I would quote my post from that other thread, but the quoting system is strange here. :/
Anywho, the only thing I can add are my personal experiences. I've had some bad experiences with internet friendships when I was younger that still keeps me rather distant, so I was absolutely terrible when it comes to networking and following up on plans and ideas. I still am, really. (There's a couple of you who've had first-hand experience with that, and I'm really sorry!) I know, its the same thing I'm preaching against, but there it is.
Early on, when I first moved to Balmung, RP was... hit or miss. Mostly miss. I had no friends on this game, the actual game and my old endgame-focused FC sucked up a lot of my time, my character was a grump, and she was not well established in my head or socially, and I was still forum RP'ing here and there with other friends. I parked Sophia in high traffic areas and simply waited for opportunity. It had some really great moments, sure, but it was less than what I wanted.
Then I joined Aeon. Its worth noting that I've never once even met anyone in that FC at the time and I pretty much applied based on nothing more than its interesting concept alone. After that, RP was... well, still hit and miss, actually! I tagged along on their events and whatnot, but it wasn't until I really started to network OOCly that things began to pick up. I did so here and in Aeon, and even got an old friend to try the game and play as my character's brother, which also helped build my character immensely by forcing her into situations and crowds she wouldn't normally associate with on her own.
I'm not sure if this helps any of the newer people or if anyone's had similar experiences, but obviously, putting myself out there and networking was a big block for me. All this stuff happened-- well, is still happening really, since a couple months after 2.0's launch in, what, Semptember '13? I'm only just recently getting comfortable enough to try all those ideas I've had piling up in my head. Heck, look at my post count and join date, then look at pretty much anyone else's. I'm no social butterfly.
Join an FC and put in the time to nurture your friendships. Be sure you can even be comfortable with these people on an OOC level, and be sure their RP meshes with yours. Get people's skype names, friend them, or do whatever it is you have to do. If it feels like they're still not including you, then perhaps they're not really sure of what they're doing themselves. If I've learned anything, its that RP is 70% friendship and networking and only 30% actual writing.
EDIT: Forgot a thing.
Anywho, the only thing I can add are my personal experiences. I've had some bad experiences with internet friendships when I was younger that still keeps me rather distant, so I was absolutely terrible when it comes to networking and following up on plans and ideas. I still am, really. (There's a couple of you who've had first-hand experience with that, and I'm really sorry!) I know, its the same thing I'm preaching against, but there it is.
Early on, when I first moved to Balmung, RP was... hit or miss. Mostly miss. I had no friends on this game, the actual game and my old endgame-focused FC sucked up a lot of my time, my character was a grump, and she was not well established in my head or socially, and I was still forum RP'ing here and there with other friends. I parked Sophia in high traffic areas and simply waited for opportunity. It had some really great moments, sure, but it was less than what I wanted.
Then I joined Aeon. Its worth noting that I've never once even met anyone in that FC at the time and I pretty much applied based on nothing more than its interesting concept alone. After that, RP was... well, still hit and miss, actually! I tagged along on their events and whatnot, but it wasn't until I really started to network OOCly that things began to pick up. I did so here and in Aeon, and even got an old friend to try the game and play as my character's brother, which also helped build my character immensely by forcing her into situations and crowds she wouldn't normally associate with on her own.
I'm not sure if this helps any of the newer people or if anyone's had similar experiences, but obviously, putting myself out there and networking was a big block for me. All this stuff happened-- well, is still happening really, since a couple months after 2.0's launch in, what, Semptember '13? I'm only just recently getting comfortable enough to try all those ideas I've had piling up in my head. Heck, look at my post count and join date, then look at pretty much anyone else's. I'm no social butterfly.
Join an FC and put in the time to nurture your friendships. Be sure you can even be comfortable with these people on an OOC level, and be sure their RP meshes with yours. Get people's skype names, friend them, or do whatever it is you have to do. If it feels like they're still not including you, then perhaps they're not really sure of what they're doing themselves. If I've learned anything, its that RP is 70% friendship and networking and only 30% actual writing.
EDIT: Forgot a thing.
