
(02-25-2015, 10:35 AM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: It's unlikely that they've only just discovered emotes for the first time considering you need to use them to advance through the main quest. I've also seen plenty of role-players spamming emotes during that particular mini-game so let's cut the crap and not so subtle sniping at the expense of people who don't role-play, yeah?
Balmung isn't an official role-playing realm. Nobody has 'more right' to be somewhere and not get disturbed just because they happen to be engaging in role-play, especially when the area in question is bustling with activity.
Should you be able to role-play there? Sure! Though you'll have to grit your teeth together and acknowledge that people running around doing their own thing is part of the package. I don't buy into the idea that they're 'ruining immersion' either - there's a chat filter for a reason and you can place problematic players on ignore.
I wasn't sniping at non-RPers (Zalera doesn't HAVE RP, as far as I know). More just griping at the fact that my first GATE I participated in consisted of a huge crowd of people with a good dozen or so just spamming the emote buttons like there was no tomorrow. It was a good thing it was a vision-based event otherwise I would've lost any and all text in the scroll.
And wondering how horrible it'd be to try and RP with someone else in close enough vicinity to when the GATE appears. It'd be like with the major events like the Balls - and, to a lesser degree, the Quicksand during peak hours - where a ton of things are going on at once. Except, instead of several mini-RPs going on at once and overlapping, it's a handful of people just spamming away with the emotes.
I'm just saying it probably would've been a good idea to have those emote buttons for the GATE be coded to do the /x motion emotes instead of just /x. If for nothing else than to keep chatlogs from getting flooded with waves and crying and whatnot both before and during the event.
EDIT: To continue with the RP side of the thread, though... what's everyone's thoughts on having IC Triple Triad decks and Chocobo Races?
After all, you can challenge other players to TT, and you can form a party and the party leader can queue everyone up for a race. There's tons of potential right there for fun little IC interactions and events, I'm certain. A FC-sanctioned chocobo race, for example, with brackets and betting and everything! Or just having a TT deck that fits your character that they can bust out during off hours or over a drink.
I mentioned the IC TT deck idea elsewhere, actually, and I think it could be loads of fun. Cards that fit the character themselves, or a "gimmick" theme where all the cards follow a specific pattern. Obviously, it would have to be for more casual "winning doesn't really matter" interactions as opposed to, say, player-created tournaments... but I think it could make for an interesting ice-breaker or something besides just leaning on railings and grabbing drinks at the Quicksand.
"Hey, you play Triad?" could be a new opening line for interactions.

Chachan's Deck: Chocobo/Cactuar/Tonberry/Behemoth/Godbert (3/5 complete!

Judge's Deck: Demon Wall/Titan/Odin/Bahamut/Gaius