I personally think having more casual RP on Atys would be just fine.
Additionally to Assemblies, that were once thought to initiate more Events on Atys, and sometimes did.
Additionally to Events, some organized by the Event Team, some organized by players.
Additionally to OOC-Events, like we also had on Atys once in a while.
Additionally to roleplaying in Forums.
There are many ways and occasions to roleplay on Atys. And nobody is forced to take part at any kind of roleplaying that she or he does not enjoy.
Just initiate RP of any kind that you prefer, and there will always be some other players who will support you and play together with you. It might not be so easy to find those "some others" while just talking to grinding/levelling/training characters of course. Instead Forums, Assemblies and Events are the best opportunities to learn the names of characters that you can talk to IC also via other communitcation-ways.
I do not see how reducing Assemblies and "formal" traditional roleplay would do anything good to motivate more players to take up roleplaying. I think that the exact opposite could happen just as well.
Yes, surely not everybody likes that one kind of RP. But some do! Also newcomers - some definitely might feel motivated by that, because it's the kind of RP they already know from other games (or pen & paper) and have already "learned" to enjoy.
Still it is not the only way to roleplay; and I fail to see how some can think like that?! Also one kind of RP can very well lead to other kinds of RP too. Most German-speaking players are very tolerant of "casual" RP mixed with a little or even much OOC; we had and have those kind of players in the German-speaking community too.
On the other hand I have also read rather useless "RP" in the Universe-chat lately like "the Matis/the Kami(-disciples) are all stupid" or so... Well, as "casual" as that might be, I do not think this will motivate more players to roleplay...
Unfortunately I have been called a "spammer" and have been flamed via tells before the Server-merge for RP in the Universe-channel, like when announcing what was happening at an RP-event to others in the Uni-chat. So I have reduced that kind of RP, only keeping up just a little on the German Uni-chat.
Still I have time and again heard IC-talk done in the Universe Chat even today. So it's not like it isn't done at all! And if someone talks to me IC in any kind of chat or PN or tell, I will always answer IC, and normally in a friendly way - just not if my character is offended or provoced too massively of course...
Additionally to Assemblies, that were once thought to initiate more Events on Atys, and sometimes did.
Additionally to Events, some organized by the Event Team, some organized by players.
Additionally to OOC-Events, like we also had on Atys once in a while.
Additionally to roleplaying in Forums.
There are many ways and occasions to roleplay on Atys. And nobody is forced to take part at any kind of roleplaying that she or he does not enjoy.
Just initiate RP of any kind that you prefer, and there will always be some other players who will support you and play together with you. It might not be so easy to find those "some others" while just talking to grinding/levelling/training characters of course. Instead Forums, Assemblies and Events are the best opportunities to learn the names of characters that you can talk to IC also via other communitcation-ways.
I do not see how reducing Assemblies and "formal" traditional roleplay would do anything good to motivate more players to take up roleplaying. I think that the exact opposite could happen just as well.
Yes, surely not everybody likes that one kind of RP. But some do! Also newcomers - some definitely might feel motivated by that, because it's the kind of RP they already know from other games (or pen & paper) and have already "learned" to enjoy.
Still it is not the only way to roleplay; and I fail to see how some can think like that?! Also one kind of RP can very well lead to other kinds of RP too. Most German-speaking players are very tolerant of "casual" RP mixed with a little or even much OOC; we had and have those kind of players in the German-speaking community too.
On the other hand I have also read rather useless "RP" in the Universe-chat lately like "the Matis/the Kami(-disciples) are all stupid" or so... Well, as "casual" as that might be, I do not think this will motivate more players to roleplay...
Unfortunately I have been called a "spammer" and have been flamed via tells before the Server-merge for RP in the Universe-channel, like when announcing what was happening at an RP-event to others in the Uni-chat. So I have reduced that kind of RP, only keeping up just a little on the German Uni-chat.
Still I have time and again heard IC-talk done in the Universe Chat even today. So it's not like it isn't done at all! And if someone talks to me IC in any kind of chat or PN or tell, I will always answer IC, and normally in a friendly way - just not if my character is offended or provoced too massively of course...
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