FFXIV Roleplay: Reborn!

[Twiddle]

Fill me in, I have never really understood the RP crowd... so I would like a little clearing of the mud as they say... What I understand about RP in a RPG is... people want to role play, while role playing?! This whole thing eludes me, aren't you already role playing in the first place?! I get it people RP in reality, that's fine... but in game's which are role playing to pole play... sounds like saying I want a drink of water, while am drowning in the ocean...

People role playing as an adventurer in a game, while said character is role playing as an interstellar fairy princes!?

[Kyri]

Fill me in, I have never really understood the RP crowd... so I would like a little clearing of the mud as they say... What I understand about RP in a RPG is... people want to role play, while role playing?! This whole thing eludes me, aren't you already role playing in the first place?! I get it people RP in reality, that's fine... but in game's which are role playing to pole play... sounds like saying I want a drink of water, while am drowning in the ocean...

People role playing as an adventurer in a game, while said character is role playing as an interstellar fairy princes!?

Oh gawd! where to begin.. Well role playing in a mmo is basically always (when in character) looking through the eyes of your character, just as you do in cutscenes and quests you're "Your" character while being "In character"(meaning you don't always have to be "in character" but choose when to(usually done by turning afk on to represent your out of character at the moment).
Confusing?
not really..
picture another FF title in this case let's say lightning. Shes serious, shes deadly and I doubt she would gonna randomly decide to dress up like the chocobo lady and start a hour comedy on the side of the road somewhere. Your character (in character) should have a background you've created and if it's a seriously quiet person, you want to "show" that. perhaps you don't speak a lot, "/em crosses his arms and stares at Katrina" or perhaps you respond in "..." more likely then actual text. Playing shy is usually a nice way for a newer roleplayer to grasp the strings.

Now if your going to role play as an interstellar fairy princes expect people to treat you as they would in real life if you ran up to someone in a tutu and proclaimed yourself a interstellar princess. Dependant on the in character characters attitude and that of the person playing it they will all act differently. One would call you names perhaps, one would ignore and blist you, one would laugh, and the three to the corner will walk away quietly as to not disturb the crazy person.

Q:What I understand about RP in a RPG is... people want to role play, while role playing?! This whole thing eludes me, aren't you already role playing in the first place?!

Running around uldah in your underwear yelling at people, trolling, lol'ing, and talking about obama isn't really roleplaying while roleplaying unless your female character is secretly a real man in real life trying to scam some other guy out of gil for some sexting. What roleplay is is not talking out of character, speaking as your character would and as if the game world was "the world". You don't walk up to people in public naked pulling out a nerf gun over and over proclaiming "I R LulZ"

There's as many personalities to roleplaying as their is in real life, but if you want to be crazy, spell stupid and make a outrageous story don't expect a lot of love from other roleplayers who want to take things more seriously. On the other hand some people won't care. So really it's a matter as it is when you don't roleplay, of surrounding yourself with friends, not people you don't want to play with.

Consider it another way to play a game or a little extra spice for those who like story in their games <3

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[Kyri]

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That's not very nice

[Twiddle]

That's not very nice

What? all i said was it went over my head... more so do to my lack of understanding, then anything you wrote... The hole concept of RP is lost to me, do to not having enough imagination to think up of a character name... i usually use random name generator!!

@Kaisuna:
I get what you are saying, still I can't see how it impact's ones game play... you are already an adventurer, who, regardless of the lack of a past, is intended to save the future... why invent more on top of what's know?

[Keisuna]

@Kaisuna:
I get what you are saying, still I can't see how it impact's ones game play... you are already an adventurer, who, regardless of the lack of a past, is intended to save the future... why invent more on top of what's know?

I suppose it's like reading a whole novel as opposed to reading a synopsis. Sure the adventurer sets out to save the day, but why? What are his motivations? Is he an idealist who wants world peace? Is he just a sellsword simply following orders? Does he find love? Does he experience loss? Does he have friends? Enemies? Allies?

Who knows, maybe your character wouldn't want to save the day? Maybe they have a wife and children, and decided to sail to the west for a few days because fighting a war while a giant meteor crashes down on your head is rather suicidal.

People like roleplaying for the same reason that people like in-depth stories, except instead of having it told to you, you can be PART of the story and influence how the story goes.

[Keisuna]

Fill me in, I have never really understood the RP crowd... so I would like a little clearing of the mud as they say... What I understand about RP in a RPG is... people want to role play, while role playing?! This whole thing eludes me, aren't you already role playing in the first place?! I get it people RP in reality, that's fine... but in game's which are role playing to pole play... sounds like saying I want a drink of water, while am drowning in the ocean...

People role playing as an adventurer in a game, while said character is role playing as an interstellar fairy princes!?

Well, as a video game genre, RPGs got their namesake from the tabletop roleplaying games that they based their play mechanics off of, but considering the limitations of the hardware, doing any actual roleplaying as an in game mechanic is nigh impossible, as actual roleplaying requires that there be another human that can react dynamically to what your character is doing in order to put together an interactive narrative.

Roleplaying within an MMORPG simply puts the roleplaying back into the game by having your character interact in the world as if they were really there, and not like there's someone at a computer controlling them.

Instead of your Hyuran Dragoon just being a Hyruan Dragoon, he might be a grizzled curmudgeon who is the descendant of a long line of spear-wielders who hangs out at the inn for a drink every evening, and when interacting in-character with other roleplayers, he will react accordingly.

This isn't to say that roleplayers are in-character all the time, as we like to do quests, level, and do endgame, but when we're not doing that we often get together and play out our character's lives with each other.

[Kyri]

Well, as a video game genre, RPGs got their namesake from the tabletop roleplaying games that they based their play mechanics off of, but considering the limitations of the hardware, doing any actual roleplaying as an in game mechanic is nigh impossible, as actual roleplaying requires that there be another human that can react dynamically to what your character is doing in order to put together an interactive narrative.

Roleplaying within an MMORPG simply puts the roleplaying back into the game by having your character interact in the world as if they were really there, and not like there's someone at a computer controlling them.

Instead of your Hyuran Dragoon just being a Hyruan Dragoon, he might be a grizzled curmudgeon who is the descendant of a long line of spear-wielders who hangs out at the inn for a drink every evening, and when interacting in-character with other roleplayers, he will react accordingly.

This isn't to say that roleplayers are in-character all the time, as we like to do quests, level, and do endgame, but when we're not doing that we often get together and play out our character's lives with each other.

Careful there you might . . . . . . his head