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Dunestalker, thanks for pointing out precisely the type of elitism so many people here are bristling about.
As suspected, RPI is about elitism and a "higher level of role playing."
But of course, the truth behind your requirements is that they are just your preferences. The requirements you listed would absolutely NOT make for superior or "higher level" role playing.
Your first error was being against OOC channels. To use your own analogies, do you think Robert DeNiro never speaks "ooc" with the director or his fellow actors? Do you think actors never hang out between shoots to get to know each other better? Don't tell that to Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, and Russell Crowe. That's how Dennis lost his wife.
Your second error was saying permadeath is required for "higher level" RP. Sorry, but once again that is pure personal preference. You cannot argue that permadeath is a REQUIREMENT for "higher level" RP.
There is nothing more "unrealistic" about resurrection than any other form of magic or fantasy that might exist in a game. People in real life believe in resurrection for crying out loud. The entire Christian faith is based on a resurrection. I don't have any problems with games that are permadeath and I definitely think such systems can add excitement and thrill to one's character. But to argue that it objectively makes for better or more realistic RP is just absurd.
The core problem is the same: don't confuse your personal preferences with things that objectively make for "higher level" RP. When you start doing that, you accomplish nothing more than clearly labelling yourself as an elitist.
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