Personally no, since I have zero interest in that.
Over all I think you should be able to express any opinion. But you have to expect to get a lot of backlash if it’s a weird/sort of illegal one like for example with ERP.
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On an actual note; Verdantius is me dragon.
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I’ve been leading groups of RP for years man, I can assure you that I like it and make sure it stays that way. If your circle’s immersion prefers to distance itself from magic/lore that’s ok, but I can just as easily turn it around—“part of the setting whether you like it or not” and all that.
It’s as Zenobiah says. AD has groups with quite a bit of self-import stuck to their backside, but in the end of the day they/their opinion are pretty irrelevant to others. Like, who even are you to me, you know?
They haven’t done any harm to me, so I don’t wish any harm to them. Their brand of roleplay isn’t what I’d prefer to engage with, but they seem to be having fun and it’s easy to avoid, so there’s honestly little issue.
Of course, I’m aware of the NSFW reputation attached, and that’s definitely something that doesn’t belong on AD/WoW, but I wouldn’t make an assumption that it applies to all of them.
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Never all. But many.
But I’ll never agree with RP that bends the lore to a state that it becomes unrecognisable.
Yeah, of course. I don’t agree with it either; it’s not what I’d choose to invest my time in - but at the same time, I have no problem with those that do. They don’t try to force it on me, so I have zero issue with it.
Because of that, I don’t think they’re deserving of public ridicule, though I’ve done it myself in the past.
Innocent until proven guilty, I suppose.
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That’s not the mob mentality I expect!
How dare you!
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I’m an enlightened centrist of the forums…
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Once saw someone trying to RP as a black dragon who wandered into The Grove in duskwood, RP quickly broke down as people started pointing out how that was impossible before they gave an OOC tantrum and ran off, 10/10 would RP again.
Seriously though, I think it’s on my ignore list and it would take some very good RP/lore for me to actually interact with a ‘dragon RPer’.
Wouldn´t that require you to RP with the dragon RPer first? If you automatically ignore people doin an RP concept, you won´t be able to determine whether someone is RPing that concept in accordance with the lore.
Damn filthy neutrals!
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This 100%. It’s unfair to tar them by the same brush; I’ve seen many disruptive / “bad” human roleplayers over the years, but I don’t ignore them on sight either.
Taking other roleplayers as individuals, not conflating them with past experiences, is what I’d describe as the best approach to roleplay.
Edit: Don’t know why I wrote enjoy instead of ignore, lmao.
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The vast majority of dragon roleplayers are just not very good at what they do (at least per the tastes of the majority of their audience)
I don’t think very many people are offended by the idea of some generic fantasy race being played but rather the kind of player drawn to it - the same way some people didn’t like Iron Horde orcs being played pre-BfA adding them as a race - at least a large portion were weird Garrosh fan iron warlords who hated all of the Horde’s races + considered them weak but also lived in the Wyvern’s Tail or for an Alliance example Scarlet Crusaders (basically similar circumstances but Stormwind / southron cowards … / deus vult spam)
The core concept of an orc from Draenor or a Scarlet crusader or a dragon isn’t inherently super bad but with the playerbase being what it is, I think you can see why people aren’t fond
If most dragon players became triple A rated storytellers overnight you would have absolutely nobody bemoaning them
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I don’t straight up ignore dragon RPers, but I tend to be wary for two reasons;
Dragons are powerful, even if it is sometimes easy to forget with how easily the player character can tie absolutely any opponent (including dragons) into a knot with their eyes closed and one hand behind their back. This means that a dragon RPer will have a lot of power to influence both plots they get involved in as well as the personal stories of characters they encounter. This is a lot of power and responsibility in the hands of a stranger.
For two, dragons tend to attract people who just want to RP a powerful character for its own sake, which usually leads to abuse of point 1.
As said, I do not straight up ignore dragon RPers, but I keep a close eye on them.
