCly, you find an IC reason to have nothing to do with them. Say some asshole wants to diddle you and you don't want that, you find a reason for it IC. Even if it's just, hey you're a fuckin creep go away. Or, you have an ugly face I don't want it. Whatever. Still planning, you still you OOC, just ...no OOC? MAN I DUNNO. YOU GOT MY BRAIN ALL BEFUDDLED NOW VIRARA.
RE: There Is A Button. - Hyakki - 04-20-2016
I push the button, people roleplay in the open world more than they would in the cities or housing wards. People could be found roleplaying along the roads and even in out-of-the-way settlements. There is no instant travel. The Aetheryte system functions like it did in 1.0 so people can't hop carelessly from point A to point B in excess and ship/airship travel functions like FFXI with wait and travel time.
RE: There Is A Button. - Kurt S. - 04-20-2016
Push the button
Everyone has a house if their character plot/background calls for it.
DOWN WITH HOUSING BARONS
We'd also have 24/7 rp because there will be more roleplayers from my hemisphere of the planet. Like Asian and Australian roleplayers.
Also creating the cure for OOC/IC bleed, an airborne cure that applies to everyone!
RE: There Is A Button. - ＧＲＡＶＥï¼ï¼¡ï¼® - 04-20-2016
I do not push the button.
I hear the songs of the roleplayers, and the music is cacophonous.
It is strange but, I find comfort in it's dissonance.
For myself, I have purpose if only to guide an artist to correct one particular stray note in a symphony run amok. Win or lose, the ballads we create are already our victory, our triumph. It is now fate that decides whether we are there to celebrate that fact, or not.
RE: There Is A Button. - GloryRhodes - 04-20-2016
I push the button.
Everyone realizes the IC/OOC divide is arbitrary and imaginary, a constantly shifting grey area that is completely indefinable and may change from person to person and moment to moment.
In this realm of enlightenment people consult with each other to make sure IC decisions don't piss off OOC players. Â Everyone tries to be better players rather than better characters. Â They take their partner's enjoyment as seriously as their own.
In this world everyone understands that the phrase, "It's what my character would do!" is a copout, a shield and an excuse no one wants to hear. Â People take responsibility for their character's choices because characters don't make decisions, players do.
On the reverse, people are more accepting of unexpected surprises and bad things happening to their characters, and can shift their personal narratives to accommodate those of others.
Also more Roegadyns and Elezen because the hotness cannot be contained.
RE: There Is A Button. - Lydia Lightfoot - 04-20-2016
I push the button.
The button disappears, as do any players who would've pushed the button if I hadn't gotten to it first, because the hobby of roleplaying needs less players who want to control others.
RE: There Is A Button. - Mavis - 04-20-2016
I press the button and timezones cease to exist so I can roleplay at more sensible times for moiself.Â
Also there may or may not be MRP-style addons easilly accessible.
RE: There Is A Button. - Heidrek - 04-20-2016
I do not push the button.
There will always be differences between people sharing something together, even a hobby. As with anything in life, we should encourage people to communicate their needs and feelings properly instead of dreaming up scenarios where one never has to be upset or challenged.
RE: There Is A Button. - Valence - 04-20-2016
[nvm]
RE: There Is A Button. - Steel Wolf - 04-20-2016
I blink at the button, laugh, and take the bad with the good because RP is about stories and storytelling is so intensely personal that suggesting a uniformity of style would make things about as exciting to read as a dictionary.
Trust me, there are a LOT of things I would like RP in this and other MMO's to be different. But most of them are about community tools and design than player "problems". One hand would wash the other in this case, IMO.
RE: There Is A Button. - Verad - 04-20-2016
(04-20-2016, 09:44 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: I blink at the button, laugh, and take the bad with the good because RP is about stories and storytelling is so intensely personal that suggesting a uniformity of style would make things about as exciting to read as a dictionary.
The OED is a really interesting dictionary to read.