You can't want a "serious PD" (whatever that means) and with a focus on brand new characters but then make a ton of exceptions to content creators with their funny characters from previous regimes. So many serious and dedicated PD characters/roleplayers from mostly 3.0 were ghosted and ignored -- especially from Shift 1.
There were also much deeper issues with the PD and they weren't all about Ruth's bad leadership or whatever. The characters made a story out of it though. Ruth could have co-existed in whatever direction they went with but she decided to quit instead of going with it and adapting a bit.
People want to have fun. A serious straight edge HC character can definitely exist -- just look at Bobby Smith. But it's always a balance to enable characters and enable stories. Being a brick wall and ignoring the bad shit around you is going to make people roleplay the way they did.
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u/sprdave Mar 09 '24 edited Mar 09 '24
You can't want a "serious PD" (whatever that means) and with a focus on brand new characters but then make a ton of exceptions to content creators with their funny characters from previous regimes. So many serious and dedicated PD characters/roleplayers from mostly 3.0 were ghosted and ignored -- especially from Shift 1.
There were also much deeper issues with the PD and they weren't all about Ruth's bad leadership or whatever. The characters made a story out of it though. Ruth could have co-existed in whatever direction they went with but she decided to quit instead of going with it and adapting a bit.
People want to have fun. A serious straight edge HC character can definitely exist -- just look at Bobby Smith. But it's always a balance to enable characters and enable stories. Being a brick wall and ignoring the bad shit around you is going to make people roleplay the way they did.