I saw the first thread and wished to add in my two cents but sadly things had already gotten heated and it was locked.
I will say that's there's nothing wrong with small events or big ones, public ones or private ones, social events or plot-driven events. So long as people are holding events, that's good enough, and it's great that we have variety.
I think that for any event, advertising is immensely more important than any of the actual details of the event. A lot of people are simply looking for something to do, and they won't care about the specifics, and even an event that sounds like a bad idea to most people will sound great to some others. That being said, it's all advertising, all appealing to your audience and broadening that audience. The second most important thing I would consider still isn't even the content, but the timing.
Most events offer tavern RP because, quite simply, it's what most people want to do. Even those of us who prefer more plot-focused RP like for our characters to settle down every once in a while for a drink, a conversation, and maybe some new connections. That's why you see social/tavern RP everywhere. It's also the easiest to do--easiest for the hosts to organize, and easiest for the players to justify a reason for their characters to be there and show up without having to plan anything prior.
As for holding events in/around FC houses... some people don't like to hold events in more public places for fear of annoying the non-RPers on the server and earning their ire. It raises the risk of trolls. I think that's a silly reason myself, but it's a legitimate and pressing concern for a lot of RPers. A more relatable reason is that FC's have worked hard for our houses. We want to show them off. We want to put them to use. We didn't raise all that gil to have our house sit vacant, only used for private FC RP's or a spot for our members to chill and AFK. We want them to be full of life and RP, and see that all the gil we've poured into them was well-spent. A portion of the gil used to purchase HoD's FC house, for example, was earned through fundraising on the server and even a couple donations from outside the FC. I think it's only appropriate we give back by opening that house bought in part with the public's gil to the public in order to give back.
I will say that's there's nothing wrong with small events or big ones, public ones or private ones, social events or plot-driven events. So long as people are holding events, that's good enough, and it's great that we have variety.
I think that for any event, advertising is immensely more important than any of the actual details of the event. A lot of people are simply looking for something to do, and they won't care about the specifics, and even an event that sounds like a bad idea to most people will sound great to some others. That being said, it's all advertising, all appealing to your audience and broadening that audience. The second most important thing I would consider still isn't even the content, but the timing.
Most events offer tavern RP because, quite simply, it's what most people want to do. Even those of us who prefer more plot-focused RP like for our characters to settle down every once in a while for a drink, a conversation, and maybe some new connections. That's why you see social/tavern RP everywhere. It's also the easiest to do--easiest for the hosts to organize, and easiest for the players to justify a reason for their characters to be there and show up without having to plan anything prior.
As for holding events in/around FC houses... some people don't like to hold events in more public places for fear of annoying the non-RPers on the server and earning their ire. It raises the risk of trolls. I think that's a silly reason myself, but it's a legitimate and pressing concern for a lot of RPers. A more relatable reason is that FC's have worked hard for our houses. We want to show them off. We want to put them to use. We didn't raise all that gil to have our house sit vacant, only used for private FC RP's or a spot for our members to chill and AFK. We want them to be full of life and RP, and see that all the gil we've poured into them was well-spent. A portion of the gil used to purchase HoD's FC house, for example, was earned through fundraising on the server and even a couple donations from outside the FC. I think it's only appropriate we give back by opening that house bought in part with the public's gil to the public in order to give back.
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