I know that I'm about to summon a huge shitstorm, but I'm genuinely curious.
RP is dying; things seem very bleak for it's future. I ask: what is so bad about RP? Offtopic is already a neverending stream of shitposts and thirst, with gimmick members around every corner. If RP is as bad as some on this forum say it is, then it's actually better than the content in Offtopic.
So, I ask you: why? Why the RP resentment? We're people no stranger than you all. You've all rolplayed in your life, at one point or another.
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If I RP, it's while playing D&D or a similar game. Much easier to play a game with a defined set of parameters than "oh, I say I have sharp titanium claws that cut steel, you die because I say so" And it's much more fun to roll 20 or 1 and see the results. Last time my friend nat 20'd, he used a wooden pendant with no magic properties to break a magical ice barrier that encased a level 40 demon. At the start of a lvl 1 campaign.