I think there's a lot of good reasons to RP privately in /tell or /party channels. Â I know a lot of non-RPers are often put off by having RP forced upon them in busy areas. Â There have been a lot of times I've formed up a party in crowded places like this as not to incur the ire of people shouting for Ifrit or whatever. Â Though I have heard just as many non-RPers kind of enjoy watching some of this unfold even if they don't necessarily opt to participate, for every ten like this there is usually one who will seize the opportunity to be disruptive. Â Sometimes this is easy to ignore (blacklist, etc.) Â I've gotten to a point where I would just prefer not to ruffle feathers or take the chances.
Other times there may be a need for privacy. Â A whispered conversation between friends. Â A few RPers might be in a sort of "instance" where they're sitting at a table conversing with one another quietly. Â I think it's probably fair to say that most times if any other RPer happened upon this and just politely sent a /tell asking if it was something they could get involved with, the response would be warm, if not always an open invitation. Â I'm usually eager to include additional people in RP unless it's something private, and even then it's sometimes interesting when a newcomer interrupts a serious conversation.
This all being said, I generally prefer to keep my RP in /say and my emotes public. Â Wherever Eva goes it will almost always be IC anyway. Â There will be RP in the "open world", just as sometimes it will be behind closed doors. Â I admit that much of that RP will probably take place with those most closely aligned to her, in the same LS/FC and such, but that we're also looking forward to random RP with those from other guilds and also those events which bring people together across any number of "allegiances."
There are going to be way too many awesome and unique places in which to RP that it would be a shame to limit it strictly to player housing and the same old humdrum places (i.e. Mineral Concern RP got kind of tiresome for me after awhile in 1.0).
TL;DR: Â Public RP is good. Â Private RP is good. Â It's all RP, and RP is good!
Other times there may be a need for privacy. Â A whispered conversation between friends. Â A few RPers might be in a sort of "instance" where they're sitting at a table conversing with one another quietly. Â I think it's probably fair to say that most times if any other RPer happened upon this and just politely sent a /tell asking if it was something they could get involved with, the response would be warm, if not always an open invitation. Â I'm usually eager to include additional people in RP unless it's something private, and even then it's sometimes interesting when a newcomer interrupts a serious conversation.
This all being said, I generally prefer to keep my RP in /say and my emotes public. Â Wherever Eva goes it will almost always be IC anyway. Â There will be RP in the "open world", just as sometimes it will be behind closed doors. Â I admit that much of that RP will probably take place with those most closely aligned to her, in the same LS/FC and such, but that we're also looking forward to random RP with those from other guilds and also those events which bring people together across any number of "allegiances."
There are going to be way too many awesome and unique places in which to RP that it would be a shame to limit it strictly to player housing and the same old humdrum places (i.e. Mineral Concern RP got kind of tiresome for me after awhile in 1.0).
TL;DR: Â Public RP is good. Â Private RP is good. Â It's all RP, and RP is good!
"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
Eva's Journals  |  Eva's Wiki Page (coming soon)  |  RP Handbook
