to be honest, it goes both ways, to an extent. i don't necessarily have an age limit / restriction on the rare occasion that i do roleplay, but as a minor, i would theoretically be uncomfortable if i was roleplaying with someone way older than me. it can perhaps be seen as uncomfortable, awkward...
as you said, sci-fi seems to in general be much more underappreciated compared to other genres. it's a shame, but it kind of makes sense, since i can imagine there are a lot more possibilities to explore and difficulties to encounter + things like worldbuilding may be an issue. but fantasy...
what's kind of sad is that i havent had a long-lasting roleplay for maybe 3 or 4 years?? and even then, what made that roleplay last so long was that i thought what i was writing was good at the time. looking back now, i can obviously see that everything i wrote was a complete mess, including...
considering when i first began roleplaying, i only did one-liners, i can't really say any of my experiences from back then were bad, because to be honest i was just as bad. but probably my worst experience from there was a roleplay on kik (god who roleplays on kik, jesus christ). i had recently...