This topic of discussion has come up more than once over the past year or so. The problem really isn't the number of events either. We can have a constant slew of public events and the same people would be the ones to come out every time. A number of RPers have created a bubble for themselves within their individual shells. Popping those bubbles are near impossible, as I've personally tried multiple times myself. A lot of Rpers, for whatever reason, are perfectly content having little or nothing to do with the larger community at whole and we can't really change their minds about that.
People will also get bored with the same old type of events all the time (hence the reaction to the bar scene). Inclusive storylines are much more needed, hence the public events centering around House Mavanix. Despite the same people coming out to said events, the events were largely a success in helping new people meet each other and putting them into dangerous situations together while giving room for individual character growth. I'm not going to keep being the one coming up with large-scale storylines like that though. I gotta focus on my individual characters from time to time after all
Overall, a weekly/bi-weekly social gathering like a tavern event would be nice. But just don't expect to see too many new faces and expect the atmosphere to become stagnant after the first couple times. The real issue at the heart of the RP community sadly can't be fixed by most of us. And the people who can fix it either don't pay attention to these forums or don't feel that anything needs fixed, so we're at a standstill.
People will also get bored with the same old type of events all the time (hence the reaction to the bar scene). Inclusive storylines are much more needed, hence the public events centering around House Mavanix. Despite the same people coming out to said events, the events were largely a success in helping new people meet each other and putting them into dangerous situations together while giving room for individual character growth. I'm not going to keep being the one coming up with large-scale storylines like that though. I gotta focus on my individual characters from time to time after all
Overall, a weekly/bi-weekly social gathering like a tavern event would be nice. But just don't expect to see too many new faces and expect the atmosphere to become stagnant after the first couple times. The real issue at the heart of the RP community sadly can't be fixed by most of us. And the people who can fix it either don't pay attention to these forums or don't feel that anything needs fixed, so we're at a standstill.
