Jelathnia
How do I say in an unmistakably nice way, "please do not confuse the playstyle of the creator of this thread with the playstyle(s) of roleplayers"? Because I am not trying to say anything unkind, at all. I just want to inform anyone who reads this thread that there is a difference between those playstyles. Explaining the difference would probably be an excessive derailment of the thread though.
Wow! Hmm, let me see if I can help. Since you're not wanting to say anything unkind and only want to inform potential new roleplayers that you do not consider the playstyle suggested above as traditional roleplaying, maybe you could try something like the following.
"As interesting as it may be, I don't believe that the playstyle suggested above conforms to what I, and many of my roleplaying friends, consider true roleplaying. I am starting a new thread to discuss "the joy of roleplaying" and invite all to join in the discussion." Then if you wanted to be nice you could add something like "Tyk, thanks for the insight into your gaming. I look forward to seeing you in game :)" The last is just a nicety and most readers, well at Tyk would, understand it should not be taken literally.
That should do it. That would inform everyone that you believe roleplaying to be something different than suggested above and provide them with a place where they could discuss roleplaying in detail. Of course, that would require you to open up the new thread, discuss roleplaying, and open yourself up to criticism. But, I promise you'd have at least one reader who might contribute to the discussion. Who knows, maybe you could convert me to your style of gameplay. But, more importantly, maybe you'd be able to attract some new roleplayers to the game or convert other players to roleplaying. that is your intent, right?
Back to my original intent for this string. I have decided not to further abuse the F2P system that exists in Ryzom and invite others to consider if they have engaged in similar abuses. All games have ways in which they can be exploited. As tempting as it often may be, it no doubt does cause problems. I invite all to consider ways in which they may help Ryzom to continue on and thrive for the long term.