Riik

Oh indeed, it does seem as if they think we're Endricane's army of evil or something. Maybe they're mistaking the RPC for the Dodo Empire Also, them saying the RPC is dying just seems like propaganda... we're not dying... we're getting new members every couple of days. Intermission has over 80 members in it, which true is less than it has been, we did have that repearling recently. And as well as that, we have multiple IC linkshells associated with the RPC. Magistra, meanwhile, is but one LS (and going by the name of some of the characters in there, it appears as though not all of them RP, at least in a serious manner). They may have a larger number than intermission has, but intermission does not count for all RPC members. I would advise that the best course of action would be to: - Act cautiously but peacefully. Don't rise to their hostility. - Keep out of their way in terms of LS politics. Don't let the situation damage any friendship between individual players, however. - Naturally, if the RPC is attacked in any way, we should defend ourselves, so long as we do it in a mature manner. Going from what I've seen on the forums, we don't have any hostile posts about them. We should keep it that way. Naturally, we should prove false any rumours they spread about us as this thread has practically done. I certainly plan to try to keep the peace in any way I can. I'm not going to alter my treatment of Magistra - I'm going to continue to view them as just another RP linkshell rather than the enemy or something like that. If something bad happens, I will defend the RPC, within reason. And I suggest that's the stance we all take. If we attack Magistra, it would only damage our reputation. And if we stand tall and hold the line, either they'll give up attacking us, they'll come to a truce, or their constant offensives would eat away at their own reputation. I have a lot of respect for our community already. Our forum community, at least, is polite and friendly. I don't believe we'd ever attack Magistra the way they attacked us.

I wasn't present at the leaders meeting, due to the fact I'm not a leader, so I don't know what happened. However, this one statement concerns me a little. Everything else aside, this to me is somewhat worrying. If indeed they have the means to back up this statement, harming the RPC will effectively damage to whole RP community on the server. Other than that concern, I'm also quite disturbed by the level of hostility. Hostility like this will NOT help secure the future of RP on FFXIV, nor will it help us build upon our community, not just within the RPC, but of roleplayers in general. I personally do not care what happens between the two groups, so long as some sort of action can be reached to cease hostilities in some way that doesn't damage RPers in general. Edit: After following Mtoto's link, I can't help but notice there are other threads that attack us, and more specifically Endricane. This is something that definately needs to be worked out. Peacefully.

Oooh, another 15 year old character! At long last, my Lalafell isn't alone! Maybe you should come visit Corvus Cinis some time (we have cookies!) ^^ Also, I can relate on the shyness stuff... I am a very shy person... but I warmed up to the RPC rather quickly. Maybe you will too ^^ And thirdly, it'll be nice to have a few more europeans around. Peoples of closer timezones = more RP for other EU players! Hoorah!

(I feel almost sad reading that... The only exposure I had to those characters was during the fashion duel, and even then, they were rather unpleasant for me. And yet... idk, reading about them dying... I must say it was well written to invoke such emotions.)

All I can say is... stay active! Do plenty of events! Advertise, do loads of RPs all over Eorzea so that potential RPers can pass us and those with interest have someone to ask! Also, if we spend more time IC, there's a higher chance of getting noticed by people interested in RP. Hopefully, we'll get an official RP server when 2.0 comes out, but before that, we need to get people who may not consider RPing interested... we don't want to get an RP server to find few people are interested, because then getting parties would be far more difficult. So for that, we would need to reach out to the people less inclinded to RP somehow, and draw out their inner RPer. Oh and finally, we need too behave ourselves! We need to get a good reputation! If we look like a bunch of horrible idiots, nobody would join us... so let's be nice!

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Wow that does look better... and somewhat more professonal-looking, too. Nice job.

