Will you roleplay?

[catmorbid]

The question is simple: Are you into roleplaying or not. If you want definitions for the hardcore and casual RP, look here. Now vote!

[Hashwood]

Absolutely. Would seem a huge waste of such an innovative game to ignor roleplaying aspects.

[rick]

i've never role-played before but I'm so enthused with MO's lore and world that I'd be willing to try it.

[TNM]

I liked what an EVE-developer on a conference once said:

- the moment we log into a sandbox game we are all roleplaying, because we all interact with eachother representing our virtual self.


Now, i know this poll is about roleplaying in the traditional sense, i have to tell i wont. But doesnt mean i will run around speaking leet or acting like a childish jerk.
I will just be my "virtual self".

[Red Ranger]

Ever since I started playing MMOs, I've fallen into the category of "serious roleplayer". Infact, I have never ever broken character in a public channel (/say, etc) since I started.

Obviously, MO is looking more conducive to immersion and serious roleplay than any previous MMO that I've played.

[Mathael]

Roleplay? Why would people roleplay?!

Hehe, of course I will be roleplaying. Many opportunities to do so in a sandbox game environment where players have more control over the world and the lore. This was initially one of the things which drew me towards Mortal Online. The ability and endless opportunities available will mean the sandbox genre is finally putting the RP rightfully into MMORPG.

Even when players think they are not roleplaying, they really are. Controlling the character, interacting with the online world is really all part of roleplaying. Sure it isn't on the same serious level as the more hardcore types, but it is still a part of it... even on a minimal scale.

[Necromantic]

Can't really vote on that one.
It wall depends on what situation I am.
And just because it's situational I wouldn't call it casual.

The mosh will be roleplayed and practiced all the time of course.

And at least you called it serious and not hardcore.
All these hardcore term overuse is just stupid.

And yes TNM it all depends on how you define roleplaying, I mean it's a roleplaying game so of course we are all roleplaying.
Even in any other type of game.

[admiralnlson]

I'm not into roleplaying in video games so I voted no.

But I definitely enjoy pen&paper RPG roleplaying.

[LightsabeR]

I voted "I'm not into RP", since I have never RP'd in a MMO before. But I do think that I will give it a go in MO. At least I will try to refrain from talking about RL stuff in public chat.

Then again, when it's time for PvP, I will not hesitate for a second to say whatever needs to be said.

[Slann]

If tracking a victim, waitting to observ a moment when hes/she get hurt and attackig from behind its rolplaying as an assassin... yeah, i would be serious.

About talking as the game were real life and acting with principles, casual.

[Sidian]

I will roleplay. I need to come up with a character idea, but there's not enough info on the world of MO yet.

Regards,
Sidian

[Jedi]

I will roleplay, it's real interesting part of game. I vote for casual roleplay, because i must do some pvp

[Caoboi]

Just so you know, if you want an accurate representation of whether or not people are going to roleplay, this really isn't the forum to do it. Heavily biased towards people who ARE going to, seeing as it's the roleplaying forum

[luko]

I will definitly roleplay but not seriously. The most most fun to be had in mmo's is the lore and because MOs one is so immersing I will try to roleplay sometimes but trying to roleplay all the time can be boring as you try to live up to the character you have built when sometimes you just need to let loose.

[golani79]

I´ve chosen the casual roleplayer.

I like RP but I think I am not as strict as a hardcore roleplayer.
It also depends on how your surrounding is involved into RP - I played AoC on the german RP server but there wasn´t very much of RP.

Overall I am doing RP for fun.

[Jonkar]

Me and my clan will seriously roleplay.

[Archaaz]

I would definitely roelplay. I fall somewhere between casual and hardcore. It really depends on the situation and on the player with whom I am interacting.

[Nerathas]

I will roleplay but casually.
Do not really like to spend hours and hours into RP and i am a novice in those parts.

Quite suprised at the poll results, quite alot of rp'ers. (wich is good )

[Melisande]

I'll roleplay if i can find a good roleplaying guild. Roleplaying in UO with the Militia was awesome

[cRaNbErRy MuFfInMaN]

im not into the roleplay

[kelthazan]

Roleplay I shall! If any one cares to join me, Ill be the necrotic battle mage selling chairs.

[catmorbid]

With only 49 voters atm, the results are far from truth still :/ Oh, and I will definitely roleplay, but might not be able to engage in serious roleplay at all times, but would still prefer to.

