SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server!

[TheVedis]

And I was saying how OOC shouts annoy me too, what's the point?

I don't think anyone is asking for anything special here, especially not me in the OP. An RP server is common in MMOs these days. >_>

lol and you totaly miss the point of everything i said a second time in a row, did you even read what i wrote?

[Rhomagus]

Blacklist is your friend in both instances.

[OskarHelvig]

Yes I understood what you said, Foxbat. You were talking about courtesy in public areas and how some RPers shout or speak where it's crowded, and that annoys you... it's not that hard to figure it out.

I don't think you absorbed anything from what I told you though. Do you also tell non-RPers to keep their conversations to themselves, mind the chatter in camps, not to use shout, troll them if they do? Because if so, while I wouldn't agree with you entirely, I'd commend you for being consistent.

If not, then you have double-standards. If you're inconsiderate of RPers being in-character who are annoyed by out of character chatter in public areas, don't expect them to bend the knee to accommodate your specific preferences of public conversation.

If you don't have to think twice to /say at a camp site at the crystal, why should I?

[Ianeira]

also, i dont tell them to shut up or anything, i troll the hell out of them in game when they do it in public, i know how hard it is for RPists to ignore what people are saying and they just have to read it soitalklikethisandidoitinsuchawayastowhereiamactualytalkingtothemandgivethemaheadacheandmakethemmovesomewhereelse

I know this may be a foreign notion, but as a third alternative you could also try asking politely if they might either take their in-character conversation elsewhere, or otherwise utilize more private channels such as /p or /t. While a small few might take offense at this, I have found that the vast majority are pleasant individuals who are not trying to upset anyone's gameplay and would be glad to oblige the request so long as they were addressed in a respectful manner. Conversely, I think it's fair to say that a lot of people (not just RPers) would just blacklist your disruptive gibberish and continue doing what they're doing.

[TessaJalloh]

I know it's ever so slightly off topic, but... why have people taken to calling Role Players, RPists. Wouldn't the RPist be a person who persecutes roleplayers based on their existance?

Like a sexist, or a racist?

I mean, come on, it's not like you call Gamers, Gamists. And that would be really awkward for Racers. wouldn't you say?

[Skies]

I know it's ever so slightly off topic, but... why have people taken to calling Role Players, RPists. Wouldn't the RPist be a person who persecutes roleplayers based on their existance?

Like a sexist, or a racist?

I mean, come on, it's not like you call Gamers, Gamists. And that would be really awkward for Racers. wouldn't you say?

The term probably was created like all terms are, without visible rhyme or reason. Truth to be told i'm a BIT bugged by it because it's just one 'a' letter away from something REALLY bad and as hilarious as it is, actually because it is so hilarious, it makes reading phrases with that term a bit jarring. (not- trying to raise a stink here just commenting that whenever I see that phrase I have to stop and laugh and restart reading because god, it's so wrong)

[TheVedis]

I know it's ever so slightly off topic, but... why have people taken to calling Role Players, RPists. Wouldn't the RPist be a person who persecutes roleplayers based on their existance?

Like a sexist, or a racist?

I mean, come on, it's not like you call Gamers, Gamists. And that would be really awkward for Racers. wouldn't you say?

the origins of RPists come from another game, i wont say why or how, though i know the reasons(if you know where and how props to you!)

im the one who started calling people RPists here and its kinda ctaching on lol

[OskarHelvig]

Ah, no wonder it makes no sense.

SE, save me...

[RolandDebreton]

While not an RPer, I don't begrudge anyone chatting and using the emotes and chats. I'm baffled that people would actually make statements like the one below.

alot of them dont use any courtesy when doing it is one reason that comes to mind
standing in the most populated area in town so everyone can see them doing it even if it annoys the hell out of everyone seeing them talk and emote for pages on pages on pages

The nerve of them, using the normal chat features and emotes, what do they think this is, some kind of massive multiplayer role playing game? As some have pointed out people can fill the chats, and the shouts with obscenity riddled soliloquies, /pose and do repeated miquo'te stretches (which makes quite an emote sound) in an attempt to be offensive or to mimic PDA, talk about politics, sports, sex, whatever for hours. God forbid someone have fun and tell a fantasy story as a group.

I know you RPers seem to want to have your own server, but I for one think it would be a tragedy if all the imagination and fun of an exciting group of people were lost to one place and not allowed to be shared with multiple people.

I would not be upset if Besaid and Rabanastre were merged, good luck to you all regardless.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

The nerve of them, using the normal chat features and emotes, what do they think this is, some kind of massive multiplayer role playing game? As some have pointed out people can fill the chats, and the shouts with obscenity riddled soliloquies, /pose and do repeated miquo'te stretches (which makes quite an emote sound) in an attempt to be offensive or to mimic PDA, talk about politics, sports, sex, whatever for hours. God forbid someone have fun and tell a fantasy story as a group.

I know you RPers seem to want to have your own server, but I for one think it would be a tragedy if all the imagination and fun of an exciting group of people were lost to one place and not allowed to be shared with multiple people.

I would not be upset if Besaid and Rabanastre were merged, good luck to you all regardless.

Pages upon pages of text spam in say is, in fact, rude. This is just your opinion toward that kind of thing going on during RP and that is valid! However, that just means that you tolerate that form of rudeness. This is why we have different chat channels. If it were truly RP, and they were having a personal conversation in character, they would do this in /tells.

If they intend to have it be heard so maybe another RP passerby can notice and join in. That's completely understandable and this may be normal for that type of play style. However, for people who are not involved in RP this is generally rude.

Let's not treat Vedis like they are being unkind or unreasonable as if they are annoyed at someone with a mental disability. These are other players, just like you and I, who feel that their play style in general don't hold the same standards. They are not "special" and shouldn't be treated as such.

I am certainly not anti RP, but the reaction to the OP throughout the pages of this thread show the opposite of why SE should designate an official RP server. Under these circumstances with low populations it would be unwise to name an RP server due to the strong opinions against the community and you'll have a big mess on your hands with a large amount of players on one server submitting applications to move servers. More so than if they didn't officially name one. It's insensitive and it's unfair to not recognize any community and not see them as valid, but for consolidation it does make more sense to acknowledge more general and larger regional specific communities.