(08-19-2014, 12:41 PM)Verad Wrote:(08-19-2014, 12:29 PM)Black Hat Wrote: My utopian vision would be a community of RPers (such as this one) that doesn't tell each other "I dictate what happens to my character." Where IC actions have universal IC consequences (like Law Enforcement involvement, cause really.....really? Limsa may be Tortuga, but I still see Yellowjackets all over the streets, people.) and players think "OH crap. I got myself into this situation, now I need to think of an IN CHARACTER way out" instead of "I don't like this. You can't tell me what to do."
This is the opposite of my utopia and so it shall never come to pass.
The crux of my point, Verad. Finding a meaningful compromise takes a backseat for the more personally motivated perspective to be the driver. What would your vision be?
What a colossal waste of time and energy.