Love: Despicable neutrals. Horde v Alliance isn’t very interesting to me, so neutral rp is cool.
Hate: Void elves who act like bubbly teens. Sorry, but would a character like that have really left Silvermoon with Umbric? To persue dangerous void research on a shattered planet?
What I like as well are loyalties beyond just Horde and Alliance.
For example, Sathrynn is loyal to Silvermoon first and foremost - the fact that the Blood Elves are part of the Horde is the reason she even visits Orgrimmar. If the Regent Lord proclaimed that the Blood Elves were leaving the Horde for the Alliance then she wouldn’t really care all that much.
And within the Alliance your loyalties can be far more complex than Blue Lion Good. Who has your footman sworn allegiance to? Stormwind (really should be the Kingdom of Azeroth tbh), Stromgarde, etc.? Those kingdoms are part of the Alliance but he doesn’t fight for the Alliance, he fights for the people of his home town that are in the Kingdom of Stromgarde and the like.
Just… like there’s an NPC in the Horde conquest of that pirate port in Tirisgarde Sound that mentions his ‘Alliance Roots’. The Alliance as it exists now has barely been around since Warcraft III, you can be very loyal and support it in a compelling and interesting IC way, but don’t treat it like it’s some sort of mythical kingdom that’s been around forever.
They mean, ignoring trollers, OOCers etc. But it comes out different.
My personal issue with it is that it’s already understood by basically everyone that people will more often than not ignore those anyway, there’s no need to specify it or even mention. And those groups(Trollers, OOCers) wont read it anyway.
Especially since the people who put it in tend to extend it to anyone they don’t like(So certain rp concepts, characters, guilds, “PCU” etc).
If anything, in many cases it shows an indicator that the person is quite toxic behind the character. That’s been my experience in most situations atleast.
Not exactly in-game related, but here goes anyway.
Love: The friendly and helpful atmosphere on these here forums for those genuinely looking to get into RP.
Hate: The knee jerk “Do you RP?” and “OOC 
” comments. Not going to into more detail on my thoughts on that.
i too hate that they are necessary 
in a perfect world…
Do you RP?
Re: the velf comment, seconded. In fact I’d extend it to anyone who uses magic like the void and has such a disposition, same for fel.
Such magics… would take their toll I imagine. They’re a bit more than “a weapon of choice” in that regard. They imply certain approaches towards more than the magic itself, as such is required to fuel said magic. It would be very difficult to become a proficient user of said magic and not be affected so much as nobody would have an inkling “there’s something odd here” and then not discover you’re versed in said magic until you mention it. I think this is why a fair amount of such individuals have physical mutations signalling such. That’s their “tell” rather than it showing in their behaviour say.
This isn’t to say all users of void and fel should be damaged and messed up. I think it “leaving some kind of mark” should be visible though in their disposition. This might just me. One of the things I like about Gar’dhal here being a former Shadowmoon Void Priest (now an astrologer whom still void gazes reasonably often) is that it allows me to explore a character whom isn’t reduced to quivering mess by his void use, but I get to treat it as an additional piece of interesting baggage he has and carries around with him that has left some pecularities in his behaviour without reducing him to being a cartoonish madman.
Velf as an entire race have this possibility due to their theme, and I find it a bit… wasteful I guess when people goes to largely ignore it and treat it as simply a “preferred weapon”. Same for light users. I like to see these things creep through the obvious use of the tool. A warriors profession shapes their behaviour and approach to things generally, same for rogues. I don’t feel like nuanced versions of this for different magic users (particularly spiritual powers like light and void) is always reflected in a manner (if it is at all) beyond quite shallow caricatures.
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They mean, ignoring trollers, OOCers etc. But it comes out different.
Huh. But… an OOCer wouldn’t have TRP and wouldn’t see the message anyway, no?
Lots of stuff has been said already… Mh.
What I like:
What I dislike:
While this is some good advice, I’d like to encourage people to approach these statues as well, even if they seem to just stand there for hours and you don’t expect the best RP from it.
