I met my girlfriend through RP too. There is no right or wrong answer for this. In my opinion, the RP is miles better if there is a strong OOC rapport between the players involved, so you can crush on your RP partner, sure.Â
What's important is to keep your expectations in check. Enjoy it for for what it is, but don't plan on it going any further than that. RP plays from the heart, it's emotional, and emotions are like a drug. You can get high when it's good, you can become dependent when you get used to it, and you can go through withdrawals when you're deprived of it.
Letting an IC relationship bleed OOC is a risk-reward matter. The more you let it progress, the more fun you'll probably have, but the more disastrous it could be when it ultimately ends. I've seen people quit games and guilds collapse over this sort of thing, but I also know a lot of people who turned an online connection into a real-world relationship.
But honestly? All that drama can and will happen anyways whether you get emotionally invested with another player or not, and the fun doesn't last forever, so you might as well enjoy it while it's there.
What's important is to keep your expectations in check. Enjoy it for for what it is, but don't plan on it going any further than that. RP plays from the heart, it's emotional, and emotions are like a drug. You can get high when it's good, you can become dependent when you get used to it, and you can go through withdrawals when you're deprived of it.
Letting an IC relationship bleed OOC is a risk-reward matter. The more you let it progress, the more fun you'll probably have, but the more disastrous it could be when it ultimately ends. I've seen people quit games and guilds collapse over this sort of thing, but I also know a lot of people who turned an online connection into a real-world relationship.
But honestly? All that drama can and will happen anyways whether you get emotionally invested with another player or not, and the fun doesn't last forever, so you might as well enjoy it while it's there.
