Bringing non-RPers to the server.

[Grisch]

So over the last few days, I've gotten one of my friends into world of warcraft (I know I'll be going to a special place when I die for that). He's a complete MMO newbie. Anyway, I started him off with me on TN and I play an alt with him untill he knows what's going on. We're having a blast at the moment, some of the most fun I've had in game for a long time.

Anyway, he's completely new to online RP, and would not have joined the server for RP. He's willing to give RP a shot, but I can't expect it from him as it wasn't his choice. He seems to be having a blast regardless.

I've also had one of my other RL friends who was playing on another server, roll here because of my guild. He also has no idea of RP. I've explained it to him, but once again, not sure if he'll actually take to the RP side.

Now in the past I've flamed people horribly for rolling here when they don't actually intend to RP. I'm feeling kinda guilty about this now since I've just invited 2 non-rpers over. Granted, both of them have the potential to RP, and neither of them would ever actually grief RPers even if they didn't roleplay, but the point is that this server is set up FOR roleplayers.

Just wondering what the consensus is with everyone else.

[Netherlyn]

Can't say I hold it against you... I have friends who play on this server as well who are new to RP. Most of them are willing to simply talk in complete sentences in /say and such, and save the OOC banter for /guild-type channels, which I believe, even though they don't have backgrounds or detailed personalities for their characters, still means they are not violating the environmental aspects of an RP server, and so aren't really a problem. I do find myself correcting them from time to time on my alt, since that is where I see most of them, but all in all I haven't recieved any complaints about them. They certainly aren't RP-griefers to be sure. I guess I just don't find anything wrong with that so long as they keep the environment in mind and respect it.

[Brakogar]

Hang him!!!



Just kidding :P

[Karkarov]

Nobody was born thinking, "hey it would be fun to go play this game where I write a 20 page backstory and pretend to be someone else!". Just remember to let them into RP easily, not hardcore crazy. I still have never written down Karkarov's backstory though I know what it is. Having fun should always come first and as long as they dont act luke a d00d thats enough for me anyway.

[NorthFace]

HE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!

...


I got better.

[Gannarak]

HE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!

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I got better.

Priceless XD

J-

[NorthFace]

As far as the subject at hand, though.. A server consisting enitrely of RPers, while cool on paper, will obviously never exist. The endeavor shouldn't be to try and weed out anyone who isn't an RPer... it should be to get rid of those who look down on RP. Fact is, there are plenty of servers out there with that in mind. They're called "PVE" and "PVP" servers.

As long as you're not bringing asshats who are going to shout about hockey and football at the IF auction house bridge, you're fine.

[Soraxis]

I brought my old server admin from NWN (RP server, thats where I learned all I know...including that a dwarf monk is hard to RP as a drunk also) here and then it turns out he just doesnt wanna RP much in say and enjoy the game...really confuses me because now I'm the one going around saying STAY IN CHARACTER not him

[Gannarak]

I am personnaly not bothered by non-rpers, I adapt to the people I'm with. However, they should not openly break the RP of others, I actually had a person yesterday who almost got pissed because I was RPing O_o

J-

[Abric]

... if their names suck ass, I'm reporting them. DOOM!

Just keep in mind that the best thing to tell a new roleplayer is the purpose isn't to sit around and talk about the death of your family from the hands of orc's... but to act "normal", just in the way that you ARE the character.

A good "beginning" character is always... you. Be 'you', just a you that might be a big ass cow or some troll or orc. KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.

And god forbid keep them away from the Alliance.

Grisch's Friend: Um... hail?
Alliance Night Elf: FORSOOTH! Thee family has died and noweth I siteth on this rock crying thy selfeth to my DOOM!
Alliance Paladin: FORSOOTH foul nave! I am a Paladin but I am different from all other paladins by not BEING a paladin of the Light, but just having innate paladin powers *Bubbles and Hearths*
Alliance Human: Yarrrr! The paladin be ri-GARRRH *Changes into a demon*
Grisch's Friend: ... I'm so going to kick Grisch's butt for this.

