[Rant] Stop This, Seriously.

[Jistuma 1996]

I'll go point by point I guess.

 

when the server is ment to be set in the 15th century

Not suppose to be in the 15th century. It's a fantasy setting without guns, with magic, with dwarves, elves, orcs humans and khas, with alchemy, and sometimes advanced or ancient technology, depending on what it is.

 

and I see people wearing Fedoras and 20th century suits

Well, Fedoras are hats so it's perfectly alright for someone to wear a hat. As for 20th century suits, they shouldn't be on any skins. If they get changes thought, made look a bit more fantasy like, or old like, then it's perfectly acceptable.

 

Moving on, this is when I really start to get pissed off, I walk around to see people with vibrant coloured hair, which is completely stupid, why on earth would a Woman want her dye her like that in the 15th century, oh wait, they wouldn't!

It's actually part of the lore that certain women like painting their hair. Such are the wood elves, that many times LOVE painting their hair various colors. Also, not 15th century, where have you read that?

 

the worst thing of all is when I see people with Weapons and tools that don't fit the time period whatsoever, I see people using hypodermic needles which didn't even exist until the 19TH CENTURY.

Has been talked before in threads, while modern needles shouldn't be rp'ed, in there server, there is high grade blacksmithing skills and metal work. Needles are possible, and I've seen many types of needles, from the huge ones made of metal, to ones made from banbu.

 

to continue with this, yesterday I saw someone using a /Wrench/ as a weapon, a Wrench, a tool which is used to dissasemble and help assemble nuts and bolts, which again, don't even exist.

Nuts are just pieces of metal shaped to be able to be turned to grab onto something. As it is in the server, metalwork is HIGHLY advanced. While it would be rare, it could also be possible to exist bolts in LOTC.

 

The reason why this annoys me so much is because when I create a skin/character I try to make their apparel and look fit the time period as well as their overall character, I was so tempted to give one of my characters a Cutlass, but as they weren't even invented yet, I decided not to, and instead gave him a Falchion

You can have a Cutlass, it's not lore breaking, and it's just a shape of a sword. It will not break the fantasy setting, it's part of it.

 

If you want to play some edgy steam punk guy with a respirator I suggest you find another RP server or try to come up with an alternative.

Fun fact, that's actually possible.

[edit]I actually missread this, but still possible. Please look at the Teutonic order suits that existed in Asulon. Teutonic Order used to be one of the most developed guild on the server thought.

 

Now to end on a positive note I will add that most of the people on the server especially groups such as Renatus, Carrion etc actually do use skins, armour and weapons that actually fit with the time period, along with some other groups who are less advanced in technology such as the Fáoláins (Hate to brag), Orcs and Kha who use more primitive weaponry and armour, so props to you lot!

And Dwarves are more advanced in metalwork and building, and druids normally live in hollow trees, Blundermore used to live in a tall tower on a floating piece of rock, High elves seem to be excelent masonry workers, wood elves are... I think they have normal houses.

It's all part of lore of the server. I believe you have the wrong idea what the "timeline" and lore of the server is.

[Rig 17581]

LotC is not meant to be set in the 15th century. Some of our technology, attitudes, and ideologies are as advanced or more advanced than those of modern times, and other technology, attitudes, and ideologies are analogous to the early Middle Ages, or earlier. We're really not medieval at all. (Not to mention that most people who try to act medieval actually fail to be realistic and base their 'medievalism' off of misconceptions).

[Katherine1 362]

I don't remember it specifying green, and again, I don't think it matters. Don't have a conniption over how a character chooses to dye their hair.

I remember it saying green somewhere, but that's the thing. Cultures change over time, and the number of acceptable colors for dyed hair among the Wood Elves has increased. My wood elf currently dyes her hair red.

Because red hair = best hair <3

[Ark 2835]

Realism rp is best rp

[Lima 774]

If you don't mind me adding my two cence...

 

The reality is that many people do kinda... lore breaking stuff on the RP server. I would like to think that people should at least in appearance adhere to the environments they live in to a degree. 

I have seen people in checkered shirts and freaking headphones with skinned on converses a lot as of recent. If this post was addressing that its fairly good to assume they don't have all of these and its stupid. For people to be wearing heavy great coats and the like its also pretty certain they do, but most people have characters that are workers or live in harsh conditions and don't reflect it at all in RP.

The cultists living in Embermoor for example might be suited to fitting their skins to reflect the fact they live in a damp swamp, just making sure they RP it all out that its a really hostile area to live in. Its generally keeping to the theme of fantasy, LOTRish, DnDish, all of these things ish.

