Suboxide,
The quarrels may abhor some players, granted. They would anyway, no matter whether the histories were wiped or not, because they are more about RP styles than about history.
As to wiping histories, it may not touch you a lot. It would touch me, among others. I put much effort into the history of this character. It is significant for me that I have taken part in the exposure of the conspiracy which was meant to provoque a Fyros-Matis war, which was averted in our world. I took pride in taking part in detecting the cause for the disease of our sharükos Dexton, to be of some use in the search for a remedy, and taking part in the incredible digging work to get it prepared. Having been honored by the sharükos for this contribution is something of significance for me, all that happened during my first rl year in Atys. Telling me "that's all crap, forget it" would spoil quite a lot of the fun I had and still have, here. It would make me consider to give up RP altogether.
There are some other parts of our history of the planet I have taken part, and they are as valuable for me. Not all are equally controversial, but most of them would vanish in a wipe, giving me some anonymous standard background I could have anytime without having put the least effort in it. I would long have all 63 masters instead of 40 would RP not have had that significance for me. This RP was valuable and worthy because it was here to stay, not just a toy one takes and throws away in boredom. A biography in RP includes what I have done, including mistakes, misbehavior, and stupidity. In the moment it can be rewritten arbitrarily it loses all of its bindingness and challenge. It would be no less boring than slaying mobs in godmode.
Just my .02 dappers
The quarrels may abhor some players, granted. They would anyway, no matter whether the histories were wiped or not, because they are more about RP styles than about history.
As to wiping histories, it may not touch you a lot. It would touch me, among others. I put much effort into the history of this character. It is significant for me that I have taken part in the exposure of the conspiracy which was meant to provoque a Fyros-Matis war, which was averted in our world. I took pride in taking part in detecting the cause for the disease of our sharükos Dexton, to be of some use in the search for a remedy, and taking part in the incredible digging work to get it prepared. Having been honored by the sharükos for this contribution is something of significance for me, all that happened during my first rl year in Atys. Telling me "that's all crap, forget it" would spoil quite a lot of the fun I had and still have, here. It would make me consider to give up RP altogether.
There are some other parts of our history of the planet I have taken part, and they are as valuable for me. Not all are equally controversial, but most of them would vanish in a wipe, giving me some anonymous standard background I could have anytime without having put the least effort in it. I would long have all 63 masters instead of 40 would RP not have had that significance for me. This RP was valuable and worthy because it was here to stay, not just a toy one takes and throws away in boredom. A biography in RP includes what I have done, including mistakes, misbehavior, and stupidity. In the moment it can be rewritten arbitrarily it loses all of its bindingness and challenge. It would be no less boring than slaying mobs in godmode.
Just my .02 dappers
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