(11-03-2014, 08:50 AM)Blue Wrote: Dynamic emotes and phrasing is perfectly acceptable, makes the whole conversation with other roleplayers a little more friendly too in my opinion (I hope I won't get flamed for stating it, it has happened before).
I agree with this, but I find there's a thin line between the right amount and too much. Personally I get a bit "turned off" by the RP if someone for example puts their characters thoughts into emotes, because I like to try and figure out what a character is thinking and such.. That and none of my characters can read minds. In that lieu, sometimes people can end up describing things far too well so you sort of get the same feeling. But probably my biggest "issue" with big and very descriptive emotes is that they take a lot of time to write, which slows down everything, and I consider mmo-rp as being rather fast paced. Having slow emotes is fine when you're just a few people, but have more than 5 and stand about in an environment where people come and go and I've seen people who do these types of emotes falling behind in such a way that they couldn't respond to the persons action (Lets assume it was them saying goodbye) within the expected time for that and thus completely missing it.Â
And then there's that part of me that starts to feel like the worst ever roleplayer when my mighty "Long" 5 line emote is dwarfed by 10-lined emotes of pure poetic beauty xD But we don't talk about that :pÂ
... And to be on-topic: I've nicknamed the fall/winter period as burn-out season, it seems to be somewhat of a tendency that people burn out during this time. It could be for a number of reasons, and figuring out why wont always solve it - For me, I start to struggle with my motivation because I am prone to winter depressions, and it always ends up affecting my RP in some way, as I become a little less pro-active. All I can really say is: Do what you feel like. Read a book, pick up a new hobby (I can recommend knitting), walk about in circles.. But don't forget that RP can sometimes help you get into a better mood as you have fun and such. Getting hooked into a longer running plot can rekindle something you thought you'd forgotten ^^
