What I was really hoping for is a higher standard from individuals.
I will assume, however, that some explaining is acceptable here.
roleplay
(v.) To act and speak as if you are the character you're portraying. To roleplay is as much about what not to say as what TO say. It means to keep your speech in the context of the setting in which your character (or avatar) exists. Context can be defined as both time and place. - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p...m=roleplay
Role Play is putting yourself into the mind of someone else. It doesn't matter whether that person is futuristic or historical, real or fictitious. What matters is that, while you are role playing, that person dictates who you are and how you react in the environment. I will admit that my mindset is founded in tabletop gaming, but a character should be recognizable AS a character as opposed to the name of a ship.
The POB Attack Declaration I quoted earlier wasn't a person, it was an excuse to destroy a POB. It didn't even have the cliched nonsense of "You're blocking my sunlight" that was popular some years ago.
Role play in that case would have been finding out who the base belonged to and justifying the Character's, not the Player's, need to see it destroyed. It would also be reporting the base if it was NOT a faction the Character would attack.
The flip side of that whole tirade is that it was accepted both by the community and the management as business as usual. If you are going to accept that standard, attacking four bases from one MeLance, and the various other things routinely found in the Attack Declaration thread, then you might just as well get rid of the requirement for RP.
As to my writing a suggestion, I will admit that I am having a difficult time quantifying what needs to occur, being in the class of knowing what I don't consider acceptable but not being able to define a minimum standard, probably because different norms apply to different factions.
