Jerrel wrote:Unfortunatly for the most part I'm never on when my fellow roleplayers from here are on and even when they are I have a hard time tryin to figure out why would Jerrel seek these people out. I had a big reason to go find Ekade but dammit her bounty closed.
Finding the "in" for your character to interact with others is often the hardest thing to do. Look at your character first. What are his/her goals? Then look at the other character.. What does your charcter want from them?
I have seen people at RP events fail to ever become engaged with the RP around them. I am sure they are feelign what you do at times.
They key thing.. RP generates RP. Once you get rolling, and esptablish a few relationships, thing happen much more naturally.
The other key is to offer hooks. A hook is an excuse for someone to interact with you. You need to talk or emote to create a hook. *Ekade sulks into the cantina, looking sad* is a hook. *Ekade collapses on the cantina floor with two blaster wounds smoking in her back* is a hook. Basically you are saying to other roleplayers.. "Something is up.. talk to to me to find out."
Your character should be doing something that people may become interested in. They should be living their story. A character who is "looking for something to do" is boring.
Sometimes your RP will be the advancement of your story.. sometimes it will be the advancement of other peoples stories. Just go with the flow.
