(11-17-2016, 02:37 PM)Faye Wrote: Aside from that, I think people just need to stop painting the server's entire RP community in one stroke whenever an individual fails to respond to them, or says they're busy or don't want to RP, etc. Of course you'll run into people like that. You can't expect every person to be available to you all the time, and you sadly can't expect every person to be friendly and receptive to your RP (yes, even the people who for whatever have "walk-ups welcome" in their search info and then angrily rebuke every walk-up). These things happening isn't indicative of some culture plague on the server, it's just life and people being people. We don't need to sensationalize everything. I think the negativity, assumptions, and ultimately self-centered attitude of entitlement that everyone owes you RP that it can breed are more of an obstacle in finding enjoyable role-play server than anything else could ever be.
Yup. On another character, I joined a FC. Big thing, busy, people chatting every which way. Too busy. Too big for me. RP was popping, but I tend to be more comfortable with small groups. As soon as I realized this, I apologized and left, and sought out a smaller FC. One where the members were hurting for rp, because they were still trying to find their stride. JACKPOT, BABY.
And now I have all the slice of life rp I could ever want, with some plot mixed in, and opportunities to grow the complexity organically and at my pace.
Bottom line? If you're not able to fit with one group of people, try another. Yeah, sure, that one person or group might seem just perfect, but no one is irreplaceable. There are lots of sparkling writers out there -- don't be fooled if they don't have a big presence on the rpc, or reddit, or tumblr, or in game. Take a chance. You might just be rewarded.
