Destiny & RP on Goonstation

[Psyentific]

Nah, I definitely wouldn't want people to feel pigeonholed, so it's definitely something that should be open ended and optional. I'm just a guy that roleplays better with a bit of structure. So a randomized adjective "Sloppy" or "Patient" would help give me some direction when I don't feel like inventing a unique gimmick while still being open to interpretation between different players.

Some kind of ad-lib, template or random roll chart would definitely be helpful in making roleplay accessible. Even if it's something as simple as a list of adjectives (ex. friendly, incompetent) and instructions to pick three, it'd giving newer roleplayers something to go off of and experienced roleplayers a starting point.

The Goonstation adminbase is, as per its reputation, diverse to a quite astounding degree in terms of general playstyle, opinion on certain things, the ratio of shenanigans to business, and so on. If that trend continues into Destiny, it'll no doubt absolutely murder the enjoyability of the experience, as the rules in such a game cannot afford to be wildly changed depending on which admin's poking their head in that day.

The simple solution would be to seperate roleplay from rules. So long as it doesn't violate the community-wide rules I don't think it should be the admins (or anyone else's) business to police what people pretend to be. Down that road lies madness.