MC Banhammer Posted:

JB:

I have two concerns about this contest, one which I will air publicly here and one which I will TM to you privately.

The problem with creative RPing, as we’ve seen by the departure of people like GS49 and other old-school RPers, was the laxity given to those “RPing” as trolls (or just, y’know, BEING trolls). If any RP thread started by a gimmick alt is filled with shock pics, kaisers, draginz, etc., the fun of RPing a gimmick goes out the window.

Can you please, as part of this contest, also create a “Civil RP” forum? Where rules of CD are applied, albeit with some leniency towards verbal trolling (as compared to image/spam trolling)?

I think the problem has always been over-exaggerated and what is suggested boils down to letting certain people do whatever they want and others have stricter rules. It really isn’t a lack of role-play, it is a lack of quality role play. And really if someone quits at the first negative comment, then they don’t have the skills to role play. I mean really, how can you consider “1100001101011010101101001010101101” role play? Or “I am a sad Emo Log in to see images!