[Xanathar]

Il be RP'ing most of the time. I put down casual. But im aiming for serious.

/Xanathar

[Frostbloom]

Casual with leanings towards no.

I play my character(s) in the way I envision them at creation. My blacksmith will be business minded, my warrior will be a thug etc.

I rarely chat about real life stuff when playing (thats what TS is for) but shudder when I see "thee, thou, forsooth" in chat

I would never grief RP'rs though, if that floats their boat then good luck to 'em.

[Harsk]

Always. While raiding, pvping.... sometimes when responding to forum flames too

[Fella2509]

I will be rping as a serious/hardcore roleplayer depending on the label you want to use. I stay in character all the time only speaking out of character on ooc channels. I got into roleplaying as a way of adding a extra dimension to my game time in mmos that had begun to get quite dull. Now that doesn't mean I go around telling everyone I meet my life story of course!

I'm currenlty working on a guild concept with several of my former guildmates and playyers I had fun with in other mmos. Guilds I have been involved in include:

AoC Corinthia Server - The knights of Poitian
Wow Defias Brotherhood - The Dun Alghaz Rifles

I've had alot of fun rping and have been lucky to be invovled with two very friendly guilds.

Forstbloom said:

I rarely chat about real life stuff when playing (thats what TS is for) but shudder when I see "thee, thou, forsooth" in chat

A bit of a sweeping generlisation there about rping being all about speaking old English.

This kind of thing does always make me smile though. I live in a part of rural England. I have sometimes used words like thee and thou in mmos. People have been derogratry because of this. The irony is I have used it sometimes becuase I do actually use them when I speak in real life!

English is full of regonial accents. Some parts of the midlands and in yorkshire old words are vey much still in common every day use partilcuary in rural areas and by the older generation. In my local pub on a saturday night it would not be that unuasl to hear phrases like:

"We will give them scots a good thrashing in the rugby I tell thee."

or

"thou best get home mate or you'll be in trouble with the mrs!"

not sure on the spelling off this one but the word sen is sometimes used in stead of myself

eg " I'll do it me sen!"

so next time your see some nwbie rpers using old english spare a thought it could be yours truley talking like I normally do in the real world!

[Frostbloom]

Originally Posted by Fella2509

A bit of a sweeping generlisation there about rping being all about speaking old English.

Ah, you misunderstand!

I know RP'ing is very, VERY multi-layered and there are as many different types as there are fleas on a hobo. The RP scene on UO was a prime example, we had everything ranging from Nobles to Orcs and undead.

The reason people using olde English made me shudder was because it always seemed stilted and fake. Trying to live up to a stereotype from real history.

Come to think of it, we even had a samurai scene at one point and the crazy buggers even started to learn Japanese!

Thats dedication right there

Anyway, RP'ing is not really my cup of tea but I certainly dont mind slipping into character when dealing with folks who enjoy it. Anything to peddle my wares and broaden my customer base.

[Meos]

I RP therefore I AM, to no-life and to save others from spam.

[Hashwood]

Originally Posted by catmorbid

With only 49 voters atm, the results are far from truth still

While the small number of voters leaves us quite far from the truth in this matter, i'd say atleast it's obvious, that there will be RP in MO. And by the looks of it, it might not even be that little.

Looking good to me

[camiox]

I have rp'd in every game I've played. I dont really enjoy an MMO without it. So I'll definitly do it in MO. albeit casually. I'm not IC all the time.

[Meos]

Originally Posted by camiox

I'm not IC all the time.

Hard core RPing doesn't mean to be IC all the time. In theme park MMOs it gets very silly quickly if people take everything they do ICly, quickly resulting in disucssions like:

Marghul: - I have slayed the great dragon Nargzum of the great northern mountains. A fierce battle i must say.
Jishaar: - Ah, that blasted dragon, i swear it lay dead by my feet last tuesday! And now it is terrorising the locals again?

I know MO wont be a theme park and will instead encourage immersion in many ways and so most situations where you dont want to RP you can just have your character ignore the actions of strangers. I dont think you stop to talk to every bloody guy you meet on the street in reality.

A good distinction between heavy and casual RPers can be found here.
I think causality is the keyword here.

[Halitha]

I'm a casual roleplayer i guess. I will roleplay if someone does with me, otherwise i won't.

