People have always preferred their comfort zone; it's human nature. People tend to unintentionally fear or shun change, with the exceptional few who love change.
Honestly both issues have plagued almost all the RP communities spread across MMOS. From WoW to Rift, from GW2 to SWTOR. People in general form their inner circles and Lore is rarely ever explained enough to be agreed upon. This is arguably for artistic freedom and interpretation or just laziness from the developers. It is nice to have -some- idea of how things are suppose to work without completely molding you into one path. Being creative is great and making your own story is the point of RP, but when several people write conflicting backgrounds it can cause issues and arguments. That is my opinion to why people get so upset. All in all, we have to remember why we are all here and what the other person's goal is as much as yours. I'm basically just babbling at this point, but from a newcomers PoV it's expected with a new community and is just like moving into a new neighborhood. Some people will bring pies, some will say hello, some will completely ignore you, but in time things settle down and you'll find a few connections. All people need sometimes is a little push..Or pull if you prefer
But it's not just here, for anyone who ever played wow you'd find arguments from Deathknight pregnancy to how elves age. Though people should agree to disagree, sometimes accepting that some people won't is..Somewhat..Agreeing to disagree?
Honestly both issues have plagued almost all the RP communities spread across MMOS. From WoW to Rift, from GW2 to SWTOR. People in general form their inner circles and Lore is rarely ever explained enough to be agreed upon. This is arguably for artistic freedom and interpretation or just laziness from the developers. It is nice to have -some- idea of how things are suppose to work without completely molding you into one path. Being creative is great and making your own story is the point of RP, but when several people write conflicting backgrounds it can cause issues and arguments. That is my opinion to why people get so upset. All in all, we have to remember why we are all here and what the other person's goal is as much as yours. I'm basically just babbling at this point, but from a newcomers PoV it's expected with a new community and is just like moving into a new neighborhood. Some people will bring pies, some will say hello, some will completely ignore you, but in time things settle down and you'll find a few connections. All people need sometimes is a little push..Or pull if you prefer
But it's not just here, for anyone who ever played wow you'd find arguments from Deathknight pregnancy to how elves age. Though people should agree to disagree, sometimes accepting that some people won't is..Somewhat..Agreeing to disagree?
"Knowledge can only take you so far, it is up to you to take the first step."
