(09-28-2013, 09:54 AM)Asyria Wrote: DAISHI, don't push your views on me and call me an introvert when I'm simply sharing mine openly.
I'm not calling you or anyone unrealistic, I'm speaking my own personal mind.
That also goes for anyone else being judgmental here.
Way to promote an open community, guys.
This kind of attitude, my own personal views aside, is part of why I left the RPC and open RP in general back then. But it's cool, I don't really want to RP with judgmental smartasses...
Moving on...
Is it unrealistic to have two people talk nearby and not hear them?
Yes, it can be, if you specifically pay attention to them... but why would you? Think of the real world.
How often are people chatting among themselves right next to you and you don't hear them? All the time.
For example...
- There are people talking everywhere around and it's hard to focus on just one conversation even if you wanted to.
- It's a crowded area and you're not specifically paying attention.
- They are whispering or simply speaking low.
And most important of all... why would you pay attention to what two people are saying ICly?
OOC, you see people RPing, you know they're RPers, you want in... a bit of meta and you join their conversation... Cool! Now you're RPing too.
But isn't it strange?
Now, I'm perfectly fine with public RP, I certainly don't mind that people do it (I welcome it, in fact), but I wanted to point out that I have, y'know, actual reasons to think what I think other than oh-noes-I'm-shy-and-introvert.
Also, enthusiasm is cool but sometimes it just... completely breaks whatever is going on.
Lastly, realism is indeed subjective to the setting. In this setting Chocobos, magic, monsters and airship are commonplace and normal. Perspective!
Keep in mind, while I have played tons of MMO's over the years and RPed in most of them, I do come from a pen & paper background and am used to small, controlled, RP situations. It's what I enjoy.
Then no one would ever RP with anyone else because it's not "realistic" and everyone would just stick to their cliques and the RP in this game would suck. I get that we want to strike a good balance with the subjective realism and suspension of disbelief in this game, but you can't let that get in the way of actually being able to utilize the thing you need to strike that balance for. Some of the best RP I've ever been a part of was in SWTOR at the Carrack Station cantina, when everyone was butting in on everyone else's conversations, because if we didn't, the RP in that place would have been stale and shitty.
