Left
UO awhile back now and before that was logging in less and less so cant comment on any of the stuff going on at present ingame.
In the year (roughly) leading up to me and many of the A^K members starting to leave RP on the shard between guilds got more and more frustrating. Everything we came across seemed to have some sort of running script and any attempt to interfere was met with offers of 'Handbags at dawn!' type attitude.
Within A^K itself i always tried to encourage spontaneous RP,at times i'd even plant the seed of an idea (usualy with an off the cuff comment) and watch it grow without any more involvement....people enjoyed it,more and more got involved and all was good. Biggest problem i've seen with most scenario's even in early discussions is they're far far too scripted which often leads to people getting to a point they wont get involved as they dont know the script. Add to that people spitting thier dummies out if its not going the way they intend and its not very encourageing for your general RPer at all.
On a personal level i got to a point i'd refuse to get involved with any script. I agree afew ground rules and a start point are good....but a start,middle and end all sorted out on a forum 2-3 weeks before a scenario starts? no thanks.
Think the last enjoyable Multiguild scenario ,for me, that was worked out day to day was the Moongates scenario (conjured up by Corpus Deus i seem to remember) which every single person who got involved enjoyed.NO whines or Complaints just good fun. IF those sort of scenario's were allowed to happen more often i'm pretty sure people would return (maybe not even have left in the first place).
Hmm..waffled on as usual.Basically afew things killed UORP for me:
1) People believeing the world must revolve around them and bugger everyone else
2) Far far too much planning of any event leaving minimal scope for spontaneous RP.
3) some believeing GM stood for God Mode and not Guild Master.
4) People unwilling to accept its only natural to loose from time to time, be it a fight or some land.
pretty sure there's more but kinda lost track.
Roleplay should be allowed to grow naturaly and the only rule being Consideration for others...no scripts,but thats only a personal view.