I run a OOC linkshell with about 90 people. Finally had some of the trouble makers leave last night as well and its quite pleasant overall. Its called Casual Roleplayers and nearly everyone has Leadership rank to invite people as they choose.
Ive made a bunch of friends making the Ls. In fact nearly everyone I would call a friend joined the LS and we chatted from there. I made it because I am just like you, taking a massive break, coming back and wanting to RP so I transferred to Balmung. I couldnt "break the mold" or "fit in" well at first in my attempts to RP so I just decided to take it into my own hands and make an LS because most of the LS's listed here are half active and most importantly, very hard to get into due to it being very hard to track people down in this game when they arent online. I dont actively recruit anymore for my LS, it balloond rapidly from 5 users to nearly 100 in under 5 days and at that point I quit advertising it and thats also why its not posted here. I think in a few weeks when the dust settles and Im ready Ill post it here to get more people in it.
The LS itself is 99.5% OOC, and it has been used for RP meetups. Theres still one or two people that like to argue for the sake of it, but Ive gotten it curbed to an extent. Theres only one soft rule, which is sex/R rated discussion is kept to a low level, and if its too much I will make people cut it out but thats rare. Thats happened twice total and both times the people rage quit due to "free speech" issues. I actively avoid a hands on approach with the LS to make it as free and as organic as possible, and like I mentioned anyone can invite whoever they want.
I would say my LS is successful, and by luck its seemingly 60/40 male/female split so its quite pleasant overall and diverse.
If your interested Ill be on Balmung tonight after 8 PM EST. This goes for everyone on this website too if you want to join.
Ive made a bunch of friends making the Ls. In fact nearly everyone I would call a friend joined the LS and we chatted from there. I made it because I am just like you, taking a massive break, coming back and wanting to RP so I transferred to Balmung. I couldnt "break the mold" or "fit in" well at first in my attempts to RP so I just decided to take it into my own hands and make an LS because most of the LS's listed here are half active and most importantly, very hard to get into due to it being very hard to track people down in this game when they arent online. I dont actively recruit anymore for my LS, it balloond rapidly from 5 users to nearly 100 in under 5 days and at that point I quit advertising it and thats also why its not posted here. I think in a few weeks when the dust settles and Im ready Ill post it here to get more people in it.
The LS itself is 99.5% OOC, and it has been used for RP meetups. Theres still one or two people that like to argue for the sake of it, but Ive gotten it curbed to an extent. Theres only one soft rule, which is sex/R rated discussion is kept to a low level, and if its too much I will make people cut it out but thats rare. Thats happened twice total and both times the people rage quit due to "free speech" issues. I actively avoid a hands on approach with the LS to make it as free and as organic as possible, and like I mentioned anyone can invite whoever they want.
I would say my LS is successful, and by luck its seemingly 60/40 male/female split so its quite pleasant overall and diverse.
If your interested Ill be on Balmung tonight after 8 PM EST. This goes for everyone on this website too if you want to join.
