' Wrote:The game as in "in game" is the heart of the Role Play server of course.
But at least since i have been here i have always seen Discovery as a dual entity; That is the game itself, and its forums. Your character should be able to stand up more or less without an epic novel on the forum to back it up, but that being said, we know thats not the case with some characters hence there is a "special RP section", there are also faction background posts, faction stories etc etc...
Granted, some people are just not going to know your backstory - which is fine, do you know everyone's back story you meet in life? Nope.
But, if you have taken the time to write a story about your character, then that other person has the option of knowing more - they don't have to excersize that, but its there.
For me - the writing i have done for my characters on the forums has given them depth, which then adds to the character in game - you might seem my character doing something in game, going somewhere and ask "why are you doing that" - now, if you were concerned i was doing something OORP, you could pm me, and i have no prob explaining.
However a better way of dealing with an unusual circumstance is simply to Role Play it yourself... who cares if you haven't read my back story.
"what are you doing there Corsair?".... If you have read the back story, maybe you will know, if you haven't, maybe not - but its still an encounter that has to be Role played anyway.... Role play in game and out is about creativity after all, its about taking on the role of someone else and then being as that character might.
One thing that i always love though in game is when i can tell - via someone else's RP that they actually have read my back stories, it adds to the experience quite a lot. I also personally like knowing the back stories of others, it also makes their characters in game seem so much more fleshed out.
None of this is something thats mandatory in any way of course - if you don't have the inclination to write things or even read them, then you shouldn't and don't have to. I'll relate to you in game by how your RP with me - and there is nothing wrong with that because some people like to keep it simple. But if you do have a backstory and i have read it - then perhaps my RP with you in game might incorporate that and make it that little bit extra....
However - Part of respect is respecting differences - so you don't write stories, big deal, it doesn't make you any worse than "veterans" who do, you're just as much a part of this place as them, and if you are Role Playing in game Kudos to you.
And if you are a Tolstoy writing epics on the forums, then Kudos to you as well, and i'll check out your stories. Immersion is different for everyone, some of us, can do it with a line of text in a chat window - others, like myself to be honest, like a little bit more than that (for my own characters at least) and thats how they play.
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My thoughts, elaborated and brought to you by someone whose posts are softer.
