Role players How to seprate them from normal gamers
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Ad Astra,
Posted on: 2012-04-24 10:35 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Wha...Bu.... but last week you told me it was MINE!|
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Stop! I can't take it any more!
later_k, I need to tell you.. no must! I must tell you... I'm bearing your child!!! <breaks down weeping> |
:a tear traces its way down the cheek on his otherwise-stoic face as he hastens his way to the thread's exit.
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I occasionally use /request in Atlas on Virtue for one of my characters to broadcast a roleplay "News Update". I present stories such as this:|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I'm not by any means a roleplayer when it comes to MMO's, however I'm a bit curious as to how the random roleplayer using the local chat (never personally seen them use broadcast on Virtue) is any more disturbing than the countless "LFG DFB"s would be to them.
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A private aircraft crashed in the Industrial Boulevard section of King's Row yesterday. Local heros Miracle Maker, Miss Admiration, and the Corsican Count rescued the pilot and passengers moments before impact. Clean-up efforts were complicated by the appearance of the "Clockwork Paladin", a monster constructed by the many clockwork automatons which frequent King's Row's more industrial areas. |
I also try to work in mentioning various Supergroups I know are recruiting, spread notes about costume contests being run (especially the American Legion and Hero Dawn's events), and many of the stories relate to in game changes such as new contacts, TFs, and major zone reworking, like Dark Astoria.
I get a fair amount of favorable feedback, even from non-roleplayers, but I also occasionally get adverse and even hateful comments and attempts to interrupt me. Some people seem to be offended that Roleplay exists at all; go figure.
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He has two arms, so he can bear two children. Three, if one's a kitten. No worries.
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Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
Wha...Bu.... but last week you told me it was MINE!
:a tear traces its way down the cheek on his otherwise-stoic face as he hastens his way to the thread's exit. |
There is a Roleplayer in CoH? I must have missed him.
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Fortunately, as the crash occurred in Kings Row, no one in Paragon City was significantly affected.|
Originally Posted by Ardrea
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Somewhere, the Row sheds a single manly tear.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Fortunately, as the crash occurred in Kings Row, no one in Paragon City was significantly affected.
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Baffled? Look at the demographics. Those regions offer the greatest concentrations of catgirls on the planet. That can't be a coincidence.|
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Fortunately, as the crash occurred in Kings Row, no one in Paragon City was significantly affected.
In other news, a threat of cosmic proportions is threatening Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Scientists are still baffled by the lack of interest cosmic entities have over the other 97.5% of the planet but research is on-going. |
...or are you counting the catgirl population AS a threat of cosmic proportions?
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You roleplay in an MMORPG? A massively multiplayer online role playing game?!|
Originally Posted by Ardrea
Some people seem to be offended that Roleplay exists at all; go figure.
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What sick and twisted individual would even think of that!
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Originally Posted by Nos482
not enough, way not enough...
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i make stuff...
>RPers using Broadcast ICly where good RP stories can get drowned out in countless "LFT" shouts.
>OP complaining about it
>Golden Girl of all people looking down on Roleplayers when her own character is the quintessential self-insert.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.
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Hehe, I think you may have missed that GG's comment was only "looking down" on what the OP had expressed and the extreme steps that such mindsets have been known to lead to. I read it as the opposite of looking down on us role-players. |
Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
>Golden Girl of all people looking down on Roleplayers when her own character is the quintessential self-insert.
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@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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I'll agree that Golden Girl was "looking down" on the OP, but I'm afraid to say that she has, in the past, expressed some distinctly condescending (and woefully misinformed) opinions about roleplayers, too.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Hehe, I think you may have missed that GG's comment was only "looking down" on what the OP had expressed and the extreme steps that such mindsets have been known to lead to. I read it as the opposite of looking down on us role-players.
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Originally Posted by Android_5Point9
You roleplay in an MMORPG? A massively multiplayer online role playing game?!
What sick and twisted individual would even think of that! |
Sick, and Twisted.
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Yes, how dare those jerks RP publicly in an MMORPG?!?!
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Originally Posted by later_k
I’m not sure this is even the right place to post this but maybe a developer will read it a say that my idea is a good one instead just a complaint so here goes.
Problem Role Players are always using broadcast and local chat to spam the start zone and any other zone they feel like hanging out in . Solution make a chat channel that is for role play chat only. That way us non role player can be left in peace. Second problem how do I know if this person wants to role play or just play the game. Answer you already have the help me and helper tags people can turn on. Add a third Roleplayer tag that all of them can turn on to let anyone who looks at them know at a glance that they welcome Role-play. that’s all I got to say If any of this sounds like a good idea or just hogwash feel free to let me know. |
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Funny, I find RPers on Virtue all the time without events. That's not why they organize events, they organize events so that RPers from different social circles can get together. Or, you know, the events are part of their RP in many cases. Seriously, if you can't find RPers on Virtue, you need to take the blindfold off....
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Originally Posted by Laevateinn
On Virtue, the roleplayers are so scarce that they need to organize events to make themselves easier to find.
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I RP on Virtue, but I never see RPers in Broadcast in Atlas, it is a rarity. I do see them ussing the classic ((*insert text between the bars*)) for their broadcasts, thereby identifying themselves as a roleplayer. If this is what you are complaining about then turn broadcast off. That shows a little disdain toward a portion of this online community that is just taking their own fun to a different level of immersion. The brackets merely showcase that that person is a roleplayer and shouldn't be viewed as spam or a reason to form this opinion. If you don't like RPers switch to a server were it's less abundant or turn broadcast off from your main chat window.
On Virtue, the roleplayers are so scarce that they need to organize events to make themselves easier to find. I have no idea where you're getting your roleplayer "problem" from, OP.
The impression I get is that most (not all, but most - or at least the noisiest) roleplayers are secreted away in elitist cliques where they huddle and whisper about the danger of being griefed by "those who're not like us".