Roleplay versus Harrassment
Posted: 25 Aug 2018 23:33
Looking at some posts throughout the forum(particularly the heat between Jibjab and Coark) I pondered about a question that I think deserves to be discussed further:
What is the line between Roleplay influenced actions, emotions, etc and plain player harassment?
Now, as the touchy, finicky, and sensitive gamers we are, we obviously don't like it when other players attack, humiliate, even discriminate us. But what if that those negative actions were actually a player trying his best to be a character? I'm sure most of us have read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and in those fantastic works of literature, there are nasty conflicts between races and peoples. A good example is between Elves and Dwarves. They HATE each other(most of the time).
What can we do to be the best roleplayer we can be, but also make an environment to which all of the denizens of the Donut can play without feeling isolated and picked on?
Just a thought,
Okotok.
What is the line between Roleplay influenced actions, emotions, etc and plain player harassment?
Now, as the touchy, finicky, and sensitive gamers we are, we obviously don't like it when other players attack, humiliate, even discriminate us. But what if that those negative actions were actually a player trying his best to be a character? I'm sure most of us have read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and in those fantastic works of literature, there are nasty conflicts between races and peoples. A good example is between Elves and Dwarves. They HATE each other(most of the time).
What can we do to be the best roleplayer we can be, but also make an environment to which all of the denizens of the Donut can play without feeling isolated and picked on?
Just a thought,
Okotok.