Just once again writing down my opinions because I like to create a running documentation of things we can reflect on for times "Tefka was right", and this is going to be a full blown fiery ego-driven piece because I have had it up to here with people ignoring my advice. Literally only for the sake of their own pride, because people might say they're a Tef goon, a Tef lackey, or a that they don't have their own ideas, it must be nice having Tefka feed you everything.
I unironically think these things are true and thought, though never transparently voiced, and if I'm wrong - which could never be proven without full blown telepathy - then you know what maybe I'm actually crazy and need help. I will never, EVER GET THAT HELP, and I will STAY CRAZY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE UNTIL DEATH, but maybe it's true and I'm actually just bonkers. But it doesn't mattr, because it leads into the reason for posting this stream of conciousness -
If you are fighting the battle against metagaming, you have lost.
You will lose.
They know it, you know it, you probably already adopted trying to metagame in return.
It is a fool's errand. You are not making smart choices and are just unironically becoming a metagamer in order to fight metagaming. From a Faction perspective, you literally just have to stop caring that metagaming exists and just lean into it. Let it win all over you. Proceed forward without consulting the drawbacks that the discussion of metagaming provides. It's your own brain that provides these restrictions, you're limiting yourself and your abilities when you think on what metagaming could do.
Major Factions that put this into consideration, because they "care too much" about their roleplay, are hamstringing themselves. You are handicapped.
Unable to proceed forward with all your strength because some people use OOC knowledge or have OOC motivations.
Everyone has this, everyone has OOC motivations, everyone cares too much, everyone uses OOC knowledge. You have to stop caring, to make good decisions. For example I was just informed in a chat in the Galactic Alliance that an "election would be a mockery if it included a meme character as a candidate." Okay, maybe? Let's assume everyone is a meme candidate. Or lets assume everyone is a Sith plant in the election to get elected and do something drastic, like trying to take over the Senate or declare martial law or try to order 66. And you don't want that because... well, I actually cannot come up with a reason why. Because you don't want RP? Or because that RP might be low effort to your tastes? I guess that's it. That probably has to be it, and that you don't care to partake in low effort RP in case it becomes a thing.
But like, literally who cares. Fight it off with high effort RP. A meme Palpatine takes over and Order 66's a faction. Okay? The Jedi could easily overthrow and it would be lit. Full of drama. Full of roleplay. Full of conflict.
How many stories are you people interested in reading where everything goes according to plan?
How many stories are you people interested in reading where you also want to read all the DMs between all the authors every day.
Like, what story is even a story where everything happens exactly as you intend?
It just all sounds so boring. I unironically just feel fired up thinking about it. Why do factions do this? How can you say you support what Chaos is about if you people do this, and gatekeep RP? Chaos was literally founded on organic RP. I'm not an idiot, of course there are things that MUST be decided OOC, things that SHOULD be decided OOC. Entire Major Factions have been denied from existing because of OOC reasons. But every Admin, every RPJ will tell you, Tef's #1 rule of voting - an absolute mandatory requirement - is that if you vote NO, you MUST explain why you are voting NO.
And it must be assumed, at all times, that things are GOING to be approved. Until they are not.
The SWRP Staff Team literally OOC operates off of the age-old roleplay adage, "Yes....and?"
The approval of something, and then asking for something more in return. It has how roleplay has operated since the beginning of the internet. It is roleplay's golden rule.
Yes....and?
Not even I can win against it, if I ever chose to fight that culture.
Yes...and?
I've been thinking the community needs to hear this for a while, I'm sure it'll go on deaf ears, and no, it's not just the interesting conversations happening in the Alliance that has provoked it. Don't corner yourself into thinking that. This is a problem all of you MFOs, all of you Faction Admins, all of your Factions share. You think your job is approve or deny roleplay. It's true, but rarely. Like I joined an alien faction one time and everyone was like OOOO TEF IS HERE and I was like "can I do this idea", the Faction Owner was like, no, actually, I would prefer this faction be just purely this alien idea. That's a gray situation, very nuanced. It declines RP but stays true to the MFO's vision. I'm with it. I left, and didn't argue. So you have to accept the consequences - you will lose writers. That faction was the Bryn'adul, if i recall correctly.
So, depends on what you want. If you have a vision so strict, so gatekept it's worth losing the entire vision - sure, ignore my advice.
