Pretty much everything I wanted to say has already been said by Kes and Mason, so I'll spare you all the wall o' text and leave you with this: I am probably the greatest offender here, if that's the term you'd like to use, but you'll note that the post listing all the stereotypes states the following:
Allow me to restate in no uncertain terms that the purpose of my postings is not to tell people what they can't or shouldn't do. It's to share ideas that I've run afoul of in the past so that people considering them have a fuller view of how to handle them gracefully, or perhaps if they hadn't though them through enough, avoid them purely at their own volition. I will admit deriving a chuckle or two from the more outlandish tales of roleplaying, but mocking other RP styles isn't the reason I'm posting here, and I get the impression that holds true for nearly all of us. Closer-to-canon RPers often get accused of being stuffy, controlling, or unimaginative but as I've already said - that goes both ways. It's very hard for us "restrictive" types to go along with things and have fun if the "Wait, what?" alarm bells are going off in our heads because of arbitrary world setting alterations. To me personally, it's the inability to creatively work within the bounds of what's been given that shows a lack of imagination. It's just a question of different RP styles and differing opinions, and the RPC sounds like it'll be big enough for all of us.
Anyhow, this thread has strayed off topic at the moment, and no offense to anyone but in the spirit of the thread I'd like to politely request that those choosing to post here need not defend themselves for the opinions they hold. If people would like to discuss the pros and cons of adherence to canon, fantastic, I'd be happy to chat about it. But in a different thread, please.
Quote:None of these are ironclad “do not do†rules, but are more presented to make new roleplayers aware of possible hurdles to their easy and enjoyable roleplaying. If you have a concept you’re dying to try out that’s inseparable from one of these, by all means try it!No one's trying to limit anyone's creativity, here. To me, this is if anything a friendly heads-up to new and inexperienced roleplayers to say "Hey, these are some things that lots of people try and here's how they have the potential not to work so well. If you want to do it, by all means, this is just here to make sure you know the potential difficulties of what you're getting into. Now that you're informed, if you accept them, great!" Also, it's become, to me at least, a very valid and useful forum to get a wide array of thoughts and opinions on what extent people are willing to diverge from the lore. So far, the results have been very encouraging for me since most people seem to share very similar views to my own.
Allow me to restate in no uncertain terms that the purpose of my postings is not to tell people what they can't or shouldn't do. It's to share ideas that I've run afoul of in the past so that people considering them have a fuller view of how to handle them gracefully, or perhaps if they hadn't though them through enough, avoid them purely at their own volition. I will admit deriving a chuckle or two from the more outlandish tales of roleplaying, but mocking other RP styles isn't the reason I'm posting here, and I get the impression that holds true for nearly all of us. Closer-to-canon RPers often get accused of being stuffy, controlling, or unimaginative but as I've already said - that goes both ways. It's very hard for us "restrictive" types to go along with things and have fun if the "Wait, what?" alarm bells are going off in our heads because of arbitrary world setting alterations. To me personally, it's the inability to creatively work within the bounds of what's been given that shows a lack of imagination. It's just a question of different RP styles and differing opinions, and the RPC sounds like it'll be big enough for all of us.
Anyhow, this thread has strayed off topic at the moment, and no offense to anyone but in the spirit of the thread I'd like to politely request that those choosing to post here need not defend themselves for the opinions they hold. If people would like to discuss the pros and cons of adherence to canon, fantastic, I'd be happy to chat about it. But in a different thread, please.
