Stop Role-Playing in the Story Forums

[Mythliel-stormrage]

Ah the classic “i know you are but what am I”.

As much as you want to equivocate you telling people to stop doing something with me telling you to stop telling people to do that, I’m not the one promoting an arbitrary agenda here.

Follow the rule forums, and stay in your lane.

[Jacksprat-the-venture-co (Jacksprat)]

You just view it that way because you have some idea of what this space should be like and you want to impose it on others.

I thought the basis of your whole point was that unless you are violating the forum rules, it is your lane. So… I’m in my lane.

[Mythliel-stormrage]

Ooh you got me.

Then you realize how frivolous this entire thread is.

Thanks have a nice Thanksgiving.

[Jacksprat-the-venture-co (Jacksprat)]

Thanks have a nice Thanksgiving

You too. Genuinely

[Mythliel-stormrage]

Likewise

[Rowýn-moon-guard]

*Rowyn steps back from her dark observations and entertains a rather… out of world thought.

Is she real or not? Has everything, including literally this very thought, been a lie? But… no, it can’t be. This must be a machination of the Void attempting to lure her in and… What if this reality is merely a game of the Void Lords, all of whom take turns spinning her around and saying strange things like, “pass da grass?”

It would definitely explain why she’s been dancing nekkid at inexplicable times in the midst of night. And why no one around ever really seems to care. What in the Fel is a ‘nekkid?’

No, no. Nothing is wrong. It’s just all that experimental thistle she’s been using for her glowy rituals. Must be.*

[Darethy-ravenholdt (Darethy)]

I mean the Pious Abominations needs to do something to entertain themselves, infidels might as well find their last moments enjoyable.

[Jacksprat-the-venture-co (Jacksprat)]

Yeah, that’s literally all Jack does is use the tu quoque defense. But it gives him upvotes so… whatever works right?

“I shouldn’t be called out for my hypocrisy”

[Cursewords-tichondrius (Cursewords)]

The rules do not apply.

My character, and the world at large, stopped existing to me when Alternate Draenor was launched and I decided to stop playing and contributing to the game, and instead chose to subsist off a communal sub to allow me to continue posting in the forums. This is not wrong. This is the lore to myself. I retcon the rest out of existence.

You know - I am glad I read this post. It puts ANY conversation with you in a true light.

I now understand your position in another thread going on right now (if genocide was committed at Teldrassil).

Rules dont apply = except real world rules apply to a video game

nothing is real but what I claim is real to me - all lore I disagree with does not exist!

This is typical of people who claim Teldrassil is genocide. They ignore anything they diasgree with and apply nonsense rules they create in their heads - while expecting the universe to agree.

I have to thank Rogther for pointing this out.

[Roghter-ghostlands (Roghter)]

Therefore, yes, Illidan was evil. I do not see how that is roleplaying, was my character roleplaying when A’dal instructed myself, and millions of others, to kill Illidan? Was I roleplaying when we jumped into a literal alternate fanfiction timewarp, or when a character that had been killed was -gasp- suddenly brought back to life?

No honey, character’s can’t roleplay because they aren’t real. And Illidan can’t be evil because he’s not real.

You, as a real live flesh and blood person can roleplay. And when your character was instructed to kill Illidan, if you felt that was you being instructed to kill Illidan, you were roleplaying.

And when you declare Illidan is “your enemy” instead of an “antagonist character” you are roleplaying.

The rules do not apply. Illidan was killed in the Burning Crusade. My character, and the world at large, stopped existing to me when Alternate Draenor was launched and I decided to stop playing and contributing to the game, and instead chose to subsist off a communal sub to allow me to continue posting in the forums.

And this is also roleplaying. You appear to be literate enough to be functional in society. So, barring some mental illness that I don’t think you have, you are aware that the story did “exist” when Alternate Draenor was launched. And it kept existing, as much as it can, without you contributing to the game. But you have decided to play the role of someone self involved enough to pretend it didn’t. This is also roleplaying.

I am not motivated by anything. You cannot police me. None of this matters, stop caring.

You misunderstand my motives. I’m not capable of policing you and so I’m not trying. I’m using you as an example of behavior that is not productive and should be discouraged for the benefit of others who consider the problem in the original thread to be less severe than it is.

Obviously, you’re allowed to continue on pretending like the lore stopped after Mists of Pandaria, that you are your character, and even showing up in these forums using someone else’s account to roleplay that out for as long as it’s amusing to you. But the purpose of these forums isn’t to accommodate your fantasy game. It’s to discuss lore, most of which you pretend doesn’t exist.

[Zega-black-dragonflight (Zega)]

I really hope anyone who reads this topic takes it to heart, roleplaying can hinder serious and positive discussion as all it does is draw a line in the sand and stop most from seeing across it.

I think people tend to forget that many of us play both sides and genuinely like to discuss possible improvements and viewpoints, without letting a character or faction bias get in the way if we can help it.

[Nyalmi-moon-guard (Nyalmi)]

I can understand why people don’t like it but as someone who has played on a rp server for years i’m too use to ic stuff at this point lol.

[Multke-sargeras (Multke)]

Moralizing meta-thread being massively upvoted. What is this, reddit?