[Discuss] Is Fun Dead? End of RP

[Timothy Collett]

On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:43 PM, LilWolf wrote:

> Jan Trottel wrote:
>>
>> I remember there was a time when peasants were saying "Look we  
>> don't like this realm, we want to change the relations with them".  
>> Now this plays no role at all.
>
> They still do that and it does have an effect.
>
> Agnilar: There are demonstrations and protests against your ally  
> Barony of Makar. There are demonstrations and protests against your  
> ally Norland. Morale falls 6%. Loyality to your realm falls 6%.  
> Rumours speak of increased unrest.
>
> It pretty much ties up one bureaucrat full time.

Exactly.  It's a nuisance, but it won't change your stance toward the  
other realm.  Jan is right.

On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Gloria Santos wrote:
> Rania,
>
> You see a lack of RP when I see quite the opposite.  It is  
> precisely because people stick to their characters and to the story  
> coherence that they act that way.

But people *should* be able to change.  What was the figure--three  
months in RL is (more or less) one year in BM?

Sure, there were people and families, and even nations, who would  
hold grudges for decades.  But shouldn't *some* people start to  
change, rather than simply indoctrinating generation after generation  
with the same hatreds?

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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"99 times out of 100, a hero is someone who's hungry enough and cold  
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