Huh. This may become a serious RP blog… not just for wow, but role play in general.
…Nah. But that doesn’t mean this isn’t a somewhat serious post, in regards to roleplay.
One of the biggest mistakes many rpers make is the inability to pick a good idea from a bad one. As soon as they get that lightbulb of inspiration they’re putting their idea into play, regardless of whether it is a good idea or not. I used to be like that myself, and ended up with a character who was assaulted sexually with hot pokers repeatedly and eventually tortured and burned to death and then brought back to life. This idea should have stopped in my head, been tucked away in the “Melissa is crazy and morbid” files and then never brought back again. But I put it into play, and destroyed a character and a relationship that I really liked, irreparably. Later on I went on to have the same character cheat on her husband with another man… which the character would NEVER do, but hey, it was an idea. If killing Faith killed her rp relationship, having her cheat on her husband sealed the coffin.
So yeah, I speak from experience and with plenty of sympathy, when I say, some ideas are better left unplayed, and some are better as jokes. Heck, this journal is built around the crazy, unplayable Warcraft ideas I get and posting them up for people to giggle at the mental images. I promise no graphic death or assault or anything that is honestly Not Funny unless you are sick.
Example: A couple good friends of mine really really like Illidan Stormrage and Kael’thas. Being avid raiders, they both ended up having their mains in encounters, and gave their characters scars in character as a reminder of the fights. My favorite villain being Arthas, it is doubtful that Ana could really survive an encounter, being a simple Ravenholt trained assassin in leather. So, I was struck by the thought that the moment after she were to stab Arthas in the back (let’s face it, THE BUTT), he would turn around and look at her, and then, she would sprint like no rogue has ever sprinted before and be seen again in Moaki harbor. Now, this is not physically possible, and further more is ridiculous and honestly I think our good Lich King (or our bad, you know what I mean) has a deathgrip like a mofo and Ana would die regardless. But it’s funny and so I tell fellow rpers about it, if only for the mental image. If I ever get to go kill Arthas, it will be OOC. There is no way someone like Ana or Seiz or Keir or even Poe (who has her own issues with him) would ever be strong enough to take down the Lich King, even with 25 people. But it was an idea… one that I thought about and evaluated and then decided that while it IS funny and worth telling people about, it’s a bad idea IC.
People need to do this more often. Sit down and consider their ideas before putting them into play, and if they really like them, they can tell their fellow RPers about it, but please, please, please, keep it OOC.
