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Title: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: ringoluver on April 05, 2011, 07:53:29 pm: I noticed there were a few different ways that people start up rp in FeralHeart and I felt like discussing it. Feel free to share your opinions on the various methods, your favorite, or a method I might have missed.

Advertising: The most common form of RP in FH. This is the typical "COME TO THE CAPE OF WORLDS PORTAL TO JOIN WOLF RP!!!" Mate begging also falls into this category. Although this makes it very easy to find members for a pride or a plot, this method annoys me. I don't know what it is, but something about joining an advertised rp bothers me.

Random Walk-in: This is my personal favorite. This was most common in early IT, and it feels very natural for me. What I mean is, say I have my character sitting by the lake, and someone comes and sits next to me. And the rp just starts- we don't say "hey, wanna rp?" It just happens. It's like being in character all the time. I really like it. It's fun, and when someone else walks in, it can twist and turn plots that once seemed boring and predictable. I wish there were more of these.

Friends Only: I see this is also becoming more common. There are a lot of very illiterate people around, and I completely understand people only wanting to rp with their friends and almost refusing to ever join one without someone they know. I get it, as to avoid those nubby ones. But isn't this rather boring? I like meeting new friends from my random walk-ins. I just don't friend the ones who I didn't like rping with- simple as that.

Anyway, that's just my opinion. Feel free to civilly agree/disagree & discuss.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Zaroque on April 05, 2011, 08:00:25 pm: Both are true, but I think Group RP's start off most RP's. For istance, once you join an RP, you will probably leave the next day promoted with the idea by making one yourself. I think it's a chain of starting RP's.

Random Walk-in doesn't work for me personaly, I rather RP with a friend rather than another player. :3
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Themiles on April 06, 2011, 07:39:42 pm: I wanted to use all my chars as "walk ins" but it only works in like.. 10% of the times. 40% of those times being me not wanting to walk in those *rips of ear, crushes Neck, blood everywhere* rps.
Also, advertisment rps are simply ignored by me.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: GemWolf on April 06, 2011, 08:15:26 pm: I like random walk-in RPs. On the forum and game, just helps you meet new people.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Sylph on April 06, 2011, 08:18:28 pm: I'm actually more of a fan of the friend only roleplays. :p I tend to be shy sometimes, so I don't do random walk-ins or advertisement roleplays. I prefer to roleplay with people that I know will RP the right way. Kind of silly, but true. ^^;
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: DimensionGal on April 06, 2011, 08:27:10 pm: Mate begging shouldn't necessarily be put in with Advertising rps. Mate Beggars range in a lot of ways, but are generally far more annoying. XD

For me, I do all three options - but I'm especially guilty of doing the whole "Are there any [insert species] rps goin' on out there?" Probably because I'm feeling lazy at the time, and just want to find people to rp with right then and there.

Walk-ins are especially fun when you go near dens, and it's filled with the "opposite" species - like if you're a feline, and they're all canines - so they all start going "IT'S A CAT, GET THEM!!11" Some find this annoying, but I find it fun to disarm their anger towards my character, and be the only one in the group not of a certain type. XD
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Liekos on April 07, 2011, 11:28:13 am: I prefer to rp in forums
in-game ones look sorta messy to me
and i like to think of huge paragraphs to say ^^
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: CadyD16 on April 17, 2011, 01:35:56 am: The way my friends and I used to RP, we would indeed advertise (you have to admit it isn't as bad or annoying as mate begging >.<). Unless we have enough friends, and then in that case, strangers who walk in are...specially delt with...Yeah xD me and my friends tend to stick together and try at our best to be at the same level. Being in a RP with different skilled people is sometimes....awkward..? I don't really care for rps in which random people walk in, because that person might not want to rp. I hate it when people drag me into their's against MY will, after all. I suppose I'm a bit of a serious plot girl xD Not to mention a grammer nazi. O.o But really, back on IT, there were tons of takers for advertisements. That's why I liked to do it so much. xD But trust me, I've hated mate-beggers from the very beginning!
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Azure on April 17, 2011, 10:36:26 am: I often join things that have been advertised, but when i see a roleplay in local i often see if i can do a walk in :3

Mate beggars are annoying. But (kinda off-topic) i never get mates, because the stick to you the first day the next they're gone xD
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: FangtheDemon on April 17, 2011, 12:32:18 pm: i just find a ramdon rp and kinda "grow" into it X3 i'd find a rp group then start rping,
my steps:

1. walk in and see if they're friendly
2. start rp "growing into" by just sitting next to someone or joining a chat
3. make friends with someone
4. if all went well the rest is easy! just adapt into the chat! ^.\}
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Magpie on April 27, 2011, 06:08:51 pm: Pfft, when I advertise it goes along the lines of this:

"Lion RP. A good plot, and friendly people. Good grammar only, but lots of fun. Contact/Meet Magpie"

I love when people ask what grammar isss.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Headcrabmelon on April 27, 2011, 11:49:35 pm: I miss walk-in RPing, I used to do it ALL THE TIME and it created the most awesome RPs, but now it seems more difficult, and I don't know why... There just seems to be more younger players on here, I don't know how or why it seems like that to me, but it just does. It's not anything against younger players, really even older ones do this too sometimes.

