All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Last week, I saw an interesting thread on one of the RP forums I visit. A roleplayer was asking for advice regarding a situation with one of her RP characters. The general gist of the situation was this: She had been roleplaying a relationship with someone, and they had a child together. The child was another character she'd made on her account. The two roleplayers had a falling out and stopped speaking to each other. The roleplayer in question asked if it was all right to tell the ex-friend that he could not roleplay their child, because the child was a character on her account.
Needless to say, since the questioning roleplayer had the character on her account, it was her character. She had every right to tell the ex-friend not to roleplay the child, because the character didn't belong to him. But it's situations like this, tangles in the threads of RP relationships and arguments between players, that create sticky situations both for roleplayers and the storylines they roleplay together. How do you know when things are getting out of hand before it gets to the point of a virtual child custody battle?
Last week, I saw an interesting thread on one of the RP forums I visit. A roleplayer was asking for advice regarding a situation with one of her RP characters. The general gist of the situation was this: She had been roleplaying a relationship with someone, and they had a child together. The child was another character she'd made on her account. The two roleplayers had a falling out and stopped speaking to each other. The roleplayer in question asked if it was all right to tell the ex-friend that he could not roleplay their child, because the child was a character on her account.
Needless to say, since the questioning roleplayer had the character on her account, it was her character. She had every right to tell the ex-friend not to roleplay the child, because the character didn't belong to him. But it's situations like this, tangles in the threads of RP relationships and arguments between players, that create sticky situations both for roleplayers and the storylines they roleplay together. How do you know when things are getting out of hand before it gets to the point of a virtual child custody battle?
Continue reading 3 red flags that your roleplay is getting out of hand
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