Unwillingly

Nation events are mostly fine in a certain context: as non-offensive fluff that is just a casual activity grab on the weekdays. You need more dramatic/impactful RP moments as well as the threat of war disrupting that casual RP to give it any meaning. If you're just going to tea parties and balls and hunts and jousts and doing nothing unique there (as most of the server does rn, taking inspiration from the Novellen Oren they claimed to move away from) then it's the fast food equivalent of RP and isn't furthering your character or any larger narrative. However, if you sprinkle these sorts of events throughout an atmosphere that invites dramatic moments, OOC be damned, then they're totally fine as a bit of fun.

I think pvp tournaments are fun and a riskfree way for people to try their hand at it

Proddy I could not agree more with the court rp. I can’t stand it. I have rather gone outright guilty of a crime instead of arranging for court lol