Is Roleplaying cringeworthy?

Kammakazi

Gidorick

Eh... to each his own. No judgments from me, one way or the other.

DocFrost72

You're going to have to be a LOT more specific xD

Abeille

No

Generally? No, "roleplaying" generally isn't cringeworthy. It is part of the game, although many people make the decision to not partake on it. It is the "RP" part of "MMORPG". Just like some people play the game as a single player, not partaking on the second M. And that's fine.

Now, CAN it be cringeworthy? It really depends on each person's tastes and on the characters, in my opinion. I for one am not a fan of "out of the universe" roleplaying (I don't know if that's the term in English, but it is when they add elements that have nothing to do with the lore of the game to their characters or their stories, or even ignore the game's setting completely) and I find super edgy characters to be really cringeworthy.

milesrodneymcneely2_ESO

No

I played cops and robbers as a kid, and nobody thought it was weird.

Roleplaying doesn't seem weird to me now, either. I mean, we're ALREADY running around in a fictitious world pretending we're a sword-swinging, spell-slinging hero.

MattT1988

Yes

I think it is a bit. But I really couldn't care less. If that's how people want to play the game, not our place to judge.

Kaibeth

No

I've been called a roleplayer because I occasionally *smile* or *giggle* in chat. I guess that's part of it.

"This one" rolled a khajiit to dip "her" toes in the roleplaying world. We'll see how it goes.

dday3six

Yes

I think it is, but it doesn't really matter what I think.

SantieClaws

Khajiit has no idea at all what you are talking about.

*resumes nap*

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Woeler

If ridiculous roleplay builds don't ask to nerf dungeons then I don't mind people roleplaying. As simple as that.

Twilix01

No

Woeler wrote: »

If ridiculous roleplay builds don't ask to nerf dungeons then I don't mind people roleplaying. As simple as that.

I'll admit, I was halfway like this at one point. My dumb arse once thought I could pull DPS, tanking, and healing with a sword and board, bow, and heavy armor as a templar khajiit. Running my first veteran dungeon was a real wake-up call... since my first DSA run where an experimental (but ultimately impractical) build for this same templar did surprisingly well in, I've actually started paying attention to my character build to make sure it's something that can at least do the job.

Chelos

No

What a most riddiculous survey is that anyway?
MMORPG after all...

BlueViolet

No

I don't find it at all cringeworthy. Well.. in theory.

Abeille wrote: »

Now, CAN it be cringeworthy? It really depends on each person's tastes and on the characters, in my opinion. I for one am not a fan of "out of the universe" roleplaying (I don't know if that's the term in English, but it is when they add elements that have nothing to do with the lore of the game to their characters or their stories, or even ignore the game's setting completely) and I find super edgy characters to be really cringeworthy.

This. I've roleplayed in other games where people have godlike characters. One I saw was a vampire / werewolf hybrid, of Van Helsing style with a modified crossbow that was the D&D version of an assault rifle ( the character had apparently modified the crossbow to fire at least eight bolts in one release or some such nonsense ) and couldn't ever die unless a certain specific set of conditions were met that were just out of this world, almost literally.
It was all rather ridiculous, and really not much fun.

I've also encountered a lot of people who roleplay, but can't seem to differentiate between the character and the person behind the character. One of my last RP group in another game was consistently receiving indignant private messages about "why was he so mean" because his character had a very abrasive personality. They simply assumed that because the character was horrible, that the person playing him was horrible too, which couldn't have been further from the truth.

That said, I've always found playing the role of my character to be a lot of fun. I've seen many, many people say it's weird, stupid, or that roleplayers are people who need psychological help. What I've never understood is that most of those people probably enjoy seeing a movie, or a play, and those actors are doing the very thing these people profess to be weird - playing a role.
Sure, they do it real time, and get paid astronomical amounts of money to assume a role, but it's basically the same thing, simply the vehicle is different.

I'd love to roleplay more in ESO, but I rarely to never see anyone doing it. And from the amounts of threads I've seen about people complaining about randoms trying to join into their scenarios, I've never bothered contributing to the RP I have seen.

bloodenragedb14_ESO

No

This is a ridicolous poll, what is constructive here? are you saying you hate the game? its MMORPG, not mmog.

When you are going round tamriel and see roleplayers, it breaths life into the scenario, finally no longer the same static npc responses, living, breathing, tamriel.

