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(12-18-2016, 08:01 PM)Aya Wrote:(12-18-2016, 05:01 PM)Roen Wrote: And as others have said, don't lose heart and just play what you want. Don't keep changing characters to see what sticks or who might be more popular. RP should be fun because you are playing who you want to play.I'm still reading through this thread in more detail, and finding gems like this one.Â
I know that sometimes the challenges of meeting people can feel and seem insurmountable. Failure and the feeling of rejection (warranted or not) are terrible things, and are absolutely no fun to deal with.
Its also not the same for everyone. Some people face greater challenges than others (though I would urge no one to take the struggles faced by anyone else, even those they may imagine as being effortlessly popular, for granted). And the community, in whatever form it takes for that individual, can feel vastly more antagonistic than helpful which is truly unfortunate.Â
But there's some great advice in here (like Roen's), and so many well-intentioned people (my suspicion is that everyone posting is well-intentioned, even if the content of their posts isn't what everyone wants to see).
This is good advice, and I'd like to reiterate and add to the not-changing-characters-so-much-thing.Â
Make a character you really enjoy, one that makes you excited to log on and play. Really sit down and work out the kind of story you want to tell, don't think about how it'll be received just yet. If you do this, your enthusiasm for playing a character you enjoy will come through and people will likely be drawn to that.
If you're just half heatedly switching around characters to see what fits, or playing characters based solely on what others like, that'll come through, too. So work on entertaining yourself first and go from there.