As far as I see it true creativity is working within the confines of any given setting rather than indulging all sorts of strange gimmicks to make one's character concept stand out from everyone else's. I've found that whilst many role-players get a lot of criticism for alleged elitism chances are if multiple role-players are putting across similar concerns to one another there may very well be some questionable elements to one's character that may need to be addressed.
WoW has a pretty volatile community at the best of times, let alone alone when you add role-players to the mix...but usually when I saw people being hounded for their character concepts it was at least partially justified. I guess what I'm getting at is that criticism shouldn't just be brushed off as role-players being 'mean' or 'spiteful' if there's numerous competent and experienced role-players putting forth similar concerns.
WoW has a pretty volatile community at the best of times, let alone alone when you add role-players to the mix...but usually when I saw people being hounded for their character concepts it was at least partially justified. I guess what I'm getting at is that criticism shouldn't just be brushed off as role-players being 'mean' or 'spiteful' if there's numerous competent and experienced role-players putting forth similar concerns.
