running

[Silverlion]

ill throw my 2 cents in here, try walking a halfling when your following a giant. i also play a rp game that my chars ride horses cuz walking takes forever

Silverlion

[Wintersheart]

Dalbarhedi - 6/17/2005  3:34 AM

Wintersheart - 6/15/2005  5:54 AM

Finally I don’t think there is one definition on what makes good roleplaying. Different people enjoy different things, but once you have been here a while you should find people playing a style fitting you. Like so many others here I have been playing PnP for many years (longer than some of our players have lived) and I have also taken part in conventions. The roleplaying scene contains lots of smart people and not so few snobs. What we enjoy and what we want all differs, a little less judgement and a bit more tolerance makes it all run much smoother – for both PnP and Layonara.

Ah, I suppose I might disagree with you there. . . sort of. At least insofar in that you can at least define what roleplaying involves, but I would also have to say that each individual has varying degrees of aptitude. . . Roleplaying takes a certain amount of talent. Its when people dont even *try* to be in character when they should that I would constitute "bad" roleplaying. I mean, its one thing if you dont have a knack for coming up with a unique manner of speech for you character. . . something else entirely if you have your non-tech fantasy character start talking about calculators and cabs, instead of abacii and wagons.

I am not sure we disagree as I am confident we could agree on many cases of bad roleplay, but what I do not believe is that there is any ONE set standard for roleplaying. What cheesed me off was that someone brought along a tape measurer, rolled it out and said: hey you guys are not roleplayers because you run! Some people enjoy socialising in character, while others prefer a more heroic style of play. I know people who would call the first group boring f**ts (pardon me) and some who would call the later hack’n’slash (it can be pronounced with much disdain). Yes roleplaying takes talent (and practice), but like sports it takes many forms and like sports they all share certain aspects and rules (not cheating, knowing the difference between in-game and out-game etc). Pick the one you like and be tolerant of the others, then we can keep Layonara as a friendly community.

Rolf

     

Edit: there seems to a quote to many. The last section is my reply even thoug it appears as a quote.

[Harloff]

If people running in the towns is the largest RP problem on layonara, I think we should congratulate each other and have a beer on our sucess.

- Harloff

[Andrios]

Well said Harloff!  I agree completely.  You're buying, right?  

[Harloff]

Of course just come by, I will put some beers in the fridge right away. But you will have to drink danish beer.

- Harloff

[rusleBIFFEN]

mmmm   "Probably the best beer in the world"

[freemen2]

I'd have to say, nay.  Irish ale, now that be the best.  Guinness not only refreshes you, it feeds you as well...can't beat that

[Harloff]

*sighs* I didn't mean Carlsberg, we have other beers in Denmark, I can recommend the stout from svanneke bryghus. And Path "shakes his head" what Rulsebiffen wrote was carlsbergs slogan, but it is a lie I tell you.

[flyinghaggis]

The main bad point of running all the time is that it cuts off interactions with the rest of the world quite dramatically.  This is ok if you have something you want to do and dont want to interact with others.

But for the most part  on a rp server id expect people to want to interact with others much more often.  

To take examples, id be much more likely to interact with someone who is casually walking down the street and bumps into me than a speed enhanced monk who zooms past running.

And of more importance to me on the last server I played on, roaming dm's would -always- ignore those running to get from place to place asap(unless it was a monster ambush which isnt much fun half the time).  Whereas if someone was walking from town to town, taking their time, being cautious, perhaps emoting things on the trip a dm would pop up for fun random encounters.  Perhaps have some interesting scenario that could progress into something much more lengthy.

Dont know the gaming community here though, so I dont even know if this server has roaming dm's in that style but its a big thing to miss out on.  But like I say, if your doing something and dont care about anything else but what your doing, nothing lost.