SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server!

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I have a long history of rp outside of mmorpgs that tends to make me very understanding and empathetic towards people who do so in mmorpgs. My history also makes me prone to jump into bouts of spontaneous rp in this game due to nostalgia and pure habit. Out of rp habit, I also see things through my character's eyes and my first instinct is to interact with others as my character would before I do as my rl self, these habits are more fit to a rp environment. I can imagine how frustrating it would be if I did not like playing in other styles.

I can also empathize with those who do not wish to be in a community of majority rping players and people should have a visible understanding of a choice between the two before merging. When you are not rping, it is very difficult to understand why everyone is rpwalking instead of running and typing long dialogs into their macros. It is frustrating when some one breaks the rp because they don't know about it or deliberately wish to troll.

So my vote is to make things as easy as possible for those in a comfortable and established rp server to get to a similar destination. Having their own server also helps those who don't like rp, understand that they are choosing a rp server.

Without an official designation, there is no easy way for people who are not established in the community to realize that they are choosing an rp server. [I had no idea that there was an 'unofficial' rp server and I have been here since beta.]

Ask yourself if you were new to the game, how would you go about learning that there is an unofficially designated rp server? Insert whatever process you imagine might obstruct the ease of finding one and there is the problem with not having an officially designated rp server.

Either way, I don't mind being on a rp server and would probably get into it too if it was the kind I can handle. I know that for those who do not understand rp servers or respect it, it can be a very uncomfortable or hilarious situation for both parties but usually leads to breaking the rp mode, mockery, resentment and confusion...

Just like ending up on a EU populated server and not realizing it until you are already locked in can be bad if you have the opposite schedule and want to party with people who unfortunately are unable to because they are asleep, ending up on a rp server when you wish not to, or ending up on a non rp server when you wish to can be frustrating and game breaking.

TL/DR
My vote is yes, make it official [or at least make some visibly easy to locate official flags] for new players to understand it is an 'unofficial' rp server that they are choosing.