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[Shimakaze]

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Something was said to me by another GM which made me think. What makes us roll play with other guilds?
I know you’ll say because it’s fun. That’s not what I referring to. Why does Guild A Roll Play with Guilds B, C, and D. There are reasons (storylines) that develop that allow us to do this. Where the problem is, is when a guild is limited in its accessibility due to the nature of their guild. For example;

Guild A; A human based guild with other races
Guild B; A Human Based guild that is strictly Human
Guild C; A Human Based guild that is Human based but strict in the social orders
Guild D; A Vampire Guild of mixed Races
Guild E; A Mixed race guild that doubles as lycanthropes

Guild A can basically interact with all Guilds B, C, E, and D (on a limited footing)
Guild B Could Interact with Guild A & C, and limited contact with D & E depending on Storylines
Guild C Could interact with A & B, possibly E if they did not know their secret, and would shun D
Guild D Can interact with all guilds due to the nature of what they are, they would see the other guild basically as a food source, with the possibility of increasing their numbers of their type
Guild E Could possibly interact with guilds A, B, & C and depending on how their treated with D. The interaction with A, B, & C may have to be done in a way to hide the true nature of who they are

Using the above examples Guild A could interact freely with Guild D if they were evil and were supporting the mission of Guild D. But what if guild A was of Good alignment? Then basically the only interaction that would take place would be that of hunting them down and killing them.

Now mind you, I’m not advocating anyone change their guilds. What I’m attempting to establish is that we as a Roll Play community need to have a base line of history as a community as to why we would interact with one another other than a war / combat reasons.
We need to understand how and why each guild is here and how it’s linked to the rest of the community. Without this we are separate little cells playing on a limited basses within pockets and not as a community.

We need storylines that link us as a community not as individual guilds that will allow each and every guild to interact in some way or another with other guilds, and I’m not talking about Parades or tavern nights, I’m talking about storylines that allow daily roll-playing without having to form committees, polls, or a slew of postings on someone’s board to do what should be a natural event.

I realize this is not an easy suggestion. As a guild leader of my guild I wholly understand how hard it is, even getting new members is harder than within a basic guild.

To be a member of a Samurai style guild several things must happen;
New members have to be able to check their egos at the door, each new member has to be subservient to those above him, which people by nature have a hard time doing anyways.
They must understand the customs of era, such as not speaking out of turn or without permission, that military members are given higher degree of respect then the civilians unless they are of noble status.
That their life is not their own but that of the Daimyo under whom they serve.

Each guild has its own unique issues, and because of this, we have to find a common thread to tie each Guild within the community to each other to allow smoother and continued roll play.

So I ask each of you how we go about making ARPC a better place to roll play that will allow each and every guild to take part without the drama or administrative nightmares.

[Marius]

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A very good post Shimakazi, and I think it was said by someone from Magincia, I believe Nogusta; An ARPC City. A city where we can all go, that is on a neutral ground where all can go to rp at anytime. This will make people come out of hiding and get into rping with one another, and make more stories, and interaction. With UO getting so big it’s hard to find role-players except in Luna. I know we are around and doing stuff, but if we took time to go to the city that we could designate as a RP town, I think that would be a great step in the right direction. I think this idea needs to have a look at because as Nogusta said, were in trouble when people start asking where to find rp, and the answer is Tavern Night. This is just my opinion and I don’t know if this has been tried before but I would take my guild to this city, so we could interact more. I mean you can host things, like this festival this weekend and come up with stuff to get people to do something with one another, but having a RP city could make so much more Role Play, adventures and most importantly interaction with each other more on a daily basis.
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[Cal Hurst]

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A roleplay community exists because the guilds all have different values, goals, and motivations. You cannot create a central hub that will attract both Ebon Skull Necromancers and Sanctus Paladins alike. And in creating such a central hub, you will be pulling potential RP from numerous other areas, and creating situations where people just feel like their characters don't belong in this place, but they feel a personal, out-of-character obligation to be there. This is counter-productive to what role play is.

If you feel that your character cannot go to a certain place, or cannot directly interact with a guild because of their alignment and their values, then guess what? That's how roleplay is. Just because people are all in a community does not mean that there has to be constant interaction between every entity. Let's use an overly-used analogy: the table.

