| back to the afk/busy issue..more so for afk i would think than the busy..i have family and children as well and i am 40 yrs old....one, if u have a sick child what in the heck are you doing on en world in the first place? i mean seriously a priority check in severly needed in that situation. second, if you know you will be on only for a short time (like 10-15min)due to real life, why log on at all. three, if you are waiting for a particular character to show up, then dont log on till you see that characters name pop up on the list or, go to one of the rooms and at least make an attempt to interact with others while you are waiting..case in point..i have seen one character in particular log on and stay in the lounge doing nothing for 12 full hrs. As far as the bar analogy goes, i dont think(in my opinion) it compares..rping gives you the chance to overcome real life barriers by being something that you are not in real life. so walking up to someone and attempting to talk to them and interact with them is far less stressfull than in real life..if you get rejected, then you can be like.."oh well, thier loss or i didnt like thier character anyways"...it seems to me(once again my opinion), that everyone is far too busy being dark and mysterious to be able to interact with anyone. we all know that most of the charactes presented here dont even come close to the norm they should be. but as in real life, there are exceptions to everything. just because you are used to small groups and like it that way, doesnt mean you cant try new things now and then. you might be suprised. there are alot of storylines and alot of other characters to interact with, dont allow yourself to have tunnel vision just because you are comfortable with what you have..i'm not calling anyone any names or saying they should act a certain way, i just like to voice my opinion on various things like everyone else. what you ultimately decide to do is your choice. but if any of us on this site purposefully avoid, exclude out, or just plain ignore other players simply because we are happy with our "cliche", then there will always be complaints no matter what we try to do to make isrp better. most players are curteous enough to stay out of other peoples conversations or storylines unless invited. but if it comes to the point where a player has to bounce from room to room until someone talks to them or they get a response from someone, dont you think thats a little bit ridiculous?..i do...thanks for listening |