I'll first start by agreeing with Austratus and more firmly with Bryn. See, Bryn had a wonderful point in that it's ultimately your FC. You should want to log on and see your friends and want to play with them. That's the ultimate goal of a game. How you achieve your end to have that fun is dictated by each person who plays it. So, naturally, you won't view fun the same as some other people. And yes, your acceptance of fun can be strict and limiting so that you can ensure what you do is worth your time and what you want to do constructively.
That might be called elitism. Yet, I've encountered two types of elitism. There's passive and active forms of elitism. Neither are particularly good, neither are particularly bad in my experience. My good friend and the founder of my free company, Renaud Becquerel, did a good job of defining passive and active forms of elitism. You can read it all here but honestly I'll cut to the quick. What you seem to be afraid of is coming across as an active elitist. I'm conjecturing here so please do correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to not want to be the group to spread aggressive gossip about a bad experience and gain a negative reputation for spreading hate on people. I understand that. I agree with the philosophy that all RP is legitimate - I just don't have to participate if I don't want to.
That brings us to passive elitism: Which is when you see something someone is doing and you think, "hey that thing isn't for me" and don't act on it. You pass judgment that maybe this bit of lore-bending or that bit of ERPing doesn't suit your fancy and you'd rather not partake. Doesn't really sound awful, but it can get strict and you might not RP with a whole group of people because you think they just aren't up to your standards. It's still elitism but the key difference is that you aren't making actions to force your views on them or anyone else.
I'll come out and kind of say that the Coral Sea is somewhat a passive elitist FC. We have a rule that gives us full rights to decline or kick anyone we want to. For what reason? For the reason that it's our FC. If you make us uncomfortable or by any means not want you, then we shouldn't have to permit presence. You're in our house and you may be our friend, but friends still act cordial. We want to have fun and not feel forced to interact with our own members. I don't see why any other FC should be the same. Or any guild in any game, actually.
It's not your job to make a place for people to gather. I don't want a second job on a virtual game I play to get away from my real one. I just want to have fun with my friends and I don't see a problem with others trying to achieve the same. No matter how they go about it (so long, of course, they don't force it on me). So. To sum up my rant in response to your rant. Do what you want. If you join another MMO and don't want to lead? That's cool. If you decide to take it on again? Sweet. Another challenge to overcome. Whichever way, I hope you enjoy your time online.
That might be called elitism. Yet, I've encountered two types of elitism. There's passive and active forms of elitism. Neither are particularly good, neither are particularly bad in my experience. My good friend and the founder of my free company, Renaud Becquerel, did a good job of defining passive and active forms of elitism. You can read it all here but honestly I'll cut to the quick. What you seem to be afraid of is coming across as an active elitist. I'm conjecturing here so please do correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to not want to be the group to spread aggressive gossip about a bad experience and gain a negative reputation for spreading hate on people. I understand that. I agree with the philosophy that all RP is legitimate - I just don't have to participate if I don't want to.
That brings us to passive elitism: Which is when you see something someone is doing and you think, "hey that thing isn't for me" and don't act on it. You pass judgment that maybe this bit of lore-bending or that bit of ERPing doesn't suit your fancy and you'd rather not partake. Doesn't really sound awful, but it can get strict and you might not RP with a whole group of people because you think they just aren't up to your standards. It's still elitism but the key difference is that you aren't making actions to force your views on them or anyone else.
I'll come out and kind of say that the Coral Sea is somewhat a passive elitist FC. We have a rule that gives us full rights to decline or kick anyone we want to. For what reason? For the reason that it's our FC. If you make us uncomfortable or by any means not want you, then we shouldn't have to permit presence. You're in our house and you may be our friend, but friends still act cordial. We want to have fun and not feel forced to interact with our own members. I don't see why any other FC should be the same. Or any guild in any game, actually.
It's not your job to make a place for people to gather. I don't want a second job on a virtual game I play to get away from my real one. I just want to have fun with my friends and I don't see a problem with others trying to achieve the same. No matter how they go about it (so long, of course, they don't force it on me). So. To sum up my rant in response to your rant. Do what you want. If you join another MMO and don't want to lead? That's cool. If you decide to take it on again? Sweet. Another challenge to overcome. Whichever way, I hope you enjoy your time online.
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