The stuff I saw come through on the OOC channel reminded me of some of the stuff I would see in the general chat channel for Goldshire when I was playing in WoW...though Goldshire seemed tame in comparison to some of what I saw on the weekend. And people wonder why no one wants to rp with them?
I may try those channels again in a couple of months time, but I'm not really in a rush, or very hopeful about there being any change. I think, at the end of the day it really comes down to this: having access to the devs is one thing...it's called the forums. Having access to actor characters, that is a little tricky, but the way I look at it, it should not be viewed as a right but a privilege to have access to the actors. If you can't be shown to play well with others, then why should the actors interact with you?
Also, thinking about it, just some of the characters I've come across out there would have no reason to interact with the majority (if at all any) of these actor characters. Unless there is an actor character devoted to the Angel Cartel, why would (or more importantly, should) an Angel affiliated character be in the same room as a representative for the Imperial Royal House?
Last point, in my opinion, the unmoderated channels have more or less reinforced the fact that when on the internet or protected by being able to hide behind an alias, the majority of people are going to end up being dickish at some point...some more than others. Moderation, or the threat of moderation, does in fact curb a great deal of that much like laws in real life tend to make us a bit more civil when dealing with each other. I don't know what it is, but without the actual threat of consequences, we seem to turn into rather hideous creatures.
Still, I love all you all despite our tendencies on the net