I like forum RP more, since it's easier to keep up with, but I miss walking into in-game RPs without being yelled at in FP like "THIS IS MY DEN I WILL EAT YOU-" or something immature like that, I could give tons of examples.

Grammar is one of them lD

All in all, I like any method of RPing, well, BESIDES annoying advertising... I don't even like when I advertise XD I sound extra annoying, but it's actually quite fun being a slight annoyance sometimes~ Without overdoing it.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Rika_Kitty on May 10, 2011, 02:58:13 pm: Ah, I love Walk-In rps too~ X3 Though usually I'm too shy to walk up to random people, so I just sit and wait until someone comes to me |D

I also dislike advertising, cuz I like explaining everything about the RP in detail, and since we can't paste stuff into the dialogue box, I have to retype my huge extensive explanation every single time D|
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: UncleSmithers on May 10, 2011, 09:19:34 pm: I love walk-in RPs too, but ones with friends only are okay as well |D i also love making new friends but too shy to do it sometimes ;_; Same goes for RPing, both on here and in-game.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Wolflynx on May 11, 2011, 07:24:16 pm: I tend to only roleplay with my friends - I'm not very good at talking to new people or starting the rp. I love the walk-in roleplay scenarios, but they're not too common! So, if anybody sees me seemingly sat doing nothing, do feel free to come and RP with me, I don't bite.
On that note, the advertisting can get annoying, but I don't really mind it as long as they're not posting it every second.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Cosmoscanine on May 15, 2011, 09:01:12 am: As somebody who's very, very new to FH and has no friends here yet, I pretty much rely on walk-ups to get some RP going. Unfortunately I'm also very, very shy, and mostly I've been running around exploring. I know waiting for people to come to me isn't a very good strategy when it comes to making friends, but part of me is paranoid that if I just walk up to a random group of people and start blathering at them, I'll be interrupting something.

Advertising RPs doesn't really bother me, and it does seem to work, but so far I haven't seen anything I'd like to inquire about. All the ads I've seen are for Warrior cats, or a specific species that I am not a part of, or realistic RP that's honestly a little boring to me. I've also seen quite a few groups and requests for RPs based off anime or movies or games or things like that, which is a tiny bit disappointing to somebody like me who prefers to do all-original writing. Also, I'm a little bit apprehensive of spontaneous gatherings of strangers. I think I'd still much rather have my chat box spammed with people who are at least putting a little bit of effort into role-playing instead of general spaziness and mindless vulgarity like I've been seeing in the general chat of Flourite Plains lately.

Thanks for posting this thread. I hope to eventually find a group of level-headed people to play with on a regular basis, and knowing how RPs get started here will help with that.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: ringoluver on May 15, 2011, 04:25:55 pm: Quote
or realistic RP that's honestly a little boring to me.

I like you.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: PixiSpit on May 18, 2011, 01:12:03 am: I'll sometimes make a cub and run out into a busy area all "Where's my mama?! I can't find her!" sometimes someone will adopt my OC.
It's worked a couple of times :) someone will call my cub over and start rp'ing with me.
I've met a few friends that way ^__^
saying that though, I don't force my cubs on anyone XD I wait for someone to call me, I wont just latch onto someone all "you'll do! 8D"

Other then that, I find most rp's by keeping an eye on the general chat and if something catches my attention ill join in.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Jitters on May 18, 2011, 03:37:31 am: I may start an RP by joining in randomly, but I respond quite well to advertised ones. As long as the roleplay starts right away, and it isn't a group of 90 of us sitting there drooling while waiting for something to happen.

I quit one rp because they invited me with perfect grammar, and when the roleplay started it fell apart. They told me they were just too lazy to type everything because it slowed them down too much. What a pain.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Cosmoscanine on May 18, 2011, 06:45:09 am: Quote from: Ringo
I like you.

Ahaha, thanks. I'm just voicing my opinion there, but it probably comes from my strong roots in fantasy RP where animals can talk and breathe fire and have rainbow scales. Real animals are fascinating, but it's waaay too tempting to forsake reality and be a talking pretty-colored critter.

Quote from: Sameth
They told me they were just too lazy to type everything because it slowed them down too much.

More off topic, I know, but I find this kind of thing absolutely appalling. I don't understand how anybody can completely disregard grammar out of laziness alone. Have they ever read a book before? Haven't they noticed how much more readable decent grammar and formatting is than lazily slapped-out slog? In my opinion, even real-time chat RP is more about post quality than post speed, though it's nice when a face-to-face RP has a good balance of both. I have a much easier time writing with someone when they put in a little more effort into their posts than "-sniffs u-", but I'll stop before I go off on a tangent.

