What is your view on RP or ERP and why is it so taboo within the community?

[F_Maximillian]

I disagree. People can RP wherever they please in public zones using /say as long as it's not explicit. It doesn't matter what server it is.

I feel like you do have to take server into account. A lot of people (myself included) tend to go for smaller servers because they tend to be more peaceful and quiet enough that you don't have to automatically block out public chat channels and shout chats like you do in more crowded servers. Even if you take to the sidelines/lurk its nice to be able to see the community interact/interact without a flood of messages every 2 seconds. I know a certain poster in this thread has been getting alot of flack for their views but you have to realize the server he's on (Mateus) was formerly the least populated server, even smaller than my own. Imagine if you lived in a small quiet neighborhood and a town founded, run, and populated by theater actors who practiced their lines openly and randomly moved in to your neighborhood. If you were the type that while appreciating theater also truly enjoyed the peace and quiet (maybe even moved there specifically for the peace and quiet) and had these people funneled into your neighborhood I'm sure you would also be slightly irked. Mateus up until recently was that small quiet neighborhood and people being funneled in from Balmung is basically the equivalent of a theater troupe moving into your neighborhood. He's not the only one who isn't particularly happy about the shift in server atmosphere. I have a friend who actually transferred FROM Balmung to Mateus to get away from the population and the roleplaying not even a month before Mateus became another designated rp server. Needless to say he's not too happy with it.