Non-RPers Unite!

[Jadi]

It seems like RP is super scarce on the server (to me anyway). Since launch, I think I've come across a number of RP situations that I can actually recall what they were about.

1) Someone asked for directions to Camp Drybone and spoke to me about being Keeper of the Moon.

2) Made buffalo leather straps for someone in Camp Drybone, a nervous miqo'te marauder and her hyur thaumaturge mentor, believe they were looking to make a bronze war axe.

3) Two people started roleplaying in Gridania airship docks while I was crafting before airships were implemented, did not participate.

4) Some people hanging out at Ul'dah inn while I was at retainer, did not participate.

5) Some people hanging out at Ul'dah inn while I was at retainer again, did not participate.

6) An encounter with an elezen armorer at Camp Horizon while waiting for a behest.

7) Encountered some folks in Limsa Lominsa and only needed to go there once for a quest.

This is over the course of 15+ months, this is the RP that I have come across on the unofficial RP server. And never forced on me. To me, those aren't such bad odds if players do not want to participate (one RP jam session every two months). And if those players needed to be blacklisted, one would be blacklisting up to 13 players (which only five are active).

I personally don't think it's worth migrating 40+ linkshell off of Balmung to avoid 13 players.
(Which is also why I didn't see a large negative impact at flagging a server official RP if it meant a few dozen roleplayers joined over the hundreds of non-roleplayers who would come to the server regardless).

If one looks at the Besaid blogs, they'll notice, most of these players are just blogging in-character, but I have not seen them in-game. Maybe they just like writing with the Eorzea theme more than playing the game (or not at their gaming computer), who knows?

P.S. I've been reporting this thread before it reached ten posts, but it seems only a CM or moderator can kill it.

That's about 7x the amount on Fabul then. Again I can't define the amount of risk, only that I don't take risks I don't have to. There is also a thought that RP's from other servers will move to Balmung.. this is the greatest fear I think people have.

But mostly to your last point because I'm getting tired of it all. Square-Enix is a corporation and they are as slow and as bureaucratic as any. No individual has a choice to shut it down unlike a private forum. ..and .. it's not really in violation of anything.. far as I can tell. They are modding it, I've seen individual posts removed.

SE may actually be interested in it seeing the strife it causes and would be more apt to give you the holy grail you seek, the RP tag. Initially I didn't think that was a good idea, but you people are very passionate about it (for some reason) so maybe you should have it after all.

I had fun trolling you all and I'm sure people had lots of fun hitting back at me. Yes, I was over the top on purpose because you just so passionate about it. Try to laugh it off and don't take things so personal.. especially on the internet. Where as I find RP pretty lame, and I do understand it quite well, it's ok because my opinions don't affect you. Your free to continue just as you were.. don't be so self conscious ok.