[Roleplay] A thread on the subject of Roleplay.

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Originally Posted by Vanwaros

Please scroll through the general discussion forum again, then consider whether this community could tolerate -- let alone fathom -- roleplay.

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good point.

I will be roleplaying in this game. My character will be a mercenary, hired at first to find Arks. He will specialize in medium to long range combat and will be more of a bodyguard/protector, due to my support playstyle. Still adding stuff but I think I will use my GT as his name. He will be like The Joker, joking around to boost morale, but extremely effective at killing threats.
His motto is " I will protect you by removing all who oppose you "

XJaeX
Human Male
Mercenary


It would be cool to see myself in the show, maybe the stars are trying to reach a location safely and come across my character. He agrees to help them, free of charge, provided they contact him if they ever need help. Upon a second interaction, it could be a larger task, where he introduces other members of his tribe/guild/clan. Would be cool to see his prowess with his Assault Rifle and his lethal accuracy with his Sniper Rifle.

I will be roleplaying in this game. Though I will not be doing so on the PC. I will be using my Xbox to do so. I just don't like shooters on PC, it doesn't feel right with me. Anyway, I also do not have a keyboard to use for the text RPs. I do, however, wish to find a RP guild who would support me using my mic. I can sound like any role I wish to use, my voice is very diverse. I would love to flex my voice acting skills to RP through my mic.

RPshooter? On the bright side you can just be yourself with a gun. Now I just want to know if character creation allows a mustache so I can be Bandit, but with an SRT8.

I have yet to see RPers in a shooter game so I'm anxious to see what they're going to do seeing that there are no social hubs, at least not in BETA, and most objects aren't interactable. The lack of emotes won't make it any easier on them...

I do see a fanon wiki being created for this game where you can post your character's illicit thrills, but in-game RP... hmm, I have my doubts.

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Originally Posted by BaiorOfRed

I myself have already started developing a character and a back-story

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Same here, partly for my own amusement and partly because of the off chance my character could appear on the show and they ask me for any input about his background. I had fun in the beta dressing up in the lawman outfit, going on patrol, and randomly helping people. Role playing can be fun for sure, even if I'm the only one who knows I'm doing it.

LoL, ok soooo Rper's...any game that portrays a fictitious/false image of ones self. umm D&D(dice game started in the 70s), Marvel Super Heroes (again dice game - but from the 80's), etc etc etc...you read a book, ie fantasy or sci fi an can immerse yourself into the main character is also a type of rp...but yah anywho, I am an olde rper, but the syfy era within this community of shooters I think will see an hopefully accept both sides of its unique selves. anywho my favorite quote from all this was from Caios: Anyone who disrespects another player and tries to dictate how they should play the game is simply wrong, period. -- Afnmazing wish it was true for all points in game an rl

just playing, inherently is a bit of rp

& if anyone runs around shouting in chat "its just a game" to grief rp people then can chalk it up to their ego frying the poor fool's brain making them delusional..... and immersion isn't broken

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Originally Posted by Psyqhical

I have yet to see RPers in a shooter game so I'm anxious to see what they're going to do seeing that there are no social hubs, at least not in BETA, and most objects aren't interactable. The lack of emotes won't make it any easier on them...

I do see a fanon wiki being created for this game where you can post your character's illicit thrills, but in-game RP... hmm, I have my doubts.

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I have yet to find a game my group has not been able to RP in just fine. Defiance is no difference, the chat box is terrible but hey not the biggest of deals, and who needs social hubs we hate sitting around in Taverns and hear each others talk all day, action and task oriented RP is just so much more fun. And emotes can be just as well described, again I have no need of them.

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Originally Posted by UmbrusNightshade

I once heard it said that "symbolic reasoning" is the most significant differential between animal and sentient being. The ability to see a sword where in actuality you have a tree branch is what gives us the edge over this planet's other inhabitants. .......

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^ interesting, will have to read up on

Have heard the most telling sign of sentience is modding/altering one's appearance. sentients do while animals do not

You can count on K-TAM radio to help with the RP elements. I hope to maintian a 70/30 split of RP content vs non-RP. The Non being game info and how to's. The RP will be everything from interviewing clan leaders, hosts, content, commercials and so on. Music being geared for the world as well.

Our current beta stream is only to test it out and make sure it is working, but I will be in character when I speak on the air and I hope to have a story line progression for the radio launch as well that will fit the theme. So I hope people who join in to listen or participate will also RP and have fun enjoying the game and lore and even learn some alien tongues.

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Originally Posted by Rousel

Indeed and that is my hope that any new Roleplayer has a home where they can smooth straight into, just a open, free domain for all Roleplayers to get connected, I'm looking at a few other ways to build this community, such as Enjin (The in-game overlay is highly attractive, but I may make that move once we have a large community.)

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But then you say...

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Originally Posted by Rousel

Sadly, I am strictly talking about the PC version.

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I am a 15 year MMORPG strictly PC player. Due to personal reasons (no need to go into detail.) I will be playing and roleplaying on console (Xbox 360.) and I find it down right silly to alienate us console players, you say you want to give "any new Roleplayer a home where they can smooth straight into" but then give the middle finger to anyone not on PC. and that's 2/3rds the players. (though I know we are not cross platform.)

