(07-08-2015, 06:03 PM)Griffith! Wrote: It's in my comments, because I'm not adverse to walk-ups. I'm also not a big instigator, so I don't initiate a lot of walk-ups myself. That's not to say I never do, just that it's rarer. I'm not that outgoing a guy. I don't like bothering people.
So I put it there to show I'll RP back if someone walks up, not to indicate that I'll walk-up and start RPing. Pretty much just that.
This, pretty much. Someone saying "walk-ups welcome" but not initiating them is not a contradiction of some sort, but actually makes perfect sense. My experience seems to be the opposite of Melkire's--"walk-ups welcome" has always meant the person is open to anything appropriate and believable.
But, to answer the actual question in the OP about why people don't initiate walk-ups--they don't for likely the very same reasons that you may not.
Some people just like to RP with their friends or have planned out RP and don't do spontaneous RP with strangers, period. For others, they may not be approaching you out of shyness or anxiety, or they may not know that you're IC and wanting to be approached. Sometimes people just don't have ideas, or don't have a character that's easy to justify initiating a walk-up with. Some people are just looking for a certain quality or substance and just don't find it in the Quicksand that night. Some people play characters that come off as gruff and unfriendly and may be difficult for others to approach.
For anyone expecting walk-ups, I think it's important to throw out clues and sell yourself. One baffling thing to me is that I see people who complain of not finding walk-ups, yet they stand silently in the Quicksand for maybe five minutes then leave. Have patience, and actually actively emote, do something interesting to pique the interest of the people around you, take a seat at an empty table to give others an easy hook to approach your character ("May I sit here?").
I think it's important to keep in mind, however, that there's no surefire way of finding RP unless you initiate it.
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