(04-22-2015, 09:45 AM)Alothia Wrote: Or if you look at the introduction threads. Back when the game first opened, we'd have threads with 20+ people welcoming them and engaging in the threads. Now, when people post an introduction thread, they're lucky to get 10 posts...and that's very rare.
I felt it important to note that summer to early fall of 2014 people were lucky to get one or two people welcoming them. . .it's actually gone way up from where it was.
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Quote:What happened, in my case, is that I posted in a lot of these threads. I told them their character sounded interesting, because they were! For both me and the character I play. Most of them, they didn't really ever say anything again. Some friended me, and then didn't say anything. I could have and should have done more in including them. Set more time in my schedule to do things on my own such as planning to meet them or make my own event with them. But with all relationships, sometimes it might feel as if you aren't receiving anything for the efforts you gave out which for me has always been the first step of "contact me in-game or by PM." In my case, when I never even got that interest it sorta just became a "oh, well, guess they weren't interested in my character or getting to know me so I'll let it go." It became too easy I admit to just give up. I imagine it does go the same way for everyone, people searching for RP or not.
It is one thing if people are literally scared of reaching out to other people, but no. There is a burden on both parties.
You cannot be expected to drag someone out to rp, nor can you be expected to continue to spend energy on someone who is not replying, not putting forth the effort, or continually telling you 'not right now, sorry'.
