So I've been on for a couple of years now and have accumulated a total of...one...RP friend. I'm in a free company atm. I don't have a problem with people that's stopping me from RPing, but I think it's my lack of social inexperience. I always think that there needs to be some underlying reason as to why my character is interacting with another character (I think this is mainly because I myself don't usually speak unless I'm 1) Spoken to or 2)Have a reason to speak to that individual). So, casual conversations and "Walk up Welcome" always bugged me out because I just think "What logical reason would I have to walk up to this random person and speak, without knowing anything about them?" and then I am put off from doing anything.Â
When it comes to my free company, I find myself always coming in whilst they are in the middle of a story arc, all the characters are up to date and pretty much everyone knows whats going on. The same question "What reason does my character have to walk into a random situation he knows nothing about helping people he doesn't really know?" I've been with them some time but I have RP'd maybe once for about 15 minutes in that time span.Â
How are people able to get their characters going with new individuals? I find it a difficult task to do without having to go over a complete pragmatic reason as to why our characters would speak to each other and what would keep them speaking to each other. Any advice? From anyone? Anywhere?Â
If you were once the introverted/socially awkward/shy type of rp, have you been able to forgo and bypass that personality trait? And how? Anything is most appreciated.
(Note: I have tried to play the overlly social character but I don't think I make a very convincing social butterfly in terms of RP immersion so I steer clear of them.)
When it comes to my free company, I find myself always coming in whilst they are in the middle of a story arc, all the characters are up to date and pretty much everyone knows whats going on. The same question "What reason does my character have to walk into a random situation he knows nothing about helping people he doesn't really know?" I've been with them some time but I have RP'd maybe once for about 15 minutes in that time span.Â
How are people able to get their characters going with new individuals? I find it a difficult task to do without having to go over a complete pragmatic reason as to why our characters would speak to each other and what would keep them speaking to each other. Any advice? From anyone? Anywhere?Â
If you were once the introverted/socially awkward/shy type of rp, have you been able to forgo and bypass that personality trait? And how? Anything is most appreciated.
(Note: I have tried to play the overlly social character but I don't think I make a very convincing social butterfly in terms of RP immersion so I steer clear of them.)
"R'theqe Matoi, The Blue Cardinal"
