(02-02-2015, 03:59 AM)Faye Wrote: Believe it or not, my notoriously obnoxious self has a lot of anxiety and insecurity about initiating RP, especially with strangers. Usually when I go to the Quicksand and try to RP, I end up alone all evening, approached by someone who only wants to ERP, or I wallflower and post emotes alone until someone else who's been wallflowering and posting emotes alone caves in first and approaches my character.
I developed a little game to try to help with that problem.
One thing I really like to try in the QS is to come in with one or two other people, and have them pick some likely target at random, someone we don't know but who seems eager for or interested in RP (read "Spends all night on the railing listening or solo emoting but never jumps in"). I offer to go blindly talk to said character, but the rule is that whatever story/excuse/gambit I come up with, the others involved have to back me up on. It's never anything ERPy, mean or truly uncomfortable, but I've strung together some rapid-fire bantering BS before, to see how the target reacts, and next thing you know, we're sharing a drink, or at the very least, said target gets to tell others about the crazy bard who just sidled up from nowhere and started up the weirdest discussion, accomplices in tow...
If anyone wants to try that one night, it's a fun way to meet new folks, or at least to get off that darned railing.
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