Main reason I RP in Party chat is this: in real life, when I'm in public areas, chatting with a friend or even multiple friends, I have never ever had a random stranger just jump into the conversation. I have done so myself only once in my entire life.
The difference is hobby stores, but you just have to expect random conversations between hobbyists in their natural environment.
I understand wanting to be inclusive and inviting to other RPers but it's just unrealistic that people would jump into strangers' conversations, and RPers seem to do that all the time. It's an admittedly very mild case of metagaming (realistically, the people talking in the street wouldn't stand out at all) but it still bugs me.
In the case of social events, of course we want to be inclusive and do everything publicly but most of the time, it just doesn't make sense for me to do so. Unless my character is being particularly loud or something.
The difference is hobby stores, but you just have to expect random conversations between hobbyists in their natural environment.
I understand wanting to be inclusive and inviting to other RPers but it's just unrealistic that people would jump into strangers' conversations, and RPers seem to do that all the time. It's an admittedly very mild case of metagaming (realistically, the people talking in the street wouldn't stand out at all) but it still bugs me.
In the case of social events, of course we want to be inclusive and do everything publicly but most of the time, it just doesn't make sense for me to do so. Unless my character is being particularly loud or something.
