@il-volpe said in The Desired Experience:
@faraday Because, as @mietze points out and has been demonstrated in the thread, "just suck less" and "If you were fun, people would play with you," tends to be what people actually say.
If the answer to "why am I not getting any RP" is "just suck less", that's a separate issue. I don't care if the person saying that is only playing with the Original Sammich Club or if they're on every night playing with 90% of the game. They're being a jerk.
But I think more often you'll see comments like "you get out of it what you put in" or "I dunno, I get plenty of RP, maybe you could try (whatever)", which are more misguided than malicious.
The truth is that finding RP involves many factors. Faction and location dynamics, character roles, what plotlines are ongoing, scheduling, existing relationships (IC and OOC). Your character and personal RP skill certainly matter, but they are by no means the only (or even main) factor.
Telling someone "If you're fun people will play with you" is just factually inaccurate.
@il-volpe said in The Desired Experience:
Zane brought a big bowl of potato salad that's pretty good, but most people are full up on brownies and sandwiches and don't want any
I can understand why Zane would be bummed that he brought brownies and nobody wanted any. I've literally had that happen in potlucks. (I took the brownies home and ate them myself.) I still don't get why Zane would think the other people somehow owed him eating his brownies, or that they were rude or "uncool" for not doing so.