I've been on the receiving end of hostility towards a different style of RP. It's not nice. I'm a good RPer! I'm not too modest to say that, but nor am I the best, and I'm very open to adapting, adjusting and learning. Perhaps as a result, I'm very forgiving of so-called RP sins. In a RP community, if you close yourself off to an entire group of people just because you don't play the same way they do, I think you're losing out. I've come across people new to RP, and it clearly showed, but many of them improved and became fantastic RPers over time. I try very hard not to write people off, no matter how dire it seems at first.
For that matter, I would imagine some, if not most, new players are not so hip on the lore. Turning them away because they haven't seen the lengthy discussions on the RPC and just rolled with what the game presented to them is short sighted in my opinion. You could've brushed off a really amazing RPer just because they ICly have the Echo or claimed to have defeated a primal. It's not their fault if the game makes it complicated to incorporate the story of said game into their RP.
TL;DR: As a matter of course, I try to include everyone unless there's a very good reason not to do so. Your mileage may vary but I've met some great friends and RPers this way.
For that matter, I would imagine some, if not most, new players are not so hip on the lore. Turning them away because they haven't seen the lengthy discussions on the RPC and just rolled with what the game presented to them is short sighted in my opinion. You could've brushed off a really amazing RPer just because they ICly have the Echo or claimed to have defeated a primal. It's not their fault if the game makes it complicated to incorporate the story of said game into their RP.
TL;DR: As a matter of course, I try to include everyone unless there's a very good reason not to do so. Your mileage may vary but I've met some great friends and RPers this way.
