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Seye Qhesu · **09-28-2015, 01:57 PM**

(09-28-2015, 01:52 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: Honesty isn't always sunshine and rainbows. *shrugs*

(09-28-2015, 01:35 PM)Kaguya Nightsong Wrote: If you have been ignored on purpose then it seems more like an ooc hatred and eefusal to rp with someone rather than a clique keeping you out.

That makes... no sense at all.

If you feel someone is refusing to rp with you then it might be you as a person or perhaps your character they wish not to interact with. There are a few I refuse to rp with because oocly that are jerk and there are a few icly that I know Flower would throw bombs and run away (dragoons).

Still not making sense? Then I can't help you.

Kurt S. · **09-28-2015, 02:16 PM**

Recently went to an event myself. Great reception by the way. Any rate I probably should have expected everything to be chaotic.

At any rate I almost always keep track for anything resembling Ramona popping up in the chatbox. I mean I feel honored someone's even emoting at me.

Then there's also picking out who in the crowd came on their own and send a random tell. Most if not all the time solo flyers are just dying to get into some rp because they're also in your shoes. I doubt they'd be there otherwise

At any rate I'm probably just recycling what everyone said but really. Tell to win
...

.....

If not shout/yell to win. That might probably work.

Also dont go to events when you have ooc stuff like classes pinning you down. I'm sorry Locke and Reima's group if you're here. I'm not anti social I swear. I just cant afford cutting an animation class. Also ashe, ade and the rest of the mythril wings.

Kaiz · **09-28-2015, 02:38 PM**

I can understand the feeling. Most of the time when I attend events like Grindstone/Runestone, etc, a half dozen of us from the same FC/LS all go together and meet up with friends there who we've met up with before, so we might already have some 6-8 other RPers to pay attention to at the time. I know I've missed some outside messages directed at me, and had to go back and find them and reply to them. This isn't because I don't want to RP with anyone outside my circle, however, I just missed it.

Part of the problem with FF14 and no chat bubbles is that, especially in an event, you can be subjected to some pretty intense scrolling from all the other /s and /em going on. Because of that, I know I (and I'm sure many others) focus twice as hard on just looking for familiar names in the chat spam so that I don't miss it. It also means I'm usually tuning out messages from players I'm not familiar with.

So it's not your fault, and it's probably not because people are actively just trying to ignore you. Try sending a tell to someone you want to RP with to inform them you want to engage with them? That way they can just tell you up-front if they're too busy, or otherwise know to look for your messages.

Melodia · **09-28-2015, 02:52 PM**

Definitely....I was hoping to meet Jancis ICly finally and I was trying hard...I should have just sent the tell to say hello.

Seye Qhesu · **09-28-2015, 03:09 PM**

(09-28-2015, 02:52 PM)Melodia Wrote: Definitely....I was hoping to meet Jancis ICly finally and I was trying hard...I should have just sent the tell to say hello.

Jancis is great for walk ups and a sweet heart. I love being silly with Flower around her and Barengar.

Cato · **09-28-2015, 03:26 PM**

(09-28-2015, 02:52 PM)Melodia Wrote: Definitely....I was hoping to meet Jancis ICly finally and I was trying hard...I should have just sent the tell to say hello.

Events aren't necessarily the best way to meet someone. There's a handful of role-players I'd really like to interact with that I keep an eye out for - but sometimes I just message them directly out of the blue to see if they're open to finding a way to get some role-play going.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - but at least if you organise such a meeting outside of an event then you'll have each other's full attention. Whether it ends up just being a brief encounter or something more long term is often up in the air but...it's definitely worth a try!

Warren Castille · **09-28-2015, 03:29 PM**

(09-28-2015, 01:52 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: Honesty isn't always sunshine and rainbows. *shrugs*

(09-28-2015, 01:35 PM)Kaguya Nightsong Wrote: If you have been ignored on purpose then it seems more like an ooc hatred and eefusal to rp with someone rather than a clique keeping you out.

That makes... no sense at all.

It means that someone who doesn't like you outside of the game isn't going to spend their time in the game on you. It's not about your character, it's about you, the person at the keyboard.

Asmodean · **09-28-2015, 03:35 PM**

Best way to met people is send a tell in game or pm here. Events can be quite hectic due to chat scroll. I have often seen groups wonder off to be out of chat range if it out in the world. But the best way is to set up some kind of meeting before hand then try to meet during an event. I normal sit off to the edge of events due to IC reasons so If you ever at an event and see go ahead and poke me. Just fear the unicolt.... it might bite. Tongue

Edda · **09-28-2015, 04:07 PM**

(09-28-2015, 03:26 PM)Graeham Wrote:
(09-28-2015, 02:52 PM)Melodia Wrote: Definitely....I was hoping to meet Jancis ICly finally and I was trying hard...I should have just sent the tell to say hello.

