Dear Readers,
thanks for a wonderful year 2011. Have some nice Christmas days and a very good start into year 2012.
Thank you for all your visits, your comments and the feedback you've givne me over the last months. It was great and it will be great in the following year, too :)
So, grab your drink and have nice days!
Noc Ho Ho Ho
Monday, 26 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
RP-Server and maturity
If playing a MMO, is the choice to play on a roleplayserver automatically a warranty for mature player? I had to read about it a lot of times and I still have my problems when reading about "maturity".
First of all because "maturity" in this context is often used for things people do not want to experience, such as all-time-jumping people like rabbits on crack. Or reading "Lol", "Rofl", see smilies in chat, strange names and so on. This is all true - you probably won't see such things on a rp server, because the rules are often strict. In Lord of the Rings Online, for example, you can get a temp ban for jumping with a mount from roof to roof. Or even sitting there and waiting. Those things can cause other to be very angry and often a ticket is written faster than a direct whisper saying "hey mate, please, it's a rp server, respect the rules".
On the other hand, "maturity" also includes the ability to face problems with others. And here I often see a terrible lack in ripeness, cultivation and respect for each other. Tolerance-level often reaches numbers below zero as time goes by. And the density and intensity of such arguments grow with time passing by.
I had to read often flames about global channels and why they exist - and never ever try to position yourself there, you are lost because you just failed when writing in them (as they could not exist as nobody can talk in that way, far to each other - beside via mail and other things, not happening in real time. If you say "well, we also are doing via chat" you are lost again).
Very often I had to see things like clearly readable cybersex chats in Lord of the Rings Online - that much that I gave it the name "The Prancing Porny". Is this suitable? Is this d'accord with the "heroism" and feeling of Lord of the Rings? I do not know.
Neither did the people that flamed about it. And really "flaming" as the fight went over chats into forums.
Also there was a forums war about guys riding in Thorin's Hall. Also a very rude discussion about the fact that a player used the wrong greeting. Another time because he made the error to know the name of the other before he could even mention it.
I do not give anymore a lot on "maturity" as the advantages you gain on a rp-server are eaten up by such behavior. On both server types, RP and PVE, you end up with the same squallers - the content may be different, the behavior remains the same.
So, in short, I just consider the types of servers as a sign on what kind of rant I will face. Do I like debates on principles every five minutes - then RP. If I like idiot names and chats - then PVE. Idiots have no barriers and trolls will go where there is food.
Noc
First of all because "maturity" in this context is often used for things people do not want to experience, such as all-time-jumping people like rabbits on crack. Or reading "Lol", "Rofl", see smilies in chat, strange names and so on. This is all true - you probably won't see such things on a rp server, because the rules are often strict. In Lord of the Rings Online, for example, you can get a temp ban for jumping with a mount from roof to roof. Or even sitting there and waiting. Those things can cause other to be very angry and often a ticket is written faster than a direct whisper saying "hey mate, please, it's a rp server, respect the rules".
On the other hand, "maturity" also includes the ability to face problems with others. And here I often see a terrible lack in ripeness, cultivation and respect for each other. Tolerance-level often reaches numbers below zero as time goes by. And the density and intensity of such arguments grow with time passing by.
I had to read often flames about global channels and why they exist - and never ever try to position yourself there, you are lost because you just failed when writing in them (as they could not exist as nobody can talk in that way, far to each other - beside via mail and other things, not happening in real time. If you say "well, we also are doing via chat" you are lost again).
Very often I had to see things like clearly readable cybersex chats in Lord of the Rings Online - that much that I gave it the name "The Prancing Porny". Is this suitable? Is this d'accord with the "heroism" and feeling of Lord of the Rings? I do not know.
Neither did the people that flamed about it. And really "flaming" as the fight went over chats into forums.
Also there was a forums war about guys riding in Thorin's Hall. Also a very rude discussion about the fact that a player used the wrong greeting. Another time because he made the error to know the name of the other before he could even mention it.
I do not give anymore a lot on "maturity" as the advantages you gain on a rp-server are eaten up by such behavior. On both server types, RP and PVE, you end up with the same squallers - the content may be different, the behavior remains the same.
So, in short, I just consider the types of servers as a sign on what kind of rant I will face. Do I like debates on principles every five minutes - then RP. If I like idiot names and chats - then PVE. Idiots have no barriers and trolls will go where there is food.
Noc
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