(06-14-2015, 12:32 PM)Rahal Wrote: I've come to the conclusion that The Quicksand is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, where occasionally some idiot might preposition an alone character OOCly for ERP. If you are there with friends, it's a nice little place to Rp. Going there alone? Hoo boy.Â
I'm sorry to say that sounds like a pretty extreme opinion, and I do have to wonder how often these negative experiences have truly happened, or if there was some sort of behavior conveyed to provoke them? I've spent a lot of time at the Quicksand (typically alone) across several characters (female Midlander, male Midlander, and three different catgirls, one of which dressing and acting particularly provocative) and I've received only the occasional blatant "Want to ERP?" tell, several of the more subtle "omg your character is so pretty! we should RP sometime!" tells, and had a single instance of a total stranger telling me all about how their character is a futa, and the majority of all this happened on my female Midlander; oddly enough the catgirls were usually left alone, probably since the Quicksand is so often overflowing with female Miqo'te.
Also, none of these people were particularly volatile. The people asking for ERP I told no thanks and they left me alone, didn't try to harass or guilt me about it. The people who complimented my character I thanked and we both moved alone. Even futa lady I just humored with a brief conversation before my replies tapered off and hers did, too. No one displayed any cause for me to be concerned or offended.