[Ranylyn]

100% agreed. While I may not always agree with the GMs on every issue (I mean, I've been warned for "antagonizing" people when I was being harrassed simply for suggesting someone make an effort to type properly; and I don't mean I was singling out typos, but I mean they were saying things like ASL, IKR, and LOL icly - but I also understand that the GM in question was not present when this started and gets enough backtalk that they would naturally not want my explanation) the fact remains that they're just doing their jobs and the game would be worse if we had no enforcers, so I'm 100% in favor of encouraging a more proper understanding of the lore and rules rather than needing to have the GMs come in and get argued with.

I get that not everyone will be skilled at roleplay. But then you have instances like Slydria mentioned, of examples that could be avoided if people just understand the lore. For example, since almost all races (outside of Mechanations and Doriads, and very maybe possibly elves and redtails, I'm unsure as to their full backstory) used to be human generations ago and were changed either by a patron diety or some form of corruptive influence (I'm counting Wyverntouched here, as it's the only known example of a "mixed race&quot we can safely assume that they all follow basic biology similar to humans, such as being warm blooded, giving live birth, not engaging in photosynthesis, et cetera. Yet, I also remember many, MANY examples of people simply not understanding the lore. Such as...

- A 300+ year old phenix who became a child again every time they died. Because obvious inspiration from mythological Phoenix.
- A Human/Elf couple giving birth to a Redtail because the human was part Redtail from like 10 generations ago.
- Vampires hissing and steaming and running indoors when the sun comes up.
- Kaelensia with hereditary heterochromia as an IC trait. (I can undersand lacking the talent to recolor an otherwise good picture, but...)
- A dullahan transferring their soul into a mechanation. I don't even.
- Warriors with no magical talent becoming liches to have an eternity to master their swordsmanship, the ritual being magical ignored, just to have an OOC excuse to make a melee lich just to be a special little snowflake.
- Liches who were forced to perform the ritual by another, because giving someone else the power to destroy you in revenge is smart!
- Shaitans parading themselves around Cellsvich, loudly discussing their condition with anyone who will listen, despite the Empire's tendency to cut it's problems in half and insisting Shaitans don't exist. This is the fantasy Equivalent of taking history books that contradict the Chinese governments' statements on the issues to China and distributing them publicly. You would not last long. These Shaitans have endured for IC years.
- People that are 9+ feet tall. They're supposed to just be humans with modified features. Humans don't get that tall. Even the very VERY few examples of 8+ feet people have horrendous health problems from being so tall.
- Someone seriously tried to prove their strength once by ICly suplexing the entire arena. Yes, the stone walls. They succeeded. PHYSICS SAY NO! What's next, slashing a skyscraper in half with a sword? Just because it happened in the FF7 movie isn't an open invitation to try it, since it's easily more bullshit than suplexing an arena.
- An elf ICly visited their family in Mersales twice a year. If I need to explain why this is wrong, please spend 24 hours poring over the Elf page on the Wiki, with an additional 72 hours if this was not enough time to understand the problem. If this extra 72 hours was not long enough, please consider learning the English Language before joining a mainly English community as you clearly don't understand simple words.
- There was a Shaitan whose blood would cool to -100c and heat to 200c (100c colder than the freezing point of water, and 100c hotter than the boiling point of water) at Purple/Red Iahsus respectively. Um, yeah, while the lore doesn't actually explicitly state this doesn't happen, I think being that cold would do a little more than make one feel slightly relaxed, and I think being that hot would do a little more than make one feel irate. Just seems needlessly "look how hardcore I am."
- etc etc.


We really do need to encourage more people to actually read the lore and rules. It's not a high wall to surmount (I mean, you can literally just read up on the one race you want to play, have a logical thought proccess when it comes to things like proportions and capabilities, and learn the rest ICly as time goes on) and yeah.


If people don't feel that I'm being too harsh (or lenient, considerng) I'm more than willing to draft a new Roleplay Guide for Dev, Sly, and Chaos to look over and adjust as needed, to save them the work of making a new one from scratch, themselves. Just let me know if this would be appreciated.