... yeah. And keep them away from the Barrens.

AbricOOC
~Pot shot at the Alliance? Yeeeeeeeeeees

[Xeran]

Good points on fitting in, Abric. That's essentially how I play all my characters. Xeran - if I was a paladin, Ajanon - if I was a Night Elf, etc. I seldom need to think about what my character wants, because it's what I want too.

I don't have a problem with the non-RPers, just the Anti-RPers. Non-RPers tend to try to fit in and live and let live. Anti-RPers actually go out of their way to act like schmucks.

To ease them being here, I'd also recommend making up a simple backstory (just a paragraph: who they are and where they're from) and to have some pre-thought out IC ways of bowing out of situations where they don't feel like RPing. (Something besides "Gah! Heart attack!! *falls down*")

[Grisch]

Yeah, already laid down the law about names and /s and /y channels. I wouldn't bring someone here that wasn't going to respect that.

Heck, if their names suck ass, I'LL report them.

[Garbhan]

[quote="Abric
Grisch's Friend: Um... hail?
Alliance Night Elf: FORSOOTH! Thee family has died and noweth I siteth on this rock crying thy selfeth to my DOOM!
Alliance Paladin: FORSOOTH foul nave! I am a Paladin but I am different from all other paladins by not BEING a paladin of the Light, but just having innate paladin powers *Bubbles and Hearths*
Alliance Human: Yarrrr! The paladin be ri-GARRRH *Changes into a demon*
Grisch's Friend: ... I'm so going to kick Grisch's butt for this.[/quote]

ANON!

[Alucian]

My brother came to the server to play with us. He had no desire to RP, and usually doesn't, unless it's a guild function. I think he's the first "hick" night elf rogue I've ever seen. ;)

There's a difference between coming here and choosing not to RP and coming here with the intention to distrupt RP. Big, big difference. :)

[Soraxis]

Ahem C4ST0R (Mortica can we have his name changed to that?)!!!

[EnheilRas]

I brought my girlfriend to play on here.

I, honestly, was embarrassed on how she was acting so out-of-character. I told her that it was better that she no longer play on Twisting Nether, and we find a normal PvE/PvP server.

She quit and bought Oblivion.

Now I don't see her anymore.

Oooh well.. I got rank 10 again.

[Karkarov]

WEll who can blame her Oblivion=teh pwn.

That being said it isnt a good idea to chew out your girlfriend over her lack of RP initiative on WoW. Well unless you want her to dump you anyway ;p.

[EnheilRas]

But that's the strangest thing, you see.

She had been roleplaying table-top longer than I had ever been. She was playing D&D, had damned sired me in Vampire: The Masquerade (Which she LARP'd for God's Sake!), had even joined my Rifts Campaign, was heavily experienced in IRC and Text-Based Free-Form, and now she's hardcore WarHammer 40K (Playign Imperium).

It really made no sense whatsoever.

[Abric]

...

Nuke, make that comment in Inferno, so I can respond to it in kind.

General forum response? Eh... some roleplayers need a break from roleplaying everything.

Me? Shopping. I don't roleplay when I shop.

AbricOOC
~Except for RP stuff. FORSOOTH!

[Vilmah]

That being said it isnt a good idea to chew out your girlfriend over her lack of RP initiative on WoW. Well unless you want her to dump you anyway ;p.

Can I do that to my boyfriend?? Because seriously, he doesn't want to RP as much as I do and it's making me sad. =(

[EnheilRas]

...

Nuke, make that comment in Inferno, so I can respond to it in kind.

..which one?

Also, I've decided not to make the obvious innuendo about "chewing out my girlfriend" joke today. I just don't feel like it right now..

EDIT: Well, I guess alluding to it is the same as making it. Damn.

[Mortica]

back onto the original topic:

When TN first came about I talked a couple who were friends of mine from my previous server into starting alts over here.

They made two cute blonde trolls name Marykate and Ashlee.

Luckily they never played here past the first couple of days.