Dragon role-play has periods in which it receives spikes of popularity. In general I believe it is much more widespread than what people believe. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were many dragons in this thread.
The bad stigma you speak of won’t go away because we discuss it on the forums: it’s an irrational bias that originates from a fairly annoying trend. But you shouldn’t shy away from RPing the concepts you like because of it.
A lot of players aren’t enclosed within a hivemind and will enjoy your concept if it’s done in a way that is compelling. Start RPing with these players, create friends then make sure that you have their support as you venture through the world. Once you’re part of a community I don’t think people will ignore you anymore. If they do, make sure it’s their loss and enjoy role-playing your toon with the people that matter to you.
You will have an easy time RPing a dragon if you don’t care about who or what may whisper behind your back.
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It’s all a matter of showing it, not talking about it. Unfortunately many people who are interested are repelled by the generic “Dragon RP is rubbish”-mob on these forums, so most don’t even attempt it. It’s a shame really to see people so easily swayed by the oppressive opinions of strangers online.
There has been a lot of talk of dragons lately, so maybe times are finally changing? I for one have higher hopes than ever before
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Zarental is really a senile black dragon who came from Outland to Azeroth
Well you can gage a lot by someones profile and observing them for a bit, so that’s why a said “I think it’s on my ignore list” rather than always. From my experience i’ve only had good encounter with a dragon RP, the rest i’ve seen have been nothing short of lolling or terrible knowledge of lore leading to quickly broken down RP, normally with everyone pointing out lore holes until the fail RP leaves. So as a rule of thumb I assume they are fail RP and will reframe from engaging unless i’ve observed something to warrant giving them a chance, otherwise it’s as bad as child RP etc and is usually embarrassing to be seen with.
Thank you for mentioning. I do wanna say first of all, that we are not a dragon guild. (While we may hold some, it is not the topic, or any big part of the rp.)
I however do support Dragon roleplay in the way that it is not much different than other rp. There may have been bad experiences, so people have a stigma against it… however, in my opinion, that applies to many, many, things. As an example: On my original server, where i roleplayed, the view on lore is far more pragmatic, and simplistic, even death knights and illidari only entering bigger towns is frowned upon. (Likely due to bad experiences)
Additioally, the argument that dragons are so extreme powerful, is also wrong (at least in my opinion), as they are not really that powerful, they are not much more powerful than other people anymore by now, in my opinion, i would put them on a level with illidari and deathknights, (And also, that does depend on the situation, a dragon in their mortal form is very very vulnerable) A dragon in their dragon form may be a fearable opponent, simply due to their size, and strenght, additional to their defense.
However, encountering a dragon in their dragon form is very rare.
I have/had a very unique policy when it comes to dragon rp, yet, it seemingly got me and even my guild in trouble (appearingly!) Because it seemingly is so frowned upon. I have been open about it, (obviously only ooc, not ic) yet, people got seemingly mad over it, however i do not really get why. In fact, one of the reasons i encourage openness about is, that people that dislike dragon roleplay, or any other kind of rp (and that is their good right) do not have to roleplay with me, and they can of course avoid me.
If you hate onto dragon roleplayers, you force them to hide. Yet, you still roleplay with them, without even knowing.
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Literally the only issue I have with Dragon RPers are ones who go around doing it badly just because they want to be OP. From what I can tell in the lore these days, Dragons aren’t anywhere near as strong as they used to be and most of them could easily be put down in humanoid form by another skilled combatant, or if they take their true form, brought down by a few skilled fighters also. Just look at Senegos and the stuff with the Withered in Azsuna.
I get being OP is fun to some people, but it’s not fun for most others on the receiving end and I feel like a lot of people need a bit more foresight into what they’re actually trying to RP. Going “I’m a Dragon dun dun duuuun” just because you want to be OP is very shallow and pointless. Please RP something else if you’re going to do that.
Twilight dragon RP is galaxy brained
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