6) I have grown increasingly weary toward the attitude that in order to be involved in RP, one must merely force your character into on-going scenes, events, and conversations. While I am aware that the onus is on me when it comes to forcing my way into a scene rather than waiting around to being invited, anyone who has been forgotten during one of these situations can tell you that it is not so easy. The ability to read the mood and atmosphere of a scene is an important one. More often than not, saying "just jump in!" is far easier said than done. Much like a game of group jump rope, no one will turn to the kid with notably poor athletic and coordination abilities and say "come on, jump in!" when it will cause your RP to (figuratively) look like this:
![[Image: uCEvj9p.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/uCEvj9p.jpg)
No one wants to interrupt a fun group conversation that has nothing to do with them and cause it to go awry for any number of reasons (too many people = chaos, disjointed reactions due to different typing speeds, sudden interruption can cause a shift in subject change resulting in dispersion of the RP). I cannot imagine most people would want to interrupt an intense, dramatic scene between two characters that would ultimately blue-ball them from any resolution and development.
Of course, these situations are not always (not even usually) the case, but I would urge those who wonder and scoff at RPers when they are hesitant to involve themselves to re-examine the scene and the context of them doing so. Sometimes, it is not always the best choice, and far and away from the easiest one.
No one wants to interrupt a fun group conversation that has nothing to do with them and cause it to go awry for any number of reasons (too many people = chaos, disjointed reactions due to different typing speeds, sudden interruption can cause a shift in subject change resulting in dispersion of the RP). I cannot imagine most people would want to interrupt an intense, dramatic scene between two characters that would ultimately blue-ball them from any resolution and development.
Of course, these situations are not always (not even usually) the case, but I would urge those who wonder and scoff at RPers when they are hesitant to involve themselves to re-examine the scene and the context of them doing so. Sometimes, it is not always the best choice, and far and away from the easiest one.
