Post by Lucia on Apr 24, 2014 15:51:41 GMT
So I dunno if I'll be kicking around here anymore. Depends on things:
* If I can focus on an RP site when I have a job (whenever that is (YOU KNOW THE JOB I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LAST OCTOBER driving fishing boat vroom))
* If I don't get distracted by some other site first ( . .)
* If I can't focus on/pay for DragonRealms...
Mmmbasically I've completely lost interest in the format of forum RPs. Planning's always been my favourite part, writing—well, I love writing, too, but it's a little harder to remember that I love it... The drug doesn't kick in until the fourth paragraph. Then I'm nearly done!
I just feel a little burned out. One-on-one RPs falling apart when the other party vanishes, larger groups taking longer to come around to my turn again, planning something exciting that needs too much organization to come to fruition... These are things I've been dealing with for ten years; they have always bugged me. I have always powered through them. Because I didn't really know there was an alternative...
I used to be scared out of my mind at the concept of real-time RPing, but somehow the planets aligned and I dug my claws in and worked out the kinks of learning a new system and a new world, and I'm afraid I've fallen in love. I'm on my toes, I'm never bored, there's always something going on or something to do. If my characters' pals aren't around to goof off with, I can just sit still for a while and someone new comes along needing healing—or I can flounce off to a town and shop, or go exploring, or hunt and practice spells. It's a text-adventure MMO, where no one is the hero who will save the world, the quests are your own choosing, your character design is nearly unlimited (within reason in the game's world, and once you have money to buy whatever it is you need.)
That drug that kicks in at 4 paragraphs when writing a post on a forum? Dragonrealms is like a constant drip. It's addicting. It's dangerous. I need it. I'm sorry!
If anyone ever comes around there, look for the scared white kitten in front of the Empath guild. Namedrop Huldah and the word "lucid" in a sentence, or something. Or just whisper an OOC message. I don't want to say my character's name because I'm still a paranoid loser and Google is the Devil, but... that should be enough, haha.
Just—if you get a free trial, do remember to cancel your subscription 4 days BEFORE the last day it says you have left. I got charged on my last day and the cancellation request took 3 days. By the time it went through I'd already panicked and put money in my account and figured WHY NOT KEEP PLAYING? BELAY THAT CANCEL, MEN. FULL SAILS.
(If I end up being to poor for another month I'll probably come crawling back here around the 14th of next month...)
* If I can focus on an RP site when I have a job (whenever that is (YOU KNOW THE JOB I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LAST OCTOBER driving fishing boat vroom))
* If I don't get distracted by some other site first ( . .)
* If I can't focus on/pay for DragonRealms...
Mmmbasically I've completely lost interest in the format of forum RPs. Planning's always been my favourite part, writing—well, I love writing, too, but it's a little harder to remember that I love it... The drug doesn't kick in until the fourth paragraph. Then I'm nearly done!
I just feel a little burned out. One-on-one RPs falling apart when the other party vanishes, larger groups taking longer to come around to my turn again, planning something exciting that needs too much organization to come to fruition... These are things I've been dealing with for ten years; they have always bugged me. I have always powered through them. Because I didn't really know there was an alternative...
I used to be scared out of my mind at the concept of real-time RPing, but somehow the planets aligned and I dug my claws in and worked out the kinks of learning a new system and a new world, and I'm afraid I've fallen in love. I'm on my toes, I'm never bored, there's always something going on or something to do. If my characters' pals aren't around to goof off with, I can just sit still for a while and someone new comes along needing healing—or I can flounce off to a town and shop, or go exploring, or hunt and practice spells. It's a text-adventure MMO, where no one is the hero who will save the world, the quests are your own choosing, your character design is nearly unlimited (within reason in the game's world, and once you have money to buy whatever it is you need.)
That drug that kicks in at 4 paragraphs when writing a post on a forum? Dragonrealms is like a constant drip. It's addicting. It's dangerous. I need it. I'm sorry!
If anyone ever comes around there, look for the scared white kitten in front of the Empath guild. Namedrop Huldah and the word "lucid" in a sentence, or something. Or just whisper an OOC message. I don't want to say my character's name because I'm still a paranoid loser and Google is the Devil, but... that should be enough, haha.
Just—if you get a free trial, do remember to cancel your subscription 4 days BEFORE the last day it says you have left. I got charged on my last day and the cancellation request took 3 days. By the time it went through I'd already panicked and put money in my account and figured WHY NOT KEEP PLAYING? BELAY THAT CANCEL, MEN. FULL SAILS.
(If I end up being to poor for another month I'll probably come crawling back here around the 14th of next month...)