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08-25-2004, 05:50 PM
The Roleplaying Pregnancy thread started this ...
It wouldn't be too hard to rp it, not factoring in patience with the pregnant mother.
To my knowledge, when you first roll a character they have no age (i believe it's actually '0'). Not only that, you can hide the age, as well. Likewise, you can use the age 20 descriptor "appears to be very youthful" or what have you. It's not that hard, really. Start the height as very short and (if it still exists by the time the 'baby' character reaches the right age), go to the pavilion and increase your height.
I don't see a problem with this .. I think people put too much focus on the 'roll'playing factor of the game, casting a cloud over the actual "role"play of the game.
A character with no age descriptor or who looks very youthful / young and is very short ... if they can rp they can do the baby. Always be kneeling and always be crawling.
If anyone has ever actually "roleplayed" before you'd understand how possible this really is. Try going on AOL and doing the roleplay in the AOL chatrooms (generally found in member made rooms in the arts and entertainment category). THAT is real RP (there is rollplaying involved; however, for the majority of people it's second to roleplay)... even-though you have to filter through all the horrible typos and poor grammar and whatnot (and sometimes you just have to find the group of people who are your kind of rpers).. when you get down to it, that's the way RP really is.
The roleplay in GS is subpar because everyone is too concerned about the actual mechanics of the game (i included, i'm not singling myself out here as an excellent rper in gs). People say the act and smile verb are abused... I'm sorry, but just because the game will visually show your character sitting down with the "sit" command does not mean your mind can't imagine the character sitting down with the "act sits down" command, or "smiles coyly as he slumps his back against the tree, sliding to his knees."
I know that some people are really good rpers in gemstone, ones that raise over the bar. But the majority of "RP"ers in Gemstone aren't as good as most credit them.
for example:
People like Licel have the potential to be an excellent rper, hell, he's already really good.
The people in the latter part of my last comment are those like me - i'm playing gs because it's fun, i like the rush you get from raising status in a more-so palpable matter (levels and skills and whatnot). But then, I get the craving to RP like I did for those 9 years on AOL (yes, i have a life, I rped when I had time-off and 2 or 3 hours here and there, most would agree that it's a good way to break from life) - but in the case that I get that craving, i take my character somewhere with friends, or public places occassionally, and I actually RP him.
I guess being someone who comes from an rp world that's purely made up in the mind of those around them, without really any form of computerized game mechanics involved, my views are slanted.
come to think of it, it's probably really hard to understand...especially for people who haven't had the experience of an rp world like that. a world where you can really immerse yourself within.
Anyway, that's my steam I had to vent.
It wouldn't be too hard to rp it, not factoring in patience with the pregnant mother.
To my knowledge, when you first roll a character they have no age (i believe it's actually '0'). Not only that, you can hide the age, as well. Likewise, you can use the age 20 descriptor "appears to be very youthful" or what have you. It's not that hard, really. Start the height as very short and (if it still exists by the time the 'baby' character reaches the right age), go to the pavilion and increase your height.
I don't see a problem with this .. I think people put too much focus on the 'roll'playing factor of the game, casting a cloud over the actual "role"play of the game.
A character with no age descriptor or who looks very youthful / young and is very short ... if they can rp they can do the baby. Always be kneeling and always be crawling.
If anyone has ever actually "roleplayed" before you'd understand how possible this really is. Try going on AOL and doing the roleplay in the AOL chatrooms (generally found in member made rooms in the arts and entertainment category). THAT is real RP (there is rollplaying involved; however, for the majority of people it's second to roleplay)... even-though you have to filter through all the horrible typos and poor grammar and whatnot (and sometimes you just have to find the group of people who are your kind of rpers).. when you get down to it, that's the way RP really is.
The roleplay in GS is subpar because everyone is too concerned about the actual mechanics of the game (i included, i'm not singling myself out here as an excellent rper in gs). People say the act and smile verb are abused... I'm sorry, but just because the game will visually show your character sitting down with the "sit" command does not mean your mind can't imagine the character sitting down with the "act sits down" command, or "smiles coyly as he slumps his back against the tree, sliding to his knees."
I know that some people are really good rpers in gemstone, ones that raise over the bar. But the majority of "RP"ers in Gemstone aren't as good as most credit them.
for example:
People like Licel have the potential to be an excellent rper, hell, he's already really good.
The people in the latter part of my last comment are those like me - i'm playing gs because it's fun, i like the rush you get from raising status in a more-so palpable matter (levels and skills and whatnot). But then, I get the craving to RP like I did for those 9 years on AOL (yes, i have a life, I rped when I had time-off and 2 or 3 hours here and there, most would agree that it's a good way to break from life) - but in the case that I get that craving, i take my character somewhere with friends, or public places occassionally, and I actually RP him.
I guess being someone who comes from an rp world that's purely made up in the mind of those around them, without really any form of computerized game mechanics involved, my views are slanted.
come to think of it, it's probably really hard to understand...especially for people who haven't had the experience of an rp world like that. a world where you can really immerse yourself within.
Anyway, that's my steam I had to vent.