Roleplay ?

[Oniros]

So what the point in creating a character and developing it ? To develop your character one must play. No one stop you to exist in game, but some "rules" can stop you to have what your character wants.

I like to give just an example of what I consider for myself role-playing a character:
I made an expedition with a character to establish contact with the Order. I made it in game. After this contact, I ask to the leader of Bs the permission to docked on Toledo... yes... only the permission to dock on Toledo, it does not include buying weapon, going in O100 or docking on the Isis.

Other example: i wrote on the outcast message dump to say that i was interested by a Inferno. I do not expect an answer, i just said, "i will come to find a contact". I came to Malta to meet some Outcasts and i have still not purchase the weapon. How can i do that as i do not even know where is the gun dealer ? After a nice chat, i was convinced of the risk of mounting such an evident proof of my friendship with outcasts.
Should i purchase an Inferno ? No because, none outcasts i met was friendly enough with me to encourage me in such a path. Conclusion : no one will sell me an Inferno unless i deal with an outcast character.

I do not write stories because i can't do it properly. Justifying what we have by what we do in game is far better. Quoting Sovereign: the stories follow the character, not the other way around.
The pilot is not the ship. We are role-playing characters, not ship and guns. They are just instruments, they reflect our In Game development (money, contacts etc..).

Roleplaying is about acting not writting. Have you ever seen an actor playing a role on a paper ? No, he plays on a stage or in a movie.
Being ooRP is only being out of the server RP rules (written or not). I really do not see where the ability to role-play a character is related to the use of a ship and guns. ooRP mean nothing and writing a story to avoid the ooRP rules means nothing. Role-playing is about live interaction, tell we where is the interaction is by writing a justification story ? "Justification stories" are just hypocrit justifications to avoid RP actions. There is absolutely no RP in it.
However, I do respect writers who write a story for the story itself and for the pleasure of his readers. To write is a beautiful act of creation.

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