SamusKnight2k Wrote:I even got private messages saying "You do this and we won't RP with you" and ultimately I scrapped the idea.I am incredibly sorry you had to deal with something like that. That's just a shining example of an attitude not to carry if you're a Roleplayer. It's understandable to want to place canon restrictions - ones that are clearly laid out in-game. People going a step beyond that and trying to submit other players to RP to their liking should never be tolerated within an open community. If you want to tell some one what to do, you ought to make your own community to do so in. That being said, it leads me on to my next point(s).
SamusKnight2k Wrote:Drama
This is why I feel a reboot is more or less needed. The RPC is stained with that stigma, and I don't think it's going to be an easy thing to remove - let alone even be possible. A lot of roleplayers aren't known for being fickle people. If there would be a reboot, it would give us a chance to lay down some ground rules and heavily enforce those through a crack team of moderators in an attempt to keep the forums drama free. Not RP rules, obviously, but community rules - like what any healthy community will have. No bickering and fighting on the forums, and more importantly in our case - no attempting to pigeonhole people into your way of roleplaying. That can be left to private forums for individual linkshells who want to impose stricter rules.
If a new forum were kept open-minded and free of judgmental views, it would be a much more nurturing and welcoming atmosphere for everyone involved. We just don't have that here anymore it seems.
Lastly, in light of various points brought up on this thread, I'm changing my vote to being against the idea. The main reason being that I don't think it's so much us needing a place for leaders to congregate, as I think it's an issue of us needing a place for the community to congregate and feel both welcome and safe.
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