But Chaos itself survives on opening doors, not closing them. And definitely not dictating the direction of roleplayers. I don't pick winners. Every faction knows I don't care which one of you lives, dies, etc. I only barely care who leads your favorited hexes.
So yeah, ego time.
Why can't you all be more like me rotflmao.
I unironically think these things are true and thought, though never transparently voiced, and if I'm wrong - which could never be proven without full blown telepathy - then you know what maybe I'm actually crazy and need help. I will never, EVER GET THAT HELP, and I will STAY CRAZY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE UNTIL DEATH, but maybe it's true and I'm actually just bonkers. But it doesn't mattr, because it leads into the reason for posting this stream of conciousness -
If you are fighting the battle against metagaming, you have lost.
You will lose.
They know it, you know it, you probably already adopted trying to metagame in return.
It is a fool's errand. You are not making smart choices and are just unironically becoming a metagamer in order to fight metagaming. From a Faction perspective, you literally just have to stop caring that metagaming exists and just lean into it. Let it win all over you. Proceed forward without consulting the drawbacks that the discussion of metagaming provides. It's your own brain that provides these restrictions, you're limiting yourself and your abilities when you think on what metagaming could do.
Major Factions that put this into consideration, because they "care too much" about their roleplay, are hamstringing themselves. You are handicapped.
Unable to proceed forward with all your strength because some people use OOC knowledge or have OOC motivations.
Everyone has this, everyone has OOC motivations, everyone cares too much, everyone uses OOC knowledge. You have to stop caring, to make good decisions. For example I was just informed in a chat in the Galactic Alliance that an "election would be a mockery if it included a meme character as a candidate." Okay, maybe? Let's assume everyone is a meme candidate. Or lets assume everyone is a Sith plant in the election to get elected and do something drastic, like trying to take over the Senate or declare martial law or try to order 66. And you don't want that because... well, I actually cannot come up with a reason why. Because you don't want RP? Or because that RP might be low effort to your tastes? I guess that's it. That probably has to be it, and that you don't care to partake in low effort RP in case it becomes a thing.
But like, literally who cares. Fight it off with high effort RP. A meme Palpatine takes over and Order 66's a faction. Okay? The Jedi could easily overthrow and it would be lit. Full of drama. Full of roleplay. Full of conflict.
How many stories are you people interested in reading where everything goes according to plan?
How many stories are you people interested in reading where you also want to read all the DMs between all the authors every day.
Like, what story is even a story where everything happens exactly as you intend?
It just all sounds so boring. I unironically just feel fired up thinking about it. Why do factions do this? How can you say you support what Chaos is about if you people do this, and gatekeep RP? Chaos was literally founded on organic RP. I'm not an idiot, of course there are things that MUST be decided OOC, things that SHOULD be decided OOC. Entire Major Factions have been denied from existing because of OOC reasons. But every Admin, every RPJ will tell you, Tef's #1 rule of voting - an absolute mandatory requirement - is that if you vote NO, you MUST explain why you are voting NO.
And it must be assumed, at all times, that things are GOING to be approved. Until they are not.
The SWRP Staff Team literally OOC operates off of the age-old roleplay adage, "Yes....and?"
The approval of something, and then asking for something more in return. It has how roleplay has operated since the beginning of the internet. It is roleplay's golden rule.
Yes....and?
Not even I can win against it, if I ever chose to fight that culture.
Yes...and?
I've been thinking the community needs to hear this for a while, I'm sure it'll go on deaf ears, and no, it's not just the interesting conversations happening in the Alliance that has provoked it. Don't corner yourself into thinking that. This is a problem all of you MFOs, all of you Faction Admins, all of your Factions share. You think your job is approve or deny roleplay. It's true, but rarely. Like I joined an alien faction one time and everyone was like OOOO TEF IS HERE and I was like "can I do this idea", the Faction Owner was like, no, actually, I would prefer this faction be just purely this alien idea. That's a gray situation, very nuanced. It declines RP but stays true to the MFO's vision. I'm with it. I left, and didn't argue. So you have to accept the consequences - you will lose writers. That faction was the Bryn'adul, if i recall correctly.
So, depends on what you want. If you have a vision so strict, so gatekept it's worth losing the entire vision - sure, ignore my advice.
But Chaos itself survives on opening doors, not closing them. And definitely not dictating the direction of roleplayers. I don't pick winners. Every faction knows I don't care which one of you lives, dies, etc. I only barely care who leads your favorited hexes.
So yeah, ego time.
Why can't you all be more like me rotflmao.
