🔥 on warcraft rp in general
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it 👏 is 👏 okay 👏 to 👏 take 👏 rp 👏 seriously 👏
Fiction =/= unimportant. It bugs me to no end when I see people making fun of other RPers for “taking it too seriously” or rattling off about how “it’s just pretend” “its just a game” “its all fake”. Like yeah no shit. I don’t doubt that people cross the line, I’ve done it too & it’s not something I condone. But in terms of most RP, check out bleeding. It’s a common RP phenomenon that happens across LARP, D&D, and even WoW RP, where you feel emotionally tied and connected to the character you are writing.
But RP is a hobby, and like any other hobby, you can get really seriously into it. There’s nothing wrong with being serious about your RP or being upset when something goes wrong. It’s natural. RP is so great because you can do so much with it and literally go so in-depth as to make your own worlds. Tell me that ain’t something to take seriously.
Yes you can cross the line, and there are people who definitely get way too OOCly heated or angry or abusive over IC situations, but come on my dudes. RP is a dear hobby and activity to most of us here. If we were musicians, we’d be damn upset if we fucked up a big performance. Why is it unacceptable for this? Why do people get hate for being emotional about RP? It’s something a lot of us work hard to implement and it’s something that for a lot of us is a great escape. Something interesting and fun to do on our downtime. I know that when Conjury gets upset or hurt, I feel that to some level. It hurts me, because she is important to me. As long as I don’t separate the OOC/IC line, I’m fine with that. I mean I bawled my eyes out at the red wedding scene, and that’s fictional too.
Imo the only time taking RP seriously becomes an issue is when people start to become OOCly abusive and vitriolic over things that aren’t that big of a deal. Your character cheated on mine? That blows and I’ll be OOCly hurt by it, but it’s RP and I won’t hate you for it because I know it’s a fictional situation. You OOCly go around my back to try and sabotage my RP/character/guild? Well then we have something to talk about.
There are lines that shouldn’t be crossed. Obviously. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t get really seriously into your RP and your writing. That’s pretty dope and I applaud people who put that kind of work and thought into their stuff.
