It's a roleplaying community, so there's going to be lots of extremes when it comes to "fitting in" with the world. Some people play The Heroes and some people play NPCs. Some people believe you can play anything you want regardless of feasibility and some people believe you should step lightly around the lore. Some people want to jump right in and invest themselves in the big stuff and some want to write quietly in the background of the world.
For the most part the drama's pretty low. There's cliques, because there's always cliques, and there's rumors and misconceptions and biases and all the normal human stuff, but there's also a big wide world full of roleplayers virtually around the clock. You'll hopefully be able to find some folks who share your values and philosophies when it comes to playing pretendy time and you'll have fun. Or, you won't, and you can just chalk your experiences up to bullies and conspiracies and be miserable. That's a lot less fun, though, in my experience.
If you wanted to workshop some characters or feel out some ideas, there's a board for that too, and so long as you speak what you mean (which means having an open mind about critiques instead of just wanting your head patted) a lot of folks are more than happy to give you the lay of the land.
If all else fails, attach to someone powerful politically and collect all the sweet, sweet RP Tax as it funnels through the system.
For the most part the drama's pretty low. There's cliques, because there's always cliques, and there's rumors and misconceptions and biases and all the normal human stuff, but there's also a big wide world full of roleplayers virtually around the clock. You'll hopefully be able to find some folks who share your values and philosophies when it comes to playing pretendy time and you'll have fun. Or, you won't, and you can just chalk your experiences up to bullies and conspiracies and be miserable. That's a lot less fun, though, in my experience.
If you wanted to workshop some characters or feel out some ideas, there's a board for that too, and so long as you speak what you mean (which means having an open mind about critiques instead of just wanting your head patted) a lot of folks are more than happy to give you the lay of the land.
If all else fails, attach to someone powerful politically and collect all the sweet, sweet RP Tax as it funnels through the system.