This is after all meant for new people to get some insight into people’s minds on AD and I know for a fact a lot of those statue roleplayers are new people trying to get into roleplaying, but are afraid to approach people - as such easier for them to be approached.
A major thing I rarely see when IC consequence is deserved. Instead they go OOC or rather, stand there like a statue as if it didn’t happen and walk away.
Much like everything else in relation to roleplaying, it’s a way to instantly let everyone else know how immensely superior you are to everyone else. You’re actually so experienced and capable that you can dismiss mere peasants in droves by calling them “the usual”.
The “usual” is parody TRPs, troll whispers, and godmoding. It’s basically just… y’know. Bad things? Universally frowned-upon aspects of roleplaying? It’s like saying “I don’t like trolls” but put in such a way that you come across as someone who rose above the masses.
If you need to bring attention to how much you don’t react to trolls, you’re literally reacting to trolls at the expense of ‘valuable’ TRP space. It’s like writing “F the haters” in your bio in this year of our lord 2020.
Predominantly statue rper here!
The reason I am a statue rper is that I find it incredibly hard to pluck up the courage and confidence to walk up to people and initiate roleplay. This is because, in the past, I’ve had people ignore or waft me away dismissively. Of course, this was IC and could’ve just been the way their character acts, but sometimes you get a vibe that it’s OOC leaking into IC so I now find it a tad bit difficult to approach. This is also because I’m a lil’ bit introverted and need time to get going and warm up to people, also it could be that I just don’t have a clue what to say. It’s not as easy for everyone to do, unfortunately.
Funny I remember when it started, when people used to list all the things they ignore. They named them all. And the someone comes through with a TRP line “ignores the usual.”
Nothing to be ashamed of, just take your time and eventually you’ll step out of your comfort zone and I’m sure you’ll have fun.
Yeah I don’t particularly like to ‘demonise’ ( which is much to strong a word but a better one escapes me) statue players. Like it doesn’t strike me as a very fun thing to do but I get why people do it. People be shy, anxious or just distracted by other stuff.
What helped me about that when I was fresh to RP was forcing myself to play an overly jolly and social character. Of course in a way that is fun for me and not painful. That made it easy for me to start approaching people left and right on other characters.
Try it out! And dont worry, you’ll warm up to it all in no time.
From my experiences, it’s more of an adrenaline packed typing frenzy at first.
Like, your mind is racing, your muscles tense, your tongue is dry and your eyes tunnel on the chatbox to a point where you don’t even see when another person joins in. There’s cold sweat running down your armpits and you’re feverishly trying to come up with something to reply that the other party can work with.
In this state, obviously, you make mistakes. First typos, then mischaracterizations. If a topic is discussed too long, there’s a good chance your character will contradict themselves because, on the rollercoaster of emotions, you first took a left, then a right turn.
In that moment, it matters not. You are fixed on that next reply. It needs to be timely, or else. But once the session is over and you part ways, everything you just did passes your mental eye once more and a wave of regrets, embarassment and dread wash over you.
Certainly, you are proud of your achievement, of reaching out, but also feel defeated, like an utter idiot, who just paraded their foolishness for all to see live on stage. All your mistakes, all the missed opportunities, everything comes back to bite you, entirely blown out of proportion in your mind.
You suddenly tell yourself you are a failure and worse, a pest, since you were the one who subjected that poor guy to your drivel. No, worse even, you are a filthy thief. Brazenly, you stole precious time of their life. Plus, your temples hurt like all hell.
There’s precious little sleep that night. You still feel tired when you wake up and frightful of even logging back into the character. And when you do log back on, you feel stupid once more…
…because all that emotional drama was entirely unfounded.
If you keep pushing further, it slowly gets better and better. Until you take a break and you’re suddenly back to being a glorified street decoration. Such is the life of a statue.
TL;DR: I concur, to a degree.
It’s typically more painful than fun at first, but it gets better if one keeps at it. Plus, you meet a lot more people that way and the more people you meet, the higher the chances to find a circle of people you jive well with.
Of course, once a core group is found, it’s easy to fall into bubble RP, as it saves one a world of stress. But that’s a bit of a trap, as a lot of the progress made via confrontation slowly crumbles away.