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

[Bourne_Endeavor]

People role-playing doesn't bother me. The only place it would bother me would be in duties if it was actively hindering progression. But if people want to role-play (tastefully) in public, I don't care. I generally have /say and /shout filtered out of my usual chat log I use anyways. People can ERP too if they like, but I would prefer it remain in private and behind closed doors, just like real life intimacy. I certainly don't judge others for engaging in activities they find enjoyable in a game that they pay to play. I've done some light role-playing in the past myself, so it would be hypocritical of me to judge others for it!

I would certainly hope! Otherwise you have been leading me on all this time!

What people do with their own time doesn't concern me unless it actively harasses other players. I roleplay irregularly these days, but it's a fun little side hobby to partake in, especially during long patch droughts. Same stance on ERP. You do you, boo. Just keep it out of say and occasionally miss tell in the novice network so we can all snicker (this happens. It's amusing every time).

[Averax]

There's literally an entire server the community has dictated to be "the RP server". People don't have a problem with it in general.

Like others have said, when people bring it into pugs when we're all just there to complete whatever duty and get out is when it gets irritating. You don't need to macro every single ability to say something edgy unless it's some sort of "i just used an important cooldown" indicator. Especially ninjas, and you know why.. You also don't need to bring your character's fears and flaws into a duty and make it more difficult for everybody.

As for ERP... pretending to have "intimate moments" in a T rated video game is weird no matter how you try to sell it. Don't do it in public.

[Haprimac]

I absolutely adore people chatting in public. It makes the game feel very much alive and sometimes I would sit and read what people are up to if I'm just afking/tabbing.

This reminds me of a time when I RPd with a friend in Gridania in say-chat and our characters were having a "deep conversation". After our RP session was over, I noticed there were several strangers who had gathered a little further away to watch us and one of them started cheering and clapping to us. It felt like we had just performed a play to them. XD Was fun.

[Clethoria]

As for ERP... pretending to have "intimate moments" in a T rated video game is weird no matter how you try to sell it. Don't do it in public.

Think of it as like actual public space. It's perfectly normal to talk, hold hands, laugh and joke. But its not a good thing and pretty illegal to have sex. Some people do it for the thrill and the taboo. Doesn't make it right.

[Naunet]

NP but then they shouldn't be surprised if they get reported or other people telling them to stop.

Lol you can report people all you want for RP, but don't be surprised if SE takes action against you for inappropriate reporting. Roleplay is not against ToS.

[LunaFaye]

Lol you can report people all you want for RP, but don't be surprised if SE takes action against you for inappropriate reporting. Roleplay is not against ToS.

I am not the one reporting people, I said and I wish people would read today, you shouldn't be surprised if you get reported and then come to the forums and complain about it. This entitlement of we're role players and can do whatever we want, should be the measurement for everybody then, meaning if you bother somebody with it, especially with ERP in regular chat since this game isn't X rated, you can not say that it was unjust. I even mentioned in my first post that I seriously don't care what people do, as long as it isn't in my face, and yes I do reserve the right to say that, just like RP'ers think they have the right to tell us, that they are allowed to do it anywhere and we should just black list them or walk away.

[Naunet]

You'd be hard pressed to find a roleplayer who would disagree that ERP shouldn't be in public chat. Generally people who do that are shunned by the majority of the community, and we even report them ourselves.

But reporting someone simply for roleplaying in /say is frivolous, and SE frowns on frivolous reports.

[Nezerius]

I am not the one reporting people, I said and I wish people would read today, you shouldn't be surprised if you get reported and then come to the forums and complain about it.

No one should be surprised about getting reported, if they harass another player. Normal RP doesn't count as harassment, just like people simply talking to each other near you doesn't count as harassment.

This entitlement of we're role players and can do whatever we want, should be the measurement for everybody then, meaning if you bother somebody with it, especially with ERP in regular chat since this game isn't X rated, you can not say that it was unjust.

No one is saying that RPers are entitled to do whatever they want, they can do whatever any normal players wants to do, including normal RP. The majority of the RPers also agree that ERP should be done in private channels.

I even mentioned in my first post that I seriously don't care what people do, as long as it isn't in my face, and yes I do reserve the right to say that, just like RP'ers think they have the right to tell us, that they are allowed to do it anywhere and we should just black list them or walk away.

If a few RPers just decide to walk up to you, and start RPing right next to you, as a way to harass you, then you're in the right (unless you happen to stand near a RP hotspot, but I don't think those are as common outside of Balmung). If you simple walk past a few RPers, and one just happens to have just typed text in /s, I wouldn't really see that as "in your face".

[LalaRu]

...I think a big problem is the whole "all anime is hentai" thing and people can't distinguish between the two.

That people wants keep ignorant and don't even bother to educate themselves on the matter.

[Rokke]

I'm not saying they should be reported by any means and yes change does happen. I'm not going to agree with the whole harrassment etc; but his viewpoint probably stems from the quieter environment he's used to being flipped upside down. Change does happen but you also have to understand that there were people there first who adapted to one way of existing on the server before the flood of rpers. I have nothing against rp but no one can deny it's a culture shock to have a bunch of rpers roll in. Imagine a reverse scenario where.. take ul'dah or kugane on balmung (which recently has a massive influx of raiders lets say) and they decide their designated raid talk spots were the same spots that people used as their local rp haunts. So while people would be trying to rp you would be getting a bunch of raiders discussing things causing a hinderance in a place that you would always go to rp in relative peace. I have no doubts people who were trying to rp would be irked as well. Mateus wasn't an rp server before and I feel like if you move somewhere you should be considerate of those who were there first and find some common ground instead of this well we're here now so your server is this and to hell with what you're used to attitude I've picked up so far.

As someone on Balmung, Kugane and Ul'Dah already have multiple conversations overlapping in /say, /em, /yell & /shout. Chat filters are easy to set up so various groups manage to exist in relative harmony unless one group is going out of their way to prod at the other group(s) :P