(06-26-2022, 12:49 PM)Reeves Wrote: The roleplay is what makes it fun, that's the entire point of this server. It's now taken a backseat at best, and outright been shelved at worst. I'm genuinely confused as to how this was signed off on by the administration, since the event seemed to have a clear premise to begin with. This was supposed to be a competition, I suppose none of that matters now.
There are people that wants to play Freelancer as a game. Others use Freelancer as a platform to write stories, and both views are valid. I don't see how the event is prejudicial to the game. it's entirely optional, opt-in.
You can have roleplaying with game elements, or a game with roleplaying elements. Both can coexist but one element will prevail over the other. The event, with leaderboards, points and teams, points towards a game, a competitive one. deep roleplaying isn't to be expected. This is an exception, not the rule.
Alternatively, why don't you come up with ideas towards roleplaying events, if that is what you want?
This is a great idea tbh. Why not give out rewards for top ingame RPers+Forum stories instead of wanting to deny people fun in awesome events like these? That forum story writing event was cool and popular for example
