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RE: My Observations |
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05-02-2015, 11:15 AM
I can relate to some of this. I started playing around the same time as you, and have felt similar on occasion. I can only really tell you what I've done and how it's helped me, and hope that it can help you as well.

As plenty of people have pointed out, roleplay is a cooperative effort; it's something that requires two sides. I was pondering my lack of roleplay since joining the server, and to be fair, it was slightly depressing. But, because roleplay requires two sides, you need to look at both of them when analyzing what the issue is.

For me, I came to the conclusion that I was the issue. My own character wasn't working for me. As much as I liked him in concept, for all the headcanons that I cooked up about him and the history I threw together, he was hard to roleplay. Finding motivation for him to be in particular places (especially RP hotspots) was an issue.

Making a topic on the RPC about finding more roleplay helped me tackle this issue. I'm immensely appreciative of the people that saw my topic, replied to it, and then sought me out in game. But, as Nebbs mentioned, I am one of those people that typically say that they're busy and want to roleplay some other time. This had nothing to do with anyone else, but with my own character and my own motivations.

Instead of worrying why people didn't want to roleplay with me - which really wasn't the case - I did what I needed to do in order to be more comfortable roleplaying. I re-vamped my character, and now I have one that I can literally stick just about anywhere. It required a race and name change, a whole new history and personality. But character building is part of the fun of roleplaying, and it gave me an opportunity to make a character that's easier to approach people with.

If you're into random encounters, honestly, there's no lack of roleplay on this server. The Quicksand is generally full of people. Even when I just brush through it OOC, there's a bunch of people hanging around and interacting with one another. There's almost always several people standing around the outer-railings, and I can guarantee some of them are just as nervous about approaching people, or worried that no one in the room wants to interact with them.

