(08-22-2013, 11:02 PM)Theodric Ridgefield Wrote:(08-22-2013, 10:55 PM)Corelyn Wrote:(08-22-2013, 10:49 PM)Theodric Ridgefield Wrote: 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.
Oh, don't get me wrong. If I can't justify something within the confines of lore, I won't do it. I'm not about to go off and say I'm the son/daughter/shemale-first-cousin of <insert figure> and <insert figure> and also have a machine gun implanted in my forehead that no one can see without 3D glasses. lol
But there's a point to which hostility breeds fear breeds oppression of creativity and imagination, and then the cycle persists, even when concepts are actually viable. People begin to see red flags when there are none, and then proceed to make like a Weasel and flip the fuck out. =-B
Oh, definitely - a lot of the character concepts that role-players get up in arms about being 'against the lore' aren't even all that improbable. So long as exceptions to the rule don't become the norm I'm generally willing to give quite a lot of character concepts a chance. I don't really like ignoring anything outright unless it's particularly immersion breaking, since if I'm uncomfortable with a character concept I tend to just have my character make his excuses and dash off on an errand elsewhere.
Yeah, that's exactly it, though when I have a problem with someone's character concept, I will attempt to politely point it out OOCly and try to suggest something similar, yet more fitting to the world. Some people, unfortunately, will simply cuss someone out as if their very idea was a crime intended to hurt the RP around them, when, in many cases, they are simply new or younger people without a clear definition of the lore. I've seldom gotten a poor response (save for the case of several notorious folks *shudder*), though there are those who will immediately become offended. Unfortunately, those are just as bad as the ones who go after other guns blazing.
Regardless! It's nice to, thus far, see a notable lack of both sides of that ugly coin, at least around here. ^_^
