(07-27-2017, 10:34 AM)Valence Wrote: (snipped good stuff)I think we're getting a bit off the original topic, but it's a good topic.  Maybe we  should spin up thread to discuss this part further?  The original poster was asking on 'random open rp villainy' where we're delving into the dangers of differing views from popular opinion and resulting antagonistic responses.
And people don't do that a lot because they get immediately dogpiled and shunned by other characters most of the time. Which is to be expected and pretty rational. If you have someone from the nazi party showing up at a commie rally in 1939, you might expect it to end up like that, or worse. This is why I said it's a vicious circle. Nobody plays it, with that fear in mind. And they are right to do so, because alone, that wouldn't work. The question wouldn't even be asked if there was a good ratio of characters with "different views".
That sort of antagonistic behavior over alternative viewpoints is society though, and it shows in game at times. Â The Ishgarde's story line has some good examples of this too over the peace with the dragons. Â Even the main characters have some issues with radical viewpoints (or even simple ones. Â There's some trash talk about pirates from a certain scion.)
While the world of Eorzea is neutral at a high level, and that shows a lot in the MSQ, at that level you're dealing with people who have continuous external threats to deal with as well. Â This is a strong unifying force that causes many 'sins' to be overlooked. Â (I could go on about how this sort of thing also works in the real world but that'd delve into topics best left off public forums these days.)Â
Once you get to the common folk, you start to see the polarization show up again. Â Ul'dah with the Ala Mhigans. Â Ishgarde with Asyale's followers, etc.
I do it's valid for characters to coalesce around like minded viewpoints and reject those they find offensive. Â That is probably more the core of why we don't see more RPers taking more extreme stances. Â You really need a base to work with to cause that sort of conflict and not have your roleplay just dry up. Â To get more varied viewpoints someone has to be the first to create a base for that 'different view' and get others to buy into it as well.
A good example of this I've recently seen a group of Garlean sympathizers Rping about doing just that. Â They have established a group to freely RP those characters in while interacting in the world and causing other people teeth-grinding headaches. Â There hasn't been much dogpiling of them (there was once I saw in the middle of Gridania proper... Â that's kind of to be expected though.)
