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Whether you are an old or new player, the nuance of Roleplay between cultures on Ryzom is a subject that has been object of much debate..

The new players, released on Silan, often do not understand what makes Ryzom different from a normal MMO.
We regularly have the case of players who are confronted for the first time with Roleplay in around channel
not knowing how to respond, not knowing how to interpret the actions or words of other players, the interaction becomes weak, even catastrophic.

Not being aware of the rules that some roleplay players maintain in chat channels.
Some players may take Roleplay as personal, or even not understand whats happen, which can often cause discomfort.
And this is all the more true since the merge of servers, where different Roleplay cultures (or non-roleplay) must coexist together
(this topic will please Gidget, because I said the word "merge", he will love it <3).

Roleplay players on all sides often do not take the time to explain their actions, embed in their role to play, and live their game experience to the fullest,
while players who do not know the basics or simply do not roleplay, remains in total confusion between the mix of around channel, universe or region, and the tells.

This post aims to inform and prevent in order to avoid any bad IRL reaction and enrich the RPG part of MMORPG.

The idea:
It would be nice to have an educational warning message in the around channel at the connection for all game customers.


[18:24:29] Welcome to Ryzom!
[18:24:29] This channel is used by some players for Roleplay interactions only.
[18:24:29] Roleplay rules can be found <link>here</link>.


The link will open a post on the forum explaining what Roleplay is and how to use the around channel..
How to act or react, usage and codes (like (comment) type), and how to make emotes etc

However, the rules of behaviour and the Code of Conduct are to be applied even in the around channel,
Especially in a case where you have to interact with a player -> character you don't know much about.

As a result, players who play a MMORPG are aware, from the beginning of what is RP in the game.
They are informed, and therefore will not be surprised, or even take things personally in the case of a Roleplay interaction.
Interaction that can be positive in the best case, or "negative" (faction play, or other more extreme roleplay history-based such as drugs, conspiracies, politics or murder).

Most players do not read the 150-line windows that pop up on their screen as soon as they arrive on Silan,
and just want to play the game as it is, a simple 2 lines message in around, can avoid a lot of confusion later on, and even create vocations!

Important here too, the information system is not to be taken into account.
The around channel (being itself the main subject) is the most concrete, knowing that system info is very rarely watched by the newcomers,
and the discovery of the system info may come way much later in the game (and never for some).

Constructive comments and trolls are welcome, a vote is also available.
You are also encouraged to tell us how you were personally confronted with your first Roleplay interaction on Ryzom if you like.

(Yeah.. the last sentence is like AA meeting.. i admit it :P)

I really like the idea. and, yep, that would probably makes new comers understand how Ryzom RP work ( and, maybe some players who already play for years, but don't get much what is really RP).

About the link for the RP explanation, it could be very cool if it can be done by a Lorist ( Kind of the Namcha post on an another post about the differents RP style, maybe a bit more explaned, tho ) to make the post being neutral on how it works.

And, for the link itself... Will it be enough? Will we aim max people with it? Have we another options?

I would see a Pop UP with a short explaination and the link? It don't need to be a long message just to tell you can read on forum the post as Revvy said.

Why not putting a warning window equivalent to the window of Univers channel?
There is a wiki page in the FR Wiki explaining the different uses of the channels
https://fr.wiki.ryzom.com/wiki/Chat
But if you look at the equivalent page in the EN Wiki, there is nothing about this.
Perhaps we can start from this and harmonize the different wiki, asking for ryzom team agreement if needed?
This shows the different ways of playing according to the connexion time because in european hours, you can find frequently players using the different channels in the "good way".

Bonjour, je m'appelle Mermaidia et avant je communiquais en langage sms sur quasi tous les cc... Pô bien !
Ensuite j'ai découvert le Roleplay, lors d'un event de recensement des guildes fyros à Pyr (je me demandais ce que je fichais là à la base mais j'avais bien compris qu'en tant que chef de guilde même "parachutée", il fallait que j'y sois) et depuis je suis accro :D

Merci pour ce post Revvy, c'est une très bonne idée, en espérant qu'il soit suivi

Great thanks for that little story about your first roleplay interaction Mermaidia, it really made me smile :)

@Kyriann This show mainly the difference between the culture of Ryzom, highlighted in my first post.. and i think adding 2 lines in the around channel will prevent and teach people about it

And well, we need to live together anyway, so the goal is really to prevent, and explain the thing directly to everyone, some people (or young one) may take roleplay story too seriously, or like we have already seen with Americans, mixing IRL and IG.
(In addition, it may create vocations for roleplay, by curiosity.)

@Zendae Someone ot not, i made this post exist, since the idea forum, is way too abandonned..
It has got picked up to date only recently, so it may be good to renew/repost important idea :)

I too was more fully introduced to RP in Around by a few notorious marauders. ;)

Voted yes, and would do so 100 more times if I could.