My advice is really simple: do what you need to do in order to make yourself happy. Sometimes, that requires some effort. Every so often we need to leave our comfort zones, but it's ultimately rewarding. Switch things up with your character to keep it fresh, join a linkshell, muster up the courage to approach that person sitting on a bench - the one that's probably waiting for someone to approach because they haven't yet found the courage to do it themselves.
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My Observations - by Nara'to - 05-02-2015, 02:18 AM
RE: My Observations - by Nataru - 05-02-2015, 02:26 AM
RE: My Observations - by Divisor - 05-02-2015, 02:51 AM
RE: My Observations - by Blue - 05-02-2015, 03:04 AM
RE: My Observations - by ArmachiA - 05-02-2015, 03:51 AM
RE: My Observations - by Nebbs - 05-02-2015, 06:00 AM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 05-02-2015, 06:18 AM
RE: My Observations - by Gone. - 05-02-2015, 08:21 AM
RE: My Observations - by SicketySix - 05-02-2015, 08:58 AM
RE: My Observations - by Aris - 05-02-2015, 09:06 AM
RE: My Observations - by T'caska Khevo - 05-02-2015, 09:38 AM
RE: My Observations - by Alothia - 05-02-2015, 09:42 AM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 05-02-2015, 05:53 PM
RE: My Observations - by Lyriell - 05-02-2015, 09:52 AM
RE: My Observations - by Max - 05-02-2015, 10:58 AM
RE: My Observations - by Warren Castille - 05-02-2015, 11:10 AM
RE: My Observations - by ArmachiA - 05-02-2015, 11:29 AM
RE: My Observations - by Mercer - 05-02-2015, 08:30 PM
RE: My Observations - by V'yaron - 05-02-2015, 11:15 AM
RE: My Observations - by Cailean Lockwood - 05-02-2015, 11:31 AM
RE: My Observations - by Warren Castille - 05-02-2015, 12:01 PM
RE: My Observations - by Cailean Lockwood - 05-02-2015, 12:47 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 05-02-2015, 07:42 PM
RE: My Observations - by D'aito Kuji - 05-02-2015, 12:52 PM
RE: My Observations - by Iex - 05-02-2015, 01:38 PM
RE: My Observations - by Mercer - 05-02-2015, 08:24 PM
RE: My Observations - by Meena - 05-02-2015, 08:28 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 05-02-2015, 09:15 PM
RE: My Observations - by Blue - 05-03-2015, 12:08 AM
RE: My Observations - by Fox - 05-02-2015, 09:21 PM
RE: My Observations - by Seriphyn - 05-02-2015, 08:31 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kage - 05-02-2015, 08:48 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 05-02-2015, 09:24 PM
RE: My Observations - by Mercurias - 05-03-2015, 12:17 AM
RE: My Observations - by Faye - 05-03-2015, 12:44 AM
RE: My Observations - by Kage - 05-03-2015, 01:00 AM
RE: My Observations - by Renata Lynn - 05-03-2015, 04:12 PM
RE: My Observations - by Allister Dedrick - 05-07-2015, 04:28 PM
RE: My Observations - by Renata Lynn - 06-01-2015, 05:13 PM
RE: My Observations - by DeathGodSkeith - 06-01-2015, 05:25 PM
RE: My Observations - by Vysce the Lad - 06-02-2015, 01:22 AM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 05:30 AM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 05:55 AM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 06:00 AM
RE: My Observations - by Lilia Lia - 06-05-2015, 11:52 AM
RE: My Observations - by Kage - 06-05-2015, 12:20 PM
RE: My Observations - by Lilia Lia - 06-05-2015, 12:21 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kage - 06-05-2015, 12:53 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 04:18 PM
RE: My Observations - by McBeefâ„¢ - 06-05-2015, 01:59 PM
RE: My Observations - by OttoVann - 06-05-2015, 02:14 PM
RE: My Observations - by Lilia Lia - 06-05-2015, 05:01 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 05:47 PM
RE: My Observations - by Scorpio Shirica - 06-05-2015, 05:57 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kage - 06-05-2015, 06:03 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 06:21 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 06:31 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 10:26 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 10:38 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 10:39 PM
RE: My Observations - by Addison - 06-05-2015, 10:51 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 10:57 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 11:10 PM
RE: My Observations - by Addison - 06-05-2015, 11:18 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 11:27 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 11:29 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 11:35 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 11:38 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 11:46 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 11:48 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 11:52 PM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-05-2015, 11:56 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-06-2015, 12:04 AM
RE: My Observations - by Verad - 06-06-2015, 12:10 AM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-06-2015, 12:14 AM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 11:10 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-06-2015, 09:01 AM
RE: My Observations - by Mae - 06-05-2015, 08:51 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 09:07 PM
RE: My Observations - by Addison - 06-05-2015, 06:11 PM
RE: My Observations - by GloryRhodes - 06-05-2015, 06:13 PM
RE: My Observations - by industrythirteen - 06-05-2015, 06:41 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-05-2015, 06:52 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 06:58 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-05-2015, 07:05 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 07:09 PM
RE: My Observations - by Scorpio Shirica - 06-05-2015, 07:16 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 07:25 PM
RE: My Observations - by LimeOfDoom - 06-05-2015, 07:49 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-05-2015, 07:50 PM
RE: My Observations - by Spethah - 06-05-2015, 11:04 PM
RE: My Observations - by Uther - 06-05-2015, 11:13 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-05-2015, 11:19 PM
RE: My Observations - by Scorpio Shirica - 06-05-2015, 11:39 PM
RE: My Observations - by Max - 06-06-2015, 01:08 AM
RE: My Observations - by Lilia Lia - 06-06-2015, 10:37 AM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-06-2015, 10:39 AM
RE: My Observations - by Lilia Lia - 06-06-2015, 10:43 AM
RE: My Observations - by Scorpio Shirica - 06-06-2015, 05:35 PM
RE: My Observations - by Orlog - 06-06-2015, 06:43 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-06-2015, 06:48 PM
RE: My Observations - by Kellach Woods - 06-06-2015, 06:51 PM
RE: My Observations - by Shuck - 06-06-2015, 07:08 PM
RE: My Observations - by Cato - 06-08-2015, 05:29 AM

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