The 'I must win' thing does get a little annoying. I remember on another game, there was a forum roleplay to go with the server I was on, where everyone were in the midst of a battle with that mindset. Thankfully, I ended it (I was running the RP... probably not the best choice, given I was like only 16/17 at the time) by killing off the NPC I added in to start the conflict in the first place (or rather by allowing another player to kill him). Eventually we reached a stale-mate, and everyone settled down and resumed their drinking. I used to have a bit of an 'I must win'... it was more of a 'I must not lose', really, as I didn't mind ties. I slightly annoyed other kids in playground games, but when it came to online Roleplay, I never really got into fights (mostly because my PVP has always sucked horribly and I knew I'd lose, even though my character may not have done). However, over the last couple of years, I have been roleplaying characters who are - more or less - myself, in terms of personality. In other words, I play as someone who is shy, keeps out of fights, but defends friends fiercely. I don't mind not being the best at stuff or losing fights with these sort of characters. Also, I do agree on the badass evil Villain death lord thing. What would FFVII be without sephiroth? VIII without the sorceresses? IX without Kuja? And don't forget the fights against Beartrix in IX (who else was disappointed when she became playable to find that her abilites killed her MP so quickly?). I also don't mind when people add a little to Lore such as later-patch stuff because 1) it will become Lore in the future and 2) It doesn't break the existing lore. In fact, i don't mind players adding their own ideas too, as long as it doesn't go over the top, like "I am an angel of death sent down by the twelve!". Sure you are. "I am an alien invader from another planet!" Uh.....huh..... I grinned at that. And totally agree.

I don't think I'd fit clearly into any of those categories... I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle of all categories. I stick to game lore and am not happy if it's broken, but equally, I don't mind if it's added to or if a grey area is touched, or even if someone goes against lore slightly but doesn't break the lore by killing it. Basically, I have a "yeah, you have a bit of freedom, but don't go and break anything" mindset. HOWEVER, there are times when I personally go against the lore and don't mind - in fact, encourage - other players to do to, and that's things like the souls of the job system, or teleporting by Aetherial crystals. Basically, the stuff that's there for player convenience but makes RP less fun. I am IC most of the time, unless I'm in the midst of a quest or in an OOC party or in the general area of the Ul'dah crowd around the steps (unless I've entered an RP with someone prior to being there are whilst there). I'm also OOC when standing to the corner of an area near where RP is going on, as I'm trying to decide the best way to enter it. HOWEVER. If I am addressed OOCly, I will go OOC to interact. I take RP very seriously, because I pretty much write everything up afterwards. However, if someone does something that breaks lore, I will simply not mention that in the write up, rather than complain about it. I will also probably ignore it in all future RPs unless said character brings up the subject agian and my own character's experience is called upon, in which case, I will go either way depending on the circumstance. Every piece of canon RP that occurs whilst I personally am IC will be recorded for my character. Sometimes in the case of walking around OOC with some help for a quest, if RP suddenly happens, I will just blur over the details so that the RP could have occured (depending on how future RP goes on) but equally may not have. Essentially, I have my views, but I will not force them on others or allow them to cause conflict.

These guidelines have made me give this shell a second chance (that, and Endricane wanted me back). I'll be happy to stick around so long as those bad events don't happen again, which these rules should hopefully ensure.

Ah... I got confused because I've never had a cookie issue on a site before and didn't think it was normal on a site update (I know a bit about coding, but I'm not the most informed about the inner workings of a web browser, mostly because I've never had the reason to look into it)... must be a phpBB thing.

My steam web browser is finally up to date... if it takes that long to refresh cookies, then I think at least a little optimisation needs to be done on the coding. That's my only concern thus far since my last post. Also, there seems to be some debate over the cursor, but I actually like it.

I'm just gunna say, I am no longer a member of the shell. That is all.

