Lack of role-play on server

[spikefin]

Im in two minds about the OP, I like coming across good RP, Only thing that's constantly new in the game if you get my drift.

But The "over rp" of back in the day is why I left despite loving the game.

I think there needs to be a middle ground were RP is heavily "suggested" but there's some tolerance, Why i suggest this is...

When I first started playing I couldn't RP at all this was my first RP experience I was far to constantly forced off the server Because I did something oorp/ooc Broke some rule I didn't know. People I did meet up with simply said "Keep your hand on the cruise speed button, Don't ever stop, And Claim your comms is broken"

Now there's significantly less role play, But when I do come across roleplay, that guy has been sitting waiting for RP for the last 3 hours, So its in depth good and long, And when i muck up, That Big battleship throws me an //oorp dude, that's ooc because (reason here)

Theres an "So you want to rp" Thread on this forum, But reading it doesn't make a player good at RP, Practice does.

Also theres alot of "Private" RP, Like I was told just the other day when querying the Zoner Corsair situation, A faction leader indicated they RP'd in game and didn't make RP forum posts Even though there actions Impacted a huge group of people. They said theres plenty of ooc posts explaining the situation.

I personally (Because im still not good at rp) Try to stay away from ooc/non rp posts about ingame events as Knowing about the comments can inadvertently have me talking about ooc stuff.

Also With the same Zoner - Corsair information request I was linked, and pm'd "supporting information" four times, this link was a "classified encrypted Corsair only" transmission, How is it ever expected of me to know side (A) is at war with side (B) if it's a private communication?

As for how to make it better I have one idea and one idea only. Theres alot of you GOOD rp'ers, and i mean real good dedicated guys.

My suggestion would be (With admin approval of course) to form a RP game master collective. (I think the admins probably don't get enougth fly time as it is,)

Have a straight forward policy, Make open decisions, And lets say I was reported for ooc rp, You look, Say obviously this was an accident, but we still don't want it, Hey spikefin 1,000,000 sirus cretit fine, Thus showing me i made a mistake, But not scaring me off the server. If i use same ooc maybe next time is 10,000,000 fine.

I know you wouldn't be able to "Enforce" such a fine, But im sure there would be a means to work with admin were you filed proper documentation and the fine could be en-forced. Lets face it, a simple *fine document* if objectively looked at, should be easier for admins than 50 ooc complaints a day for admin.

As a side note, What about Ideas on making RP easier, As I want to mainly play my zoner, I (And others zoner and corsair) Have no Idea WTH is going on, theres private comm's and meetings everywere. As such i cant rp, most people don't know whats going on, in my case "TAZ" say one thing "OSI" another and "(]o[)" wouldn't reply to hails, indies talk of all out war. I go Hang with 15 faction and indie Corsairs one night with no issue, everyones happy, I return Some Stolen Corsair weapons, some acquired artifacts, Some food rations were taken to crete, The next day its "We want to shoot you because X reason" 4 Hours later, Its back to Hey hows it going zoner, thanks for the food.

Theres a post Here

http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?...pic=118758

Sure it tells me something, It doesn't tell me why, no backstory. Theres also like 20 "indie" posts in same place saying this that the other.

Then we follow doc holiday around a bit and get these posts he makes

Im talking about this (Linkhere)
How come this(link here) happened

etc. I know exactly what doc holiday is talking about, Because he gives examples, reasons not meaningless statements, If i had to rp about Doc Holiday, I could probably tell you the color of his underwear If i have to r/p with Corsair thugs, I cant, Theres no actual RP info i can find. Just someone attacked X Anarchists this, corasiars that, that's not what happened, The official notes don't give ANY supporting evidence, what there basing it on.

Sorry about wall of text.