Quote:Also, I'm sorry for my poor grammar, I'm from germany and I'm still trying to improve my english.Didn't notice :3 An amaazing post as it is!
Anyhow I'm with Riku, nearing the same type of RP as he does, though more.. freedom. Like him I like to stay IC as much as I can, loving RP and trying to encourage it to RP-ers around me, though I won't push anyone if they don't want to of course, after all it's their life and their decisions.
On the freedom note I do notice that I.. use lore that's not exactly -there-, but almost very very sure that there is. For example I noted in my characters Biography some references to Arcany, it's not exactly in game as being a class and such, but we all know there -is- an arcanist guild in game, and that the class -will- be released one of these days. Hence I like to prepare my character already for such thing instead of waiting and suddenly "Miyu can now use arcany" all of a sudden when the class does get released. I think this adds character and depth so one's character.
Same with stuff like Freeze, Flare, Ultima, Holy, Meteor, etc etc, as she researches them even though they are not... "oficially" in game just yet.
Though openly going against lore I dislike, I won't go around saying. "I am the Admiral of Limsa" and that kind of stuff, in my opinion that does break the lore.
-Although-, and yes here comes the exception.
If you play a villian (and you know how villians are) I think that for the sake of a good story... you should be allowed to overrule some of the general rules and maybe even lore sometimes. I mean that if your villian is a rank 50 (or just 1 if you created a villian just for this particular storyline), and gets challanged by 10 other rank 50's, the villian could (could, not should) be able to inflict considerably damage to the challengers. This can make the story way more intense, better, more fun and really create a villian that can be... well.. villian like!
Not saying you should go around uldah and ultima everything around you, that might be a bit over the top though xD
Of course, these kinds of things should be discussed in an OOC manner before doing such a thing to prevent drama and other meh-ness.
A thing about the meta-comment, it's not the "wrong" of the emoter who does a "/em sighs, feeling annoyed about her plushe being gone." as that's a way to bring depth to what he/she says, it's the "wrong" of the one reading and acting upon that to -use- that information that they could never know unless specifically said to. This is called metagaming.
Also, right and wrong are relative terms. A serial killer believes he's right, and we're wrong after all. It's all the way of how your mind sees things and makes a theory about it. In fact, I believe there -is- no right and wrong, only opinions, which should be respected... imho.
Anyhow, awesome post Lyriell <3.~
