Because it is basic empathy. Reacting against bullyism and mobbing it’s part of basic human decency, something I am not sure you understand. What you are doing - as an attitude - is unfair and it also reflects in an awful way over all of the community.
This forms of harassment, mobbing and toxicity are the real problem. Not the OOCers. It is when people act like you are doing that others want to stop role-playing, or don’t feel invested with the community anymore, or schisms begin. YOU are the problem.
No it’s not true, lol. I’ve been playing on ER and SWC since vanilla and no one ever role-played at the AH. On AD I’ve arrived in Cataclysm and I can tell you there were no role-players in the AH either. That’s 11 years ago.
So if you are seriously trying to pull something around the likes of “uuh, the server is getting worse and worse because I can’t RP on AH and that’s the OOCers fault”, you’re either entirely deluded and entitled or you’re making up stuff.
Thank you for confirming you are unreasonable. I hope you’re doing it because you want to strike a point, because if you really believe that OOCers are such a big problem just because they occupy AH or run around Orgrimmar/Stormwind with mounts - Yikes - You’re so stuck in your head.
It is not?
First of all, if you haven’t realized yet, everyone knows Kel’s main, and he hasn’t obscured himself like you have.
Second, I’m not arguing with him. You may not know, but contesting the credibility of every single person on the forums isn’t part of my principles, henceforth is not hypocrisy. You are the one speaking with me now, aren’t you? Then show some spine, damnit, and stop with this whataboutism.
Third. I don’t believe in tracing people’s history. I prefer to look at the arguments / the substance. But in your case I had to question you - because either your main character is banned and you’re breaching the rules or you willingly hide your characters, which is also against another standard that you hold dear: in your comments, you implied that you value post history, character continuity and traceability. In both of these scenarios, you use a double standard: you apply these things to others but not to yourself.
If you don’t have the spine to uphold what you think is valuable, much like Nerathion above, and don’t follow what you believe helps the server, why should I bother with you? I will answer myself: I really should not.
Hope you have a good saturday 