[narkotic]

1. There's more that can be involved than just wars.

2. Acts such as that would be out of character, and also be considered the action of a single party. In such a situation, you'd be booted out of your kingdom for attempting to bring ruin to the diplomacy shared between the two countries.

I think MasterNuke's rant is valid. He is ranting about the very character of the Kingdom's themselves. They are no longer roleplayed to their original roots. Would the Dustari or Zormites of the past consider an alliance together, or even with the Samurai whose honor they hold most dear? Would the pirates segregate themselves in a corner and forget the rest of the world exists? Would Forest stand for the modernization that the other kingdoms have forced upon nature, destroying and slaughtering thousands of nature's creatures and creations?

I've noticed that people argue a lot about RP in this game. At the base level, methinks, a change has to be made on the character of the separate Kingdoms themselves. Where are their stories? Where is their culture? The closest I've seen/read, is the article on 'how to talk like a pirate' in the Pirate forum. Then there's Forest's tendency to use elven language while they converse with others. I have even adapted some japanese words into my vocabulary, just to attempt some authenticity while I am in character.

So before you can really get on to your people about roleplaying, I think there truly needs to be some decisions made about the very character of these kingdoms. Write your history, don't just end up as archetypes and races. There's more to RP than that.

MasterNuke, I do agree with your rant, but I have to turn and ask you why they should act that way? Is it due to the intent of their creators? Is it due to an unwritten history (that goes long before the beginning of their very existance, I am not talking about a history since a few people started the roleplaying group together)? Or is it something else entirely, such as the feelings of individuals who do not participate in these kingdoms and don't know the true feelings of the people within them.