(06-25-2015, 10:49 AM)Flickering Ember Wrote: If a role player doesn't have the writing ability to back it up, no amount of PVP is going to make me think that your character is capable or awesome.I would like to dissect my post here. I'm going to go into further detail with the sentence. As I look back over it, I worry that this one might be interpreted as being more harsh than I want it to.
In the role-playing community, writing ability vastly differs from RPer to RPer. I avoid judging other role players' writing styles. Though, I do recognize when someone is particularly talented.
This sentence from my original post comes with a bit of back story to it. I used to play in WoW, and my RP experiences from that game were a lot different from the ones in this one. Though, since it was the first MMO I RPed in, it also helped form many of my RP opinions.
I met many more role players in that community who focused entirely on PvE/PvP and yet when they joined in RP, they showed up with the most basic of RP skills. These players I would run into never showed progress past being an RP newbie.
They would have terribly clichéd back stories, had no personalities, and would pretty much have one sentence replies. But because they were decked out in purples and could kick your ass in PVP, somehow I was expected to take them more seriously in terms of combat and personal achievements?Â
No. I don't think so.
It's understandable that a lot of the RP community is self-conscious about their writing ability. RP can be difficult and we often end up worrying whether or not people will like our characters. I totally understand that. I don't want people to get the impression that they need to have a bachelors in English for me to be able to take their characters seriously.
What I want to see is people being passionate. People who love their characters and love writing for them. I like seeing people who continuously seek growth and new skills. I do like a realistic approach to combat and thus enjoy practical life-like approaches to combat RP and power. (Vs. Something like Guts slaughtering hundreds of people in an hour)
But I also like RPing and I don't need everything 100% tailored towards me. I'm happy just to interact with you.
