As an actor I feel like it's fair to compare role-play to acting since they're similar in many ways. I'd be met with doubt - and rightly so - if I received a role and didn't do any research into the more intricate aspects surrounding it. Could I improvise? Sure - but then I still wouldn't be doing as well as I would if I were to put some genuine effort into the entire affair.
Furthermore role-playing is a group activity for the most part. There's a certain amount of responsibility for people to put in a minimal amount of effort for their character to make sense for when other role-players interact with them. Are people free to do what they want? Yeah - but that still doesn't change the fact that quite a lot of role-players will be skeptical if someone's character isn't aware of something that they realistically should know about.
I feel like this is even more important when one creates a character that is influential. I'd imagine that if I were to create a character that claimed to brush shoulders with Ul'dah's elite (as a rough example) then being familiar with Ul'dah's ongoing state of affairs would be important even if I didn't touch upon it directly.
In short? I doubt very much that anyone is getting 'upset' over what other role-players choose to do in their approach to role-play. It doesn't mean that people can't be skeptical over potentially damaging/limiting role-playing practices though.
Furthermore role-playing is a group activity for the most part. There's a certain amount of responsibility for people to put in a minimal amount of effort for their character to make sense for when other role-players interact with them. Are people free to do what they want? Yeah - but that still doesn't change the fact that quite a lot of role-players will be skeptical if someone's character isn't aware of something that they realistically should know about.
I feel like this is even more important when one creates a character that is influential. I'd imagine that if I were to create a character that claimed to brush shoulders with Ul'dah's elite (as a rough example) then being familiar with Ul'dah's ongoing state of affairs would be important even if I didn't touch upon it directly.
In short? I doubt very much that anyone is getting 'upset' over what other role-players choose to do in their approach to role-play. It doesn't mean that people can't be skeptical over potentially damaging/limiting role-playing practices though.
