Goonhub
12-04-2020, 06:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2020, 06:03 AM by nefarious6th. Edited 2 times in total.)
Can we expect any more solidification of what kind of behaviors are or aren't expected on the RP servers?
I think something noticable is that a wide range of expectations on what the experience there will be like has led to friction between players and people walking away with, perhaps false, perceptions about not just what the servers are like, but what other people who play on the servers are like. I think ultimately this isn't great for those of us who are there, whether we think people are taking it too seriously or not seriously enough, and perhaps reiterating the "level" of involvement or expanding the RP rules to detail more specifically and explicitly the kinds of behaviors that are not expected (or are, we can have good examples too), would benefit everyone.
We get told a lot by admins to respond to "bad RP" with "good RP" and ahelp problematic things, and that the RP servers are meant with anyone with any level of RP interest, but then I've also heard that the RP side of the servers started with MRP intent, and I've also heard people repeatedly say only "good/serious RP" is on RPO, or that RPO is MRP/HRP and RP1 is LRP, or that RPO/the people who do/did play there are somehow boring and excluding of other folks! I think this all leads to a lot of confusion and grey areas on when to try and seek outside help or properly address issues in-game vs. letting things go at the cost of whatever the round experience is for the player, and results in a lot of negative feelings in- and post-round.
I think something noticable is that a wide range of expectations on what the experience there will be like has led to friction between players and people walking away with, perhaps false, perceptions about not just what the servers are like, but what other people who play on the servers are like. I think ultimately this isn't great for those of us who are there, whether we think people are taking it too seriously or not seriously enough, and perhaps reiterating the "level" of involvement or expanding the RP rules to detail more specifically and explicitly the kinds of behaviors that are not expected (or are, we can have good examples too), would benefit everyone.
We get told a lot by admins to respond to "bad RP" with "good RP" and ahelp problematic things, and that the RP servers are meant with anyone with any level of RP interest, but then I've also heard that the RP side of the servers started with MRP intent, and I've also heard people repeatedly say only "good/serious RP" is on RPO, or that RPO is MRP/HRP and RP1 is LRP, or that RPO/the people who do/did play there are somehow boring and excluding of other folks! I think this all leads to a lot of confusion and grey areas on when to try and seek outside help or properly address issues in-game vs. letting things go at the cost of whatever the round experience is for the player, and results in a lot of negative feelings in- and post-round.