For me nowadays, it's all about the group dynamic. If I join something - whether it's an RP FC, a PVE group, or even just a social LS - I have to like the dynamic that everyone has. I've spent way too much time in an environment on Excalibur that devolved into constant bickering, snapping at each other, and gossip. Here? I absolutely won't tolerate it.Â
I'll eat up all the IC drama that you throw at me with a grin on my face, but the second it becomes evident that it's a place where the big OOC drama wheel starts a'churnin' on a regular basis? That's about 20lbs of 'Do Not Want' in a 5lb bag, and I'm nopenopenope'ing right on out of there. Ain't nobody got time for drama in their hobby they use to get away from their other drama.
That's not to say that the first conflict in a group will send me running for the hills.. But you can generally tell if something is just a "bad day" sort of fluke, or the people really, really do not enjoy or even tolerate the others' company. It's the latter that I can't deal with.
I'll eat up all the IC drama that you throw at me with a grin on my face, but the second it becomes evident that it's a place where the big OOC drama wheel starts a'churnin' on a regular basis? That's about 20lbs of 'Do Not Want' in a 5lb bag, and I'm nopenopenope'ing right on out of there. Ain't nobody got time for drama in their hobby they use to get away from their other drama.
That's not to say that the first conflict in a group will send me running for the hills.. But you can generally tell if something is just a "bad day" sort of fluke, or the people really, really do not enjoy or even tolerate the others' company. It's the latter that I can't deal with.
