First of all thanks for bringing these two points up, because they're really on the back of my mind as I'm getting back in the flow of things at Z.
On activity, I realize that I'm flaking a little on my end due to law school and whatnot, and of the five months that I've been in the game, I've been mostly on hiatus for 1.5 of those months due to finals. However, the threads I submitted to AC are not indicative of the threads that I started and followed up on -- they were just the easiest ones to submit at the time as I didn't have to go hunting down two separate threads, three separate threads, when I could just take a link and use it as AC on one go. Plus, they were the easiest ones to remember sob. I'm not saying this is a complete defense, because I do realize that my availability is a little wonkier than others and it might frustrate some. I've been tackling this little-by-little, but it will take some time because I'm mostly a slow tagger/logger, so just let me know if it hinders/worries you in any way in the near future.
On the second part, and I've discussed this very extensively with Britt, is that they've only had a serious conversation about their intimacy I think, to my knowledge, twice in their entire stay at Z, and even then they haven't really addressed the issue because they're morons and I think in both instances we assumed that it degenerated (or will degenerate) into a fight. I know we joke about them having sex all the time, but that's not really the case. This is partially our fault! Because Britt and I have been RPing with each other so long, we didn't really consider the consequences because half the time we didn't really care what we joked about (that could be misconstrued) or things left unsaid. Yamuraiha and Sharrkan are (and I know we've been kind of iffy with the activity on this end and it kind of meshes together to the same problem) still begrudgingly having sex with some sort of agreement between the two of them -- sometimes enjoying it, sometimes not, sometimes ending up in screaming and Sharrkan getting smacked in the face -- and I can see where you're getting the misconception because of the lack of proper communication. I was kind of headtilting when I heard Sinbad was moving out of the apartment because I thought that was a little odd, so this makes a lot more sense! I'll talk to her over it, and we'll try to be a little bit more clearer about the nature of their relationship. Rest assured like 75% of the time they're fighting, but we don't see a reason to RP that all the time given our limited time (me: school, britt: working). It gets old after a while, and after doing the same type of threads 5-6 times in Z, we just started dropping all the fighting which is probably why there's like a huge ratio problem in the serious and non-serious threads that you might be seeing around. cryingcat.gif
On the communication end, I will say that I am not a mindreader. I am always willing to RP things out, but half the time I don't feel comfortable reaching out and tagging Every Single Thing post there, due to my limited time. My tags come slow (and I rarely drop tags -- when I do, it's usually a three-person thread, or I have no idea how to continue the thread, or I'm waiting for someone else and haven't been pinged yet), and for me, I don't like to waste my time and tag someone only for the thread to be dropped because a one day wait is too long for the other party. This has happened to me numerous times, which is why if you have a specific idea, it's probably best just to let me know so we can actually work through it! I handwave because others handwave or drop the ball or the log never gets started etc., and I honestly don't know what's going on in the cast aside from what you guys tell me -- but as for all the ideas you put out, I didn't know that you wanted to do all of these things. I don't recall you ever telling me about them, nor do I see a Plurk addressing any plotting plans aside from the usual Z events (unless I missed it;;;) so I apologize if I came off as aloof and unapproachable, but that's not the case at all!
On that note, on me having little interest in the game -- I came here mostly for the CR and fun threads, and admittedly, I do have little interest in smutting with people I don't know well if that's what you mean (unless it wasn't; then you can ignore this and pretend it never happened screams). Again, this is a comfort-zone problem on my end, but bluntly speaking, I see no reason for me to go out and alleviate this. Additionally, I've had some bad experience playing male characters hitting on female characters in the past (even being a female RPer!! tears), hence my unwillingness and carefulness to branch out in the smut sphere of things unless I'm absolutely sure of the player I'm RPing with. I've had a similar problem with Shikamaru, where I ended up dropping whole logs because of the reasons above, so I just didn't want to put people through the same stuff again just with a different character. I hope you can understand that, and if this is a problem, I'm... actually not sure how I could handle that without compromising my comfort level as an RPer. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears! But I hope that kind sheds light as to why you might be seeing things as they are right now.
