I am beginning to think this isn't up-to-date. It's 2013, and the ones i have tried are completely empty. I'm aware that the Summit is still going, but i would not recommend it to anyone, experienced and def. not for anyone new to Eve or Rp. The community there is far from friendly, or helpful. If you ask for help, showing your blatant lack of knowledge to the EVE universe. You will be trolled endlessly, moderators included. They also join in on the trolling of new people, and when they have had their fun, they will ban you. It's rather sad to hear that the populated Rp Channels are moderated by such cruel people. But, there isn't anything you can do about it. If anyone is reading this and wishes for rp, without the hassle or chance of being trolled. Feel free to contact me in-game. I am thinking of starting an Rp Corp, and can use some experienced players to make up my Knowledge database. Those who are willing to help new players to become experienced is very much welcome. New players are also welcome, don't feel left out. I just need some experienced and helpful people to make up the body of the Corp for answering questions. A lot of people in Eve can't be trusted because of criminal activities and mentality. So i won't go into too much detail. My characters, until otherwise stated, are Raizo Shin-Gao and Rinzler Shin-Gao. Raizo being the main. Best of luck to the rest of the roleplaying community. Stick together, remain vigilant, and we will live on.[/color][/size]
I actually go out of my way to make room for new players, so I am a bit confused by this. I'm infinitely more likely to be "cruel" to people who have already had enough rope to hang themselves four or five times over.
If you have had a problem with other moderators, please let me or Graelyn know.
I prefer to go out of my way to try and help new people as well, so, yeah. If you're going to make claims like that, names, dates and logs really help make your case. I've never even heard of either of your characters before so I have no idea what is being referred to here, let alone who you could be referring to.
That said, if you go into the Summit and start talking about or doing things that blatantly violate the PF and people respond like you're a complete nutcase IC, um... I can't really say I blame them, nor would I tell them off for doing so. Are there more productive responses from an OOC perspective? Sure, but the Summit is an IC channel and it is a perfectly valid and appropriate response within that context.
If you have questions about RP, the Summit is typically not the place to ask them unless you can do so IC (not easy). That's what the "OOC" channel is for.
The primary reason these channels are mostly quiet is that the vast majority of people can't be bothered to get off their asses and start something. (Myself included in some cases, though I have very little reason to be starting get-togethers at the bars IC.) Once something's started people are typically more than happy to join in, but if everyone is too lazy to get something started, then nothing happens. So if you think things are too quiet,
go make some noise.
As to the thread being out of date... yeah. Any idea how much work it would be to go through each of those channels and prune them for activity? It'd be a lot, especially considering the above paragraph.
Hell, it might just be easier to make a new thread for it. :S
edit - I have a little time right now before dinner. I'll poke at something.