FerrumnCutem

Yes

I have come across some people who refused to help with a boss, because it would break their chracters immersion since they swore never to hurt mudcrabs. So that got me like, oh god why.
(shellcracker in stonefalls)

bloodenragedb14_ESO

No

i recently walked in the orsinium bath house, and an entire story, fresh, was unfolding before my eyes. it was beautiful to see such knowledge of the lore being used to its fullest, characters being who they are. It was beautiful, i sat there for over an hour watching the text go by. I am a better gamer for it, ill tell you that, i experienced something no developer could have created.

Kendaric

No

No, it's not cringeworthy at all. Why would you even think it is?

Roleplaying is just as valid as a playstyle as PvE or PvP and in fact it's the only thing that interests me in ESO. I don't care about leaderboards at all. And besides, ESO is a MMORPG, not a MOBA and not simply a MMOG.

TheUrbanWizard

No

Everyone who plays ESO is role-playing as soon as they adjust a slider on the character creation menu.

Runs

Yes

While I selected ^^^ it highly depends on the situation. Standard talking in character and and immersing yourself into the story is fine and I would not consider that cringe worthy. This is what I would consider role playing.

But....

It seems like an increasing number of people mistake the words role play as having to be about sexual fetishes. Living out sexual desires in game I do consider cringe worthy. Looking in zone chat for a "RP/ERP partner" because you want to have cyber sex with some random kid person, is cringe worthy.

The people who RP and report someone for being a drunken Nord and dancing on a table because it breaks their immersion... IS cringe worthy.

Tavore1138

No

I don't do it but if I find groups doing it I often stop and watch like I have walked into the middle of an improptu play. I think it adds colour to the game.

I remember quite early in the game going to the Torug's Pact srarion in Stormhaven and finding a group of players in imperial armour rping fixing the 'fort' ready for an attack... Confused the hell out of me but they were clearly having fun.

starkerealm

Yes

Only when you walk in on ERPers.

captainwolfos

No

Is this poll biased? y/n (It's early and I can't think if I mean "biased" or "loaded" or something else entirely, just go with it)

Seriously, I enjoy roleplaying. It can definitely be cringeworthy, though. For example, ERP makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

But characters being friends with other characters, with friends' characters; coming up with backstory and storylines for said characters, collaboration on crazy headcanon and writing about it? It's some of the best fun I've ever had with my characters -- not just in TES! -- and I've met some great people and lifetime friends from jumping into it.

bloodenragedb14_ESO

No

starkerealm wrote: »

Only when you walk in on ERPers.

most people i know do that in whisper chat as a courtesy to others, but there are jerks in every style pve pvp and rp, i dont call pvp or pve cringworthy because of a few bad eggs, we call those bad eggs....well any manner of expletives

Kendaric

No

ERP is a completely different beast. That is indeed cringeworthy, as is RPing outside the lore of the game universe.

Both are generally frowned upon by true roleplayers, as is cheesing/godmoding.

splat71

No

Not at all, in fact I wish there was more of it in ESO as I never seem to encounter any. To this day, the best online MMORPG I ever played was a text based game (yes, I'm an old timer) called Legends of Future Past. They used to have paid GMs that would create entire story lines that encouraged RP. You could actually advance your character simply via RP. It really created a sense of community and kept people playing much more then any new hunting round or place to grind.

JamieAubrey

If I had a creative mind I would make an RP character but since I'm 0% creative I dont lol

Taisynn

No

Delete!

Garldeen

No

Nope. Not a role player myself but people should be free to play however they want. Gaming is escapism, the important thing is to have fun, regardless of labels applied to it.

Rosavyn

No

I am slightly confused as to what brought up this question/poll in the first place but will give my two gold bits.

Roleplayers for the most part just add more liveliness to the game world, if they bother you then think of them as talkative npcs and just go about your business. Most roleplayers are just people who have a passion for the lore and want to enjoy the game with others who share that passion. Personally I enjoy catching tidbits of roleplay because I adore the lore of the game even though I don't roleplay much myself.

As many others have pointed out, that I agree with, it's really only cringe worthy when people forget to ERP in whisper, though on occasion I think non-roleplayers do that just to troll and cause the roleplayers to get raged at.

The real roleplayers weave stories from the lore and the characters they create. TESO is a stage to them, and they are the actors and actresses.

Mojmir

My stand on role play: stay out of my way I'll stay out yours.

bloodenragedb14_ESO

No

Tsuni wrote: »

The real roleplayers weave stories from the lore and the characters they create. TESO is a stage to them, and they are the actors and actresses.

"All the worlds a stage"-Shakespear