My two cents:
If you're in a non-social RP, then you can know for certain that everyone involved is on board (or not) with a player taking their time with a lengthy and detailed response.
If you're in a social location where walk-up random RP is likely to occur, then you need to be ready to be reactive. That means either shorten your initial post to the newcomer so that they know ASAP that they've been acknowledged and more's coming, such as...
Calliope Cloverbloom smiles at the newcomer. "Hello there!"
...or, if you just can't bear to ever write a short post even if you're in a location where it's simply more effective to do so, then before you start on your long post, do the newcomer a favor and give them a head's up...
Calliope Cloverbloom ((hey there! i type a bit slowly and can be a little wordy, so give me a sec to post to you))
...because if you send that before you even start your RP post, there's no need to cut and paste, and everything is crystal clear to the person who has walked up.
Do not blame the walk-up person for walking away too quickly. Someone shouldn't be expected to stand around wondering if you're going to post to them or not, because for every player who does in fact reply after 5, 10, 15, whatever minutes, there'll be half a dozen who are AFK, or tabbed out reading something, and so on, who simply will never send them a message, which results in the newcomer... standing there for a chunk of their evening, which may be a limited amount of free time to them. That's not fair to them and frankly it's rude to expect it of someone.
It's up to the veterans to show courtesy to newcomers if they want to RP community to grow and remain vibrant. Lack of courtesy to newcomers is what begins the decline of a community, because if the newcomers feel unwelcome or unwanted they'll continue on to some other game. Veterans will inevitably take breaks or move on too, and without newcomers to keep things moving, stagnation occurs in a hurry (which snowballs into more veterans leaving).
If you're in a non-social RP, then you can know for certain that everyone involved is on board (or not) with a player taking their time with a lengthy and detailed response.
If you're in a social location where walk-up random RP is likely to occur, then you need to be ready to be reactive. That means either shorten your initial post to the newcomer so that they know ASAP that they've been acknowledged and more's coming, such as...
Calliope Cloverbloom smiles at the newcomer. "Hello there!"
...or, if you just can't bear to ever write a short post even if you're in a location where it's simply more effective to do so, then before you start on your long post, do the newcomer a favor and give them a head's up...
Calliope Cloverbloom ((hey there! i type a bit slowly and can be a little wordy, so give me a sec to post to you))
...because if you send that before you even start your RP post, there's no need to cut and paste, and everything is crystal clear to the person who has walked up.
Do not blame the walk-up person for walking away too quickly. Someone shouldn't be expected to stand around wondering if you're going to post to them or not, because for every player who does in fact reply after 5, 10, 15, whatever minutes, there'll be half a dozen who are AFK, or tabbed out reading something, and so on, who simply will never send them a message, which results in the newcomer... standing there for a chunk of their evening, which may be a limited amount of free time to them. That's not fair to them and frankly it's rude to expect it of someone.
It's up to the veterans to show courtesy to newcomers if they want to RP community to grow and remain vibrant. Lack of courtesy to newcomers is what begins the decline of a community, because if the newcomers feel unwelcome or unwanted they'll continue on to some other game. Veterans will inevitably take breaks or move on too, and without newcomers to keep things moving, stagnation occurs in a hurry (which snowballs into more veterans leaving).
Lydia Lightfoot ~ The Reliquarian's Guild «Relic» ~ Lavender Beds, Ward 12, #41
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