Events aren't necessarily the best way to meet someone. There's a handful of role-players I'd really like to interact with that I keep an eye out for - but sometimes I just message them directly out of the blue to see if they're open to finding a way to get some role-play going.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - but at least if you organise such a meeting outside of an event then you'll have each other's full attention. Whether it ends up just being a brief encounter or something more long term is often up in the air but...it's definitely worth a try!

Yeah seriously. Random walk-up RP works sometimes, but isn't necessarily the best method when you are looking to form lasting connections. It might, but not always. Best way is to message someone privately and see if they are down to boogie. As said it won't always work, but like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play.

For instance I had wanted to RP with Graeham for like 2 months before he PM'd me outta the blue, and we worked it out and had some lovely RP. And now that Edda is going back to Ishgard...

Tonberry

Also, I find that people in general are also more likely to remember and want to RP with someone who contacted them privately first, rather than some rando they ran into at an event with egregious amounts of chat scroll. This is just my personal experience.

Nodem · **09-28-2015, 06:40 PM**

(09-28-2015, 02:38 PM)Kaiz Wrote: I can understand the feeling. Most of the time when I attend events like Grindstone/Runestone, etc, a half dozen of us from the same FC/LS all go together and meet up with friends there who we've met up with before, so we might already have some 6-8 other RPers to pay attention to at the time. I know I've missed some outside messages directed at me, and had to go back and find them and reply to them. This isn't because I don't want to RP with anyone outside my circle, however, I just missed it.

To echo this... Kaiz and I are part of the same group and go to the Grindstone/Runestone weekly unless something comes up... So we're watching out for not just our groups chat if we're on the sideline, but we're also trying to watch the fights as they scroll by.

Seras will try to follow the person that beat her usually and cheer them on. It's part of friendly rivalry at the above mentioned events. She's even established a friendship among the person that beat her the first time she was there.

It boils down to the players at the keyboard, the characters, and how fast that chat is scrolling by. When we're watching fight prompts or looking for a friend's chat while with a group things can, and will, be missed. Sending a tell is always something I'd suggest doing if you feel like your stuff got ignored or missed. I've been known to send tells to people if I feel I missed something of their's and they'd repost for me.

The chat scroll is real... All too real... Moogle

plumsamurai · **09-30-2015, 06:54 PM**

Meeting people at events are great. I love walk ups at these sorts of things, but like most of the people before me have said, chat scroll is overwhelming, especially at very populated events. I've gotten /tells after the fact of "I was going to interfere but you were talking with someone else" or "You didn't see my /say so I left." Half the time I can't even find my ownÂ statement in the chat box.

Personally I tend to hone in on emotes involving "you" or my character's name. And if that doesn't work, there is that loud /tell sound that catches most people's attention. Don't get downtrodden from it.

And Jancis is a sweetheart. I know she's really busy at the Pilgrimage events, but she's the sort to make time for everyone if possible.

Ashe · **09-30-2015, 07:55 PM**

That chat scroll though...
Despite the type of RP I engage in (My main is a noble with a shitty attitude), I'm too afraid to engage with others randomly. The last event I went to, I told my FC about it because we needed to fill our event day and we formed a party and went. We engaged with each other mostly and I noticed a lot of people engaging with only people they knew too. Someone in my FC tried to engage others and they completely blew her off. At the same time, another dude in my FC was a freakin' social butterfly!!!
Even the person/people I engaged with outside of my FC I knew from an LS.
So yeah...I suggest trying to find people you know who are going ahead of time or make connections before hand and invite someone with you. If you see other loners, maybe engage with them too!!

...I'm pretty sure there's an entire FC of characters pissed at my character right now from the last event I was at hahaha..../cries
This is why I don't go to events often >>

Valde · **10-04-2015, 10:45 AM**

Events can be overwhelming, and finding people within them to actually RP with is a daunting task without the fact that chat-scroll makes it near impossible to keep up. Events would be one of the few times where not being passive and poking people OOCly is a big way into some interesting RP in a context you don't normally get from taverns.

Just be persistent and remember: They're not ignoring you because they don't like you, it's because they simply didn't see you. Don't be afraid to try and get noticed.

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