Roleplay factions

[Ehks]

Trust me man, you're not the only one who shares such an opinion.

[Whiteman]

Trust me man, you're not the only one who shares such an opinion.

LBM

[Drix]

Fistbump, bro.

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If Argonath really wants to rebuild and make this final push, I'm pretty sure such things has to be changed. I don't think changed scripts and other pretty precious things will count at all. I think you have to do this the hard way. Straighten up the goals of the community, the guidance and the rules and set something to look forward to. If the goal is only to keep Argonath alive and continue the same storyless path, then the roleplay and its quality never returns.

But yeah, I don't know how many times I've said this but it seems like no one is listening.

We need people like you Que, to bring back the old days, don't feel lonley at all, i'm also here waiting for a decent gang to roleplay with...
And it's what Argonath needs.. no scripts, no rules, just people who know what the fuck their doing and having the guts to take it till the end.

So come back Que, hit us up with somethin mayne..b

[Cofiliano]

Roleplay factions aren't being developed cause of two reason:

1. The veteran creative people who used to develop such factions, were pushed out one way or the other.

2. The new generations has no creativity to make something original, yet are copying the shablons from the groups that survived.. Since those groups are mostly into 'Mafia' roleplay, not gangs, hence they're all opening mafia's as well. And that's suffocating the criminal scene, together with the criminal roleplay.

3. They got nothing to do. Once you make a topic, get like 5-6 members, buy properties for your group, then what?
-You can't go hijack a trucker, you'll get banned.
-Drug scripts are fucked up and pointless at the moment, God knows how much time gonna pass till developers re-do it.
-Territory script is not even being mention this days, yet it was Gandalf's main priorty for criminals.
-Weapon scripts in which you can earn cash from being a weapon dealer is pure imagination at the moment.
-You'll get into a problem with some other 'Mafia', start a war, end up banned or harrast for it.

Basicly you got nothing to do, no criminal way in earning cash, and that's the biggest problem.

Criminal script was never developed properly trough Argonath history, and you need a good criminal script to push up the roleplay and make it real.

Some people can say 'Ey man this is rp we're talking about not scripts' but don't get fooled, in order for the roleplay creativity to burst out, you need a creative script.(tho the stuff I've mentioned about is nothing creative, yet basic things we're missing).

[CharlieKasper]

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[Antonio.]

Our image for new players or people who are looking for a new roleplay server is also not appealing. I understand we're not a hardcore role-play server, but alone when a new player joins or even looks at the player list before he joins the server, he is going to see some "non-rp" names and what-not and won't even bother joining. Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.

The retarded names that we have in-game gives off the vibe that this is just "a fuck around server" and not anything serious when it comes to RP.

[Arslan]

Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.

^^^^^^^^

[AK47]

Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.

The retarded names that we have in-game gives off the vibe that this is just "a fuck around server" and not anything serious when it comes to RP.

 

[Huntsman]

Actually yes. I would be in favor and willing to change my name to a roleplay one if such rule would be applied. All these NonRP names (out of whom alot are outright ridiculous) make newcomers think its just a fuckaround server, hence why people fail to roleplay.

[TheGreasyChopper]

Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.

The retarded names that we have in-game gives off the vibe that this is just "a fuck around server" and not anything serious when it comes to RP.

Not really necessary. If someone is a proper Roleplayer, he'll prove himself, even if his name is CuntDestroyer69. Namess are the last thing that people should care about. Start roleplaying something aside from robberies and drug deals.

You can host a barbecue party in your backyard, you can roleplay having a mechanic check on your vehicle, you can roleplay opening your restaurant and have people dine in it. You don't need to commit crimes 24/7 if you wish to be a criminal.

A step I believe would increase the level and quality of roleplay is what I suggested a few months ago:
Adding roleplay to businesses

[Antonio.]

Not really necessary. If someone is a proper Roleplayer, he'll prove himself, even if his name is CuntDestroyer69. Namess are the last thing that people should care about. Start roleplaying something aside from robberies and drug deals.

