_M_O_B_ - 2/7/2007 1:09 AMI think that main problem is that people don't bother RPing (or trying to very much) because they know the chances of them getting in trouble for it is like 100000 - 1. The GMs are just not around all that much, and when they are, they are sorting out some wicked fun event or something, they have no time to go around and see how people RP. In another server I played, there would ALWAYS be GMs just roaming around randomly, handing out XP to people RPing all the time, spawning hordes of creatures on people who decided not to RP and just mindlessly kill things, and have plenty of random events. Very very rarely was an event ever planned publicly, the GM would just set up the event, then start it, with no one knowing until it happened. IMO, some GMs should roam around a lot more, it'd encourage people to play properly, because they know they will get rewarded if they do, and get in trouble if they don't.
regnus - 2/7/2007 9:26 AM So step back, read L's post again and think about what he is saying. I have never known L to say things just to say them. If he is considering shutting the servers down, then he is seriously considering it. Now the onus is on you, the community, to show him that keeping the servers online is a worthwhile investment. As a member of the community, are you contributing to it or are you just using it?
LynnJuniper - 2/7/2007 10:37 AMIs there any way we can sticky that or put it in flaming red letters somewhere?
regnus - 2/8/2007 12:26 AMQuote_M_O_B_ - 2/7/2007 1:09 AMI think that main problem is that people don't bother RPing (or trying to very much) because they know the chances of them getting in trouble for it is like 100000 - 1. The GMs are just not around all that much, and when they are, they are sorting out some wicked fun event or something, they have no time to go around and see how people RP. In another server I played, there would ALWAYS be GMs just roaming around randomly, handing out XP to people RPing all the time, spawning hordes of creatures on people who decided not to RP and just mindlessly kill things, and have plenty of random events. Very very rarely was an event ever planned publicly, the GM would just set up the event, then start it, with no one knowing until it happened. IMO, some GMs should roam around a lot more, it'd encourage people to play properly, because they know they will get rewarded if they do, and get in trouble if they don't.This sounds really great in theory, but the reality is that if any GM punished players by spawning extra creatures on players who are just mindlessly bashing, they would get flamed on the forums for it. I have seen GMs get flamed for doing impromptu things where the players were expecting a spawn to be one way and since the GM changed it up on them, it was unfair. Plus, there is no way you can police RP. What one GM considers good RP and worthy of an XP reward, the next GM may not. When I GM'd I didn't care how you RP'd, as long as you did. You wanna play a whiny brat? Play a whiny brat. You wanna play a shifty character that keeps to himself? Do it. Does your character have a hero complex? Play them that way.The point is, this is an RP server so what should we all be doing? RPing. Does RPing include leveling up? Yeah it does because higher levels open up RP options previously unavailable. Does RPing include mindless bashing of monsters on an XP grind? No it doesn't. That doesn't mean we don't do it from time to time, but from my perspective it seems like this type of activity is happening more and more. To that, all I can say is that you are losing so much opportunity to RP by flying through levels. So step back, read L's post again and think about what he is saying. I have never known L to say things just to say them. If he is considering shutting the servers down, then he is seriously considering it. Now the onus is on you, the community, to show him that keeping the servers online is a worthwhile investment. As a member of the community, are you contributing to it or are you just using it?