(07-29-2013, 06:08 PM)Callipygian Wrote: Looking back through my previous threads, I found a trend based on the join date listed under the information on each poster's placard. Â The newer members who joined in the last few months were a lot more likely to join in on the speculation or post/PM their appreciation for the discussion. Â The older members were more likely to try to reign in or discourage the discussion or just not post at all. Â I came to the realization that this community is going through growing pains. Â Ideas that are fresh and interesting to us newer players may be concluded or jaded to the older players.
Coming from the perspective of a legacy player, I can agree to a certain extent.  I want to help and share what lore there was from 1.0 and help other RPers see this world the way that I have seen it.  But I also see that a lot of newer RPers want to take certain liberties with the lore themselves, or in some cases ignore what is there entirely in favor of alternative interpretations, often based on content which may have nothing at all to do with the game's lore.  In most cases this is just fine since there will exist a plethora of sub-communities that may support some things and frown upon others, and the like-minded folks will clump together.  People are afraid of "cliques" like it's some awful thing, but this is natural behavior and though I think some efforts should be made to branch out with newer folks, there will usually inevitably form a handful of RPers with whom people may grow closer and more comfortable - and that should be celebrated because making friends and spending time with those friends is a good thing, just as being open to making new friends is also a good thing.
But pertaining more to the lore, most things are open to interpretation and as time goes on I'm sure we'll all be closer to meeting somewhere in the middle. Â I don't think us old fogeys have any expectations or anything. Â Most of us are eager for the chance to RP with you young whippersnappers. Â But regardless of how many years of RP experience one might have, it doesn't necessarily equate to experience within the realm of Eorzea. Â So while we want to help and foster creative thinking and stuff, I think some of us may get a little put off when there's a sort of disconnect between what the legacy folk have seen over a longer span of time, and what newer folk coming to Eorzea, hungry for lore that, in many cases, might just not be there.
So perhaps a standard was established by some in 1.0 and some (not myself personally) might see it as a bit of a disruption when there crop up a number of threads theorycrafting all manner of things. Â I have tried in some threads to post links to original discussions that happened back in 1.0. Â I'm hesitant to say outright, "This has all been discussed before," because that suggests we're not open to alternative interpretations. Â But for some of us these are older discussions brought back to life.
I guess that's just my POV.  I'm not saying "don't make ripples" or any such thing.  Make waves!  Question things!  I realize that us folks who actually stuck with the game for 2+ years and RPed throughout that entire duration are something of a minority, and we're as eager to RP with some fresh new faces as you are (or I hope so, anyway!)  But this is a place that has come to feel like home to many of us, and we've gladly opened our doors to everyone and the only analogy I can think to make is that sometimes it feels like y'all are coming in and moving the furniture around and stuff.  XD  Maybe the sofa does make more sense up against that other wall, but we've grown used to it where it was, and there is a bit of resistance to that sort of change. It doesn't mean it's wrong. Just that it's different and it's something we'll have to learn to adapt to or we all just find some place to meet in the middle.
But we're certainly not telling y'all to get off our lawn!!!  We want you here, and we hope you'll stay and RP! Â
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EDIT: Â Since it has also been brought up here, these are two fairly recent threads that discuss the "foggy memory syndrome" and the Warriors of Light - these might be worth checking out or bumping if there is room for further discussion on those matters:
1. http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=2179
2. http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=2661
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