Asyria Wrote:People who are always IC don't give us a bad name either. Those who do are the public ERPers.
When you think about it, NPC's are always IC. Just look at Baderon and his pirate talk. Even the non-RPers think its cool that he talks like a pirate. Why would that be different if it was someone's character talking like that? No reason at all.
They do when they're the ones who insist on going "I've not heard of this 'weapon skill' of which you speak" or insist on writing macros which throw "Altana deliver us!" in party chat every time they hit cure (both examples I've personally witnessed). It's those types that people mostly complain about - and the problem is, since most of us are respectful of those who don't wish to be involved in RP and don't force it upon them, that type of player is the one they have most experience with - leading them to assume we're all like that.
I think we can all agree that especially once you hit endgame in an MMO, RP can get in the way of accomplishing certain events. I think back to the CoP static I was a part of in FFXI, which contained several current RPC members. We were in character for the most part, but we certainly dropped out to discuss strategy and focus on the fights, especially once we approached the end of the storyline. There are people out there who refuse to do even that much and a number of the commenters (several of which seem to have revised their opinion, so kudos there) seem to have the belief that all RPers do that. Again, it's because that tends to be the type they've had most exposure to.
Fortunately things like this interview, the incorporation of the RPC podcast into a setting with a larger audience and various other initiatives undertaken by RPC members give us a golden opportunity to change that viewpoint.
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