(11-17-2016, 01:18 PM)Zhavi Wrote:(11-17-2016, 01:11 PM)Thunderbolt300 Wrote: It seems to me that in a lot of cases, folk tend to shy away from slice-of-life / tavern-RP where the potential to encounter character development is fairly low, so there's not a lot of incentive to engage in that. Meaningful character develop occurs through conflict, events, and having an antagonist on-hand, and none of these things seem to be greatly plentiful in the community-at-large. At least, events of this nature are kept to silos, aren't advertised well, or are by invite-only. Still, slice-of-life / tavern-RP certainly has its place in the RP ecosystem- but it's filler, it's not the main content.Â
It's an ic way to make contacts. Â For a while, a long, long while, I avoided anything that remotely looked like plotting or planning. Â And I'd go to the Quicksand, and sit at the bar, and just emote my character going about her business, slice of life style. Â And every time I did, she'd meet someone new, and out of that she got business opportunities and contacts who -- if I pursued -- I could have easily rolled into a plot. Â I've said it before, but just because you meet someone in a lull where there's no dragons being killed doesn't mean it has to remain that way. Â If anything, how a character acts in their day-to-day rounds can influence their character development. Â Besides which, sometimes a little slice-of-life can help a character process the dragon slaying or whatever big things are happening to them.
I've had the most enlightening chats with strangers, in the past. Â Sometimes I help them, sometimes they help me. Â There's no reason why it can't be the same in rp.
I'm not disagreeing with you at all there- in fact I totally agree! In my own personal opinion, putting in the time and effort to get out, network in the greater community, connect with other players- it's all excellent for leading into more stuff later. A more connected community is capable of great things. It's like building the foundation for the house. Yes, it's time and labor intensive, but there's a long term payoff there. You have something to build off of.
It's just that not everyone is going to have the time or the desire to invest that heavily into a long term plan, in what is essentially random. While it is not my approach, I can sympathize with the dilemma.
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