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(07-15-2014, 01:58 PM)ArmachiA Wrote: I dislike any RP that forces a continuity that players may not actually want or forces people to either side with playing it or forces them to ignore it and therefore leave themselves out of RP.
I think it's the same sort of split of opinion as sorta happened in the discussion about trolls -- at the end of the day, you're not going to force me to do anything I don't want to do.
Way back when I first started rping, the group I was with wound up getting a reputation for being elitist bastards. Why? We had standards, we wanted to do things a certain way, and we weren't going to compromise who we were and our fun time to match someone else's expectations.
To me, this is the same sort of thing. Whether or not you want to be involved -- work around it. To me, it's never a question of whether or not someone should do something -- it's about what I am willing to do. I honestly don't care if anyone wants to rp as a neko-demon-dragon-succubi girl. You know what, if that's how you have fun then you go for it -- but that particular thing is not fun for me, so I'm not going to do it.
Pretty much, I think you have a point, but I also think that people should be free to rp what's fun for them. If you don't want to be involved with it or think it's too game-breaking to be a thing, then that's one of those times when you have to figure out your solutions. I mean, it sucks for both sides when that sort of thing happens, but I also don't think it's worth putting too much time or energy into, you know?
Quote:No one, NO ONE, in this community has the right to force canon on a City -- whether you believe your doing it to players or not -- that the Developers do not have a hand in and forces a change on your server. There is no need for these kind of plots either, you can do smaller plots with the same impact but don't mess with the status quo.
We do not get to change the status quo, only the devs can do that.
FWIW, I think what Kahn'a was trying to say was that they never intended to force canon on the city, and were trying to rp it in a way that it wasn't doing that. . .but they're eloquent speakers so I'll let them address that themselves.
Quote:And say "But they can ignore it" all you want, the truth is - no you can't ignore. Those big names in Ul'dah will talk about it - because they are apart of it - and you will be forced to shun yourself because you refuse to acknowledge the RP. You'll have nothing to discuss if you pretend you have no idea whats going on. You end up being shunned, I'm not sure why people don't see this.
once again; we don't have the right the change the status quo. We are GMs of our stories, but we are NOT the GMs of the overarching world.
If it is that irreconcilable to you, that's the point when I'd start sending pms to the organizers to try to work out a tenable solution. As is, in the plot thread itself, Askier posted a nice little four-point solution that would dampen down the overall effects. If that's still not reconcilable to you, then yeah -- you do have to make a decision about how much you're willing to skim over.
Truth is, rp is not eternal. Today's big deal will be forgotten tomorrow. References will fade, and new events will crop up. I predict that in a month's time after the event has ended it will likely become a moot point; new problems will be gripping the characters' attention. In the meantime, I'm sure people are taking in all the opinions about what happened and will take it into consideration for future events.