(05-12-2016, 04:16 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: There was actually a good couple of threads where people said "Can I RP this?" and people pointed out with the lore why they could not, and it resulted in pages-long forum wars between elitists and RP illuminatis and popular crowds gatekeeping what's "acceptable" for RP.
If people are doing it, it's because no one wants to derail into a WHM or Miqo'te Dragoon tangent again. It sounds patronizing, and I suppose it is, but there's good precedent for it.
This is a completely fair rebuttal, and I can totally accept that. At the same time though, I feel there's an appropriate middle-ground to be reached between "You can do whatever you want!" and "No, you're an idiot and that could never happen in this game!"
My main concern isn't having a ton of lore-breakers running around and doing what they want, it's that a lot of the people who say "RP what you want" are already in established cliques in the community, so they're not worried about what actually happens when you RP what you want. They'll tell everyone their ideas are special and should be accepted, but they're not there to actually RP with them after everyone else says "You're lore-breaking, don't talk to me."
And this kind of stuff happens mostly, though not always, with newer RPers and it discourages them from coming back. I just find it a bit misleading.
But I get what you're saying that it prevents a really ugly through-the-mud discussion about what is and isn't okay, especially since a lot of people are just picking and choosing the positive comments and are going to do what they want regardless.