Thankfully I missed the worst of it, being AFK, but I was present through a little bit of that (mostly when silliness was going on, rather than trolling). And I can honestly say, it just felt like I was getting a constant spam feed from the shell. I do understand it's a social shell, but there is a difference between social and spam, and also, I believe not long before this conversation, a new member was welcomed to the linkshell? What kinda first impression was that? In any case, I ended up muting the shell, problem solved, but that was before I found out just what I had missed, and upon learning, I did get pretty angry. I was rather close to leaving the shell. Seeing an online friend - especially Miyuki - treated like that just makes me appauled. In fact, if this happens again, I probably will drop out of intermission. I'm still relatively new to the community. I've been here, what, two weeks? I do know that there are some really nice people here, and intermission was helpful in finding Aes Sedai Tower / Corvus Cinis, which is a pretty nice linkshell with some fun RP going on. But some of the things I've seen in intermission so far have balanced it out with negativity. It really is damaging my opinion of the RPC itself, and I really really don't want to believe that this sort of thing is typical here. Now, I know the whole point of the linkshell was to be a social community-driven shell without strict leadership so that everyone gets a near-enough equal say, but from what I've seen, a little bit more policing needs to be done. There is a difference between community and anarchy, and occasionally, the shell does fall into the latter. I'm not often one to complain - let people be people. However, if the happiness of someone I consider a friend is threatened, I will not sit quietly and idly. Before this, I was content in just letting the shell do its thing, no matter how much the language upset me personally. The shell needs more moderation, to help make it a safer, more friendly place, and also to make it that I don't have to use the profanity filter whenever I have the shell visible. Right now, it does not seem friendly. I do not feel safe, even with the profanity filter. And now, I feel I need to keep an eye out for the sake of my friends as well.

The theme is rather nice, but there is one issue: The colour for the name of registered users really hurts my eyes and is hard to look at... it's a little too light for the background, at least on my screen

Still don't know if I'm going to attend, but I'm pretty sure I won't be competing. Looks like it'd be fun to watch though, so I still may be there in the audience.

I admit I personally went a bit over the top with non-RP chat last night over the shell (at least by my standards), but that was boredom, coupled with the fact that I always get more talkative when I'm tired and I was getting a little more comfortable after being brought into conversations a little. Maybe it's good that I opened up with the community because normally, I never manage to do that so quickly (if at all, in some cases). What concerns me most is that when I asked about RPing over the LS, I only really got 1 reply (unless I missed anyone else's) and the non-RP conversation going on didn't really pause, either. For that moment, it felt like I was talking over a general community that only a select few were roleplayers rather than a complete RP comminuty. As if some members of the LS weren't even interested. I'm probably reading too much into this, but at that point, it felt far more social-based than RP-based. Thankfully, in the end I did get my RP (much thanks to Kass, Aly, and even Endricane, for his small part in the RP - or at least the part of the RP I was involved in, as he was still RPing when he took Kass on a date in the middle of the desert ). And it was great fun, even if it was all sitting around . Another thing I point out is that so far, other than talk about an event, I've really not heard anyone else try to organise an RP over the shell. Either not much RP goes on during the time when I'm awake (the sucky thing about GMT time is by the time I go to bed, it's still evening in the US, and thus still prime time for online gaming), or a lot of people are using other means to organise RP. If the latter case is correct, then I would really think about toning down the non-RP chat (in my personal opinion, anyway) to try and draw in those people who do want to use the shell for RP planning.

Thanks, oskar! Also, I didn't expect the area outside the exchange to be so crowded I was way too scared to go up to anyone >.< still, there are some good deals in the Ul'dah market wards ^^

Cookies....? Ooooh, that's gunna be hard to resist! I'll think of something before I eventually log on. Material intrerests and sight-seeing mean little to my character, although he does like exploring new places... I think the most likely thing would be getting on the wrong airship (both me and my character are likely to make such a mistake.. I have boarded the wrong bus many many times, although in the case of the airship, the conductor would have to be lazy, sloppy or just tired to not notice the ticket is wrong, but such a thing is quite possible, I guess, given how often I've seen people get onto buses with out-of-date tickets even though the date is in huge bold letters), and then to decide to take a look around whilst waiting for the next airship back and as a result get lost.

Thanks for the advice . Now I just need to think up of a reason to visit Ul'dah IC... still, I suppose that gives me a great reason to seek out other characters to talk to - arriving for the first time, needing directions, getting lost etc

This thread didn't turn me off. In fact, I found it interesting to hear how different players view the linkshell (everything else just looked like typical forum arguing to me, except a lot more polite and calm than a lot of forums I've read, so i have great respect for that. If this is considered a 'horrible turn off' on this forum, then if anything, it's made me a little more respectful of the community). Moving on, I joined the OOC shell as a way to reveal myself to the player base as an RPer and to know who is more likely to respond if I start emoting in front of them. I was also hoping a bit of casual roleplaying to come my way, but everyone on the shell in Gridania seemed busy, so I ended up playing around Acon Orchard (until someone walked in on me as I was doing so, making me feel rather embarrassed ). I did expect a social side to the shell, though, so I wasn't that suprised when i joined. And to be fair, there was some RP chat going on as well in the shape of preparation for an event (although I believe most of that ended up being about Dante and his subligar ). I have one problem with the shell atm, and it's a problem that is my fault, and that's I'm too shy to ask if anyone is up for roleplaying >.< . I'm sure after meeting a few of you guys ingame, I can get over that though.

