WoW: Ulterior Motive
Sep. 8th, 2005 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksBack before I left WoW, I was running my Warlock Silvereyes pretty regularly, and was having lots of fun with her character. The trouble was, I found I was often wanting for other Players with whom to Role Play, and as much fun as the Quests are, wandering around the world alone wasn't my cup of tea. So, I thought I might try to take membership in a guild.
And there are lots of RP Guilds out there. The Knights of Lordaeron. The Alliance Protectors. The Archmagister's Guild. For a while I was in a group called 'Honor Unbound,' if I recall, and it was nice, and there was some nice character interaction (I think the leader of the band was enamoured with Silvereyes), but one thing kept bugging me. Silvereyes wasn't a knight, and she didn't care much about 'protecting the innocent,' and she certainly wouldn't serve an archmagister. After all, she was a Warlock, with all the quirks of character that come with dealing in black magics. She fit reasonably well in Honor Unbound, but there was still a something missing from my play experience.
And so I had an idea -- namely, that I would try to form a 'metaguild,' the Storycircle. What's a metaguild you might ask?
Well, generally speaking, the Guilds in WoW act as in-game affliations. You actually *are* a Knight of the Alliance, or a Magister of the Third Moon, or a member of the Gnomish Syndicate. And this is all well and good, and I think I really like the idea. But the idea that I had was not for a Guild of Characters, but more a Guild of Players. The metaguild would not denote a character affiliation -- part of the idea is that member-characters could not know each other, or even be antagonistic -- rather, it would be a medium through which players could coordinate with each other to stage 'spontaneous' role-playing, and to build up and develope storylines and characters.
The guildchat itself would be OOC and would allow players to coordinate movements and actions, so that Therifal the Mad just 'happens' to run into Galindor the Proud in Goldshire, or Alyssiana comes reluctantly out of the Abbey and is found by Jelisbelle, who trains and mentors the young sorceress. And all of this can be role-played in the open on Local (or privately, as the characters and circumstances dictate), as an entertainment to other denizens of Wow, and maybe to remind them of what Role Playing can be like.
Anyways, I fell out of WoW before I could get the metaguild set up, but Silvereyes still has the Charter, unsigned, in her hands. I would still like to see this experiment come to pass, and see real character interaction and development. So I thought I might advertise here, and see if I couldn't drum up some support.
So, if you're interested, comment here, or send Silvereyes a letter through WoW to let me know.
And there are lots of RP Guilds out there. The Knights of Lordaeron. The Alliance Protectors. The Archmagister's Guild. For a while I was in a group called 'Honor Unbound,' if I recall, and it was nice, and there was some nice character interaction (I think the leader of the band was enamoured with Silvereyes), but one thing kept bugging me. Silvereyes wasn't a knight, and she didn't care much about 'protecting the innocent,' and she certainly wouldn't serve an archmagister. After all, she was a Warlock, with all the quirks of character that come with dealing in black magics. She fit reasonably well in Honor Unbound, but there was still a something missing from my play experience.
And so I had an idea -- namely, that I would try to form a 'metaguild,' the Storycircle. What's a metaguild you might ask?
Well, generally speaking, the Guilds in WoW act as in-game affliations. You actually *are* a Knight of the Alliance, or a Magister of the Third Moon, or a member of the Gnomish Syndicate. And this is all well and good, and I think I really like the idea. But the idea that I had was not for a Guild of Characters, but more a Guild of Players. The metaguild would not denote a character affiliation -- part of the idea is that member-characters could not know each other, or even be antagonistic -- rather, it would be a medium through which players could coordinate with each other to stage 'spontaneous' role-playing, and to build up and develope storylines and characters.
The guildchat itself would be OOC and would allow players to coordinate movements and actions, so that Therifal the Mad just 'happens' to run into Galindor the Proud in Goldshire, or Alyssiana comes reluctantly out of the Abbey and is found by Jelisbelle, who trains and mentors the young sorceress. And all of this can be role-played in the open on Local (or privately, as the characters and circumstances dictate), as an entertainment to other denizens of Wow, and maybe to remind them of what Role Playing can be like.
Anyways, I fell out of WoW before I could get the metaguild set up, but Silvereyes still has the Charter, unsigned, in her hands. I would still like to see this experiment come to pass, and see real character interaction and development. So I thought I might advertise here, and see if I couldn't drum up some support.
So, if you're interested, comment here, or send Silvereyes a letter through WoW to let me know.
