What is Role Play?

[Timmy]

And.... some people like to RP as the by-the-book lawman or military officer who delights in doing his/her duty and pewing the bad guys. Not all are meant to be divas.

And that is the point

Role Play is not only express of your characters emotions, based on nothing, but imagination. When I said that ID take part in it, I meant that hunting pirates while you are navy officer is RP as well.

Well, it's kinda fun to read so many replies. Please keep up.

I know how to act according to the ID, duty, lore, situation I encounter, but I thinks that without character's history or general RP plan it is all simply a routine.
There must be an aim, which would make you move on, force you to start RP encounters, encourage others to RP with you. There must be something worth effort, but just simple routine and waiting for a someone who will start to RP with you first.
So I have yet to find out.

All the same what I wrote and this... Imagine situation, your character, police officer, met a nice person, you're having a chat. And suddenly you get a call, that someone's under attack, sending you coordinates and stuff. And here comes most interesting part. By the role playing of the faction you are in you MUST go and at least check the situation. But, many would rather keep chatting, then go and do what they have to do according to their ID. Just easy as that.

So, that makes conclusion that RP is not only something you chose. There is thing like Faction RP, isn't it? And that's the thing you have to follow, or face consequences if you don't.

Well, time to switch the topic. What is Faction RP? And what do you do if someone's personal RP going against his faction's RP?