I guess I could 'accidentally' attend. As a member of the audience, unless other players are particularly persuasive. I know it's meant to be non-canon, but seeing as I havn't attended any RP events yet, I'd rather play strictly to my character's IC behaviour. My character isn't one to seek out this kinda thing but he is known to wander about a lot and get lost and that includes wandering into places holding events like this. So if another player manages to coerce me into staying once I have stumbled along the event (bearing in mind that as I'm playing this one 100% IC, there is a chyance for the persuasion to fail, or nobody reacts to my attendance quick enough for me to stick around), I would be present. Hell, if someone manages to persuade me to actually take part, that would probably lead to some interesting roleplay. As long as it's past about 5pm GMT on a friday (and no later than 2am), or anything between about midday and 2am GMT on a saturday, I can be there. Maybe on a sunday, but not too late, because I have an early start on mondays (well 9am is hardly early, but I have very poor stamina and fatigue very very easily, so I'd have to log off at about 10pm to midnight GMT, otherwise I'd be too tired to get up any earlier than midday). The only other thing is ingame location. Gridania and Limsa Lominsa are places my character currently frequents. I spend most of my time in Gridania, but go over to Limsa when looking for stuff to do if there's nothing in Gridania and all my leves are used up. I havn't been to Ul'dah yet and atm, until i reach lv18 and continue with the main quest, i have no IC reason to go there. Although I may reach level 18 before the event occurs so if it is held there, I could still attend. (And this may become even more likely if I am given an RPed reason to visit Ul'dah at an earlier date).

Thanks for the welcome! ^^ And remember that if anyone gets bored and notices me emoting to myself, petting Marmots (I do that alot) or just walking around randomly - as long as I'm not running (which I only really do when I'm busy) or fighting, I'm 100% open to any roleplay, be it a casual 'good day, how are you?' or otherwise. In fact I welcome it, sometimes quite desperately! And if you see me playing around Acorn Orchard, then you just KNOW I'm bored! Also, if anyone knows any good gathering spots I can chack out to see who's also waiting around for some RP, I'd be glad to know!

RL Info: Preferred nickname: Riik or Riku Country: England, UK Timezone: GMT --Why do you like to RP? Because it's fun and real life is boring. It's also good to escape real life worries. Basic info --Characters: Riku Toiiku (Balmung) RP Preferences: --RP style (Casual, moderate, or heavy)? I'll RP whatever comes my way. If I get involved in a heavy plot, so be it. I'll RP whenever, but when I'm not in an RP, consider me OOC unless it is stated otherwise. --Are you willing to RP a fight scene in game? If so, preferred method of combat? (/randoming, skill based, etc) Only if I really have to. I'm rather protective of my characters and don't like seeing them get hurt. Also, my current character is quite a pacifist. If it happens, then skill-based is best for realism. Racial traits (size etc) and tactics should also play a part in RPed combat, as long as it doesn't get too silly. --Are you willing to take major injuries in game? (ie limb loss, comas, etc.) Comas, temporary illnesses, yes. I'm also willing to RP mental trauma (like my character hasn't been through enough already ) --Under what circumstances, if any, would you allow your character to be killed off? I probably won't, if I'm honest. And even if I leave for good, I'd rather my leaving be RPed in a less violent way (exploring new lands, getting trapped for eternity [or a long period of time beyond the lifespan of the current characters]. That sort of thing). --Are you willing to RP romance in game? How far are you willing to go? I would be willing, if my characters were to have a sexual orientation. My current character is asexual, as I am in RL, so as of yet, I have no reason for it. --What kind of non-romantic RP relationships are you seeking? (family ties, etc) Close friends (although given my character's history, they'd have to be made during the RP rather than behind the scenes). --How far from the actual lore are you willing to stray? So that it still makes sense or doesn't contradict excessively with the existing lore. Riku's background is already a bit of a stretch on things --Views on chat functions (IC vs OOC in /party, /linkshell, /say)? OOC should be clearly noted to avoid confusion, either with use of (( )) or any other well known method, such as \\ (if that's even possible on this chat system). Party chat would be useful to stop spamming on public channels should the RP be private. Linkshells used for big RP events or linkpearl dialogue. Says are also important, though, otherwise it would be hard to include people who may want to join in a random roleplay. I would think it best to only use says on public RPs so as to avoid the possibility that someoe joins in and you don't want them to. --Will most of your RP be confined in a single linkshell or will you try to RP with as many as possible? I'll RP where ever I'm invited, but it's not in my nature to personally seek out linkshells. --How do you prefer to be contacted? (PM or post in this thread) Post here, PM, /tell in-game or send me an in-game letter ... as long as it's somewhere I can remember to check up on

