(09-13-2013, 07:36 PM)Kylin Wrote: Would you have preferred I said nothing about the issue and let some people keep wondering why some RPers seem to purposely brush them off? You don't have to like the stance, but it does exist. And better to be aware of it so it can better be combated, yes?
At the risk of being inflammatory, let me ask: how could this possibly be combated? If a group of players says, "We don't want to RP with people who've played too many MMOs (in our opinion) because they're not reliable in RP," what can truly be done to dispel this point of view? It seems as if their minds are made up and their choice of who to RP with made -- otherwise they might be jumping into threads and RP with new players if they seem appropriate and high quality (to them), as opposed to waiting for the "MMO hoppers" to vanish.
Further, as Roda said, this seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. If people leave a game because they can't find RP, and then the existing players in an MMO shun new players to the game because they might be "MMO hoppers," then are they not simply ensuring that people leave for possibly greener pastures? It's better, I think, to give people a reason to stay so that the RP "hooks" them in, even if they might not particularly like the game. I stayed with EQ1 and CoH long after the gameplay became stale because I was into the RP. Why not give others that opportunity?
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