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

[F_Maximillian]

I highly doubt that an RPer can think of what they could write as a response to their partner in the span of 2 seconds. I'd give it a minute minimum. RP takes a lot of time.

That's more possible if you're casually talking to someone. And honestly if people have a problem about others talking a lot and talking about harmless things in /say and consider it as spam, then I don't know if these people even considered why the chat exists. People who are like that should just learn to mind their own business.

That was a bit of a stretch on the whole 2 seconds thing but the point still stands that it's obviously far more crowded and therefore chatty on mateus than it used to be and some people may not appreciate it as much. I'm not saying rp is spam or against the tos or anything either.

Change happens. Is it a shame for people who want quiet when their server gets a population boost? Yes. Does moving somewhere for quiet automatically entitle them to complete control over what other people do in their environment or dictate how many people are allowed to move there as well? Absolutely not. Just because someone wants something a certain way does not mean that they can bend the world around them to fit their preferences and punish people who have broken no rules except to be doing something that they merely dislike. Spam bots are not reportable because they fill up the chat logs, they are reportable because they advertise RMTs that break the ToS. There is nothing in the ToS against RPing. In fact, with the addition of RP tags, SE is actually doing more to support RP than they have since the game launched.

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.