Quote:My money is on a legion of good-aligned Duskwight Elezen venturing forth from wherever it is that Duskwight Elezen live on a quest to prove themselves worthy despite the sins of their kin. Bonus points for anyone who has lavender eyes, dual wields scimitars, and has two z's in his name.
I think this is a little too nit picky. I think it's okay that there are a lot of people whose families were/are effected by the history of the world. For example in FFXI: parents died in the war, Orcs attacked family etc. It's actually being realistic according to the lore, although one may also view it as less creative/easy. So yes there are characters that are effected by the Garlian war, and there are the Elezen you mentioned... not just one, whole populations. So I don't mind seeing more than one character with similar background in that way.
The eye color is indeed silly, but calling various letters in people's character names is equally so.
Quote:I never did see a problem with demons or having wings. On many occasions, you see characters turn into wyverns, become ravaged beasts from curses, become possessed, etc. etc. It's a magical world out there where many things can happen. Because people can transform and you have the experiments which appeared when Aht Urhgan appeared, it opened up a new set of what can be done in the RP world that's a bit more creative! I don't see a problem with talking animals, either. They could be enchanted. They're special beings. How would one explain the talking doll we see every so often in FFXI? What about Cardians? See? Many possibilities.
There are a lot of possibilities indeed. I myself (and most here I think) wouldn't mind characters with the traits you mentioned. It's all in how well they execute these traits. Also, how many times can an extraordinary magical event be done before it becomes way to unrealistic even for a fantasy game? Okay, person A at a certain point transformes into a dragon with great RP to back it up. Then Person B, C and D do the same in the following 2 years. Would all of them be percieved as valid as the first person? How many times can this magical event take place, even in a fantasy setting. To me something like that can happen once or maybe twice with good RP before I go
. Also how many extraordinary magical things can happen to one person? One, two... three? After a while, it's a little unrealistic regardless of RP. Personally nearly everyone that I knew who RP'ed some things that you mentioned did it in a way that made them repulsive to me. Going to tie this point into the following quote...Quote:My suggestion is that many need to just mind their own business and to not be so sensitive on what people are doing. The more people worry about something that should be considered minuscule, the more there's going to be squabbling and turmoil. It's unnecessary to judge others RP and to limit creativity.
I agree, everyone should be having fun when they RP. I would never pick one someone's RP style and tell them they should change. I can provide suggestions, my point of view if they ask for it but I wouldn't go out of my way to lecture someone. However if I find someone's RP tasteless, or just not interesting to me, in order for -me- to have equal fun I'll withdraw myself from the situation and just not RP with that person. I think this is only fair for both parties. Of course I expect that if my RP style is not fun for some people, I wouldn't mind if they weren't into it. In fact I'd prefer to RP with people who are interested in my stories, and I am interested in theirs. We can all agree that it would make for better RO, regardless of the style of the group. This is why the RP community will obviously have more than one LS/guild, so that players can be with people who have similar RP views.
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