Deciding for others
If you think for one moment , that you ’ re going to enter a role-play environment and make your story happen exactly the way you want it to , regardless of what ’ s going on around you , then you are foolish and shouldn ’ t be role-playing at all . Go to World of Warcraft or some other MMORPG , this isn ’ t for you .
This is an arrogant , close-minded and self-defeating thought process and you may wind out being the person who is hurt the most by this behavior . When you pre-determine the journey and destination of your story and ignore what ’ s going on around you in order to force your outcome , not only are you making other people miserable , but you are depriving yourself of some of the greatest excitement available in live , interactive story writing like this ! You also leave yourself open to meta-gaming or god-modding and these are bannable offenses !
QUICK FIX : When preparing your character sheet and back story , give yourself guidelines so you remember your character ’ s personality , how they might react in various situations , why they hate orc ’ s and what they ’ re doing in that city . But leave both destination and journey completely open to be guided by the interactions that happen with others in the sim . You may know you ’ re looking for your mother , she was abducted by orc ’ s and you hate them for it , losing her was devastating and created in you a mistrust for races other than your own , but do not determine that you WILL find her , or even that you will find any clues at all during your time in this city . Leave it all open and free-flow and you may be surprised at the amazing new story
Pips Flickr Pics Submission “ Don ’ t Speak ” by : Mimi Sinclair
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