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Thread: whats wrong with a little RP?

P__Day
Fri May 14, 2004 9:18 pm
#1

Like several people here im sure i enjoy roleplaying my smuggler, but 80% oftime people dont seem to get it, and or get pissed cause it "costing them time", ive gotten positive responses from a lot of people but mostresponses have been negative, one guy even wentso far as writing my name down and refused to let me in a group he was running 2 weeks later lol.

But to the point doesnt anybody roleplay in this game? since my intention since day 1 withthis game is to spend time RP'ing my toon since thats really the pointof it to me. Is this game full of 13 year old 1337 lewt d00dz who dont understand the concept of roleplaying? or is the playerbase justsuffering badly from the "Jedi Outcast" syndrom?

The thing i do when RP'ing with my master smuggler is that when someone asks for a slice or spice i ask: what would make you think a lae abiding citized like myself would know about such things , and in 8 outta 10 cases the reply is: your a master smuggler duh what are you retarded?.

Whats wrong with these players?


GannGry
Fri May 14, 2004 9:39 pm
#2

I know how you feel.
My character I use ingame is one I have is based off of a PnP starwars character I grew attached to. When I get a chance to I RP him the best of my ability. Sitting around in a cantina, peddling my wares, griping about various in character irritations...Then you have some 13 year old retard named something stupid(seen names like "average joe", "garlic cruton", etc), talking in moronese(ur, u, ne1, thx, plz, and other such AOL CS kiddie speak) totally ruining the atmosphere (Nice when you sit in a cantina Rping you manage to draw others into a RP encounter). Upon examining the retard you see it.....Yep, another peice of scum, a hologrinder, aka a powergamer, aka the LAST people that deserve a jedi character.


There really needs to be a strict ruleset RP server set in place, that allows character transfers, staffed by CSRs who actually care about maintaining a good enviroment.
Darksbane00
Fri May 14, 2004 10:45 pm
#3

well personally I really don't RP, I'm no d00d but I just don't fell like RPing. I don't HoloGrind either. Now if there was a whole server dedicated to RP then it might be fun but on the regular servers I'm just not interested.
WesBelden
Fri May 14, 2004 11:31 pm
#4


Some servers are better than others for it. I joined Starsider on release because it was billed as the unofficial role playing server pre-launch. Because of this everyone and his sister tried to start up there at launch and a large chunk of those who wanted to role play ended up moving to other servers. I still think it's one of the better ones for RP content, but it's not what it should have been.


It's ironic that the sterotypical MMORPG player is seen as an uber 1337 player, often enough with a maturity of a 12 year old an attitude that might aswell be the person on the receiving end banging their head against a brick wall.Given the genre's title and it's potential to be such an involving fun way to play your chosen role in a different world,it's a neartragedy that those that want to be surrounded by fellow RPers all over their server cannot be. But then again, there's lots of things that don't live up totheir potential, many of the systems and experiences of this gameincluded. Let's hope they all manage to improve themselves as time goes by.





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Epoz
Fri May 14, 2004 11:39 pm
#5

hehe hey man I am a 1337 dude. However, I know exactly how you feel. just wanted to let you know that some of us 1337 dudes are cool. ofcourse we are a dime a dozen so we are preatty hard to find if your ever on valcyn look me up. personally I got a nice secret spot picked out for when I hit master smuggler to carry all my illegal actions out and if players don't like it tougth. However just one suggestion thougth leave your smuggler title off if you remeber too if your gonna roleplay having master smuggler under your name just dosn't work ya know what I mean.
Epoz
Fri May 14, 2004 11:42 pm
#6

oh wanted to added somthing i am definatly not 12 nor have the maturity of a 12 year old lol.
Nairb3
Sat May 15, 2004 1:26 am
#7

Any Smuggler yelling they are slicing or selling spices in the middle of coronet needs to be shot



-Tempest-Elmer
BillAJ
Sat May 15, 2004 2:43 am
#8

Amen to that Nairb.



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Mierra
Sat May 15, 2004 2:58 am
#9

as a roleplayer, i just don't roleplay with people who i don't know, or who i do know but are not roleplayers. saves a lot of trouble and potential abuse/ridicule/idiocy. we're in the minority when it comes to this (i mean hey, this is a game about starwars, broad market attraction) so i just accept it and move on, roleplaying only in our private niche.



...has mastered the Procrastinator profession.
...has witnessed theorb solo a jedi.
RylanStorm
Sat May 15, 2004 3:28 am
#10

Make a hotkey.


"M.M.O.R.P.G.


Massively Multiplayer Online ROLE PLAYING GAME.


Whining about me roleplaying is like me playing a F.P.S. ( First Person Shooter )and whining about having to shoot at things."





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Master Smuggler

Rogue's Hideaway - Naboo - Sylvex


Eclipse Rocket Launcher and Proton Grenade Sale

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guttermouthpc
Sat May 15, 2004 1:55 pm
#11

I roleplay all the time and people always think i'm nuts for doing it or they say i'm stupid, crazy, get mad at me... So i figured a way out to get around this and basically i put in my profile that i'm an escaped mental patient and not to pay too much attention to me for the most part... the people who read my profile seem to like it they say it's original at least... and no i won't break out of roleplaying no matter how much they don't like it hehe.



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Adoraz
Sat May 15, 2004 2:55 pm
#12

Ive just had a cunning idea, why not have a system in place so if someone trys to publicly advertise there 'Illegal' buiseness then a bunch of Stormies could spawn in and cause a bit of trouble? It would sure teach those people that ruin the mood a lesson.


You could also have a system in place which detects certain key words being spokenlike 'Spice', 'Meds', 'Slicing' and have it spawn some Stormies nearby, this system would kind force people to roleplay too if you think of it, causing people to create meeting spots in hiding like in Cantinas/back alleys where the system could be setup to not spawn anything nasty there.


Just my idea



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CudaScout
Sat May 15, 2004 3:06 pm
#13

Adoraz wrote:
You could also have a system in place which detects certain key words being spokenlike 'Spice', 'Meds', 'Slicing' and have it spawn some Stormies nearby, this system would kind force people to roleplay too if you think of it, causing people to create meeting spots in hiding like in Cantinas/back alleys where the system could be setup to not spawn anything nasty there.





I believe a system of such does exist. Unfortunately I don't think the NSA will let us use it.




KALEE

FARC

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