Coming from someone who text-rped from 1998-Release of TOR (whenever that was I forget)... Moving from Forum rp to MMO rp is a hell of a thing.
Now while I got my roots in live-chat rp back in yahoo's Ayenee realms, I ended up in forums. Both in live chat and forums; people were more patient for paragraph rps, afterall we didn't have visuals and the only thing that could be done was to write or to draw your character. Even then; it was all up to the individual to really paint a mental picture.
Since we are now in an MMO, writing out certain things; is easier in the public sense of rp. When I go public I rarely write anything above a three lined response. Mostly because it's very difficult to keep up with a lot of people sometimes.
When you're rping with a couple of friends, sure revert back to paragraphs and etc if you'd like. But overall in public I think you will find yourself less pressed and less stressed if you ease back a bit from the heavy paragraph rp.
It's a good thing I thing though, learning to adapt to your situation. Otherwise you're likely going to miss posts that are being done frequently and just get flustered. Not to mention it also allows for you to rp with a number of people rather than just one or two.
Now while I got my roots in live-chat rp back in yahoo's Ayenee realms, I ended up in forums. Both in live chat and forums; people were more patient for paragraph rps, afterall we didn't have visuals and the only thing that could be done was to write or to draw your character. Even then; it was all up to the individual to really paint a mental picture.
Since we are now in an MMO, writing out certain things; is easier in the public sense of rp. When I go public I rarely write anything above a three lined response. Mostly because it's very difficult to keep up with a lot of people sometimes.
When you're rping with a couple of friends, sure revert back to paragraphs and etc if you'd like. But overall in public I think you will find yourself less pressed and less stressed if you ease back a bit from the heavy paragraph rp.
It's a good thing I thing though, learning to adapt to your situation. Otherwise you're likely going to miss posts that are being done frequently and just get flustered. Not to mention it also allows for you to rp with a number of people rather than just one or two.
Nohni Vhaze || Khad Dotharl
