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Threshold · 04-02-2008, 07:08 PM

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

The feature set you cling to as a requirement for "RPI" status has everything to do with PERSONAL PREFERENCE and very little to do with actual role playing. The term is horrible, it was horrible from the beginning, and it is a bigger issue now because the generic nature of the term has actually become more widespread than the narrow use that the "RPI MUDs" want it reserved for.

No, it isn't perfect. If it was perfect, we wouldn't be having this discussion for 900th time. You have arbitrarily chosen a suite of features and decided it is what you like best. Those features are chosen based on the personal preferences of the people who made the "First 3 RPIs." That's it. If you want something closer to a perfect term, use specific terms related to those first three, and call it done.

Once again:

ARP - Armageddon style RP.

There you go. That is far more "perfect" and far more accurate. That is what you are talking about anyway.

Or, if you don't want to do that, then accept that RPI has a broader common meaning and usage now, and you're just going to have to deal with it.

Your choice. But stop harping on RPI being a great and accurate term, because it was never great and never accurate. So few people play RPIs that most people didn't know about it or care for a long time. But as the years went by, the term slowly reached the mainstream and took on a more accurate and general meaning.

04-02-2008, 07:08 PM	#145
Threshold Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Threshold RPG Posts: 1,260	Re: Guidelines for an RPI mud. Are you being deliberately obtuse? The feature set you cling to as a requirement for "RPI" status has everything to do with PERSONAL PREFERENCE and very little to do with actual role playing. The term is horrible, it was horrible from the beginning, and it is a bigger issue now because the generic nature of the term has actually become more widespread than the narrow use that the "RPI MUDs" want it reserved for. No, it isn't perfect. If it was perfect, we wouldn't be having this discussion for 900th time. You have arbitrarily chosen a suite of features and decided it is what you like best. Those features are chosen based on the personal preferences of the people who made the "First 3 RPIs." That's it. If you want something closer to a perfect term, use specific terms related to those first three, and call it done. Once again: ARP - Armageddon style RP. There you go. That is far more "perfect" and far more accurate. That is what you are talking about anyway. Or, if you don't want to do that, then accept that RPI has a broader common meaning and usage now, and you're just going to have to deal with it. Your choice. But stop harping on RPI being a great and accurate term, because it was never great and never accurate. So few people play RPIs that most people didn't know about it or care for a long time. But as the years went by, the term slowly reached the mainstream and took on a more accurate and general meaning.