(12-07-2014, 09:07 AM)Ritual Wrote: I also want to point out introverts aren't necessarily people that don't talk, I'm introverted and if you get me hooked on a subject I can talk for hours, it's just we don't like small talk too much, the "formalities". As an ISTP, I'm very non-communicative, unless you require my knowledge, I just HAVE to tell you something or again we get on an interesting subject, I speak more through actions than words and I choose my words very carefully. Introversion and Extroversion have nothing to do with if you're social or not, the man who came up with them himself said this, Carl C. Jung, they're just how your first function is orientated.

(12-07-2014, 03:24 PM)Blue Wrote:

(12-07-2014, 09:07 AM)Ritual Wrote: I also want to point out introverts aren't necessarily people that don't talk, I'm introverted and if you get me hooked on a subject I can talk for hours, it's just we don't like small talk too much, the "formalities". As an ISTP, I'm very non-communicative, unless you require my knowledge, I just HAVE to tell you something or again we get on an interesting subject, I speak more through actions than words and I choose my words very carefully. Introversion and Extroversion have nothing to do with if you're social or not, the man who came up with them himself said this, Carl C. Jung, they're just how your first function is orientated.

That line really stroke a chord to me because it's exactly how I feel.

However, as much as I want to thank everyone for the kind advice, I feel I was a little misunderstood. I am aware that people will not RP with me if I end conversations or don't talk back in general, but that is certainly not my case. I always try to find ways to open topics with strangers and involve them in my own plots (Aya should remember this in particular from the one RP we had together during one of my rare visits at the Quicksand). What I'd like to know is how to avoid occurrences such as the cases I have displayed, in which people either won't even give me a chance upon learning that I am introvert (1) or discovering that I am not an e-dater RPer (2).

I have pretty much come to the conclusion that if people don't get back to me to RP it's just something I have to accept. Not every fish will bait and my lure is very small. But when people walk off from me for purely OOC reasons, I do not know.. is that something I must come to accept as common behavior as well? I am introvert in real life too but this kind of stuff has never happened to me, because again, in-game it seems to be much easier to walk off from someone. Or this is how I feel.

(12-07-2014, 03:58 PM)Flickering Ember Wrote:  Just keep trying and you'll find Rpers who meet your interests.

(12-06-2014, 06:13 PM)Dasair Wrote: I have a rather introverted character myself, and while he has reasons to be social in his 'purpose' for being about in the first place (he'll awkwardly approach people who catch his interest, or seem to have interest in him), I've still gotten some.. off-reactions from people too, all OOCly.  My character explicitly does not care for loud places, crowds, nor big cities (as per most Duskwights, I'd imagine), and I often tell people about this before I start RPing with them.  Not only is it considered a 'general lore thing', but it's also a notable part of my character's personality.  Because of this, and my own preferences in RP, he rarely hangs around in bars (which is where a lot of RP happens, it seems).  And even if I make it clear that he wouldn't stick around in such a place long if he had a choice, I've still gotten.. weird OOC reactions to this, about how I should 'change my character to be more suitable for RP', even though bar and city RP is definitely not the end-all-be-all of interaction, nevermind all that is possible for RP in this game.  

That aside though, I have had some pretty nice RPs outside the city walls (or even in them, on rare occasion) with different people, so there's that.

But I know what you mean, when you say some people have some strange thing against characters that don't necessarily want to hang out in the most social of places, or are on the more introverted side.

All that said, I'd be quite willing to play with one of yours to see if our characters might get along if you're having a hard time finding anyone to play with.  :>  My nerd does much better with one-on-one conversations than group gatherings anyhow, and I know how it can be difficult to find people to RP with at times, especially given a tendency to shy away from crowded places.