Well then, since so many roleplayers these days actually bother to play the game they're staging their roleplay in (personally if I don't like the game enough to learn to play it, I'd rather just roleplay on a forum somewhere), perhaps we could try something different. I think it might serve the community better for those people to volunteer to teach those few who roleplay a bit too much and don't learn the game.
Then those folks can pay it forward by doing PvE/PvP stuff with non-roleplayers, thus mitigating the stereotype.
Meanwhile, if we weren't already generally welcoming of folks who have a budding interest in roleplay, then we should be. That's actually how I got my start--I was a PvPer and progression raider in WoW about seven years ago when someone coaxed me onto an RP server and showed me the ropes. I knew several other people who were interested in progression with just a touch of roleplay on the side.
If that's the aim, then a post about it on an official server forum may draw some interest from that crowd.
Then those folks can pay it forward by doing PvE/PvP stuff with non-roleplayers, thus mitigating the stereotype.
Meanwhile, if we weren't already generally welcoming of folks who have a budding interest in roleplay, then we should be. That's actually how I got my start--I was a PvPer and progression raider in WoW about seven years ago when someone coaxed me onto an RP server and showed me the ropes. I knew several other people who were interested in progression with just a touch of roleplay on the side.
If that's the aim, then a post about it on an official server forum may draw some interest from that crowd.
