Plus – every character wants attention sometimes. Obviously if we all sat around being meek little wallflowers, things would be pretty boring! It’s about the give and take, and allowing other characters the spotlight sometimes. Being desperate for attention doesn’t mean that a character can’t realize when something else is going on, or have someone tell them to stick a sock in it. The OOC side of things is just as important – this particular person is just as attention demanding OOC – to the point of being loudly indignant when someone hadn’t read the entirety of their RSP. The best way to handle a potentially obnoxious character is to NOT be obnoxious OOC – a discreet whisper to say ((”Hey, sorry s/he’s being such an attention hog tonight. Let me know if I need to shut him/her up”)) goes a LONG way.

Great posts, by the way. I’ve always been very intrigued by the RP world and this is really helping me out for whenever I want to venture into that world.

Sometimes that means nothing more than having a loose idea of where a character came from. Sometimes it means setting up big “player created” quests and events in game. Sometimes it means writing stories about them (I have a lot of those up at the Story Archive link at the top of the page). Sometimes it means that we sit around like old friends, getting drunk and telling stories in the local bar, where everyone knows us. You should check out my sidebar of links about RP, or go check out the world of warcraft official page about RP servers to get more information

However, it does NOT mean that we sit around talking in a medieval accent. It also does not mean that we are incapable of raiding, pvping, or progressing through content. It’s something we do in WoW – and everyone approaches it a little differently. In fact, some of us even raid in a roleplay environment – and are pretty successful at it (progressing through ToC 25 heroic). It also doesn’t mean that we set up elaborate “scripts” for other players to follow, like writing theater. Sometimes we have a “well, this story needs to go this way” clause for things? Kinda like a party planner usually has a list of activities or events. Those don’t define how people react to them or what the final outcome always is. THey just give framework.

Though yes – sometimes we DO wear greens/greys or non-tier armor when we’re not out fighting. (People that wear only “RP clothes” while fighting usually get pretty frustrated with it) Would you want to sit around in a park with your friends while wearing an entire suit of armor and padding, unable to bend half way? I know I wouldn’t! So Aely usually wears pants, a shirt, and a vest, with some leather boots when she’s just “hanging out” – simply because as a /person/, it makes more sense. (Even Knights from the Medieval era didn’t wear armor 24/7)