So far nobody's started a walk-up RP with me. >: -sadface- Though I do like to sit around and watch people go by, see who their characters are and what they look like. At the same time I'm watching the general chat for something I could possibly join, though my newness still needs to wear off a little and lessen the amount of courage-mustering I'll have to do to approach a group of people.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Jitters on May 18, 2011, 07:01:02 am: I try walk ups and get "gtfo" a lot. I always feel so welcome :)
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: ringoluver on May 18, 2011, 07:10:50 pm: LOL Sameth. Well if you guys ever see me in game on any of my chars, I will 99% of the time love to do a walk in rp with you ;)
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: kahara on May 18, 2011, 08:51:46 pm: Option 1: You can spend time on the forum roleplaying, joining groups that look promising, and add those members on MSN then contact them (or through PM) for in game roleplay in a isolated area to avoid lag / being bothered by others.

Option 2: Accept that people will be jerks and that you'll have to take risks on others by asking kindly if you can join their roleplays.

Option 3: Someone makes a huge thread where people on the forum can list their in game usernames and character that they often roleplay on and are willing to roleplay with you as.

- shrug o3o -
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Shellz on May 22, 2011, 02:07:53 am: I enjoy not walking into a random RP - I join tons of long-term stuff, just because... well.. I hate short-term. It drives me /nuts/ when everyone suddenly starts vanishing and I have to find another RP. Plus, I hate the people that freak out over me going into a public den. Just.. Why? My god, you'll lose a potential Rp'er. ;_;
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Jitters on May 23, 2011, 11:44:57 pm: Well, typically long term is short term anyway
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Feralia on May 25, 2011, 05:15:21 am: Now my opinion: I don't like advertisement Rp-s, because they're unknown people within it. There may be too many people around too and I am not the quite person to belong into crowds... And I've already have had tiring memories of a big crowd in other games. I haven't went into a very big crowd in FH. Also I never heard of walk-in RP-s O.o . Well, I think they're better than any stumbling into advertisements. Often these advertisement RP-s never let a wolf like me in. They usually have fantasy characters (Although I'm a wolf, I am a bit of fantasy too). Hyenas, cheetahs, lions, demon wolves have become famous -.- . But RP-ing with people I know is much more like it. Those are people you know. And also, some people I saw here, said we can RP with them anytime. Well, thanks Ringo and wolflynx, and others, feel free to talk with me anytime. I am a friendly sort to good people like you.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Twiliac on May 25, 2011, 05:20:46 am: Quote from: Kahara on May 18, 2011, 08:51:46 pm
Option 1: You can spend time on the forum roleplaying, joining groups that look promising, and add those members on MSN then contact them (or through PM) for in game roleplay in a isolated area to avoid lag / being bothered by others.

Option 2: Accept that people will be jerks and that you'll have to take risks on others by asking kindly if you can join their roleplays.

Option 3: Someone makes a huge thread where people on the forum can list their in game usernames and character that they often roleplay on and are willing to roleplay with you as.

- shrug o3o -

I like number 3, sounds very...interesting xd.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Cynder- on May 30, 2011, 05:38:27 pm: I love the Random Walk-In roleplay, but that never works for me. .3.

How I usually join roleplays: I fish out good ones on the FH forums with literate roleplayers and a map (I love the idea of custom maps<3) and see if it fits my standards for roleplaying.

Another way is hanging around the Plains. I always have that one group-less character for that special roleplay that is rarely advertised In-Game. I go to check it out, and of course, I always ask if the roleplayers are a decent amount of literate. Though that term is used loosely most of the time. And so I go to join the roleplay. Better if they also have a thread/website/map/strictly literate roleplayers only.
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Stellaryx on February 12, 2013, 09:08:54 am: Quote from: Shaskia on April 17, 2011, 12:32:18 pm
i just find a ramdon rp and kinda "grow" into it X3 i'd find a rp group then start rping,
my steps:

1. walk in and see if they're friendly
2. start rp "growing into" by just sitting next to someone or joining a chat
3. make friends with someone
4. if all went well the rest is easy! just adapt into the chat! ^.\}
That's pretty much how I find them! Or I'll get lazy and pull up Gen. xD
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: Zaraki Kenpachi on February 14, 2013, 07:44:11 pm: What i do on a daily basis:

Innocently open General: "Ehem....COME AT ME BRO!"

-u- Then i watch the chaos
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: TurtlezSoup on February 15, 2013, 05:12:50 pm: Random walk ins is probably my favourite, as long as the other rper is rping too or wants to Rp with me, then I love that. If not, then I leave them alone. X3 group RPs are great, especially if the members are active, plus it inspires you to make your own Rp to!
I love to Rp with friends too though.

Advertising usually takes a large part in the general chat, though its useful if I'm bored. XD
Title: Re: Methods of Starting RP in FH
Post by: shootmedown on February 16, 2013, 04:21:34 pm: I walk in a lot of times, actually. Sometimes in Flourite, Warrior Cat Clans get together for a Gathering. Most of the time, I'm on a loner character, so I just walk over to L Island, where normally, the Gatherings are held. I just sit there and maybe to something else for a minute, or I look at the groups to see which is the most literate. After that, I select the group I think best suits me, then I just follow them. :I By the time they're at the camp, or home, I've already gotten an invite and presto. :I