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Update: I seriously want to thank everyone that has commented on this thread. You guys seriously rock, I had a feeling in the back of my mind at least some people would try to encourage me not to leave, but my God a good amount of people have empathized with me. I am not leaving this site, in the mean time at least. Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I'm on the borderline of quitting this site and it pains me to do so. When I first made my account here, I was very excited to come here. My previous situation with RPing had left me demoralized and unmotivated to practice this hobby. Before I jump into my complaints with this site, allow me to explain myself.
When I was younger, maybe about 12-13, I was an aspiring writer. I had received good marks in my classes and many compliments on my writing. "You have so many good ideas, and execute them well." One of my compliments said. "Your characters are interesting people." Another one was. It was at this time my cousin had hooked me onto this game called roblox. Yes, that roblox. I enjoyed it a lot: fun and free games, and there were groups and clans I could join. I was a clannie, I really liked clans. However, one series of unfortunate events leads to my exile and one of the clan members points me to the Role-Playing forums of the site, since I asked if there was a place I could write stories and stuff like that. And, much like coming to this site, I was so excited to join in the fun. The community was small (with about maybe 20-30 members) that all had their distinct and interesting personalities. Although my start on that forum was rough (I derailed an entire RP and tried to get it focused on my character, among other embarrassments), with several pointers and people to help me, I created my first role-play, and it was a smashing hit. It actually got far enough were I could end it and write an actual sequel. As my time on this site increased, my writing skills drastically increased as well. However, there was a bit of a problem: several members of this community would not leave me alone and constantly bully me. I was new to RPing at the time, and I made a lot of mistakes that I wish I could reverse. I was also very irritable at the time. But that was one big thing I dreaded when logging on to see what was new. After the ban of one of the members of the community, this member created an entire new website to RP on. I was excited to join that: the filter (yes, there was a filter) on roblox that prevented people from posting if their post contained one word the filter didn't like, and of course, it didn't tell you what the word was. So I moved on to that and it was fun.
For awhile.
The features were wunderbar, like what this site had. Custom profiles with unique avatars, a dice system, etc. Everything I wanted.
The last year I was on it was complete hell.
For the longest time I remembered, the problem with this community was that it was too small. So if the community feels like shitposting, that is literally what you will see for the entire week or even more. Not to mention the fact that were 2 or so RP's running at the time, so that was a big demotivater. The other was that the number of people that hated me grew. Now, as mentioned by a poster below, this was somewhat warranted. I was dealing with a lot of things at the time, personal things, and I became a lot more easy to piss off. There was constant harassment everywhere I went, and then I decided to take a break and left the site permanently. The Roblox RP forum was not the place to be. Noobs had overrun it with awful 2007 level RPs that a 10 year old could do, and for whatever reason people were posting the wrong stuff there and the site admins didn't care. It was a mess, then I heard of RPnation, a vastly better experience. I was so excited to come here, new me, new start, no cringe or dirt to stain my reputation. The longer I've remained on this site, the, more demotivated I am to check it. Now that you know where I'm coming from, let's hear my opinions.
1. I have no friends here. This doesn't seem like much, but for the fact I've been on here for an entire year and have nobody to talk to is... like talking into a void. It's weird and uncomfortable that I have yet to find somebody with the same interests as I. Nobody to plot RP's with, nobody to worldbuild with, nobody to... talk to. It demoralizes me when I see constantly in the status bar replying onto other profiles with greetings or something like that, and I've never had anyone do that to me. I'm alone when I log onto this site.
2. My Group RP experience is not fun. I've always liked the Idea of doing group RPs, but the main problem was once someone stopped RPing, someone has to wait on them, and someone has to wait on that person, and it falls apart. One chain is broken and it ends. However, that's not what I've experienced here. My problem is that the two group RP's that I have joined have not started after I poured an hour tops into each character sheet for both, and two of my own never took off and nobody was interested in them. Right now, the Nation Building RP I'm in is about to get started, and I want to get past page 5. I have no motivation past, present or future to ever write another group rp.
