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(12-31-2016, 01:40 AM)Nicholai Wrote: I wanted to address because there are some important things I'd like to point out to the contrary.Yo, do you have a Lalafell character? I'm just curious.
The idea that... all Lalafells aren't taken seriously is completely and utterly inaccurate.
I wouldn't say it's totally true or totally false, mostly because the sample size of actual Lalafell players is so tiny as to make gauging a "common" reaction to them sort of pointless. Moreover blanket statements about the server in general struggle to stand upon their own two feet. But a lot of the complaints I've heard, and the disparity I've experienced between playing a non-Lalafell NPC character and my own, sample size and confirmation bias aside, seem to suggest that there's plenty of stigma to work against. I main this character, and I only avoid this shade because the people who play with me trust me and I've managed to make a good impression on others.
So yeah, it's nothing I haven't been able to overcome, but I'm also a very experienced RPer, and not everyone has that kind of confidence. I know I'm able to entertain others with my writing. I know the satisfied feeling when someone is happy they RP'd with me, and nothing pleases me more. All I want is to entertain, and I don't feel like a total failure if others aren't buying what I'm selling. From a certain point of view, I've got it easy. All I'm saying is do consider that not all of us are working from an even starting point, and preconceptions, as well as exclusionary play, are a real thing. Are there player cliques? Yes. In crowds and out crowds? Yes. Are they totally impermeable and unchanging? No. Are they always intentionally malicious? No. These things don't even account for the variables inherent in all the players involved; RP prospectors and those being approached always have their own biases and tastes. Understanding what steps are necessary to find RP requires context, I think. It can be frustrating to look at the situation as a whole rather than individual instances of failed walkup simply because it starts to feel like a worrying trend to a discouraged player. Even I sometimes feel burnt when someone just doesn't have time to play with me, despite the fact that I know, consciously at least, they're just busy.
I do agree that you should play what you find fun. It's simply that the concern over what you find fun not being interesting enough, or having a stigma against it, is real and should take serious consideration. It's a big part of why I really heavily advocate the OOC approach. It removes the variables of IC taste influencing whether a walkup succeeds or fails, and soothes the sting of snap judgment, like the whole race thing mentioned above.
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