(01-05-2017, 09:50 PM)zaviire Wrote: But yeah, I'm definitely feeling a little bit like Netflix given that even though the upcoming story is the only one I've gone out of my way to plan... The various socials we've held have borne no fruit with regards to stories or connections, even when one of the ones long before the Holiday season began was framed as a chance to basically sell your skills and get jobs out of the network because... IC, that's what it's for. the nature of the network isn't strictly insider info or anything. (Maybe 5 people showed up outside of myself, despite scheduling it about two to three weeks in advance. A tavern night held by one of our members later that same month rounded up about 20 of our members in the same room. Gee, I wonder where their priorities are...)
Aside: I'd debate that we've ever broken lore to a major degree as a group; the main issue in my opinion lies in social RP since in my experience social RP has hardly done anything to further a plot or make something happen. It probably goes better for other people in general but all it's really gotten for me is naptime, screwed up character arcs, and talking about the weather... Mostly the latter, especially when it comes to the social events I've tried my best to organize. Events which make me feel as if people have not read up on the lore of the LS at all, which is kind of saddening.
I'mma give it some thought (and also go back and read the group's lore). I love helping with these situations, so hopefully I can help find some possible solutions. ^^
To add, here's an example of how plots roll out in casual RP (or really, how I do em.):
Brinn was out on a date yesterday evening in Costa. Things were wrapping up for the scene and I knew I needed some sort of transition rather than just an awkward, "I'll be going then." "Okay, bye."
T: "So you'll be returning to Ul'dah, then?"
B: "Yeah, meetin' a potential renter late tonight. I'm not sure about this guy though. Can't get a bead on him."
T laughs. "Hope it's not an axe murderer."
B grins. "Now, as long as I /know/ I'm dealin' with an axe murderer, we're good. But this guy..." He shakes his head. "He makes me feel uneasy, an' I tend to trust my feelin's on this. But I can't point to any particular reason /not/ to rent him an office. An' too, it's our business to not look too hard into other's business. I mean, they'll be lookin' into our history an' know we'll be checkin' theirs, but we're not obvious about it. But this guy is a blank. Can't find out anythin' about him."
T: "I know some people in Ul'dah that can ask around without drawing attention to themselves."
The evening continues and Brinn promises to keep her up to date on what transpires.
An hour before, this plot didn't exist. Now I've got some, I dunno... mafia type? void mage? actually just an axe murderer? on my hands (all three? XD) and I have a new friend who has incidentally offered to join into the plot by helping with intrigue/intelligence. As I've done with these in the past, this can evolve into something that includes a number of other players. May wind it's way into some group or solo combat scenes. And along the way is a shit ton of character development.
The important part of this scene though was that my rp partner actually communicated back, asking questions and offering her own ideas. I've tried similar scenes with others, trying to get something rolling, and they just basically sit there and grunt at me. I mean, I get that they're Edgy Evilguy and only speak Brooding, but I... can't work with that. ; u ; I don't care if their character seems cool on paper or that they are in an LS made for thematic RP that we're both in; I'll move on. It's just tough when it seem 8/10 people I meet respond this way. >< (Had someone in a scene once spend most of the time rolling their eyes IC and just responding to prompts without emotion cause they are "just too cool". I like them as a person, but I won't go out of my way to rp with them again. lol.) That's okay though! There are still some who mesh well with my style and I treasure them. I'm here to have fun too, even as a DM of sorts, and trying to force people to play along isn't fun.
