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There is a bunch of us trying to bring RP back to Limsa! This reminds me that I need to log on Cyrus more and interact with NB. I've been AWOL lately with another alt, trying to get him geared up x_x; More RP in Limsa sounds great. Let any of us know and we'll gladly hop over sometime! YOU'RE CYRUS!? MIND. Blown.

There is a bunch of us trying to bring RP back to Limsa!

It's grown. It's big, you'll find whatever rp you're looking for really. From social rp to combat rp to big storyline rp to romance rp to whatever. The community is thriving and, even if we all don't agree on core issues, the vast majority of us are open and friendly to all styles. It's a good community overall, probably one of the best I've been apart of.

A guy in my guid plays someone from a different continent, but he doesn't really mention WHERE exactly until one is released that he thinks fits the best. Now-a-days when he does mention everyone goes "Doma?" and he constantly has to go "No, damnit!" lol. I'm pretty sure if one is NEVER released he'll just continue to keep it vague as hell BUT yeah he's in the same boat you're in.

Quite a few of my fellow Guildies are going, but most of them lurk this site rather than post often. I'll be there! We should set up an RPC meet up, that would be swell.

^ It's like your playing a different game then the rest of us.

He sounds like a pretty interesting character! Balmung is always open in the wee hours of the morning, but hardly any other time. It's a great server, but a right pain in the ass that it's so popular AND the designated RP server. Hope you find a good home! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me! I don't know all the things but I know a lot of the things.

You know, Mr Face showed up for the RP where Armi's house burned down and I NEVER had any proof because I was so busy I forgot to take a picture, so I checked his twitter after you posted this Lia annndd There he is with M'sato

I wouldn't call it the driving force of narration, but it's so ingrained in media that I can see where people get it twisted. Love stories are really good -side- plots, but if they become the main plot everything tends to get boring quickly. Really good, epic storylines have really good epic romance behind them as well. Behind them, is the key. Love stories help emphasis an already strong plot, making it more emotionally impacting. Even some of the better romance novels out there have a driving plot, putting the romance secondary to it (See: Dark Hunters) BUT, there are those people in the world who like their Twilights (Plot doesn't start till like page 300), their Harlequin romances, and their silly rom-coms*. These things don't tend to work in RP though, since it's an ongoing storyline and never ending, just doing romance is boring to MOST rpers because we aren't in a 2 hour movie or a 200 page book. My character is involved in a romance, she tends to write about it in her journal a lot (Because who wouldn't) but she's also embroiled in some very dangerous plotlines that, when they are active, take the forefront of the story. She also has friends that she talks to regularly, trains to be good with a sword, writes music, all kinds of things. She wants to be better for herself and not for anyone else. I think that's the best way to do it. It's a bit discouraging when some people believe having a romance is the only thing that matters. It's like "My character is your friend... how does that not matter?" but alas... *For the record I love a good rom-com.

Sato, Reno, Ryu Hoobah. Mithi looks on in shock.

I talk about shipping constantly, my fc thinks I have a problem.

No ones asking you to apologize, we're just stating our opinions here. Just because I disagree doesn't mean you can't - or shouldn't - do it. But like I said before, that's another conversation and one I won't go into in this thread because it's off topic.

^ What up, me too! Me and my Fiance roleplay and met Roleplaying in FFXI - but have never, EVER been in an RP relationship together, not even when we met! We believe, very firmly, that our characters are our characters and are NOT us. His character, Ellion Goto, is in a long term relationship with another character. A lot of people think this means we have to be jealous or they think it's weird, but our characters are not us. Though me and Ellion click IRL - Armi and Ellion would most definitely not click and trying to force it would be a fool's errand. I absolutely -hate- characters who are specifically rolled to be someone elses love interest simply because they are married or whatever IRL (Baring some exceptions, I've actually seen it very well done recently in my FC), but that's another conversation. I don't know, me and Ellion are pretty secure in our relationship that it doesn't NEED to bleed into roleplay.

