First of all, I sent out a p#mail that I think kicked this forward. That is what I meant to do. I do apologize to the people who were offended, as I was not critiquing the leadership of the Abbey, or those trying to improve it, I was telling everyone who RPs my opinion. I have found that some people do not step up and give their opinion enough, and so most people never fully understand that their behavior is out of line.
This is not a request for OOC restrictions on RP. Several people responded that they didn't want that. I know that I said nothing of the sort in my p#mail, and I don't believe Ame was thinking that either. This is merely a request that players think beyond what their character needs to do to get attention. Self-centered RP includes angst, depression, the-world-revolves-around-me roleplay. This is not the way a MUCK should be run.
Nothing will change overnight. But things NEED to change. The first step of that is making sure everyone is aware of the problem. It's all fine that a few of the older players are aware that there's a problem and it needs to be fixed... but if the players who are causing the problem, each in their own small way, don't know that there is a problem, then nothing will be solved.
I sounded rather cheer-always-no-angst in my p#mail, and that was fine. Obviously it's far more complicated than that. If you RP with Toni, you'll find that for the most part she's smiling, happy, and RPs either enjoying herself cooking, or resting after doing so. I'd like to point out that one way to look at this is that her RP *topics* are cheery. The topic of the RP is not "oh no, so-and-so died, i'm hurting, etc". Within the cheery limits of such a topic, Toni herself is not always top-of-the-world.
My point in getting the p#mail out was awareness. I think that happened. I have had a few responses, whether agreement, disagreement, or annoyance that I had the gall to send such a thing. Well, I did, and looky here, we're talking about it.
I'm sure I have far more to say on the subject, but for the moment this post is long enough. Please feel free to page me, I'll be on the character Marie mostly, and will check the p#mails she recieves. I will also be discussing plans/ideas for classes on the staff chat and help chat with my alt Chaos.
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This is not a request for OOC restrictions on RP. Several people responded that they didn't want that. I know that I said nothing of the sort in my p#mail, and I don't believe Ame was thinking that either. This is merely a request that players think beyond what their character needs to do to get attention. Self-centered RP includes angst, depression, the-world-revolves-around-me roleplay. This is not the way a MUCK should be run.
Nothing will change overnight. But things NEED to change. The first step of that is making sure everyone is aware of the problem. It's all fine that a few of the older players are aware that there's a problem and it needs to be fixed... but if the players who are causing the problem, each in their own small way, don't know that there is a problem, then nothing will be solved.
I sounded rather cheer-always-no-angst in my p#mail, and that was fine. Obviously it's far more complicated than that. If you RP with Toni, you'll find that for the most part she's smiling, happy, and RPs either enjoying herself cooking, or resting after doing so. I'd like to point out that one way to look at this is that her RP *topics* are cheery. The topic of the RP is not "oh no, so-and-so died, i'm hurting, etc". Within the cheery limits of such a topic, Toni herself is not always top-of-the-world.
My point in getting the p#mail out was awareness. I think that happened. I have had a few responses, whether agreement, disagreement, or annoyance that I had the gall to send such a thing. Well, I did, and looky here, we're talking about it.
I'm sure I have far more to say on the subject, but for the moment this post is long enough. Please feel free to page me, I'll be on the character Marie mostly, and will check the p#mails she recieves. I will also be discussing plans/ideas for classes on the staff chat and help chat with my alt Chaos.