Okonoko

You personally can ignore a troll all you want, but end of the day not everyone is willing or capable of ignoring negative impact on ones enjoyment, and may ruin ones perception of the server, thus hampering growth. Was just offering my two cents.

By no means am I saying people should not try, like I said I am enjoying my time on the server despite the haters, still does not change the fact that being a small server you might run into haters more often then some are comfortable with. I am just trying to be transparent, that while the RP community friendly the general vibe of the server outside of a few that view this as a boon to the economy are not really all that friendly. I for one am okay with that, but we cannot ignore that for some the risk of dealing with that kind of drama simply is not worth it.

Unfortunately for them, what they want doesn't really matter. People are going to do what they do. You don't have to fix that, just ignore it. I played WoW on Wyrmrest Accord from the year the server opened until last year, and it had the same issue even though it's labeled an RP server. You will always have RP haters. Really, in everything in life you have people who don't like it, so they don't think anyone else should enjoy it either. They are just sad, sad little people, and should be pitied. I remember a coworker who hated baseball because he thought it was boring, and any time I was having a conversation with someone else about a game, he had to pipe up about how stupid baseball is. Those people exist, and always will. Just enjoy the good people within the community and brush those people off. Yes those people exist, but I do not agree with the notion that as a community we should simply ignore it. Word of mouth holds some value one poor encounter an RP'er has with a none RP'er may cause said RP'er to either give up or tell friends to stay away from the server. Once I a community is fostered sure you can ignore such people, but when it comes to fostering a community ignoring such behavior might prove to be risky. Overall I get where you are coming from just figured that people should know that their is a vocal bunch on the server that do not like RP'ers so if that bothers you may want to try one of the other smaller communities.

Over the last week I have spent some time on Mateus, and while the RP community that is present is helpful and friendly granted mostly because they are trying to foster a community so such behavior is to be expected and not indicative of the future state of the server and the community. nevertheless I enjoyed my time on the server. I am must confess I have not read every post proceeding my own, so I am not sure if this point has been brought up. Mateus's vocal non RP community clearly does not want RP'ers on the server, overall it seems a large portion of players on the server have a negative connotation when it comes to RP. That is something the RP community on Mateus may never be able to fix, and may make all the efforts on the server for naught. Just my 2 cents. Forgive me for my spelling and grammar.