RP can be really hectic, having taken on the roll of a barmaid/servant many times in my RP career, I have experienced a lot of people being disgruntled that I was "Ignoring them" in settings where there were upwards of 25 people within my emote-range and probably around five of them wanting me to serve them, standing in a way that doesn't make getting any turn-order going that easy. I think it's also important to remember that people can easily miss an emote (and especially in XIV with the rather selective chatbug going on. I once did a five-lined emote about hot chocolate which no one could see cause of the chatbug), and that just like in most other situations IRL, you may have to repeat yourself to make yourself heard.Â
I think the worst thing you can do is to whisper people and say, "Hey you're ignoring me you ****" - even if you suspect you are being ignored or even can prove that you are, it's not a time to whisper accusations like that, it'd never mend a situation into something better.Â
Also, if you -are- being ignored, try to question why that might be. I have met a handful of good and honest people that I have had to either partially or completely ignore because they in some -severe- way are breaking the lore of a universe, or are playing out the main storyline of a game as having happened to them, because it's big big world-altering things for my character. I will usually always try to play it off as thinking someone is a bit coo-coo, but sometimes not even that is possible. And I never mean it in a harmful way, but when the versions of the universes story aren't compatible (I respect that people do what they want to do) the roleplay that would form isn't going to be enjoyable for anyone involved.Â
So just to say that some players do it in order not to break character, and not to be a big meanie :3
I think the worst thing you can do is to whisper people and say, "Hey you're ignoring me you ****" - even if you suspect you are being ignored or even can prove that you are, it's not a time to whisper accusations like that, it'd never mend a situation into something better.Â
Also, if you -are- being ignored, try to question why that might be. I have met a handful of good and honest people that I have had to either partially or completely ignore because they in some -severe- way are breaking the lore of a universe, or are playing out the main storyline of a game as having happened to them, because it's big big world-altering things for my character. I will usually always try to play it off as thinking someone is a bit coo-coo, but sometimes not even that is possible. And I never mean it in a harmful way, but when the versions of the universes story aren't compatible (I respect that people do what they want to do) the roleplay that would form isn't going to be enjoyable for anyone involved.Â
So just to say that some players do it in order not to break character, and not to be a big meanie :3
