Recently, we experience roleplay in the nations to die down. This has different reasons.
One, to name first, is the retreat of english speaking players (they may as well be italian, spanish, romanian, or russian) from roleplay. Even initially there were not so many, but at the moment there are none in some nations (especially the desert), and fewer in the rest.
There is a prominent problem for them: timezones. Ryzom still is very much UTC+-2 leaned, all significant events taking place in that time window. That is a pity as we have not so few players in the Americas and Asia/Pacific. The core problem here is lack of event guides. As a player, I would (though not always) not bother to participate in events and assemblies taking part after midnight of the timezone I am mostly in, but things are more tricky for GM and event managers who have ways more workload and responsability. Volunteers for that challenging (though not always pleasant) job from the other side of the pond would help a lot.
Beneath that I would like english speaking RP interested players - I know there are not few - to speak out: What is wrong with RP, why do you not participate or stopped to do so, what could be done to bring you back or make you join? After all, english is the language with the least barriers, most players understand it.
Next is the problem of local vs. national assemblies. Technically, the event team would be relieved from a lot of not overly productive workload by less local assemblies. On the other hand, we have a great imbalance in roleplay. Roughly 50% of the active roleplayers stem from Aniro, but about 80-90% of those holding a citizenship.
On Leanon, roleplay was dominated by neutrals, most of them not citizens of any nation, some by neglect, but not so few by conviction (as all neutral hominists). French roleplayers honored and valued citizenship ways higher in their roleplay. I don't know so much about the situation on Arispotle, only recognized that the Akenak could not be manned for Atys years due to lack of voters.
Therefore, practically all assemblies are dominated by the French roleplayers. It would be absurd to blame them for. Yet, this endangers the survival of roleplay in the other communities, much more as there are differences in RP style as well as in rules for participation.
To give an example: Matis excludes all non nobles from nation RP. Minimum criterion of nobility is Matis vassal, leader or HO in a national guild with at least 5 active members, promotion by the court. Simple Matis citizens (vassals) enjoy no rights. Tryker is bit less strict. Full participation only for citizens, second class participation for residents. Historical participation rights for diaspora Trykers (if not citizen of other nation) still in effect in Windermeer (Leanon community). Jungle even more strict: must be Kamist and Zorai citizen (min Initiate, for higher service Awakened), more liberal admission granted previously by the theocracy of Leanon challenged and fought by Aniro Zorai. Fyros is granting rights to citizens (patriots) only, more liberal special voting right from Leanon (non patriot Fyros not citizen of other nation) still valid in Dyron.
This means that "Aniro rules" are likely to exclude the vast majority of Leanon roleplayers from RP. I suspect it is not so much better for former Arispotle roleplayers.
One, to name first, is the retreat of english speaking players (they may as well be italian, spanish, romanian, or russian) from roleplay. Even initially there were not so many, but at the moment there are none in some nations (especially the desert), and fewer in the rest.
There is a prominent problem for them: timezones. Ryzom still is very much UTC+-2 leaned, all significant events taking place in that time window. That is a pity as we have not so few players in the Americas and Asia/Pacific. The core problem here is lack of event guides. As a player, I would (though not always) not bother to participate in events and assemblies taking part after midnight of the timezone I am mostly in, but things are more tricky for GM and event managers who have ways more workload and responsability. Volunteers for that challenging (though not always pleasant) job from the other side of the pond would help a lot.
Beneath that I would like english speaking RP interested players - I know there are not few - to speak out: What is wrong with RP, why do you not participate or stopped to do so, what could be done to bring you back or make you join? After all, english is the language with the least barriers, most players understand it.
Next is the problem of local vs. national assemblies. Technically, the event team would be relieved from a lot of not overly productive workload by less local assemblies. On the other hand, we have a great imbalance in roleplay. Roughly 50% of the active roleplayers stem from Aniro, but about 80-90% of those holding a citizenship.
On Leanon, roleplay was dominated by neutrals, most of them not citizens of any nation, some by neglect, but not so few by conviction (as all neutral hominists). French roleplayers honored and valued citizenship ways higher in their roleplay. I don't know so much about the situation on Arispotle, only recognized that the Akenak could not be manned for Atys years due to lack of voters.
Therefore, practically all assemblies are dominated by the French roleplayers. It would be absurd to blame them for. Yet, this endangers the survival of roleplay in the other communities, much more as there are differences in RP style as well as in rules for participation.
To give an example: Matis excludes all non nobles from nation RP. Minimum criterion of nobility is Matis vassal, leader or HO in a national guild with at least 5 active members, promotion by the court. Simple Matis citizens (vassals) enjoy no rights. Tryker is bit less strict. Full participation only for citizens, second class participation for residents. Historical participation rights for diaspora Trykers (if not citizen of other nation) still in effect in Windermeer (Leanon community). Jungle even more strict: must be Kamist and Zorai citizen (min Initiate, for higher service Awakened), more liberal admission granted previously by the theocracy of Leanon challenged and fought by Aniro Zorai. Fyros is granting rights to citizens (patriots) only, more liberal special voting right from Leanon (non patriot Fyros not citizen of other nation) still valid in Dyron.
This means that "Aniro rules" are likely to exclude the vast majority of Leanon roleplayers from RP. I suspect it is not so much better for former Arispotle roleplayers.
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