Perhaps it's just me, but I've been seeing quite a few individuals boasting a rather impressive turn out to the events that they've set up or participated in during recent weeks. Now, whilst there's nothing wrong with that in itself it seems to be accompanied by a troubling mentality of 'bigger is better'.
When fifty to two hundred role-players all end up in the same location to indulge in a bit of role-play things tend to get more than a little hard to follow. It's probably one of the main reasons as to why I don't bother with any event that has bloated levels of participation - seeing the chat log move constantly before I've had the time to respond to anything doesn't really spawn much in the way of enjoyment for me.
Furthermore, I can't help but note that a lot of the participant's characters don't really have much reason to be there in the first place. There's exceptions, of course, but a lot of role-players seem to have their character show up to an event not because it makes sense for their character to be there but because the role-player behind the character has decided that they really want to be there.Â
Of course, this isn't a thread to bash large events. I'm just curious as to whether anyone else shares my thoughts and more importantly I'd like to know exactly what can be done to tackle the various issues that arise in large events and seem to rarely be spoken about.
When fifty to two hundred role-players all end up in the same location to indulge in a bit of role-play things tend to get more than a little hard to follow. It's probably one of the main reasons as to why I don't bother with any event that has bloated levels of participation - seeing the chat log move constantly before I've had the time to respond to anything doesn't really spawn much in the way of enjoyment for me.
Furthermore, I can't help but note that a lot of the participant's characters don't really have much reason to be there in the first place. There's exceptions, of course, but a lot of role-players seem to have their character show up to an event not because it makes sense for their character to be there but because the role-player behind the character has decided that they really want to be there.Â
Of course, this isn't a thread to bash large events. I'm just curious as to whether anyone else shares my thoughts and more importantly I'd like to know exactly what can be done to tackle the various issues that arise in large events and seem to rarely be spoken about.