This is what was being talked about in the beginning of this thread. Trying to break down the walls between console gamers and PC gamers along with the walls between shooters and roleplayers but this is is a step backwards. Now the walls are coming back up and your blocking out the other players who are on console who would like to try roleplaying out maybe for the first time. As a leader in the roleplay community should you not open your doors to the console gamers and offer them guidance and advice and a place to develop there characters as well?

Having dabbled in web / forum creation myself i cant imagine creating two more threads on your site labeled "Playstation 3 Roleplay Community" and "Xbox 360 Roleplay Community" would be all that hard. Heck just put them into one thread (if your feeling that lazy about it.) labeled "Roleplaying for Console Gamers" or something to that effect so we can all be included and share our ideas / thoughts / character builds with each other.

I hope you reconsider your decision and you really want to help "build this community" and not hinder it by making it PC player exclusive.

I don't think the various play styles are mutually exclusive. RPers simply need to adapt to the game world and stop expecting the game world to adapt to them.

I am an RPer from way back in the D&D days. I tend to play m roll by action not standing around trying to make other gamers listen to some silly flowery speach.

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Originally Posted by Caios

No worries, everything here is meant in good spirits.

I should mention, the sort of RPer you're referring to isn't quite the same thing that I was talking about in terms of "elite rpers". You're describing more of the hardcore RPer crowd. And you're right, if you're focused on an specific in character drama, I can understand ignoring others who have no interest in participating. This of course tends to annoy some of the non-rp crowd which is a failing on their part to understand that sort of playstyle. Really the best way to deal with it is to just ignore them and move on.

However the "Elite RPer" that I was talking about are the sort who try to enforce their RP vision on everyone else. Essentially everyone who doesn't play the game their way, and subscribe to their opinions and mythos, are seen as clearly being stupid and immature and incapable of playing the game the "proper" way. And they're not shy about telling you when you're playing the game wrong. Even if you are an RPer yourself they will not hesitate to tell you that your RP is wrong.

Yes there are actually people like that. And again, the best way to deal with them is to just ignore them and move on.

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that my friend is called god modding ! xD and thankyou lord that the setting for characters in this game is "your average soldier" and that we dont have rediculous powers lol. I cant stand god modders or meta's when it comes to rp, one of the many flaws i saw in COH. BUT there is hope still for roleplay in this game. I for one, plan on roleplaying an Alcoholic Scout/sniper+Quickdraw type. Mainly because well. Im a dam Alcoholic in rl, yes ill admit it. at least i accept it xD

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Originally Posted by Joe Snuffy

I don't think the various play styles are mutually exclusive. RPers simply need to adapt to the game world and stop expecting the game world to adapt to them.

I am an RPer from way back in the D&D days. I tend to play m roll by action not standing around trying to make other gamers listen to some silly flowery speach.

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I think the only way you can rp in this game is through voice communication, honestly. I would treat the rp like radio chatter. while playing, talk/communicate with whomever you are playing with with your voice as your OWN character, no? Because this game does have great rp elements but its a bit fast paced. that which i have just said is intended for battles and arkfalls and co-op missions. The txt rp i can see for bar conversation or social hubs, but i could also so voice commincation int aht area if your grouped. you would just simply have to know what you were talking about and have a bit of lore knowledge

Hehe, alcohol and deadly weapons...great mix.

I might do the lone wanderer cliché. Just wandering around, looking for chances to kick ***!
Or maybe i'll roleplay as the last postman on earth ^^ +1 for reference

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Originally Posted by Digital_Survivor

You say...



But then you say...



I am a 15 year MMORPG strictly PC player. Due to personal reasons (no need to go into detail.) I will be playing and roleplaying on console (Xbox 360.) and I find it down right silly to alienate us console players, you say you want to give "any new Roleplayer a home where they can smooth straight into" but then give the middle finger to anyone not on PC. and that's 2/3rds the players. (though I know we are not cross platform.)

This is what was being talked about in the beginning of this thread. Trying to break down the walls between console gamers and PC gamers along with the walls between shooters and roleplayers but this is is a step backwards. Now the walls are coming back up and your blocking out the other players who are on console who would like to try roleplaying out maybe for the first time. As a leader in the roleplay community should you not open your doors to the console gamers and offer them guidance and advice and a place to develop there characters as well?

Having dabbled in web / forum creation myself i cant imagine creating two more threads on your site labeled "Playstation 3 Roleplay Community" and "Xbox 360 Roleplay Community" would be all that hard. Heck just put them into one thread (if your feeling that lazy about it.) labeled "Roleplaying for Console Gamers" or something to that effect so we can all be included and share our ideas / thoughts / character builds with each other.

I hope you reconsider your decision and you really want to help "build this community" and not hinder it by making it PC player exclusive.

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Hello there, sorry for the long wait on a response and I do hold a few reasons why I am PC exclusive, one being a very fundamental issue, I am not consol based, with this I have no idea what the Console community is doing, where there story is and I can give no actual input, to remedy this issue, I'd need a presence of RP'ers from the Console to step in and bridge this gap, I'd be more then happy to give them full mod rights to help weld the two platforms, aka, universes together (I see them as alternate universes.) and thus it would need a very clear indication of what is PC content and what is Console content, content is what I mean by Lore, this in its very nature divides the two platforms in a other level.

So to summarize, it is currently PC only (Though people are welcome to join in with the discussions and fan-fic) but even so, I'm happy for the Console community to use it to organise groups / events, the main issue is when we come to the lore.

If I could get people to bridge that gap, well, I'd be very happy.