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Sophia_Grave · **03-26-2015, 06:22 PM**

(03-26-2015, 06:14 PM)Domri Blackblade Wrote:
(03-26-2015, 06:02 PM)Apl_Juice Wrote: snip

I guess I don't feel like it has to be some sort of IC hook up alone where we serve up the RP to someone, but more like a friendly resource they can feel comfortable to approach and talk to. I don't know, I guess to me one friend goes a long way in at least getting the foot in the door. Perhaps, I am a bit idealist!

Perhaps I'm just worried that it can potentially set a bad or false precedent on what to expect. It should go without saying that everyone ought to make an effort to be more inclusive and receptive, especially when RP'ing in public.

EDIT for crappy wording

Bryn · **03-26-2015, 06:28 PM**

I definitely think that new RPers should ideally try to meet experienced RPers half way when it comes to establishing themselves in a new RP setting. That said, I think sometimes it's easy for confident RPers to overlook that not everyone possesses their confidence, and breaking into new communities can be tougher for some people / character types than it is for others.

Some people just have terrible luck and try to break in, but don't get any response from the crowd. So for me, the idea of the list of 'volunteer mentors' or whatever, isn't about encouraging dependence, but rather throwing a lifeline to give people a way in which they can work from.

Melkire · **03-26-2015, 06:30 PM**

(03-26-2015, 06:22 PM)Apl_Juice Wrote:
(03-26-2015, 06:14 PM)Domri Blackblade Wrote:
(03-26-2015, 06:02 PM)Apl_Juice Wrote: snip

I guess I don't feel like it has to be some sort of IC hook up alone where we serve up the RP to someone, but more like a friendly resource they can feel comfortable to approach and talk to. I don't know, I guess to me one friend goes a long way in at least getting the foot in the door. Perhaps, I am a bit idealist!
Perhaps I'm just worried that it sets a bad or false precedent on what to expect. It should go without saying that everyone ought to make an effort to be more inclusive and receptive, especially when RP'ing in public.

I agree with you.

I also recognize that many of us are so swamped for time that we can't be there for the new people. I can't speak for anyone else, but between a 40 hour work week, a three-hour commute every day to-and-from, any time I sink into PvE, time spent on FC RP, time spent on event RP, time randomly spent roaming Thanalan/insert-region-here, and the regular and not-so-regular demands of my own life, I can't be as inclusive as someone who has the time to dedicate and say, "I can be there to work with new people."

We all have differing lifestyles that affect how inclusive and receptive we can be. If we're RPing in public, yes, we should make an effort to be inclusive and receptive. But just because the midlander in the sipahi turban and Immortal Flames jerkin is just standing around watching the Quicksand doesn't mean he isn't juggling two different conversations under his breath over two different linkpearls while scanning the crowd for a potential informant who he needs to somehow slip some coin so he can get some dirt on the latest scum to find their way into this city, and hey, guess what, if that's what he's doing, he's not going to have time to sit down and discuss chocobo breeding with the latest Miqo'te who just randomly walked up to him to try and be friendly. This has very little to do with OoC inclusiveness/receptiveness and everything to do with the story of that character at that moment.

But you know what? That Wildwood Elezen lass over that-a-way, she's DEFINITELY down for that sort of thing, and she's got nothing else on her plate at the moment, and boy oh boy did you know that if you invest in the proper feed....

EDIT:

There's also the trouble with characters who are, for story purposes, more or less region-locked.

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Please resume original discussion(s). ; ;

Qhora Bajihri · **03-26-2015, 07:07 PM**

(03-26-2015, 06:30 PM)Melkire Wrote: But you know what? That Wildwood Elezen lass over that-a-way, she's DEFINITELY down for that sort of thing, and she's got nothing else on her plate at the moment, and boy oh boy did you know that if you invest in the proper feed....

Wait. What? Elezen feed?

I got the context, but out of it is making me laugh.

Quote:Please resume original discussion(s). ; ;

Yes sir.

(03-26-2015, 04:46 PM)Bryn Wrote: We could always utilise /shout and party finder to advertise these events.

I think regular, very very open events that do this kind of thing ^ might catch people who don't RP, don't know what the RPC is, and never would have even thought twice about it, but who are wandering around bored, have their interest piqued, and end up here, neck deep in fruit salad.

That's making connections. As for maintaining them? I can't really speak to that. I've been very, very bad at it. Thank you, real life. And once I lose them, I'm even worse at retrieving them. Que sera. However, I find consolation in my character's out-of-game existence, and thus her capability of roleplaying with others should the opportunity arise, even if it never actually does.

Kellach Woods · **03-26-2015, 07:17 PM**

/shout is the best idea to attract people. Including a ton of people who're gonna troll the fuck out of your whatever-have-you.

I'm not saying it's a horrible idea, I'm saying you get what's in that zone at that moment. If you get a majority of RPers, good. If you get a majority of fuckwits with time to lose, welp.

I'm going to shut up now because honestly I don't think my negativity needs to enter this thread anymore than it has.

Magellan · **03-26-2015, 07:49 PM**

Since I returned to FFXIV a month ago, my character Claire has;

-Helped connect her FC with another FC to form a partnership.
-Met with various different worker types to try and plan an upcoming fashion show for the community
-Met with 5 or 6 new or shy rpers from the Making Connections thread. Reached out to several others, but never heard back or connected on schedules.
- Tried to get to lvl 50 for the first time in 2 years ^.^; (lvl 47! whoo!)
- Tried to launch an LS, that I unfortunately did not have the time or proper planning for. Oh well Tongue

I've been very active, and the RPC has been an invaluable resource for setting some of this up. In a very real way, I've been too active, as I haven't had the time to follow up on some of those rps I've had (here's looking at you Aya & Floria).

But Claire has been trying to establish intra-FC ties, as well as interpersonal ties, because that's her IC job. It's fun, rewarding, and I encourage people to hit me up and see if I'm available to help. I really don't understand the vibe I sometimes get from these forums that the community doesn't gel enough, maybe because I'm out and about so often, meeting new people all the time. If one really had an interest in doing it... do it! (So zen, I know...)

If you don't have an interest, or are unable to commit, due to running an FC, real life, etc. etc... then that's totally okay and you shouldn't feel bad about it. One only has so much time and energy to expend. Remember... rp is supposed to be fun, not feel like a job!

Anywho, a monthly 'welcoming committee' type rp would be pretty neat idea, and Claire would hurtle herself at it with the speed of a racing chocobo on crack laced gysahl greens.

Tiergan · **03-26-2015, 07:50 PM**

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=10821 <---- To make Osric not be sad, I have split this off into a new shiny thread so this one can continue being about what it's supposed to be about.

Qhora Bajihri · **03-27-2015, 11:55 AM**

(03-26-2015, 07:17 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: /shout is the best idea to attract people. Including a ton of people who're gonna troll the fuck out of your whatever-have-you.

I'm not saying it's a horrible idea, I'm saying you get what's in that zone at that moment. If you get a majority of RPers, good. If you get a majority of fuckwits with time to lose, welp.

I'm going to shut up now because honestly I don't think my negativity needs to enter this thread anymore than it has.

Nah, that's a very good point. And the fact that I completely forgot about the trollspace just goes to show how out of touch I am.

I've seen very publicly advertised RP events go forward in other places at other times, but it'd take a very special person or group to be both willing and able to deal with that particular unavoidable side-effect, and I for one am definitely not that special.

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