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Andr3aZ:
Another problem I often encounter is that people dont wanna restrain themselves with RP-borders.
They just don't see the sense in hunting brahmin and geckos to craft those neat jackets and armors if they can simply farm HQ mats for BA-crafting, but this is what you basically do as RP-huntsmen. Sure there are people who have fun with this kind of gaming but much people only think about having the best of the best of the best, as how gamers nowadays usally think.
Same goes for character abilities. Why be only decent at shooting if you can be a professional marksman? Why only be able to craft home-made shotguns when you can be a professional ballistics engineer?
headshot:
You've just met wrong people, LagMaster. Seems like you can't do proper RP with Polish students. ;)
The so-called RP projects needs a Game Master support as well, since most of the server's population is for PvP. But forcing people to RP means facism itself. It's natural that people enjoyng the game as they want. So instead of whining about lack of RP do something.
Slaver Snipe:
I have to disagree with you there look, language may change but I doubt it will involve "teh" and "lulz" How often do you actually see people say things like that in real life?
As to the topic of roleplaying I roleplay on a few characters and I have to say that surf's idea about roleplaying is...wrong in my opinion. People's lack of knowledge about PnP has little to do with roleplaying in Fonline, nor do I understand how you could come up with such statements as "Most of the people talking in here apparently never heard of a proper pen and paper session, or let alone emulations of it." How can you make that statement when PnP roleplaying has absolutely nothing to do with Fonline and as such you were the only one that brought it up?
Roleplaying can be quite fun in Fonline, but it can also be very time consuming to get a decent one going and a few ...assholes I mean Raider Roleplayers can ruin it in a few seconds.
Look:
--- Quote ---I have to disagree with you there look, language may change but I doubt it will involve "teh" and "lulz" How often do you actually see people say things like that in real life?
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I already see younger generation saying LOL, win, epic and all other shit that came from net, way I see it, more generations that spend half of their day on internet will start to use more internet expressions.
Also on topic of roleplaying, you don't go around and talk to strangers in your town, so if you would want to create proper RP atmosphere you got to accept this is post nuclear time where people want to take your can of food, not hear your life story.
Eternauta:
--- Quote from: Andr3aZ on September 14, 2011, 09:23:15 AM ---this serious discussion I'm following very interested.
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Thanks, I am glad to see serious RPers interested in this :)
--- Quote from: zuhardu on September 14, 2011, 02:14:36 PM ---That's why this game has so many trolls, people are getting really bored, really fast, there is nothing out there for them to do.
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I read that almost every day on this forum, however people don't really leave the game for real, they keep playing while whining, or wait until wipe while whining :P
@RavenousRat, zuhardu: you should eventually understand that your ideas of what roleplaying means is far from being accurate.
Just read what A concerned wastelander said, it's about not being yourself, but about defining your character's personality. Not acting from what you (the player) know, but instead from what the character is supposed to know.
--- Quote ---Before you accuse the comunity give it a chance, we don't need role playing projects, this whole game should be a role playing project.
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Who said no one gives you a chance? you can start roleplaying whenever you want, and see how others react and understand that the community is not "ready" for it. The majority of the playerbase doesn't know what roleplaying is, or has a deformed view of it, so they are not ready - but don't say you are not given a chance because no GM will ban you for roleplaying: it's your fellow players who will ruin your RP.
I love that all of you share your opinions, no matter what that may be, and discuss about them, but remember that the original point of this thread was to talk about how to deal with technical aspects of 2238 (like alting) when roleplaying :)
I personally believe that while RPing, alting should be handled in a way similar to what A concerned wastelander said: if I had more than one character inside a RP project, every alt would have a different personality and his/her role would depend on the build (some obvious ones - powerbuild: town guard, soldier; crafter: gunsmith, mechanic). Also, the characters would NOT share their knowledge as in a shared consciousness becuase, well, they are not the same person.
Imo, avv's approach makes the character too overpowered (the "same" person can fight, craft, sneak, enslave, lead, steal, etc.) for roleplaying.
--- Quote from: Andr3aZ on September 14, 2011, 03:16:06 PM ---...much people only think about having the best of the best of the best...
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Same goes for character abilities. Why be only decent at shooting if you can be a professional marksman? Why only be able to craft home-made shotguns when you can be a professional ballistics engineer?
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Exactly! Especially when it's about gear only used by, say, NCR elite soldiers or Brotherhood of Steel paladins. But it's like I said on some other thread, players want moar productivity, the best gear, instant success, etc. Imo, just seeing a "Redding guard" in Brotherhood Armor and Light Support Weapon breaks the RP.
--- Quote ---The so-called RP projects needs a Game Master support as well, since most of the server's population is for PvP.
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I agree, but even in that case "anti-RP" people would still annoy with GMABOOZ posts and stuff like that...
--- Quote ---As to the topic of roleplaying I roleplay on a few characters and I have to say that surf's idea about roleplaying is...wrong in my opinion. (...) ow can you make that statement when PnP roleplaying has absolutely nothing to do with Fonline and as such you were the only one that brought it up?
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Have you ever tried PnP roleplaying? If you have, I bet you understand that it is a true roleplaying experience. You have your character, the game master is narrating the situations, etc. PnP gives you a lot of RP "skill" and even if FOnline is very different from PnP, chances are a player with a lot of PnP experience will make a very decent roleplayer, while a player with no PnP experience would ".eshit on mouth" and say he's a roleplayer that nobody understands.
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