Role Play Conference

[madnak]

On Saturday, February 12th at 4:00pm EST there will be an out-of-character conference held on the hill in Majestic Garden when Perrako was wed, north of Yrkanis.

The goal of this meeting is to establish role play conventions and boundaries, to come to agreement on hazy aspects of the setting, and to get the RP community together all at once.

If you need transportation that can probably be arranged, let me know.

[ackir]

Come hell or high water (or a Kincher swarm... or all three), I will be there. I have been tossing the idea around myself, and think its great you took the initiative to do it. My in-game name is Maika.

[turkka]

Matis lands eh? Non exactly neutral territory dat est...


<shifts eyes>

[zumwalt]

Oh ye of little faith, how about we just do it in the Nexus this way if it gets out of hand we can have a brawl instead?

Saturdays and Sundays are family days, wife and kids come first, so I probably won't be there unfortunately.

[turkka]

Conference, brawl - what est difference? I concur about Nexus, Hoowah!

[raynes]

I think there needs to be clarifacation as to the purpose of this meeting. It's not a meeting of Kami loyalists, Karavan supporters, or any in game group. It's a meeting of players to discuss the roleplay issues in the game. Things like setting up events, rules and guidelines for roleplay, and how to get more people involved. This is a out of character meeting.

[madnak]

Matis is easier to reach than Nexus. I want this to be open to all, even the brand new players. And getting everyone to Nexus would be a nightmare.

[brackish]

Could we maybe make a list of items to be addressed? I think if you have actual items and questions to be answered you will have a more productive meeting.
Also, who will directing this meeting?

One thing i would like to see discussed is maybe a way to get Neutral guilds involved more. Just an idea. Our guild really does not RP that much but if there is a reason to, other may be attracted to do so.

[madnak]

Well, I'd like it to be an open forum, so if there's something someone would like to discuss they can feel free. To that end there won't be a hard agenda.

I want to talk about:

Karavan, Kami, and neutral - what exactly it means to be put into one of these boxes, and what defines the factions other than the fact they're at each others' throats.

RP without factions - So far everything seems related to the factions. I want to see that change. As I see it, the Kami/Karavan disputes and the kitin threat are more of a backdrop for the real down-to-earth role play. I love having events and things related to those conflicts, but it seems like there's a real vacuum in terms of day-to-day stuff.

Because there's a major lack of content we have to come up with some things on our own. The religion and race pages are good places to start, but are very incomplete. Some things I really want to discuss: What does the karavan edict against the PR mean exactly? No entry at all? Try to stay out as much as possible? Only go down when you need to gather mats for the Karavan? Also, how do the Fyros and Zorai view Jena? How do the Matis and Tryker view Ma-Duk? How does life go on in Atys? What's a day in the life of a homin? What kinds of daily rituals do homins engage in?

We can improv a lot of this stuff, but it could get chaotic over time. I'd like to do some group brainstorming.

How can we get RP going? Let's think about it. Maybe we can set up certain areas that are unofficial "RP zones," there are lots of empty buildings and lonely hills around. How can the RP community get in touch with one another? How can we organize events efficiently? How can we encourage RP and recruit role players to Ryzom?

[zumwalt]

Please if you will, at the general meeting, ask that the guilds have a rep go to the guild section of the website and post an update to there guild information for me.

This way, when the meeting is over, anyone or any guild rather that is declaring its roleplay status can be updated, along with there web address for any player wishing to join them.

Although the meeting is about clerification, once this is done, posting the standings would help in the long run.

As it stands, faction based PvP is all we have, and according to the guild posted information, I am guessing that the Karavan would whipe the Kami clean in a RP stance of faction against faction minus Neutrals.

This needs some balance.