What does a RP (Role Playing ) server mean exactly?

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S <mike DeleteThis @nowhere.com> defied the
laws of time and space to say:

> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> something else?

Some people do, but you don't have to. As far as I can tell, it just
means that only an idiot will choose an RP server and then complain when
he sees people role-playing their characters.

-Bertha
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In article <2tep74tdd02kmahs8slsuqsdblq69452qo.RemoveThis@4ax.com>,
mike.RemoveThis@nowhere.com says...
> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> something else?
>

It means you have to talk using the Queen's English.

T.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S. <mike.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
>something else?

It means you make up a backstory for your character - usually, I find,
involving parents being slain by X and leaving you as an orphan - and
waffling on about irrelevant things like "Do gnomes have souls" in
General Chat. Actual role-playing is flimsy, overly contrived and
very unsatisfying.

It's nothing like 'pencil and paper' roleplaying, which is far more
interesting.


Palindrome
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On Jul 15, 11:39 am, Palindrome <damon-no... DeleteThis @tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S. <m... DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
> >Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> >something else?
>
> It means you make up a backstory for your character - usually, I find,
> involving parents being slain by X and leaving you as an orphan - and
> waffling on about irrelevant things like "Do gnomes have souls" in
> General Chat.  Actual role-playing is flimsy, overly contrived and
> very unsatisfying.
>
> It's nothing like 'pencil and paper' roleplaying, which is far more
> interesting.
>
> Palindrome

I am not on a RP server yet I might accuse many players on my server
of utilizing RP options on a non-RP server. My guess is that their
toons are all of the following - 3rd grade dropouts, sexually
dysfunctional, attention seekers, apathetic about hard work, suffering
from Tourette's Syndrome, mean-spirited, cantankorous fools.

Three cheers for the RPs who exist everywhere!

OH! OH! OH!

Orion
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On Jul 15, 2:08 pm, Orion Ryder <orionry... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 15, 11:39 am, Palindrome <damon-no... RemoveThis @tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S. <m... RemoveThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
> > >Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> > >something else?
>
> > It means you make up a backstory for your character - usually, I find,
> > involving parents being slain by X and leaving you as an orphan - and
> > waffling on about irrelevant things like "Do gnomes have souls" in
> > General Chat. Actual role-playing is flimsy, overly contrived and
> > very unsatisfying.
>
> > It's nothing like 'pencil and paper' roleplaying, which is far more
> > interesting.
>
> > Palindrome
>
> I am not on a RP server yet I might accuse many players on my server
> of utilizing RP options on a non-RP server.

Define "utilizing RP options"

> My guess is that their
> toons are all of the following - 3rd grade dropouts, sexually
> dysfunctional, attention seekers, apathetic about hard work, suffering
> from Tourette's Syndrome, mean-spirited, cantankorous fools.
>

Those people sound less likely to be into role playing and I find
types, or people like them, on all servers, I rarely find any actual
role players even on RP servers.



> Three cheers for the RPs who exist everywhere!
>

If they exist everywhere, then why are they rarely seen?
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Mike S. wrote:
> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> something else?

It meant when you (i.e. your character) refers to a metagame phenomena
(e.g. talking about hitpoints or mana points or aggro), without a clear
OOC tag, then my character will bitch at you.

That is, if I'm bored (i.e. if I'm grinding). If I'm not bored, my
character will most likely not make a comment, and most likely nobody
will either, and Blizzard does nothing to keep the RP realms pure.

--
Peter Knutsen
sagatafl.org
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:13:57 -0700 (PDT), "djarvinen@gmail.com"
<djarvinen.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 15, 8:02 am, Mike S. <m....DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
>> something else?
>
>
>It means you get ganked 0.003% less often.

Yes, and when you are ganked, the ganker is supposed to say "Oy, my
humblest apologies for inserting my shiv into thine kidney, good sir!
I shall callest a doctor for thee, post haste!"
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:38 +0200, Peter Knutsen
<peter.DeleteThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:

>Mike S. wrote:
>> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
>> something else?
>
>It meant when you (i.e. your character) refers to a metagame phenomena
>(e.g. talking about hitpoints or mana points or aggro), without a clear
>OOC tag, then my character will bitch at you.
>
>That is, if I'm bored (i.e. if I'm grinding). If I'm not bored, my
>character will most likely not make a comment, and most likely nobody
>will either, and Blizzard does nothing to keep the RP realms pure.

