Howdy folks,
I hope y’all been coping during this crisis and haven’t had to resort too much on the spiral of negative thinking. I know some folks are just fine with the situation, but not everyone can handle it as well. Lots of different people out there.
Anyways, before I get too pulled into that thought, I just wanted to check with you folks about roleplay and few ideas I’ve been having around it. I haven’t had active account status in WoW for a good while now, I’ve had some time to think about these things as well.
How do people fare outside the standard roleplay definitions, and does the region define your intended roleplay?
In the paste I’ve seen the roleplay turn into what roleplay should be in per region/bubble and how people behave around the scenarios. I’ve just noted that it profoundly impacts folks’ way of character creation depending on which zone i.e., in Stormwind, Duskwood, Ironforge, or elven lands they choose. Almost like peer pressure to create something that you fit the surrounding people and no, I am not talking about it from an in-character perspective. You’d think this would be obvious, but why people do it? Or if they do it at all? I could be wrong.
Do you find it challenging to find roleplay outside the designated areas in Eastern Kingdoms or Kalimdor?
Now, I know well that there are people that can arrange these occasions pretty well with the help of guilds and communities, but how about your ad hoc approaches? Something that does not tie you into a community or active guild that continuously defines your actions of definitions of character in-directly or directly?
What is your view on character creation, and what drives you when it comes to characters in World of Warcraft?
I personally try to create characters that fit in the lore and do not adhere to pop culture rules or any other strange remarks outside Warcraft’s boundaries. Though I am aware of questlines, stories and easter eggs in the game itself that could be pointed out as pop culture reference, in-directly. But I never really given that to be a good enough reason to have characters background story that externally reminds me of pop culture stars or something similar to that range. Still, I won’t deny that from anyone, people can do what they want with their characters. Still, it doesn’t change my character’s puzzling behavior around them. Either how I am curious to hear what you folks have to say about this.
Is there a mental force driven to achieve “serious” roleplay and less force towards light-weight and comical roleplay?
The wording of the above question isn’t perhaps the best to form the scenario. Still, I’ve taken notice that on some occasions, people seek a more dramatic, serious, and rigid approach to the roleplay at times. Perhaps even more nowadays. Do we aim to it due to the current atmosphere or because it is the trend? I’m not sure.
I used to create characters that weren’t exactly in the serious spectrum, but they were things, i.e. aloof druid that sat in the gardens, eating bowls of fruit salads in a bear form, frustrated janitor cleaning stairs after messy visitors, deranged dwarf selling door hinges as a solution to everything or alcoholic brewery owner from Ironforge with bad jokes. I could add a few more examples, but I can’t recall the older ones.
Bonus question: do you have any ideas for goofy characters?
I’d thought this would lighten up the day for everyone. 
Take care and stay safe!
