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Their points are valid nonethenless. It's not as simple as calling it 'city-rp'.
The moment you take charge over the 'Main-Story', or overarching continuity, You force everyone else to adhere to it. Who's to say who should have that control?Â
Moreso, I want to point out that the argument, or point of 'there are GM's that do it so others can enjoy great RP!" is bogus. Most of the time, those GM's carry away alot of Quality RP from it, moreso being at the spotlight of each plot and an integral part of it. So even if it's being sold as 'great contribution to the people', it really isn't more then one or two person being vested with the right to play front row. That is ofcourse not the case should said GM choose not to involve himself Roleplay wise.Â
(That being noted, I am not reffering to Askier, he seems to have a rather honest grasp about the situation.)
Also, there's a simple, other issue. since FFXIV will receive constant updates, with more and more Lore being released through it, any plots like these stand the chance of being at serious odds with future updates. If that happens, the RP scene 'has' to retcon all roleplays leading back to the initial, overarching RP that involved Canon material. Which is like a hard-delete of all the progress everyone has made. If not, you're creating a large set of time-paradoxes and lore-breaking material, and that leads to, what I think we can all agree on, bad roleplay.
Now, before anyone goes to say 'this is getting all too technical'
Roleplay is meant to be very technical, atleast when it comes to the way you shape plots and the way you adhere to Canon Lore. The moment you not only deviate, but alter canon, you try to alter the reality for all characters on the Balmung RP server, and it's only logical that those that will have none of it will ignore said input.
To just go 'well we'll keep doing it cause we enjoy it!' is essentially giving the finger to those that like to keep rp clean and proper, and more importantly, fair and balanced. Not to mention that you're then willfully creating seperation between Roleplayers, something that is contraproductive to roleplay in general.
That being said, this was more a post to address the responses here and general opinions, not a direct reply to that Event currently going on in Ul'dah. My opinion on that one is different, simply because, as Melkire said, it's been blown out of proportions in regards to it's actual influence on the public.
The moment you take charge over the 'Main-Story', or overarching continuity, You force everyone else to adhere to it. Who's to say who should have that control?Â
Moreso, I want to point out that the argument, or point of 'there are GM's that do it so others can enjoy great RP!" is bogus. Most of the time, those GM's carry away alot of Quality RP from it, moreso being at the spotlight of each plot and an integral part of it. So even if it's being sold as 'great contribution to the people', it really isn't more then one or two person being vested with the right to play front row. That is ofcourse not the case should said GM choose not to involve himself Roleplay wise.Â
(That being noted, I am not reffering to Askier, he seems to have a rather honest grasp about the situation.)
Also, there's a simple, other issue. since FFXIV will receive constant updates, with more and more Lore being released through it, any plots like these stand the chance of being at serious odds with future updates. If that happens, the RP scene 'has' to retcon all roleplays leading back to the initial, overarching RP that involved Canon material. Which is like a hard-delete of all the progress everyone has made. If not, you're creating a large set of time-paradoxes and lore-breaking material, and that leads to, what I think we can all agree on, bad roleplay.
Now, before anyone goes to say 'this is getting all too technical'
Roleplay is meant to be very technical, atleast when it comes to the way you shape plots and the way you adhere to Canon Lore. The moment you not only deviate, but alter canon, you try to alter the reality for all characters on the Balmung RP server, and it's only logical that those that will have none of it will ignore said input.
To just go 'well we'll keep doing it cause we enjoy it!' is essentially giving the finger to those that like to keep rp clean and proper, and more importantly, fair and balanced. Not to mention that you're then willfully creating seperation between Roleplayers, something that is contraproductive to roleplay in general.
That being said, this was more a post to address the responses here and general opinions, not a direct reply to that Event currently going on in Ul'dah. My opinion on that one is different, simply because, as Melkire said, it's been blown out of proportions in regards to it's actual influence on the public.
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