Let's say the community is the surface of the table, and the legs are made up of 4 different "alignments" of guilds. Each "alignment" of guilds will work together to hold up its side of the community. They all work independently, together, working on whatever events or balls or plots they wish. The different legs never touch, and the table remains stable and held up.

This is an example of the "norm."

Of course, it's not always like this. We want the legs to touch once in a while. These guilds can interact through different plots and such, but there's no need for a central hub.

Central hubs are bad.
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[Marius]

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So I ask each of you how we go about making ARPC a better place to roll play that will allow each and every guild to take part without the drama or administrative nightmares.This was the question. It was just an idea, so what would your idea be to this post makng the arpc better or do you feel it is fine as it is?
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[Merci d'Rue]

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Individuality is key in everything we do, thats what attracts different people to this community.
I can see all the points of view above. I lean more towards agreeing with Cal (omg I agreed with Cal) though that doesnt mean a bit of everything wouldnt be useful.

Honestly what I see is most needed in this community is for us all to just log in consistently several nights a week and roleplay. For GM's to keep their members busy and active regardless as to whether they are interacting with another guild that night or not.

The most important thing in an rp community is to Roleplay consistently, whether with just a few of your friends or with widescale plots. Either way you are helping out.

So in answer to Shimikazes question:

[Marius]

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I like the universal Vent idea. I have a ventrillo that can hold 100 people. I could give that out to GM's if people wish to use it. I can make a channel for this.
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[Merci d'Rue]

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Marius wrote:

[Marius]

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it was a good idea
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[Joanna Weaver]

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[Darrien Church]

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[Merci d'Rue]

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When it comes to vent , I should clarify I meant it more so for ooc purposes, simply to pop in and instead of icqing the person just ask if they are up for something. Or two gms popping in to discuss a plotline.

Sometimes my creative juices get so flowing its hard to really express what I am wanting in icq. Tone of voice and talking to another person in vent often conveys alot more and reduces OOC conflicts.

That was my intent behind vent. I myself dont like rping in a really noisy vent that can be distracting.

However I do completely see both Joanna and Darrien's points, I would hate for it to get out of control, I want to keep the individuality within our community. I accept that we do certain roleplay things that cause roleplay consequences, like not being a lightbringers best friend, (just for example).

Truthfully I am cool with whatever I find this discussion interesting and what others have to say is enlightening to me.

Joanna wrote:

[Orgollree'rean]

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I never liked compromising my characters personality for social engagements, so I will try to use an alt if i think an event will clash with a certain character. Which could make a central Hub location possible, as a semi-nuetral ground perhaps Although in the game, much like in real life, at times you will encouter those that you don't like. RP should too.

I personally like the guilds who have racial or skill related predjudices. It gives us an advesary to RP out conflicts with.

[Rags]

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Hungry Halfling use to be a pretty good neutral spot that a lot of rpers would frequent, regardless of who they were. A lot of times fights would break out because they were opposing forces. Made it fun.

[Joanna Weaver]

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Off topic posts are being moved. Let's keep discussion focused, please. Take issues to PM.
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[Rosar Ashande]

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I actually had an idea a week back, formed out of the fires of a manic episode fueled by a five-hour DA2 session, a large cup of coffee and an entire blue Monster. Due to that origin, I decided it was dumb and just tossed it aside.

Either instead of or in addition to Vent or anything, we make a separate section of the forums where people can post that they're logged in and want RP, along with their in-game location and the current time. At the end of the day, or at poster's request, all the posts are deleted. No replies are necessary—you just show up, or you don't. In fact, any time you are in a public place and just happen to be role-playing, you might want to make a post. I'd certainly volunteer to take ownership of and moderate it if necessary.

Cumbersome, and its effectiveness depends on people reading the forums and the initiator being willing to hang around waiting for others to show up, but I think it would be more reliable than in-game chat, less intrusive than a Vent session, and there would be no need to send a message to any particular person, which, personally, I find very difficult to bring myself to do. And, everyone has access to the forums. No need for anything new.

I think bigger things grow out of the smaller interactions. Relationships are established and ideas are shared. There's no need for drastic changes—we just need more of the little things to happen.
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