A Short Exposition on What Roleplay Is and Isn't

[beander2]

people have been sanctionned for OORP names
there is things here that are hard written into the rock, such as names, ships loadouts, ships, id, tag.

Blunt wrote (sorry - forgot to quote):
I'm afraid that I can't fully agree.

I'm all for players having the freedom to roleplay as whatever character they want, but when Player X decides to fly his Outcast Battleship, named 'Papa Smurf the Elf Lord with the Magic Cure for the Clap' through New Berlin, it begins to limit the rights of others to have a reasonably believable universe.

Well, indeed, that has a point, blunt.

Well, again, I will give the Outcast Battleship example.

Let's say Captain Rodriguez of the Outcast Battleship 'Barcelona' is sighted in New Berlin, and gives his in-character reason as being 'I fancied some sauerkraut, so decided to take the Barcelona for a spin round to the delhi by the Ring to shoot down some transports and steal their munchies.' Of course, he'd be referring to NPC transprts, so as not to break any rules, but still, this would infuriate me.

I don't think Hyung is suggesting we can't have opinions about others' RP. What he's talking about is behavior that causes unnecessary division in the community. If you have serious doubts, talk to the other player in private chat. It could be a great opportunity for that person to be mentored by another player in a constructive manner, or you - *gasp* - might even learn something from their reasoning. If they're unresponsive, take a screenie and report.

Nothing Hyung has said precludes any of this. What he's warning against, as I read his excellent post, is taking personal offense in system chat, throwing down the gauntlet in public, and frankly, creating a far greater problem for the community immediately present than the player is whom you're critiquing.

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar