clonky 1920 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 ON ROLEPLAY DISTINCTION What is the purpose that we log onto LOTC, whether it be every day, every week, or only when you feel like it? LOTC is a Minecraft Roleplay server, where people spend their free time to relax and have fun. Many of us are in school, in college, or working a 9-5 job. We’re regular people looking to get away from our own reality to simply enjoy our time on a Mineman server. The primary reasons that people decide to log on are usually for Roleplay purposes. That’s what the entirety of this server is based off of. Some people have their own hobby that they like to partake in on LOTC. It can be PVP, Roleplay, Building, etc. It’s a wide variety that we take advantage of every day, and we do it because it gives us fun. This leads me to the topic of this post. We come on LOTC to primarily have fun. It should not matter what nation you are a part of, what group you identify with, it should matter whether you are enjoying yourself. My opinion is that although you can commit time to one nation or one group, you can always commit time to the other, and you shouldn’t have to worry about the backlash coming from one or the other. Joining one singular group does not mean your whole LOTC career must revolve around another person’s desires. I leave everyone with this: It is you who decides how your fun is created. You are the decider of the type of distinct roleplay you want to have. Now, why aren’t we supporting friends when they decide that they aren’t having fun anymore? Why aren’t we supporting each other when another player is able to gain an awesome position in an awesome nation? It does not matter where you decide to go, it should matter whether your old allies or acquaintances are enjoying what they’re doing. Support each other in endeavors. How can you hate someone for doing something they thoroughly enjoy? My friends, stop the toxicity and stop assuming that one sole person owes utmost loyalty unto you or your group. Minds change, people change, and you shouldn’t destroy someone for the sole purpose of their roleplay distinction. This is a Minecraft Roleplay server, let’s let people roleplay and have fun, because at the end of the day, that’s why we log on. P.S. Please feel free to offer your own opinions, this is an open topic, and I am simply submitting my own opinion. This is not directed at any one group. Refrain from toxicity on this thread. We should be coming together, not fighting each other over the right and wrong. 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickando 3385 Share Posted September 22, 2021 what happened why have you posted this 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCHENN 3661 Share Posted September 22, 2021 +1, i don’t think i’ve ever agreed to an insight post as much as this. oftentimes we see too much ostracizing and sudden change of character to various people in this situation. while we invest personal time into our characters and the community around us, we shouldn’t let it devolve into toxic machinations - its a spirit that can’t he encouraged on the server where people’s RP are fluid and want to have fun 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonky 1920 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, bickando said: what happened why have you posted this I just posted this because I believe that you should be able to have fun on LOTC no matter what Roleplay you gravitate towards. Here's a quote from my dear friend Epistile: "Why consistently try to bring away someone else’s fun because you oocly disagree with it" I believe this quote solely sums up the reason why I posted this, and what the post entails! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint swag 2379 Share Posted September 22, 2021 do people believe otherwise? must be sad 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werew0lf 11729 Share Posted September 22, 2021 sorry for bullying you yesterday I didn’t think ud make an insight post about it 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonky 1920 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Werew0lf said: sorry for bullying you yesterday I didn’t think ud make an insight post about it LOL… 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnsider 4540 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I remember being in Church of the Canon discord and there were a significant number of people who had the belief that if you play a character that is opposing their character, they have the responsibility to ban you from every discord where they have mod rights and that you clearly "aren't being a friend." "It's just smart. You clearly don't have my best interests at heart." I've heard that there have been people who were banned from Discords just for attending the Dumapalooza that my little vassal city put on. This shouldn't be normal behavior. It should be called out. It should get the people who let these IC conflicts disrupt OOC relationships ostracized from this community. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jentos 6675 Share Posted September 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, Burnsider said: I remember being in Church of the Canon discord and there were a significant number of people who had the belief that if you play a character that is opposing their character, they have the responsibility to ban you from every discord where they have mod rights and that you clearly "aren't being a friend." "It's just smart. You clearly don't have my best interests at heart." I've heard that there have been people who were banned from Discords just for attending the Dumapalooza that my little vassal city put on. This shouldn't be normal behavior. It should be called out. It should get the people who let these IC conflicts disrupt OOC relationships ostracized from this community. I think this is the kind of behaviour that should be cut down. It's flagrant how much of an OOC game certain groups of people play, with an utmost disregard for a narrative that does not end with a personal victory. I should take the example of when Qizu burned down the Providence Cathedral, creating an OOC outcry against what had been a rare case of dynamic roleplay. Edit : I think its also fair to mention that Qizu and the associated Azdrazi were messaged by certain players, intended to threaten their actions, and manipulate how they behaved IRP through OOC mediums, something that seems increasingly pervasive in certain communities who care more about outcomes than storytelling. We can compare the OOC outcry of the Cathedral, to the downfall of Ando-Lur, which by comparison was very well received by a community that was willing to move on and take the whole affair as a bout of tasteful roleplay. In the end, it's not about winning. It's about creating a story. More steps should be taken to enforce this, crack down on problematic groups. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukio 8908 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Werew0lf said: sorry for bullying you yesterday I didn’t think ud make an insight post about it You'll never beat Muffins writing her post "On Toxicity and Kindness" about me though wwolf... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydegirl 1718 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Jentos said: snip tbh, i think theres a huge problem with human rp and creating storylines. human rp is largely centered around nobility, nobility can create drama, so on and so forth. for example: rebecca wants to be the queen of the Kingdom of pete burns, and devises a plot with her friends to help her, however, jenny becomes the queen. now heres where it can go two ways, rebecca can continue to fight for it, or she can simply give up and say "oh well. maybe next time!" (which, usually happens). i really wish human rp'ers wouldn't get pissy when someone wants to create tasteful, dynamic, storylines instead of just "curtys to the queen of pete burns' kingdom*" or whatever. while court rp and more laid-back rp can be fun, it can get boring really quickly when you don't create enough drama, events, or just repeat events over and over again. (also not to mention court rp isn't the center of rp). i remember during the sutican war, the suticans or ferrymen or whoever sent locusts to eat/destroy all our crops; what i thought would happen is that we would rp out a famine because of this, yet- players screamed that they needed food and strongly opposed this. a lot of my critiques on human rp revolves around this, since i've played a majority of human characters 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeHaze. 2478 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Roleplay is a medium best suited for a small group of friends.You will never have fun if you are playing in someone else's sandbox. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jentos 6675 Share Posted September 22, 2021 52 minutes ago, DrakeHaze. said: Roleplay is a medium best suited for a small group of friends.You will never have fun if you are playing in someone else's sandbox. This is the kind of ideology which brings people to scream out in OOC. This is a server - states, and individuals will collide, and they must, because that's the thrill, it's the entire point of LoTC's geopolitics, except these are often marred by jaded individuals incomprehensibly angry that people have different ideas and desires in roleplay, and might even influence them, including aggressive and unethical behaviour. Roleplay is mean to be fluid, to be about interaction first and foremost, and to roleplay only with small groups leads to eventual stagnation, to a certain staleness. If roleplay indeed is better suited for a small group of friends, and you foremost care for the highest quality of roleplay, then by all means set up a private server. Otherwise, we have to know to let go of our ego when it comes to interacting with each other. We can share a sandbox, and have fun. It's entirely possible, but it all depends on the mindset of the different parties involved. But if we're all reaching for a non-existent crown while jabbing at each other through means other than roleplay, then we have a problem. We have to accept that we are here to roleplay, to play a role. And that includes losing, being lying to, to get fooled. People unwilling to accept those losses are the problem. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatRolePlay 1692 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Let me RP my cringe anime Elf. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukio 8908 Share Posted September 22, 2021 NooooOOOOOoooo you can't just roleplay your character in a way that might harm mine even if it makes roleplay sense, my pixel doll IS me, its all I have, and you're a bad friend and a shitty person and a ***** nooooooo. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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