Cliques aren't bad, as they provide a sense of community and home to RPers.
Popularity isn't bad as long as you use it as a medium for good. it's like anything else.
Positivity is something that I think we have all needed a heavy dose of in the past couple of days.
I guess I'm part of the "old guard" here. I've been playing since 1.0, and have taken a couple of breaks along the way.
In 1.0, I was well known, but I wouldn't say I was popular. I had a longstanding working RP relationships with some of the other linkshells, went and was involved in other people's events, and tried to foster relationships within the community. My linkshell was a little unconventional. We were known for our members being random and spastic, but it worked for us. We weren't always like that, though, and we did have many events that we were involved in that were serious and brought about character development.
In the interim between 1.0 and 2.0, there was a lot of RP and RP discussion here on the RPC. Everyone was meeting everyone new, and there was a fantastic sense of community. But as the launch got closer, tensions grew higher. (It's a lot like what the RPC is going through now).
When 2.0 hit, RP thrived for me for a time, and then some personal issues pushed me away from the game. I'm finally back, and find that RP is a little difficult to find, but there are a lot of events that encourage people to show up. I've attended some of these, and I think they're awesome...it's just a little difficult to get lost in the crowd.
If anything, I think that opening smaller events is probably a good thing to foster a sense of community. Walking into a giant event is really intimidating for a new person who doesn't know anyone. It's intimidating to me, and I pretty much know what I'm doing.
I don't really know where I'm going with this rant. Just...realize that popular people aren't to blame. Cliques aren't to blame. Scale of events...might be to blame. I think we all just need to reach out more. And be happy about it. Don't take any of it as a personal attack. Use it to better your habits, not bring you down.
Popularity isn't bad as long as you use it as a medium for good. it's like anything else.
Positivity is something that I think we have all needed a heavy dose of in the past couple of days.
I guess I'm part of the "old guard" here. I've been playing since 1.0, and have taken a couple of breaks along the way.
In 1.0, I was well known, but I wouldn't say I was popular. I had a longstanding working RP relationships with some of the other linkshells, went and was involved in other people's events, and tried to foster relationships within the community. My linkshell was a little unconventional. We were known for our members being random and spastic, but it worked for us. We weren't always like that, though, and we did have many events that we were involved in that were serious and brought about character development.
In the interim between 1.0 and 2.0, there was a lot of RP and RP discussion here on the RPC. Everyone was meeting everyone new, and there was a fantastic sense of community. But as the launch got closer, tensions grew higher. (It's a lot like what the RPC is going through now).
When 2.0 hit, RP thrived for me for a time, and then some personal issues pushed me away from the game. I'm finally back, and find that RP is a little difficult to find, but there are a lot of events that encourage people to show up. I've attended some of these, and I think they're awesome...it's just a little difficult to get lost in the crowd.
If anything, I think that opening smaller events is probably a good thing to foster a sense of community. Walking into a giant event is really intimidating for a new person who doesn't know anyone. It's intimidating to me, and I pretty much know what I'm doing.
I don't really know where I'm going with this rant. Just...realize that popular people aren't to blame. Cliques aren't to blame. Scale of events...might be to blame. I think we all just need to reach out more. And be happy about it. Don't take any of it as a personal attack. Use it to better your habits, not bring you down.
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