Quote Originally Posted by Kaethra View Post
As others said, newbie RPers are RPers. Non-RPers are Non-RPers. Its a simple either you are or you're not.

When I first played Everquest and saw Fironia Vie (Roleplaying Preferred) on the server list, I had never RP'd on a MMO before, never even saw RP on a MMO before. I still knew what the server was even before I played on it. I didn't have to login to it to experience it first.

If someone doesn't want to be like a missionary and convert NonRpers to RPers, they shouldn't feel like they need to. Just like statics shouldn't feel like they should gear up and train every applicant. Some groups even require RPers to be somewhat experienced in RP. Nothing wrong with that either. Just like Newbies can learn content together, newbie RPers can learn to RP together.
So you RPers do just spring from the ground fully formed and ready to go then? 20+ years now, I must have been doing it all wrong...

A non-rper is someone that's never rped before or doesn't like it and doesn't care to do it. A newbie to rping is someone trying it for the first time. A newbie rper is someone that's tried it, liked it, and learning. See, there's normally a transition from non-rper to rper, well for us mere humans anyway.

I never said you or anyone has to go out there like a missionary to convert people either. I was just saying that if someone sees a group rping and they haven't experienced it themselves before simply being exposed to it in that fashion can potentially lead to the creation of a new rper.

Now as far as newbies learning together, well, you do understand why we have schools in the real world yes? Without some form of direction sure they could muddle through it amongst each other. And they may indeed have fun doing so. The results of that kind of learning when it meets an experienced group though... those poor noobs is all I have to say about that. Yes you don't have to take them on yourself if you don't want to, no one's going to force you too. If you always push the newbies out though your community begins to dwindle.