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<blockquote data-quote="marsfan2999" data-source="post: 9417481" data-attributes="member: 7046684"><p>[USER=7029930]@AnotherGuy[/USER] [USER=27385]@aco175[/USER] [USER=4871]@TiQuinn[/USER] </p><p></p><p>First of all, thank you all for the warm welcome and the advice, I really appreciate it. Talking to L about this will definitely be my next step. I just want to be prepared and know what to say beforehand, as I'm a little nervous about how it will be recieved. I'm afraid he'll feel attacked or as if I'm blaming him for me not fully enjoying the game. I also want to figure out how to start the conversation without him knowing my boyfriend talked to me about it first. I don't want to accuse my boyfriend of lying if the others never said anything to him about it, or if they did actually talk to him about it I don't want them to think he told me about what they were speaking about privately. </p><p></p><p>For the playstyles, I actually think we are all pretty alike. We all seem to enjoy a good mix of roleplay and combat, the problem is just that I feel my character doesn't really get involved in the roleplay that is happening. The only time the other characters actually respond to anything mine says if when I compliment their character directly (if they did something cool in combat I usually will have my character go up to them and say that I liked it or ask how they did that, things like that). Everything else I say in character will usually either be ignored completely or I will be told that my character doesn't know anything about the topic out of character.</p><p></p><p>About the submitting 3 characters thing: we were instructed to do that. L told all of us to come up with 3 ideas we liked and then we talked about them in private messages and during session 0 to figure out which ones to each play to create a good group. </p><p></p><p>And maturity wise, I never had a problem with either of them during our friendships. We are all around the same age (mid twenties) and everyone has always been very respectful outside of the game.</p><p></p><p>I'm also just feeling a little confused I guess. I'm pretty close friends with both L and F and I think if the way I played bothered them they would talk to me about it. But I also don't think it's something my boyfriend would lie to me about as there really isn't a reason why he would do that. </p><p></p><p>But I will try and talk to L as soon as I figure out how to approach the topic with him and maybe give a little update after we talk. Thanks again for your advice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marsfan2999, post: 9417481, member: 7046684"] [USER=7029930]@AnotherGuy[/USER] [USER=27385]@aco175[/USER] [USER=4871]@TiQuinn[/USER] First of all, thank you all for the warm welcome and the advice, I really appreciate it. Talking to L about this will definitely be my next step. I just want to be prepared and know what to say beforehand, as I'm a little nervous about how it will be recieved. I'm afraid he'll feel attacked or as if I'm blaming him for me not fully enjoying the game. I also want to figure out how to start the conversation without him knowing my boyfriend talked to me about it first. I don't want to accuse my boyfriend of lying if the others never said anything to him about it, or if they did actually talk to him about it I don't want them to think he told me about what they were speaking about privately. For the playstyles, I actually think we are all pretty alike. We all seem to enjoy a good mix of roleplay and combat, the problem is just that I feel my character doesn't really get involved in the roleplay that is happening. The only time the other characters actually respond to anything mine says if when I compliment their character directly (if they did something cool in combat I usually will have my character go up to them and say that I liked it or ask how they did that, things like that). Everything else I say in character will usually either be ignored completely or I will be told that my character doesn't know anything about the topic out of character. About the submitting 3 characters thing: we were instructed to do that. L told all of us to come up with 3 ideas we liked and then we talked about them in private messages and during session 0 to figure out which ones to each play to create a good group. And maturity wise, I never had a problem with either of them during our friendships. We are all around the same age (mid twenties) and everyone has always been very respectful outside of the game. I'm also just feeling a little confused I guess. I'm pretty close friends with both L and F and I think if the way I played bothered them they would talk to me about it. But I also don't think it's something my boyfriend would lie to me about as there really isn't a reason why he would do that. But I will try and talk to L as soon as I figure out how to approach the topic with him and maybe give a little update after we talk. Thanks again for your advice :) [/QUOTE]
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