BadRP in the New Lore

[Angel]

Considering the change of pace in the new Lore, would it be valid to report someone for BadRP if, for an example:

- They act as if nothing is happening, as if nothing has changed or everything is normal.

- Act as a seasoned survivor with years of experience in the apocalypse, carrying huge guns on their backs.

If people want higher quality RP,  I feel these should be punishable. What is the Staff's stance on it?

[Duplessis]

For the first one it is, in my opinion, debatable.

For the second one, absolutely. The apocalypse has barely even started yet.

[Pepsi]

BadRP should be report able to those two points. There isn't an apocalypse just yet so Seasoned Survivors with years don't exist.

 

Those who pretend nothing is wrong is plausible since some may have been wondering away from conflicts, like hitchhikers, summer camp participants. BUT, yes, those who pretend there isn't a whole pandemic and conflict in Chernarus are prone to BadRP report.

Be mindful this is the very first days, errors will happen.

[Combine]

The conclusion of this is that you need some level of (mostly unarmed) "campfire RP" in certain areas, however.

Meaning you shouldn't just punish "bad RP" if you go along with this, but need to hope that you find the infrastructure to support certain initial stages of RP.

Edited June 1, 2020 by Combine

[groovy cali]

I've already been told that "people who make characters who go directly against the lore can be ignored and reported directly to lore staff members" and then they'll put it up the proper channels.

 

But meh, at your own risk on that. Second seal team 6 survivor starts blabbing im walking, but gotta tread that line of "is it badrp or not"

[Luca]

I can just see new people making character pages where they "stranded on a beach" or "suddenly woke up in cherno" or their plane crashed. That's always a good one.

[TheBishop]

13 minutes ago, Phoenix said:

I can just see new people making character pages where they "stranded on a beach" or "suddenly woke up in cherno" or their plane crashed. That's always a good one.

Holding out on the “I was aboard the big boat crash up north!” 

[Rover]

23 minutes ago, groovy cali said:

I've already been told that "people who make characters who go directly against the lore can be ignored and reported directly to lore staff members" and then they'll put it up the proper channels.

 

But meh, at your own risk on that. Second seal team 6 survivor starts blabbing im walking, but gotta tread that line of "is it badrp or not"

 

You can't ignore someone trying to RP with you, but you will be given extreme leniency if you try to end it and get away from them ASAP.

 

Please report all CP's that don't fit the lore via the link on the CP.

If you have a personal experience with someone that shows they aren't respecting the lore/meme'ing/etc, a report should be opened like usual for BadRP, or you can go to Discord and get a staff member to help you find the player so you can talk it out with them and guide them.

In most cases its not people being malicious, its either a lack of understanding of the lore or too lazy to read it. Neither is good, but its the people that don't care to change that are the problem.

17 minutes ago, Phoenix said:

I can just see new people making character pages where they "stranded on a beach" or "suddenly woke up in cherno" or their plane crashed. That's always a good one.

Please report these. The support team have been playing whack-a-mole all day with this.

[Mortico]

28 minutes ago, groovy cali said:

I've already been told that "people who make characters who go directly against the lore can be ignored and reported directly to lore staff members" and then they'll put it up the proper channels.

 

But meh, at your own risk on that. Second seal team 6 survivor starts blabbing im walking, but gotta tread that line of "is it badrp or not"

"Yeah im a seal team 8 airborne ranger" 

"Sir, the US has nothing to do with this region"

"im special forces tho i do things the rest of the military doesn't do"

mmmkay...

[Gaard]

On 6/1/2020 at 2:07 PM, Rover said:

 

On 6/1/2020 at 2:07 PM, Rover said:

I can just see new people making character pages where they "stranded on a beach" or "suddenly woke up in cherno" or their plane crashed. That's always a good one.

 

Please report these. The support team have been playing whack-a-mole all day with this.

Roaming around I found a plane crash that was still smoking and the plane was still intact. I don't plan on it but could others use that in there story of how they got there. In this small scenario I feel like I would be plausible. 

What's your take on it?

[Finn]

Sometimes I messup and act like I've always acted before, but I've been trying harder and harder to act like a normal human being would when faced with an unknown infection like this.

There are moments where I begin to line up a shot on some random innocent zed and then think to myself, why would I be doing this... this could most likely lead a large group of infected towards me.

Other moments where I behave like I did pre-wipe and then make efforts to put more fear into my character.

...

I do see more and more civilian characters carrying around military weapons and it doesn't make sense.

[Mexi]

I think you need to give people time to adjust to a new setting instead of being ready to smack someone with points and a ban because they're not used to acting as if something is new after 3+ years of the prior lore.

People just need reminders if certain shit happens, not bans/ punishments. We're Roleplayers, not the Gestapo. Show some lenience.

[Whitename]

3 hours ago, Gaard said:

Roaming around I found a plane crash that was still smoking and the plane was still intact. I don't plan on it but could others use that in there story of how they got there. In this small scenario I feel like I would be plausible. 

What's your take on it?

It's a well-known community meme for new players to make their backstory based of the various plane/helicopter crashes throughout the map. This style of backstory should be if possible avoided

[Lori]

9 minutes ago, groovy mexi said:

I think you need to give people time to adjust to a new setting instead of being ready to smack someone with points and a ban because they're not used to acting as if something is new after 3+ years of the prior lore.

People just need reminders if certain shit happens, not bans/ punishments. We're Roleplayers, not the Gestapo. Show some lenience.

^This. I dont think people should be banned and stuff but they should definitely be pulled aside and corrected. People react better to that generally. We should be trying to help other older players and newer players get use to the new lore and play style as a community. A little kindness goes a long way.

If they refuse to change or listen, then yeah, ban and points 'em.

Edited June 4, 2020 by Lori

[Gaard]

1 minute ago, Whitename said:

It's a well-known community meme for new players to make their backstory based of the various plane/helicopter crashes throughout the map. This style of backstory should be if possible avoided

Now that I think about it I literally wasn't even considering the helicopter crashes. I think the only reason I thought about it is because it came up in my RP when me and someone else were talking about the intact plane lol i see what you mean now