True Roleplay - not existent on the "RP 24/7"?

[Zayne Carrick]

God, Fluffyball, you're so... wrong, I don't even know where to start.

Worry not, many people around had their own faith crisises, yet they're still here.
So, you're talking about setting some standarts. I ask you to refer to common sense.

If a pirate meets transport, would he be interested in lifestory of captain, his wife and uncle John? Unlikely. Cargo and destination? Maybe, but still unlikely. Captain's money? Hell yes!

Then if policeman walks to scene above, his primary concern would be safety of transport, easiest way to achieve it is disabling pirate spacecraft. Again, no time for stories.
Almost all basic encounters are about "2milordie" or "ureddie". That's OK. And more than that, IT IS ROLEPLAY, because, you know, pirate should pirate, terrorist should terrorize and military officer should stop them.

That's exact reason why I've never bothered with my detailing characters background and biography. I can't imagine encounter, where I would be willingly telling someone my character's secrets.

Surely, there's place for hardcore RP, where people are writing extencive forum background and talking in space for hours. But that's minor part of Discovery, not major one.



And here we're encountering another problem. It's just my point of view. And it's point of agressive bluemsg hunter, who doesn't really care about roleplay (cause when people are roleplaying with right hand, they're calling for reinforcements in Skype with their left hand) and barely plays Discovery nowadays.