When has it been suitable?

[Kyzarius]

Look, I know some people seem to believe that certain players get some kind of favoritism from the staff.

Well I just want to come out and say that mentality is total bull crap. In truth those of us who wear tattoos, and consistently get E/L and Q thing approvals on character after character work very hard for these things. Pushing RP forward not only for ourselves, but trying to incorporate the RP of people we meet into the over all lore of the game. While at the same time staying on the cutting edge of the PK race.

We all often times run afoul of punishments, and the imms tend to make the game MORE challenging for us. I have even had to kill people to keep from getting slain by an imm. The staff takes pride in stirring up our enemies, tasking people to kill us so they can advance, etc. etc. We end up with tons of enemies gunning for us, and looting us every time we so much as stumble. Making the game more challenging, and in many ways very dynamic.

I would appreciate it if individuals could control their angst, and stop RP'ing with all of my characters that they don't deserve what they have, and they never earned their place. Ignoring my attempts to hinge interaction upon in game lore and really just being sore sports. This has happened to me so many times, coming from different characters.

This totally destroys the immersion that FL produces and really is just bad taste in my opinion.

So if you guys could please, RP the lore, interact with my characters as if they are what they are in game. And not like they are some prize I won in a raffle. That would be great.

When has it ever been suitable RP to do otherwise?

Of course a big thank you, and hats off to all those who don't do this. Enemy or Ally, you are greatly appreciated.

[ledgerbay]

Ive played A long time, ten or more years, and only with my most recent have I had a re-string and custom warcry, Success of any kind really. I know how hard it is to learn all that is necessary to be what I consider Elite. and whatever rewards are given I assume they were earned justly. from me youll get only respect, unless the RP wont allow it!

[Imoutgoodbye]

You're getting screwed, Kyzarius. I won all my characters in raffles...wait...I think all of my stuff is faulty...I want a refund!

[Killfiend]

I have been playing on and off for about seven years now. And only within i'd say the last year have I really tried to offer any sort of RP. I used to be just hey pk this pk that oh I died yeah I suck kind of mentality. It is much more rewarding now. And I know what it can take to get certain things. It isn't easy. And it takes time. For people to not respect the time and effort put into a character is simply disrespectful to FL. And in my opinion, should be reprimanded for such. But of course that is my opinion. And as for you Kyz. I love every character you come up with, because you put in all the effort you can rp and pk. Screw what everyone else thinks.

[Erelei]

Okay guys. I'll respond to this more in depth when I'm home from Xmas shopping, but this definitely had no place to escalate here. For the time being, threads hidden and locked.

[Erelei]

I probably let this thread go in the first place when I really shouldn't have. But I'll make this as short as possible:

Going OOC in game is not acceptable. We all know this, but some of us still like to teeter on that line of right and wrong.

It's hard to determine if a comment was OOC or not depending on the context of the situation. We read too much into it due to what we may hear over AIM, or Facebook, or whatever other social media network we all use. They may very well be RPing their characters to the best of their ability.

We should all move away from making comments like, "You don't deserve what you have and where you've gotten." or, "You've made too much progress for the time you've been about." etc, etc. These can definitely be mistaken for OOC motivations behind your character and in turn spawn a thread like this.

As always, Immortals will reward differently than other Immortals, and we generally reward what we see (and try to reward what we don't see). It helps of players keep us notified if situations like this arise. Those characters who you think 'rose too quickly' through the ranks, or 'don't deserve their qrace spot after one interaction' should take their concerns to prayer forum.

They should also keep in mind they most likely don't know the whole story or history of said character their defaming.

That said, let's be a damn community and throw this crap behind us. Please?