Hello! Um... forgive me if this post seems a little... full of ellipses and hesitation. I am rather shy, and I end up writing it into my text... So, um... My name is Ricky, a.k.a Riik and I'm a university student in the UK studying physics. My character name is Riku Toiiku, a Lalafell, and... I guess I should start with the fact that I really enjoy roleplaying, despite being quite shy and find it hard to communicate with others on MMOs. But through roleplay I find I can easier to get to like someone (plus it's much more fun than a normal social meeting). I'm rather new to FFXIV. I never played XI and just started this game this weekend. I actually found this site before I started playing and it was seeing that there are roleplayers on here that finally made me decide to get the game. I am a huge Final Fantasy fan, btw. I think someone aught to be told that I havn't actually had a proper conversation with anyone on the game yet. The most that happened to me thus far was that I was offered company by someone late last night, but I was rather tired and it was about 2am UK time so I had to decline. However, At one point, I was healed by a passerby, who upon being thanked, replied with what appeared to be a blatant IC responce before he carried on his journey, so... does that technically mean I've beein involved in a casual roleplay moment? (rhetorical question, btw) So um... the point of the last paragraph is I still havn't gotten to grips with the social system on the game, and thus have no idea whatsoever about how to join a linkshell. However, I am incredibly interested in the OOC linkshell, because it seems like a good way to know who will roleplay (So I don't freak out non-RPers by shouting at shopkeepers in front of them to try to get their attention, as I'm too shy to directly initiate conversation) and also a good way to bring roleplayers to me (perhaps). Despite it seemingly unlikely given my disposition, I have played MMOs before - well... one MMO, anyway. Mabinogi. However, I started my online gaming on the sci-fi game Freelancer, where I got my first taste of roleplaying (although most of the roleplaying on the servers I went on was meta-gamed) before moving on to Neverwinter Nights 2, which being Dungeons and Dragons, was ful of pure roleplaying servers, witihn which I had some great fun (getting spammed enemies at by DMs, trying to make my own huge plotlines and getting a few other players interested in them, speaking Draconic with an Orc... those were some good times). Sorry, I do tend to ramble a little... partly perhaps due to poor social skills, partly because my mind is always on overdrive most of the time. So... what kind of roleplayer am I? Anything from casual to heavy, I guess. I just sort of... go with the flow. I Think of it as if it is real life (except most of Britain is so anti-social in real life, it's far less eventful than online roleplaying). if I end up in heavy roleplaying, then I'll end up in heavy roleplaying, I guess. I don't think i can predict where I'm going to end up. All that aside... I'm glad to meet you all and get involved. If anyone sees my character in-game I would love a bit of roleplay (and perhaps an invite into that OOC linkshell too >.< ). Please be somewhat patient with me and don't go moving on right away if I seem to be slow to reply in-game, because I usually panic when someone talks to me, and my hands start to shake and it takes me a while to type something in those conditions. Thank you for putting up with my lengthy introduction, and again, hello! >.< EDIT: Fixed typing errors and rushed grammar