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(07-14-2017, 10:52 PM)Wrihn Wrote:(07-14-2017, 10:34 PM)Rowena Everstone Wrote:Howdy there! As one of the two individuals who were involved in a recent situation involving the 'law' in Kugane, I did want to come forward with my own comment as well. As Rowena had said, asking is a sure-fire way to make sure certain RP is okay with folk when approaching!(07-14-2017, 10:27 PM)L Wrote:The problem is you are speaking of Murdering or a straight up attack in the public eye. That? I expect Law enforcement to step in. What started this post was nothing even close to that. Just two people Roleplaying about traveling and then being called illegal and attempted to be arrested.(07-14-2017, 10:10 PM)Rowena Everstone Wrote:(07-14-2017, 09:58 PM)Enla Wrote: While I do very much appreciate this guide and the time spent on it, I do kind of side eye the way you mentioned 'hiccups' in regards to the lore. Not everyone is going to be lore compliant. It's a simple fact of life and while this guide was probably made in good faith, not everyone is going to necessarily want to abide by it nor care. I personally will be roleplaying as much as I can within the bounds of lore, but some people are just going to want to go hog wild and that's equally valid.I agree.
The guide is nice but you are expecting everyone to follow it. The issue then becomes when you are interrupting someone's roleplay to push the 'law' on someone who did not wish to partake in the first place. I know why you made this post and anyone on Tumblr can find it.
That's silly. If you're roleplaying in the world, you should expect the average person to abide by the rules of that world. If I encountered someone who was very obviously breaking some sort of law, my character wouldn't act like it was normal. He would at least be confused and note that something was wrong. The guide is for people to understand how things are supposed to go in this place that not many people have had time to get familiar with. There's nothing wrong with giving people information about how things are supposed to work in the world they're playing in.
I still stand by that this is a fine guide for people interested in Law Enforcement in Kugane, but it doesn't matter if it is open world or not; No everyone wants to RP inside a house all day and there isn't private zones. JUST ASK before engaging! It is just a courtesy.
For example, if two folk are outweighing the pros and cons between taking someone in alive, or collecting a bounty on their head, that's not quite a proper reason to take someone into custody, etc.
Hello sir or madam,
I would like to correct you in that my character did not approach in regards to whatever you and your friend may have been discussing at the time. My character approached because she saw two presumed foreigners, amid a string of incidents wherein other foreigners had mistakenly docked at the wrong pier, loitering about at Pier #1. She gave a light reaction to the end part of your continued post wherein you mentioned something about killing a person but made no further comment on it. So she approached, asked for a reason as to why you and your friend's character were there, and when it was made known that your two characters were foreigners, asked for documentation of their legal entry into the city. Your character then proceeded to state that they had no documentation on their person, save for your friend who flashed a letter of some sort, but then stated that the documentation was available with the customs officials. My character then asked both of your characters to accompany her to the pier to confirm the legitimacy of your character's statement. My reasoning behind such was that it would not do to have two potential illegal aliens wandering about the city to go engage in a potentially time consuming process, particularly since this isn't the modern age and one can't simply type in a name into a database and see all the relevant information. But I digress. You and your friend's characters refused to go with my character, citing more pressing matters to attend to, at which point my character turned it into an order. After your characters' refusal to comply, she performed an action to summon reinforcements to thereby attempt to take both of your characters into custody until such time as your status could be confirmed, at which point your friend godmodded a departure which lead to my blacklisting of you and your friend. I will admit that my own actions can be interpreted as godmodding as well and will admit fault there.
I would like to point out that at no point was it made clear to me OOCly that you two were RPing a private scene.
I will accept fault in not asking for permission to engage in the scene prior to initiating as well. I was unaware of such a custom in public open world RP, and will thereby be making efforts to alter my behavior to accommodate such should I again choose to engage in RP.
I would also like to point out that there was a steady escalation in my character's response to your characters' actions. The steady evasion and refusal to comply only compounded my character's suspicion which led to her attempt to arrest. She did not simply jump in and attempt to arrest some random people. She jumped in, made inquiries, had said inquiries deflected, and then proceeded an attempt to arrest due to there being enough reason to reasonably doubt their alibi.
Regardless, I've undoubtedly irreparably damaged what little credibility I'd established within the community. I'll leave the OP up in the event that others wish to use it and refrain from commenting further, in addition to withdrawing my character from the RP community. Further communication directed to me may be taken to private messages.
To the moderators, locking this thread is your decision. I'd simply prefer not to see it apparently blow up any more than it already has.