I agree with this. I came onto FeralHeart to meet up with old friends, meet new ones,
and roleplay.
What honestly annoys me is how new people consider themselves practiced enough when they really are not. In doing this, they're brushing off people who they believe don't fit into their little circle of friends (not even friends, but most likely their 'mate' and 'cubs/pups' that they only met a few minutes prior to when you showed up). If you are, indeed, new, then one thing you must know is that people are not hesitant to send you a friend request only because they think you'll be of good use for their own roleplay-related needs. This is only coming from my past experience. IC gets mixed in with OOC, and things get horribly complicated.
I already mentioned this in another thread, but... In one past incident in Bonfire, some chick sent me a friend request because she wanted to be my mate (or, as it sometimes gets mixed up, my
character's mate). When she found out I was female, as was my character, she just walked away and never spoke to me again. That was ALL she wanted. She didn't want to be my friend (
just my friend, and nothing else). She was just desperate for attention (and not the bad kind, as much as she was asking for it).
So I guess what I'm leading up to is that people on here do that sort of thing all the time. Not everyone, as there are still many good people here who seek innocent, fun companionship. But a great deal just don't want friends anymore. They just want, say, a mate, or a cub, or a parent.
I certainly think it should be put to an end, but I'm blindly guessing it simply never will be.
Sorry if I've gone into one of my rants once again. XD
But lastly, my advice to you would be to join some RP group on the forum who meets up in-game. I joined a very nice group a while ago, and the people whom I met in it are still good friends to me to this day.