Erm, unless you name your character something that anybody on that
server might remotely consider 'non-RP', and complain to the GM's
about. At which point you will receive a notice to rename your
character immediately to something 'appropriate', or they will rename
it for you. Presumably with a click of their random name generator.
Ducky.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:50:34 -0700 (PDT), Nemesis Prime
<tehawk DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 15, 2:08 pm, Orion Ryder <orionry... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 15, 11:39 am, Palindrome <damon-no... DeleteThis @tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S. <m... DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
>> > >Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
>> > >something else?
>>
>> > It means you make up a backstory for your character - usually, I find,
>> > involving parents being slain by X and leaving you as an orphan - and
>> > waffling on about irrelevant things like "Do gnomes have souls" in
>> > General Chat. Actual role-playing is flimsy, overly contrived and
>> > very unsatisfying.
>>
>> > It's nothing like 'pencil and paper' roleplaying, which is far more
>> > interesting.
>>
>> > Palindrome
>>
>> I am not on a RP server yet I might accuse many players on my server
>> of utilizing RP options on a non-RP server.
>
>Define "utilizing RP options"
>
>> My guess is that their
>> toons are all of the following - 3rd grade dropouts, sexually
>> dysfunctional, attention seekers, apathetic about hard work, suffering
>> from Tourette's Syndrome, mean-spirited, cantankorous fools.
>>
>
>Those people sound less likely to be into role playing and I find
>types, or people like them, on all servers, I rarely find any actual
>role players even on RP servers.
>
>
>
>> Three cheers for the RPs who exist everywhere!
>>
>
>If they exist everywhere, then why are they rarely seen?

LOL @ Nemesis. Apparently you have never encountered sarcasm before,
as that is the entire gist of Orion's post
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On 16 Jul, 03:40, Moosen <nos....RemoveThis@buhbye.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:38 +0200, Peter Knutsen
>
> <pe....RemoveThis@sagatafl.invalid> wrote:
> >Mike S. wrote:
> >> Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> >> something else?
>
> >It meant when you (i.e. your character) refers to a metagame phenomena
> >(e.g. talking about hitpoints or mana points or aggro), without a clear
> >OOC tag, then my character will bitch at you.
>
> >That is, if I'm bored (i.e. if I'm grinding). If I'm not bored, my
> >character will most likely not make a comment, and most likely nobody
> >will either, and Blizzard does nothing to keep the RP realms pure.
>
> Erm, unless you name your character something that anybody on that
> server might remotely consider 'non-RP', and complain to the GM's
> about. At which point you will receive a notice to rename your
> character immediately to something 'appropriate', or they will rename
> it for you. Presumably with a click of their random name generator.
> Ducky.

Yeah, that doesn't work so well because nobody's that bothered. I've
known of two players that had to change their names. I've reported a
friends name once and nothing happened to him. (I reported him on his
request as he regretted his name - I think that it might have been a
rogue with "stealth" in the name)

I saw Johncarter on the Isle of QD the other day. I really don't
think that he should have got to 70 with that name. Back when I was
under the false belief that the RP part of my RPPVP server meant
anything I'd have reported him.

steve.kaye
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On Jul 15, 10:43 pm, Moosen <nos....RemoveThis@buhbye.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:50:34 -0700 (PDT), Nemesis Prime
>
>
>
> <teh....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >On Jul 15, 2:08 pm, Orion Ryder <orionry....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jul 15, 11:39 am, Palindrome <damon-no....RemoveThis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400, Mike S. <m....RemoveThis@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> > >Does this mean you always talk in character on these servers? Or
> >> > >something else?
>
> >> > It means you make up a backstory for your character - usually, I find,
> >> > involving parents being slain by X and leaving you as an orphan - and
> >> > waffling on about irrelevant things like "Do gnomes have souls" in
> >> > General Chat. Actual role-playing is flimsy, overly contrived and
> >> > very unsatisfying.
>
> >> > It's nothing like 'pencil and paper' roleplaying, which is far more
> >> > interesting.
>
> >> > Palindrome
>
> >> I am not on a RP server yet I might accuse many players on my server
> >> of utilizing RP options on a non-RP server.
>
> >Define "utilizing RP options"
>
> >> My guess is that their
> >> toons are all of the following - 3rd grade dropouts, sexually
> >> dysfunctional, attention seekers, apathetic about hard work, suffering
> >> from Tourette's Syndrome, mean-spirited, cantankorous fools.
>
> >Those people sound less likely to be into role playing and I find
> >types, or people like them, on all servers, I rarely find any actual
> >role players even on RP servers.
>
> >> Three cheers for the RPs who exist everywhere!
>
> >If they exist everywhere, then why are they rarely seen?
>
> LOL @ Nemesis. Apparently you have never encountered sarcasm before,
> as that is the entire gist of Orion's post

Ouch, didn't realize that was the intent here. I stand corrected.
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