As much as we want to say we don't live in a medieval time period we can ground a lot of our basis off these time periods, and while there is indeed technological disparity between groups due to various recovered technologies the cultural appearances based on clothing may not change or develop as fast. A elf wearing a dress is fine, a elf wearing a shirt and trousers is fine, but they really should fit the part when in these clothes and not have faces of creepers on their skins.

As for weapons, generally speaking you should consider what weapons were and weren't being developed by gun powder upon their creation or the environments they were designed for. I am happy with someone trying to kill my character with a saber, katana or the likes because people wear chain, and frankly chain will stop a slashing weapon, and the early sabres were used in hot desert environments where such Armour made you get too hot. If people forget the context of the weapons used they become redundant.

[Emp 209]

On one hand, I understand the OP, and similarly prefer 'western', medieval fantasy RP.

On the other hand, I can appreciate deviation from perceived 'confines' in the pursuit of a colourful world.

But on the other, other hand, I wonder what the effect of making borderline allowances is.
It seems to me that, though this is a medieval fantasy RP server "based on LotR", there are different groups coming to it for different things. On one half, 'Western' RPers come for medieval kingdoms, guilds, political power-plays, and glorious battles. Thing is, they seem to rarely interact with the other half of the server that seems to take inspiration from anime, steampunk, and/or young adult fiction for all I can tell. I get the feeling that neither will interact with the other for their disdain of what is unrealistic, and/or 'special snowflake' RP - or, conversely, what is seen as oppressively gritty and hostile, and/or pedantically held to a standard of realism.

 

Sadly, as long as there's no definitive standard, these groups will continue to roleplay bereft of the other. Perhaps it doesn't matter as long as they're on the server, but I believe it's close-minded cliques, not ghost towns, that lead to diffused RP and lower player-retention rates. If groups are looking for more roleplay, numbers, quality, and ultimately, fun, they should be thinking about how they can cater to, and unify, different server demographics.

[Delrof 381]

Okaaay, so... I'll keep it simple.

REAL LIFE =/= A FANTASY MINECRAFT ROLEPLAY SERVER

Also, for the needle thing... Well...

Magic? To me that's honestly not good enough, at all, to just explain something with one word especially when it is 'Magic' is honestly pathetic, It's just an excuse to say that something can work without giving it any real purpose to do so, take this for example, a Huge, 90ft spiked claymore that someone can throw around like a normal Sword because of 'Magic' is like saying you're actually just using magic rather than hulking around a 90ft Claymore, If you could perhaps instead give me a proper reason as to why it may exist without just simply saying 'Magic' as that's pretty much just saying 'I have no clue lol'

[Travista 1361]

Yub.

[Heff 2460]

Im just sick of seeing bright and colorful anime characters running around. I never saw really any of that in Asulon but that might have been my own isolation in Malinor.

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

 

Im just sick of seeing bright and colorful anime characters running around. I never saw really any of that in Asulon but that might have been my own isolation in Malinor.

you wanna ******* go m8?

 

@OP This is a fantasy server, not some medieval knightly one. Grow a pair.

 

[lawnmowerman 3040]

idk why but i read usopp's post like he was really aggravated and plain mad

 

anyways tbh if u really want serious and very low-fantasy RP, join a human nation

[monkeypoacher 8055]

just because it's fantasy doesn't mean you get to speak in shitty modern pop culture references and name yourself after anime characters

 

smh

[WuHanXianShi14 0]

I remember it saying green somewhere, but that's the thing. Cultures change over time, and the number of acceptable colors for dyed hair among the Wood Elves has increased. My wood elf currently dyes her hair red.

Because red hair = best hair <3

The current rule for hair dye in Leyulin is keep it natural.

Naturey greens, reds, and golds are fine, bright neon pink is not.

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

idk why but i read usopp's post like he was really aggravated and plain mad

 

anyways tbh if u really want serious and very low-fantasy RP, join a human nation

 

just because it's fantasy doesn't mean you get to speak in shitty modern pop culture references and name yourself after anime characters

 

smh

 

I am angry because obviously all my characters are based on anime characters and use magic to do anime things !!! (I'm not actually mad lol, it was just because he ranted so much so I decided to shoot him down :o)

 

And Charoodler, that kind of RP is poor RP in general. It's the same as mimicking GoT or some other popular media thingo. Should talk to whoever does that about changing their name or talk to a GM, as I've seen GMs intervene with that **** in the past.

[Narthok 10416]

Realism rp is best rp

Wish we could have realistic feudal rp.. muh immershun