(08-17-2013, 08:44 PM)Asyria Wrote:(08-17-2013, 12:46 PM)Magellan Wrote: I just find it VERY odd that people who play a multi-player massive online ROlE PLAYING game would have such a problem with roleplayers that they would actively give them a hard time.
I asked a guy who had a strong dislike of RPers about this...
His answer made sense.
In his eyes, what Role-playing means his nothing more than having a character to represent him in the game world. To him that's all playing a role is. And it's a perfectly legit definition I mean it doesn't -have- to go any further. Yet there are people (us) who claim that it's not RPing, that RPing goes further than that, and they (us) start making demands and acting superior like we know better, we are better, and we bitch about immersion... To him us so-called RPer were just weird creeps taking it too far. And all those stereotypes and ERPphobia don't help.
As much as it pained me I could kinda understand where the guy came from.
Reading the answer this person gave you, it is sad. Â It honestly sounds like they ran into one person who acted like that, or fell into a flame war on forums some time in the past.
And honestly, they are making just as bad blanket statements as RPers are to non-RPers.
*shrugs* Â But, eh .. what do I know. Â I guess I'm more jaded and got my blinders on after sooo many years in MMORPGs. Â I just /ignore and move on, and don't let it get to me. Â (The only exception if the person is doing blantant racial slurs, sexual harassment etc then I don't ignore and start reporting)
All I can suggest is do that. Â But never EVER tell them you are reporting them. Â They don't care. Â Trust me. Â Just do it and move on.