Come On People, Look Alive!
August 24, 2009
When I logged into the role-playing server, I expected to be plunged into a medieval world where people called each other by titles and sincerely believed in the preservation of Azeroth’s security. However, instead I bunch of apathetic players who actually found it strange when I played my part. I do not understand why this had happened. Blizzard created RP servers to give players a chance to really live out the lore of Warcraft. This was supposed to be the true outlet for those who wanted to live out a fantasy world uninhibited and without fear of prejudice.
In my little mini experiment I logged onto a high population RP server as a paladin and beseeched my fellow “adventurers” to go on a quest or sell me their wares. All I received was expressions of incredulity or indifference. I don’t think this can be attributed for player who just couldn’t log onto to other servers, thus they came here. Probably playing a role is just too much work.
One can speculate why this is happening. Perhaps WoW has its draw in allowing player to pursue whatever adventure that fancied them. RP would be to impose a set framework that forced the player to work within. To bypass such limitations, players are abandoning the rules altogether. The GMs are getting lax too in their enforcement. The lack of enforcement coupled with apathy just spells doom for the RP servers.
This is sad. As strange as RP may be sometimes, player apathy and maybe laziness, is destroying one of the avenues of play. This is just unfair for those that want to experience the RP way of play. Blizzard should revamp their patrol of RP servers and try to stimulate some creativity. Otherwise if nothing is done, then the RP way of play shall be just an empty name.
-Tom