[Slann]

An important concept here should be "there will be RP events on MO?" Perhaps a special day where every rolplayer get together on a place. Even with GMs

[escudodeteixo]

I'm a casual roleplayer.

I was pretty hardcore untill an event changed everything.
There i was, Avenging druid cleansing the cave of undead abominations when i spot him. A very skinny looking figure obviously lost. he aproaces me and asks " How do i do skeletons???"(sic) it was obviously a neophyte necromancer trying to cast his first spell, dragging a poor soul out of a body and bid its earthly bones to his will.
"So you're an evil necromancer?" i asked "y" was his vowel-less reply. While was preparing a long speach on what powerfull words should he utter to unleash his powers, and a warning to not do it near people that might punish him for his evil deeds another comes near us. A dark-robbed figure, overheard us. With *bold* emotes he draws his weapon and charges the clueless necromancer.
"A Paladin!" I thought " must act fast!" i hastly casted a paralyse spell, a couple protective enchantments on me and shapeshifted into nature's avatar. The paladin was paralysed enough for the necromancer to flee, still ignorant, but alive. I was banned from that city for a couple days, not many as i spared the paladin's life. "I thought YOU were the necromancer" I said.

For me casual roleplay means going against what your character whould do if it whould hurt other people's fun. Specially on an open PvP enviroment where people misunderstand "roleplaying" with "kiling all your enemies".

[Badfug]

I voted other.

I like role playing, but not myself physically. I don't yell "FOR THE KING!!" in big cities and such but how my character acts (or I think he/she would act) is important to my style of play. I also really really like the idea of fitting into a niche, I don't know why. Like a hunter living out in the woods alone, or a small group exploring areas and dungeons.

[Meos]

Originally Posted by escudodeteixo

I'm a casual roleplayer.

I was pretty hardcore untill an event changed everything.
There i was, Avenging druid cleansing the cave of undead abominations when i spot him. A very skinny looking figure obviously lost. he aproaces me and asks " How do i do skeletons???"(sic) it was obviously a neophyte necromancer trying to cast his first spell, dragging a poor soul out of a body and bid its earthly bones to his will.
"So you're an evil necromancer?" i asked "y" was his vowel-less reply. While was preparing a long speach on what powerfull words should he utter to unleash his powers, and a warning to not do it near people that might punish him for his evil deeds another comes near us. A dark-robbed figure, overheard us. With *bold* emotes he draws his weapon and charges the clueless necromancer.
"A Paladin!" I thought " must act fast!" i hastly casted a paralyse spell, a couple protective enchantments on me and shapeshifted into nature's avatar. The paladin was paralysed enough for the necromancer to flee, still ignorant, but alive. I was banned from that city for a couple days, not many as i spared the paladin's life. "I thought YOU were the necromancer" I said.

For me casual roleplay means going against what your character whould do if it whould hurt other people's fun. Specially on an open PvP enviroment where people misunderstand "roleplaying" with "kiling all your enemies".

I know exactly what you mean, but if you check the link i put earlier you'll notice that Hard Core RP does not need to mean you have to act like your the farking king of England.

For me, i just go lighter on people who dont know too much about RP or are a bit lost with it. Sometimes i even chat ICly to people who talk OOC things.

So that makes me what? Casual-hard-core? Please...
Hard Core in my books means i take into account the cause and effect in my characters actions, meaning i don't go around picking fights that will end up having my head chopped off outside the normal PvP stuff.
^_____^

But yeah i guess theres hard-core guys who stay IC all the time too... and i guess they call me casual... and casual guys call me hard core because i immerse in huge stories with lots of details.... ?____?

[Dieedi]

i will be casual.

[M8T]

Yes, I will role play.

If it is a sandbox MMO then there is nothing inherently in the game that dictates that it is a world with its own cultures and people in it that have goals relevant to that world. Developers have written cultural behavior backstory and history, but it is all a waste if the player base does not represent that backstory.

This is just my humble opinion, but if there is no role play then the developers might as well just scrub all the backstory, history and racial differences because they are meaningless without the support of the player base. Instead just allow everyone to choose from every range of the morphology spectrum without cultural designations. Let the guilds/alliances create their own cultural identity in a relatively race-free game.

[Dart Terano]

I hope my knowledge of language won't disturb my roleplay experience.
Answer is: "Yes, serious roleplaying".

[Dlayer]

Play as you were the person in the game!!!!