I'd push the button.
Everybody would be free to role-play whatever they desire but constructive critique and a reasonable adherence to the game's lore would be valued and expected by the majority of role-players.
Public ERP would be much more frowned upon, as would casually discussing what one's character does in the bedroom. All ERP would take place behind closed doors.
The Quicksand would be regularly monitored by a specialist GM who would ban those who hang around there purely to try and find ERP as well as anybody who is horrid enough to put a link to adult sites in their search info.
More role-players would be willing to actually go out into the game world instead of standing around in taverns or houses talking about doing so. As a result it would be much more common to randomly stumble upon people role-playing in the middle of, say, Coerthas.
Adding people to one's friend's list and then never speaking with them again after claiming to want to role-play with them would be severely frowned upon. Role-players as a whole would be more consistent, reliable and honest when it comes to planning stuff out and following through with it.
Role-playing major NPC's would be frowned upon and discouraged. People wouldn't have to worry about getting involved with a major event only to suddenly have to drop out because they find out that someone portraying a major lore character is heavily involved.
More European role-players would begin playing and the existing EU role-players would be less scattered and more united.
More people would be willing to agree to disagree when it comes to different styles of role-play - and whilst people would be free to do whatever they like (within reason) they would be prevented from falling back on the excuse of them being able to do whatever they like.
After all, just because nobody can stop someone from role-playing the secret spawn of Thancred and Minfilia it doesn't mean that other people have to accept it, nor does it prevent them from having a good chuckle if such a thing happens to persist after constructive feedback is given.
Finally, more people would embrace all the subtleties and complexities that come with morally grey antagonists and flawed protagonists. It'd be frowned upon to reduce zealous Ishgardians and fiercely loyal Garleans to one dimensional villains that are always evil whilst one's own character is completely pure and righteous. More people would avoid painting Ala Mhigans as without flaws, too. If not for Garlemald's occupation there's a good chance that they'd still be trying to invade and control the rest of Eorzea after all...
Everybody would be free to role-play whatever they desire but constructive critique and a reasonable adherence to the game's lore would be valued and expected by the majority of role-players.
Public ERP would be much more frowned upon, as would casually discussing what one's character does in the bedroom. All ERP would take place behind closed doors.
The Quicksand would be regularly monitored by a specialist GM who would ban those who hang around there purely to try and find ERP as well as anybody who is horrid enough to put a link to adult sites in their search info.
More role-players would be willing to actually go out into the game world instead of standing around in taverns or houses talking about doing so. As a result it would be much more common to randomly stumble upon people role-playing in the middle of, say, Coerthas.
Adding people to one's friend's list and then never speaking with them again after claiming to want to role-play with them would be severely frowned upon. Role-players as a whole would be more consistent, reliable and honest when it comes to planning stuff out and following through with it.
Role-playing major NPC's would be frowned upon and discouraged. People wouldn't have to worry about getting involved with a major event only to suddenly have to drop out because they find out that someone portraying a major lore character is heavily involved.
More European role-players would begin playing and the existing EU role-players would be less scattered and more united.
More people would be willing to agree to disagree when it comes to different styles of role-play - and whilst people would be free to do whatever they like (within reason) they would be prevented from falling back on the excuse of them being able to do whatever they like.
After all, just because nobody can stop someone from role-playing the secret spawn of Thancred and Minfilia it doesn't mean that other people have to accept it, nor does it prevent them from having a good chuckle if such a thing happens to persist after constructive feedback is given.
Finally, more people would embrace all the subtleties and complexities that come with morally grey antagonists and flawed protagonists. It'd be frowned upon to reduce zealous Ishgardians and fiercely loyal Garleans to one dimensional villains that are always evil whilst one's own character is completely pure and righteous. More people would avoid painting Ala Mhigans as without flaws, too. If not for Garlemald's occupation there's a good chance that they'd still be trying to invade and control the rest of Eorzea after all...
