(09-20-2013, 02:23 PM)J'ahred Nunh Wrote: Perhaps it's just me, but I've been seeing quite a few individuals boasting a rather impressive turn out to the events that they've set up or participated in during recent weeks. Now, whilst there's nothing wrong with that in itself it seems to be accompanied by a troubling mentality of 'bigger is better'.
My mind went there. I just thought I should let you know that.
Quote:When fifty to two hundred role-players all end up in the same location to indulge in a bit of role-play things tend to get more than a little hard to follow. It's probably one of the main reasons as to why I don't bother with any event that has bloated levels of participation - seeing the chat log move constantly before I've had the time to respond to anything doesn't really spawn much in the way of enjoyment for me.
I have a hell of a time trying to follow very active chat, too. I come from a text-RP-don't-need-everyone-online scene mostly, so while I can keep up with big events in forums and the like because each bubble of interaction has its own separate thread, I have difficulty keeping up with fast-paced chat-based RP, too. It doesn't help I take my time with posts unless they're pure dialogue, so by the time I'm ready to respond, it's completely outdated.
Quote:Furthermore, I can't help but note that a lot of the participant's characters don't really have much reason to be there in the first place. There's exceptions, of course, but a lot of role-players seem to have their character show up to an event not because it makes sense for their character to be there but because the role-player behind the character has decided that they really want to be there.
I put my characters in situations I want them to be in all the time, but I also try to think of some kind of IC situation that would push them toward it. If, for instance, I wanted my antisocial researcher type to be in a party, I'd have the party be useful to her research in some way - a contact would be there, or a potential sponsor wants to meet her there. My meek mercenary would attend if it was a bodyguard type job.
But some people aren't that keen on always excusing IC activities with IC behavior, and that's okay too. I could just attend OOC and disregard the interactions as canon for my character, for instance. Or act completely OOC and just be there for the fun of it.
Quote:Of course, this isn't a thread to bash large events. I'm just curious as to whether anyone else shares my thoughts and more importantly I'd like to know exactly what can be done to tackle the various issues that arise in large events and seem to rarely be spoken about.
I get the most out of one-on-one, 3 people, and 4 people RP. I don't mind being part of big groups, but I have difficulty interacting with everyone at the same time. I like long scenes and too many people end up making them take too long.
That means I have no idea how to tackle these various issues. :D
But hey, I'm plenty happy with my personal, small group RP. I probably would only lurk in big events, one way or the other.