I don't know how valid my opinion is on these matters, but I'd throw my word into the hat.
There shouldn't be types of events. As far as I'm concerned, there's only one time of event, and that's 'everyone who wants to can show up'. Everyone should be allowed to attend an event(assuming it's on their server and whatnot), from other guildys to random passbyers. One could argue that other people really have no reason to participate if the event is following a story-heavy guild plot, but even then, I think it'd be better if other people could show up. If only just to experience roleplay styles of other guilds.
Sure, people could still make private gatherings and whatnot, but as far as guild events go: everyone should be prepared for at least one or two unannounced individuals showing up, and play along. If being more open is a goal of the RP community this time around, changes like this are necessary, IMO. Nothing turns people off RPing more than being shunned from a group when they were only trying to have fun, too.
I don't think these rules and guidelines need to be as complicated as people are making them seem. As long as you aren't a jerk and try your best with roleplaying, everything should be free game after that. If there's a problem, like godmoding or something, then it's best if the people involved are the ones who sort it out.
Which leads into the RPC standards. I believe that these rules and regulations should only be brought upon if a problem actually comes up. Unless they do something crazy, then it should be fine.
Different people roleplay different ways. If someone has an OOC problem with a tavern brawl, well, that's terrible, and they have the choice to either deal with it or leave the event. But what's this talk about battle systems? A little elaboration on that would be nice.
Haha, Sylph's last hope for roleplaying.
Anyway, I pull most of these opinions from my days in WoW-roleplay. The server I'm on is populated with crazy amounts of roleplayers, most of which aren't any in any guild, meandering about and randomly roleplaying with one another. The people who are in guilds never hesitate to roleplay with anyone else, especially in events, and there's always new themed guilds cropping up everyday. Things are uncomplicated, and here's the kicker: it works. There's no rule list, no charter, just a general concept: don't be a jerk in OOC.
I've roleplayed with people with questionable grammar, people who godmoded me, people who were like.. half werewolf vampire unicorn blood elves, and at the end of the day: they were still nice people OOC, and they were genuinely trying IC. That's all I ask, and that's all that should ever be asked of someone. It's this kind of system that I'd like to see for FF, because too many times has this RP community taken itself too seriously.
The whole point of this is to make it easier to find other roleplayers, right? There's no need to over complicate it, then. This is just a meeting stone... and everything after that point is left up to the playerbase.
Tsumi really explains what I'm trying to say here, and does it a lot better than me. Should listen to her.
There shouldn't be types of events. As far as I'm concerned, there's only one time of event, and that's 'everyone who wants to can show up'. Everyone should be allowed to attend an event(assuming it's on their server and whatnot), from other guildys to random passbyers. One could argue that other people really have no reason to participate if the event is following a story-heavy guild plot, but even then, I think it'd be better if other people could show up. If only just to experience roleplay styles of other guilds.
Sure, people could still make private gatherings and whatnot, but as far as guild events go: everyone should be prepared for at least one or two unannounced individuals showing up, and play along. If being more open is a goal of the RP community this time around, changes like this are necessary, IMO. Nothing turns people off RPing more than being shunned from a group when they were only trying to have fun, too.
I don't think these rules and guidelines need to be as complicated as people are making them seem. As long as you aren't a jerk and try your best with roleplaying, everything should be free game after that. If there's a problem, like godmoding or something, then it's best if the people involved are the ones who sort it out.
Which leads into the RPC standards. I believe that these rules and regulations should only be brought upon if a problem actually comes up. Unless they do something crazy, then it should be fine.
Different people roleplay different ways. If someone has an OOC problem with a tavern brawl, well, that's terrible, and they have the choice to either deal with it or leave the event. But what's this talk about battle systems? A little elaboration on that would be nice.
Haha, Sylph's last hope for roleplaying.
Anyway, I pull most of these opinions from my days in WoW-roleplay. The server I'm on is populated with crazy amounts of roleplayers, most of which aren't any in any guild, meandering about and randomly roleplaying with one another. The people who are in guilds never hesitate to roleplay with anyone else, especially in events, and there's always new themed guilds cropping up everyday. Things are uncomplicated, and here's the kicker: it works. There's no rule list, no charter, just a general concept: don't be a jerk in OOC.
I've roleplayed with people with questionable grammar, people who godmoded me, people who were like.. half werewolf vampire unicorn blood elves, and at the end of the day: they were still nice people OOC, and they were genuinely trying IC. That's all I ask, and that's all that should ever be asked of someone. It's this kind of system that I'd like to see for FF, because too many times has this RP community taken itself too seriously.
The whole point of this is to make it easier to find other roleplayers, right? There's no need to over complicate it, then. This is just a meeting stone... and everything after that point is left up to the playerbase.
Tsumi really explains what I'm trying to say here, and does it a lot better than me. Should listen to her.