THIS RESPONSE IS A MESS and I'm just blabbing, but I hope you can make sense of it. I'm not the most organized people when it comes down to RP. cryingcat.gif
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On activity, I realize that I'm flaking a little on my end due to law school and whatnot, and of the five months that I've been in the game, I've been mostly on hiatus for 1.5 of those months due to finals. However, the threads I submitted to AC are not indicative of the threads that I started and followed up on -- they were just the easiest ones to submit at the time as I didn't have to go hunting down two separate threads, three separate threads, when I could just take a link and use it as AC on one go. Plus, they were the easiest ones to remember sob. I'm not saying this is a complete defense, because I do realize that my availability is a little wonkier than others and it might frustrate some. I've been tackling this little-by-little, but it will take some time because I'm mostly a slow tagger/logger, so just let me know if it hinders/worries you in any way in the near future.
On the second part, and I've discussed this very extensively with Britt, is that they've only had a serious conversation about their intimacy I think, to my knowledge, twice in their entire stay at Z, and even then they haven't really addressed the issue because they're morons and I think in both instances we assumed that it degenerated (or will degenerate) into a fight. I know we joke about them having sex all the time, but that's not really the case. This is partially our fault! Because Britt and I have been RPing with each other so long, we didn't really consider the consequences because half the time we didn't really care what we joked about (that could be misconstrued) or things left unsaid. Yamuraiha and Sharrkan are (and I know we've been kind of iffy with the activity on this end and it kind of meshes together to the same problem) still begrudgingly having sex with some sort of agreement between the two of them -- sometimes enjoying it, sometimes not, sometimes ending up in screaming and Sharrkan getting smacked in the face -- and I can see where you're getting the misconception because of the lack of proper communication. I was kind of headtilting when I heard Sinbad was moving out of the apartment because I thought that was a little odd, so this makes a lot more sense! I'll talk to her over it, and we'll try to be a little bit more clearer about the nature of their relationship. Rest assured like 75% of the time they're fighting, but we don't see a reason to RP that all the time given our limited time (me: school, britt: working). It gets old after a while, and after doing the same type of threads 5-6 times in Z, we just started dropping all the fighting which is probably why there's like a huge ratio problem in the serious and non-serious threads that you might be seeing around. cryingcat.gif
On the communication end, I will say that I am not a mindreader. I am always willing to RP things out, but half the time I don't feel comfortable reaching out and tagging Every Single Thing post there, due to my limited time. My tags come slow (and I rarely drop tags -- when I do, it's usually a three-person thread, or I have no idea how to continue the thread, or I'm waiting for someone else and haven't been pinged yet), and for me, I don't like to waste my time and tag someone only for the thread to be dropped because a one day wait is too long for the other party. This has happened to me numerous times, which is why if you have a specific idea, it's probably best just to let me know so we can actually work through it! I handwave because others handwave or drop the ball or the log never gets started etc., and I honestly don't know what's going on in the cast aside from what you guys tell me -- but as for all the ideas you put out, I didn't know that you wanted to do all of these things. I don't recall you ever telling me about them, nor do I see a Plurk addressing any plotting plans aside from the usual Z events (unless I missed it;;;) so I apologize if I came off as aloof and unapproachable, but that's not the case at all!
On that note, on me having little interest in the game -- I came here mostly for the CR and fun threads, and admittedly, I do have little interest in smutting with people I don't know well if that's what you mean (unless it wasn't; then you can ignore this and pretend it never happened screams). Again, this is a comfort-zone problem on my end, but bluntly speaking, I see no reason for me to go out and alleviate this. Additionally, I've had some bad experience playing male characters hitting on female characters in the past (even being a female RPer!! tears), hence my unwillingness and carefulness to branch out in the smut sphere of things unless I'm absolutely sure of the player I'm RPing with. I've had a similar problem with Shikamaru, where I ended up dropping whole logs because of the reasons above, so I just didn't want to put people through the same stuff again just with a different character. I hope you can understand that, and if this is a problem, I'm... actually not sure how I could handle that without compromising my comfort level as an RPer. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears! But I hope that kind sheds light as to why you might be seeing things as they are right now.
THIS RESPONSE IS A MESS and I'm just blabbing, but I hope you can make sense of it. I'm not the most organized people when it comes down to RP. cryingcat.gif