Comments on: Putting The Rule In Roleplaying http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/03/30/putting-the-rule-in-roleplaying/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/03/30/putting-the-rule-in-roleplaying/comment-page-1/#comment-18960 Gordon Wed, 19 May 2010 22:18:30 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=284#comment-18960 The only games that I think I've had good RP experiences in were the original Everquest and - on occasion - in Age of Conan. I think they have a strong, lore-centric following. WoW is just too full of kids, even on the RP servers. The only games that I think I’ve had good RP experiences in were the original Everquest and – on occasion – in Age of Conan. I think they have a strong, lore-centric following. WoW is just too full of kids, even on the RP servers.

]]> By: Oxymustard http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/03/30/putting-the-rule-in-roleplaying/comment-page-1/#comment-18927 Oxymustard Wed, 19 May 2010 01:26:49 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=284#comment-18927 Funny I stumbled upon this post, I had my first ever WoW RP experience a few hours ago in IF on a crowded PVP server. It was after a raid and I was using my Orb of Deception which turns me into a female undead and I popped out my disgusting oozeling and started parading infront of the bank and I felt a little fruity tonight so I walked by to the closest male NE and said to him '' Hello there, handsome '' and I was suprised he played along, we talked about Darny, the weather in UC, how he was aspiring to become a great warrior in the future and if I had any advice for him. This went well for a few minutes then people started gathering around us going '' lolnubs '' ''fags loloLol :PpPpPpp'' and he logged out :( . Like Arameya above I can vouch for the failure we call RP realms. I have tried it a few times over the years and it was just horrible, slang and leetspeak everywhere. Funny I stumbled upon this post, I had my first ever WoW RP experience a few hours ago in IF on a crowded PVP server. It was after a raid and I was using my Orb of Deception which turns me into a female undead and I popped out my disgusting oozeling and started parading infront of the bank and I felt a little fruity tonight so I walked by to the closest male NE and said to him ” Hello there, handsome ” and I was suprised he played along, we talked about Darny, the weather in UC, how he was aspiring to become a great warrior in the future and if I had any advice for him. This went well for a few minutes then people started gathering around us going ” lolnubs ” ”fags loloLol :P pPpPpp” and he logged out :( . Like Arameya above I can vouch for the failure we call RP realms. I have tried it a few times over the years and it was just horrible, slang and leetspeak everywhere.

]]> By: Arameya http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/03/30/putting-the-rule-in-roleplaying/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 Arameya Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:31:46 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=284#comment-7816 That is so painfully true. I play WoW myself (and recently quit), just FYI. I'd wander into WoW's official forums for RP servers, and sometimes see in their forum-RPs a glimmer of hope that that particular server might actually be a "real" RP server. However, actually creating a character on the server itself was more often than not a disappointing experience - perhaps even more so for me personally because my characters never got beyond level 20 there. The closest thing to RP is when some person comes up to you, starts killing mobs with you and spells like this: "hi, how r u. can i join u?" Oh great Optamus, Whatever happened to spelling? Oh, and not to forget - getting lambasted because I spoke on General Discussion... and the conflicting message I got from others who saw the exchange and tried to advise me to ignore "those prickheads". Blizzard may have named those servers as RP-types, but the players who are on it... I'm not so sure. Coincidentally, the best RP I've ever read/participated in are forum RPs... Are games too volatile a medium to RP on? That is so painfully true. I play WoW myself (and recently quit), just FYI.

I’d wander into WoW’s official forums for RP servers, and sometimes see in their forum-RPs a glimmer of hope that that particular server might actually be a “real” RP server.

However, actually creating a character on the server itself was more often than not a disappointing experience – perhaps even more so for me personally because my characters never got beyond level 20 there. The closest thing to RP is when some person comes up to you, starts killing mobs with you and spells like this: “hi, how r u. can i join u?”

Oh great Optamus, Whatever happened to spelling?

Oh, and not to forget – getting lambasted because I spoke on General Discussion… and the conflicting message I got from others who saw the exchange and tried to advise me to ignore “those prickheads”.

Blizzard may have named those servers as RP-types, but the players who are on it… I’m not so sure.

Coincidentally, the best RP I’ve ever read/participated in are forum RPs… Are games too volatile a medium to RP on?

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