Keryn wrote:And some others... IMO they are clearly and objectively intended to ERP alone, though much like when someone wants to PG there is always an excuse and creativity always allows to find one excuse to try and legitimate the situation.
Thats a fairly unfair connection you have made. I would compare it to the entertainment industry when they tried to get P2P banned completely, despite the huge, legitimate uses it had, but that might be a tad too harsh.
Fact is, closing our eyes to an aspect, is not the same as fully support it and wish it to grow inside our gaming worlds
While this principle doesnt really apply in this case, it is worth pointing out that in the real world, negative social issues (as you see ERP to be) are never solved by having society close their eyes and pretend it isn't there. Accept, embrace and regular goes so much further to solving social issues than sticking your head in the sand.
I refer to toxic when supporting and giving ways for people to feel ERP is okayed and something we strive for, since we the recent past we have seen how that detracts from the actual game we wish to see IG.
Lets just be clear here. People that seclude themselves from the rest of the server to get their virtual freak on are only robbing themselves. There is
nobody else that is being prevented from playing the way you describe by them doing it. People who do so regularly often end up finding themselves on the outer, because they miss DM events and DMs make less effort to get them involved.
Anyone who puts ERP as a focus doesn't end up staying here long. It wouldn't matter how many tools they had. You may have noticed that alot of people that have come here
from Haven generally do not end up staying too long. They try serious RP for awhile, often don't find it to their liking and go back to Haven. Do you really think that is simply because we lack the 'tools' to facilitate ERP?
When a DM logs in, prepares something, and then the player sends a tell OOC telling him to "f*ck off, and leave them alone t their ERP", something is definitely wrong. DMs also have fun DMing, they are part of the game, and they run the world and how the world reacts to your PC, they create what we cannot script, and add creativity, and fun to the world, they write plots and campaigns that give meaning to out PCs life, taking them into dangerous adventures etc...
The instances of this are incredibly remote. If you provide a verifiable example of it happening, it would be the first one I have personally heard of. Most DMs check out where people are when logging in to see who is available and who isnt. When most DMs see 2 people in a private room, they generally leave them alone as it is.
I am sure ALFA is not a place where two adults can log in, have ERP, and add a visual to what they already type to arose one another. For that that are other worlds...
And what of the people that enjoy ERP but prefer our style of game world? What about people that log in to play at a regular time but just don't feel up for serious RP and adventuring for whatever reason? I would be fairly confident in saying that we do not have a single player in ALFA who logs in with ERP as their priority. As part of developing their character? Sure. As a bit of a fun during down time? Sure. As the main focus, to the exclusion of all other play? No.
Social servers such as Haven draw a particular type of community, which makes any kind of serious roleplay and character progression virtually non-existent. Would you really turn away a good RPer that fits into our world just because they like to ERP now and again? If so...well...get ready to ban
alot of current and active ALFAns.