A request to pirates

[Jihadjoe]

All you indy pirates. I MEAN ALL! need to learn to RP cause I have yet to find a non faction pirate that RPs.

I'm an indy pirate, among other things. I'm going to tell you to take your comment elsewhere.

You can target your messages and broad sweeping statements at whatever group you like, self righteously telling people to "lern2rp" as much as you like... But every time you say something along those lines, you're going to be wrong.

Totally wrong.

I'll be honest here though... 90% of the threads telling X group to lern2rp, are infact threads which have the following subtext:

I just had someone do something which does not fit within my personal view of what constitutes roleplay. I don't like it when something happens to me which is not on my terms. Me lacking control in a roleplay situation, and not being able to govern or shape the actions of those around me, due to differing viewpoints and pre-concieved ideas of roleplay norms, forms and structure, is deeply shaking to what I believe to be true.

People who disagree with me on such matters are wrong, stupid, and must be purged. Preperably with fire, or other such violent cleansing methods.

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