It's not about the fact that the ones that don't use proper names are bad or good role-players or won't one day become good ones, it's just the server's image that is being harmed. It also looks more neater than some of the ridiculous nicks that you see in-game now-a-days.

[Tiny]

Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.

The retarded names that we have in-game gives off the vibe that this is just "a fuck around server" and not anything serious when it comes to RP.

This.

[Arslan]

His suggestion was in regards to improving and giving a better image for new players when they join not about you can only role play if you have a name in that format. If a new player joins looking for a RP server, he isn't going to be very impressed with CopKilleR1337

[Que]

Roleplay factions aren't being developed cause of two reason:

1. The veteran creative people who used to develop such factions, were pushed out one way or the other.

2. The new generations has no creativity to make something original, yet are copying the shablons from the groups that survived.. Since those groups are mostly into 'Mafia' roleplay, not gangs, hence they're all opening mafia's as well. And that's suffocating the criminal scene, together with the criminal roleplay.

3. They got nothing to do. Once you make a topic, get like 5-6 members, buy properties for your group, then what?
-You can't go hijack a trucker, you'll get banned.
-Drug scripts are fucked up and pointless at the moment, God knows how much time gonna pass till developers re-do it.
-Territory script is not even being mention this days, yet it was Gandalf's main priorty for criminals.
-Weapon scripts in which you can earn cash from being a weapon dealer is pure imagination at the moment.
-You'll get into a problem with some other 'Mafia', start a war, end up banned or harrast for it.

Basicly you got nothing to do, no criminal way in earning cash, and that's the biggest problem.

Criminal script was never developed properly trough Argonath history, and you need a good criminal script to push up the roleplay and make it real.

Some people can say 'Ey man this is rp we're talking about not scripts' but don't get fooled, in order for the roleplay creativity to burst out, you need a creative script.(tho the stuff I've mentioned about is nothing creative, yet basic things we're missing).

This.

Why aren't we having a neat drug script already?
It's such a great tool for the street gangs, working their way up at the streets. We always had these wild and brilliant ideas of selling at each corner of a block, but it was always so lame because you could only go to a random place on the map to /growweed or w/e. Instead we spent lots and lots of time on making an unnecessary (sorry for being honest) bank/wallet/fund script which has no whatsoever capability of expanding the roleplay quality.

Why aren't we having licensed weapon dealers?
Here's also a feature that is so easy to make and also so effective for gangs and groups in general. Raise the prices in Ammunation to a high price. Let a few, trusted and well-known criminals run the street market by buying them cheap and sell them a bit higher, but not yet as high as in Ammunation.

I can only speak from myself, but I've led the biggest street gang in Argonath's history and this was probably the two biggest issues we had. The money to make were none.

Firstname_lastname rule with normal names should be applied.
The retarded names that we have in-game gives off the vibe that this is just "a fuck around server" and not anything serious when it comes to RP.

You might find Antonio's post a little harsh, but he's sooo on point. 

It's not about the fact that the ones that don't use proper names are bad or good role-players or won't one day become good ones, it's just the server's image that is being harmed. It also looks more neater than some of the ridiculous nicks that you see in-game now-a-days.

Again, I can only speak for myself and I would in 9 times out of 10 find a player and roleplay with a player named "Marcel_Evans" rather than "[KCL]DuttyBoy95". This because of my past experience of people with "real names", so to speak, are more into the roleplay than the ones having a pretty awkward one. I do know that there are plenty good roleplayers rolling with clan tags etcetera. Don't get me wrong here.

Namess are the last thing that people should care about.

That's actually false. Names are the first thing someone would notice and probably judge a little on beforehand, even though you think you didn't. Just as you enter a supermarket and the name is "FUXX JACKKKKKKK 2K LOL", you probably wouldn't think that was a serious shop until you saw the interior. Same goes here. It's psychological and the human brain react automatically.

[Pandalink]

You know as much as I'm a proponent of keeping the server light and was always against it, frankly there's nothing inherently wrong with the firstname_lastname thing. It gives off a vibe of a roleplay server.

Also side note: FF14 does the same thing, and people come up with much better names than they do in WoW (where you can have whatever).