(10-20-2014, 10:29 PM)Jethas Wrote: xD I'm always lingering in the quicksand on one toon or another. I also make emotes to try and intice rp, but very few seem to notice or approach. =/
In other words, you're waiting around instead of doing... the very thing you want others to do!
I find it also helps to watch actively for ways to enter a conversation by having a character's opinion on it ready to voice. We can't burst into every conversation, but remember that, except for the most self-assured folks, most of the people in an open RP area want the same thing - someone to approach.
Consider it this way - anyone who goes to The Quicksand for a conversation, and would take offense at others listening in or finding a way to join in somehow, lacks sufficient common sense and awareness to deserve their feeling of offense. The only other reason people go to open RP areas is to "advertise" their characters, and such folks have no right to complain when others actually respond to their "advertising." Those who really want a private conversation will leave the place once they have it!
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