As a super newcomer to the RP Community, just reached out yesterday, already had several welcome replies... someone helped me with a bit of lore and I was able to engage in RP last night long after an RP event had gone.Â
To be fair, I had to create a character that would indeed reach out to people. However, I find a lot of RPers who are new to a server don't do this and then blame the community for not interacting with their anti-social withdrawn character.Â
So I hope any other new RPers to their respective community realize that the problem might not be with everyone else, but with the character you create to interact with that community. Nobody is forcing you to be the person who stays away from social hubs or places your character in the corner. You might be anti-social in real life, but I encourage you to explore character personalities that may have an easier time of getting into the RP scene.Â
Alternative, you can create your anti-social gothic character, but realize you may have to do more work to get involved in others' RP by contacting folks OOCly or what have you.
To be fair, I had to create a character that would indeed reach out to people. However, I find a lot of RPers who are new to a server don't do this and then blame the community for not interacting with their anti-social withdrawn character.Â
So I hope any other new RPers to their respective community realize that the problem might not be with everyone else, but with the character you create to interact with that community. Nobody is forcing you to be the person who stays away from social hubs or places your character in the corner. You might be anti-social in real life, but I encourage you to explore character personalities that may have an easier time of getting into the RP scene.Â
Alternative, you can create your anti-social gothic character, but realize you may have to do more work to get involved in others' RP by contacting folks OOCly or what have you.