Caedmon explains our entire story in one go: WHM puns

Ah, romance RP. It's a thing that I don't avoid but I do not actively look for either. Here's the thing about romance rp: It can be a great and wonderful thing from a character development stand point. It can be full of drama and intrigue and interesting and fun and teach you all kinds of things about your character. It's always interesting when your character begins to click with someone, especially when you were rather sure they wouldn't click with anyone (I rolled Armi as so awkward I honestly didn't think anyone would be interested). The problem is many MANY people think it means more than just part of the narrative. Many RPers are only in it to find a romance partner and those people are extremely obvious if you know what to look for. Armi has been in two relationships, both took MONTHS of RP to even see the light of day. The first one from September to November, then the current from February to JULY. MY character doesn't fall easily and it can take a looonnngg time for anything to happen, most of the time those looking for RP romance only will get huffy at me for being slow and then move on. Honestly I find this like most things, if you think about it. There are players out there who only care about how bad ass their character is and tend to powergame, there are players who only care that their character is winning and will metagame, and then there are players who only care that their characters are in a relationship and get all creepy. These are all people who need some kind of wish fulfilment in RP and are generally types to avoid. I've been apart of IC relationship drama twice over the ten years I've done rp in MMOs, so it doesn't happen OFTEN to me, but even with me being careful it still happens. One person was convinced my character had a crush on hers and despite me telling her she didn't, she decided I was lying and it turned into a huge drama thing. The other -I- got mad about being lied to OOCly about certain things that I thought were okay and it turned into a whole thing. But it happens. My character has been "stalked" before, but I'm pretty blunt generally (As some of you have seen) and can put it bed fairly easily. If things make me uncomfortable I am really quick to say so. I'm engaged irl, romance IC means nothing to me OOC. My character is not me and their character is not them. I've been fortunate to have rp partners who agree and therefore drama has been relatively low. Because of that, I'm not going to stop my character if she has chemistry with someone. I think it's interesting to explore, after a long time has passed of course. None of my character fall for people easily, this is intentional on my part, but if something is happening over the months they know each other I'm okay with letting it progress - as long as I know the player of the other character keeps it IC. None of this shit is real. I used to act all the time, and in a lot of those plays you have to act like your in love - so maybe it's easier for me to fake it? On the subject of why people talk about it so much ICly: because people talk about it ALL THE TIME in real life. When I'm around my friends, every conversation will inevitably go to the gutter or has people flirting with each other in a joking manner. It's just what humans do - we talk about relationships and sex. I mean, what are we supposed to talk about in social situations if not things that are easy to talk about? I'm certainly not going to have Armi talk about the time she was stabbed by a Garlean or almost killed by her friend, or anything else that happened to her. Conversations in bars are supposed to be light, and sex is a light topic. Armi doesn't think so, but she generally just talks about Tea or her plants. We talk about it in RP because we talk about it IRL. Nothing much more too it. It also doesn't mean that's all they talk about. I'm sure there are people whose whole lives revolve around it, but this is true of people in IRL as well.

I really really dislike rping as any kind of Law enforcement for personal reasons but if you need help with stories or SOMETHING (I have so many alts) you can always come to me as an antagonist or as someone who needs to go to the Yellowjackets or soommethhiinng i'm willing at least to help make the RP feel more alive so you aren't just standing around doing nothing till this gets off the ground

ohhh Faye, as an aside, whats your tumblr? I need more FFXIV tumblr's in my life

Oyster Tuesdays at the Member. Men eat free.

It's cuz I can't stop talking about shipping -- I mean, I am a hard nosed fuddy duddy! I am not fun ever! (<.<) My reputation on the RPC will be sullied! SULLIED

My favorite place is the Missing Member, though it's small. Ah, though getting people to rp on that ship would be boss.

That is, hopefully, the plan! I still need confirmation from Isis, but since she's in my FC she has free run of the place. (Isis you can also roll an alt to put in our Dummy guild to set up the RnR the way you want to for Burlesque nights.

I think Armi would be, if only because she wants so desperately to not be useless that signing up for the Adventurer's Guild would probably be the first thing she would do. Whether or not she uses it is another story... Loki would have none of that.

^ THat seems to confirm my assessment that the bar houses the Adventurer's guild and other business's and not the other way around. The Quicksand is it's own thing that houses smaller businesses inside of it (Like Wal-mart)

I see! Thanks for that. Then who really cares? If it's that easy to be an adventurer and not some invitation only hullabaloo with big secret meetings or whatever, then thats a weird thing to get stuck on lore-wise. And many of you know I am a stickler for lore, myself. There are many reasons why non-adventurer's would be in there and doesn't even look like it's closed off from them, it only says in a passing dialogue it's for Adventurer's. They shouldn't have treated you that way, that was uncalled for.. and it was over something really too small to be argued.

I don't feel like the Adventurer's guild houses a bar, I more feel like there's a Adventurer's Guild being HOUSED in a bar, kind of like a McDonald's being housed in your local Wal-mart. If your not an adventure you just can't walk over and use, like, the Guildleve services. This does bring up a question from me though, and honestly something I've not thought about. How do you sign up for an Adventuring Membership? Is it like Sam's Club? 20 gil a month? Just walk up to the counter and fill out some paperwork?