I think you're not alone in being nervous about 'walking in' to another person's RP space. I know that I share that same nervousness, and have likely missed out on a lot of potential RP because of it. That said, there's a few tools you have at your disposal that (while they don't directly get rid of 'walk in' nervousness, can help work around(?) it). Firstly, there's this very awesome site we're on right now. That's what I used- I saw some people with interesting profiles/wikis that I thought could be a lot of fun to RP with, and sent them PMs, got to talking, and wound up becoming friends and such in game.
To go along with that, there's also linkshells, both IC and OOC. There's several in use by various groups, and they basically function similarly to custom chat channels. This way you can be in steady contact with RPers and have ease of organization and coordination.
This is what worked for me at least- was able to get some RP going within the first couple days of early release just by prodding people on the site, and then getting into a linkshell. Hope my little story helps you too
To go along with that, there's also linkshells, both IC and OOC. There's several in use by various groups, and they basically function similarly to custom chat channels. This way you can be in steady contact with RPers and have ease of organization and coordination.
This is what worked for me at least- was able to get some RP going within the first couple days of early release just by prodding people on the site, and then getting into a linkshell. Hope my little story helps you too
