Grott

DURRRRR HAVE YOU TRIED RESTARTING YOUR MODEM? HURHURHURHURHURHUR No, seriously, if you really can't find RP, look for one of us with a MSCRP tag and we will RP with you. There's no guarantee that you'll like us, but we'll RP with anyone who wants to RP with us.

But you want to make a general fix-all answer like "Try restarting your modem" that will only frustrate people more when it doesn't work..? I'm not really sure what the argument here is. You're basically arguing that we should proactively stop caring about helping people when they ask for it. Maybe I'm not understanding what your point is, but it isn't holding together very well. You could just say "I don't care about this" instead of trying to justify your apathy. OR, you could just not read the thread.

Amadeus doesn't care what you look like or where you're from. He's seen weird shit. He isn't surprised easily.

Good joke. Everybody laugh. No, seriously, it's a great analogy, and I get that the dude who started this thread is probably just some bratty dickhead. But we've completely left him in the dust. He's no longer relevant to the conversation about new RPers looking for friends. At this point, he's more the exception than the rule. I get why no one who tried to help this dingdong wants to see his thread brought up again, but I don't know what to tell you. We're here, we're conversing, and it was going pretty well until it became a conversation about the reason for the conversation. If we're being honest, this could be moved to another thread. But I'm very lazy and only partially interested in this to begin with, and I'm already here.

Hey welcome back! Sorry to hear about your friends. If you need someone to adventure RP with, you can send Amadeus Greene a message. I'm only level 23 on my current class, so I wouldn't mind the company.

Not really understanding this question. Wouldn't the logical response be along the lines of "You can flail around and be frustrated, but you may get shit on for doing so."? Also, who is shitting on new players here?

The question I would ask in return is, "Does it matter?" We're just having a conversation. Is this not a site to meet like-minded individuals? I get that this thread isn't really "going anywhere" but does that mean we have to retreat into our separate silent corners of the internet? That's not really how connecting with people works. I'm enjoying reading and giving my own input in the thread and others seem to be enjoying the ability to share their stories about being new in the community, and it's helping everyone get an idea of what needs to be done to welcome RPers. We don't need to move threads and yell "IT'S CRUNCH TIME. WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS?" some times these things can just develop over a naturally flowing discussion. Why do we need to shut it down? You can just not read it anymore. I get that you may feel the need to check in because it's a thread you've posted in before, and you get frustrated that things are being repeated. But that happens. Why is this important enough to post three separate times asking why we're speaking to each other?

Absolutely. OP may be gone, but the issue isn't.

Lol thanks. And yeah, being a fancy place is nbd. Amadeus is friends with nobles and peasants alike. He kind of goes where he wants as long as he has the money in his pocket.

Definitely. I probably won't be on much today, because there's a big county fair thing where I live and I have to get the guy to guess my age wrong so I can win an inflatable hammer or some other useless garbage and feel good about myself, but I'll be on this weekend. What's the address of the place in the Goblet?

I don't think there's any problem with continuing the message of "We're out there, don't be afraid to walk up to us." The OP may be gone, but new players may have the same issue. Reinforcing the idea that most of us won't mind if you waltz on up and start speaking your mind can't possibly do any harm. Plus, it's just a nice discussion to have to see who else is out there and willing to voice their opinions on how to spread RP. Not like there's any rule against continuing a conversation for the sake of conversation. I also like your use of the word "Necro." I've always thought that was a rad prefix.

Sounds good to me! Which bar? Is it one of the ones in major cities or something you came up with?

Yes on both counts. /derail approved. I probably won't be RPing Uther much until Heavensward. He's off doing important things on his own and I'm not going to log onto him to run around in circles in Coerthas alone, yelling at no one, pretending I'm doing what he's doing in my head. In the meantime, Amadeus has been hanging around between Limsa and Ul'dah jus' chillin'. OOC he's only level 23 so right now I'm focusing on leveling, but I've RP'd with him a few times with Misericorde and the kinks have been worked out and he's quickly becoming fleshed out into one of my favorite characters to RP. Send me a message any time and we can meet up.

:love:8-):love: 'Sup

You want RP and are concerned with cliques? Look for the MSCRP tag. We will RP with literally anyone who wants to RP with us. We're small, we're bored, and no one likes us enough to form a clique with us. Just a disclaimer though: we tend to lend our RP to a sense of realism. We play dirty characters in dirty situations that aren't full of heroism and/or villainy. Just some dudes doing what they do. We aren't big on playing house or diving into Anime Friendship Adventure Town. If that's not something you're interested in, keep on steppin'. Some people are into it, some people aren't, and we have thick skin. But we are here and we are open to RP with anyone who wants to try us out. So now no one can say the RPC won't RP with new people. The problem, from my experience, is: 1. Some RPers are, in fact, exclusive and elitist. Which is no good. Sorry. It's true. Cliques are totally real and they discourage RP in a lot of situations. Stop RPing in your house 100% of the time, and stop RPing in /party when you're in public. No one is going to murder you for RPing in /say on the heaviest RP server, you cowards. and 2. A lot of new RPers walk into the Quicksand and emote paragraphs to Momodi and weird everyone out and then cry that no one will talk to them. Try talking to a person. I'd use an opening like "Hello" or something of that nature. I'd like to add that I read no previous posts and was told about this thread by someone who gave me a brief synopsis of the problem. By brief, I mean "New RPers don't like that there are a lot of cliques." So, I hastily wrote this out in a sleep-deprived blur of apathy, giggling childishly to myself the whole time. It's 5:30 a.m. Read this, don't read this, no one cares. Night night.

As I'm wandering around the residential districts, breaking into all of your houses.

To be honest, the background caught my attention more than the goofy costumes. They look like bad guys from Crash Bandicoot Warped. But that scenery looks dope. I mean, I love a good middle-eastern aesthetic, but the little Aladdin vests are pretty silly looking.

Generally I see backstory the same way I see a super hero's origin story. It should explain why someone is there, but it shouldn't be bogged down in detail and unnecessary plot devices. Your RP should be the story you're telling, you shouldn't be wasting RP time talking about things you just made up in your own head and only you care about. Uther has a simple backstory of being a knight who was disillusioned with Ishgard's war and fanaticism after the death of his wife. Amadeus has a free-flowing backstory of "He's just a guy who's been around, and now he's here (again?)" I don't like backstories that take focus away from the here and now, but I don't think you should RP that your character just popped up at the Adventurer's Guild and was born a 30 year old, fully-clothed, intelligent man. Backstories should be short, sweet, and to the point.