3. My 1x1 search experience has been hell on earth. 1x1 rps have always appealed to me. It's either you or the other guy that causes the RP to fail, and if that happens, so be it, go find someone else. That's my problem. I have had a 1x1 search for the past year and have never finished an RP. Countless people have flaked on me, left the conversation when I asked what was wrong if they haven't replied in awhile, or simply don't reply at all. 100's of RP's sit at the 10 post reply count because so many damn people don't continue what I've started. And searching isn't fun either! So many people have herculean standards, expecting me to write 3+ paragraphs of purple prose! I can't do it! I was in a community that never had emphasis on post length and RPs actually finished! Getting me to write more than a paragraph is so hard, because you don't want to infringe on what someone else wants. Or perhaps a scene didn't go the way someone else wanted. And the other thing is that the 1x1 forum is filled to the brim with fandom anime searches. I don't watch that. Well too bad, there goes 90% of what the 1x1 forum has. It is so frustrating to put so much work into worldbuilding, only for the other guy to flake off. I'll find a friend my ass.
4. Bonus round: I put a lot of work into my spooky story, and when presented to my local writer's group, they thought it was one of my best stories. And they are all published writers that have books in print. Yay, I get a participation medal for pouring a week of blood, sweat and tears into one of my best pieces of writing. And my photography thread gets 5 minutes of fame, for nobody to mention in the newsletter or anything like that.
I am so frustrated and angry with this site, and quitting seems inevitable at this point. Once the nation building RP finally starts or ends, and my two current 1x1 partners either flake off or end an RP, I'm logging off permanently. if you, the reader, can convince me otherwise, I'll stay. If I'm really valued as joe schmo, it means a lot. But otherwise, I'm done with Roleplaying. Forever.
I'm on the borderline of quitting this site and it pains me to do so. When I first made my account here, I was very excited to come here. My previous situation with RPing had left me demoralized and unmotivated to practice this hobby. Before I jump into my complaints with this site, allow me to explain myself.
When I was younger, maybe about 12-13, I was an aspiring writer. I had received good marks in my classes and many compliments on my writing. "You have so many good ideas, and execute them well." One of my compliments said. "Your characters are interesting people." Another one was. It was at this time my cousin had hooked me onto this game called roblox. Yes, that roblox. I enjoyed it a lot: fun and free games, and there were groups and clans I could join. I was a clannie, I really liked clans. However, one series of unfortunate events leads to my exile and one of the clan members points me to the Role-Playing forums of the site, since I asked if there was a place I could write stories and stuff like that. And, much like coming to this site, I was so excited to join in the fun. The community was small (with about maybe 20-30 members) that all had their distinct and interesting personalities. Although my start on that forum was rough (I derailed an entire RP and tried to get it focused on my character, among other embarrassments), with several pointers and people to help me, I created my first role-play, and it was a smashing hit. It actually got far enough were I could end it and write an actual sequel. As my time on this site increased, my writing skills drastically increased as well. However, there was a bit of a problem: several members of this community would not leave me alone and constantly bully me. I was new to RPing at the time, and I made a lot of mistakes that I wish I could reverse. I was also very irritable at the time. But that was one big thing I dreaded when logging on to see what was new. After the ban of one of the members of the community, this member created an entire new website to RP on. I was excited to join that: the filter (yes, there was a filter) on roblox that prevented people from posting if their post contained one word the filter didn't like, and of course, it didn't tell you what the word was. So I moved on to that and it was fun.
For awhile.
The features were wunderbar, like what this site had. Custom profiles with unique avatars, a dice system, etc. Everything I wanted.
The last year I was on it was complete hell.
For the longest time I remembered, the problem with this community was that it was too small. So if the community feels like shitposting, that is literally what you will see for the entire week or even more. Not to mention the fact that were 2 or so RP's running at the time, so that was a big demotivater. The other was that the number of people that hated me grew. Now, as mentioned by a poster below, this was somewhat warranted. I was dealing with a lot of things at the time, personal things, and I became a lot more easy to piss off. There was constant harassment everywhere I went, and then I decided to take a break and left the site permanently. The Roblox RP forum was not the place to be. Noobs had overrun it with awful 2007 level RPs that a 10 year old could do, and for whatever reason people were posting the wrong stuff there and the site admins didn't care. It was a mess, then I heard of RPnation, a vastly better experience. I was so excited to come here, new me, new start, no cringe or dirt to stain my reputation. The longer I've remained on this site, the, more demotivated I am to check it. Now that you know where I'm coming from, let's hear my opinions.
1. I have no friends here. This doesn't seem like much, but for the fact I've been on here for an entire year and have nobody to talk to is... like talking into a void. It's weird and uncomfortable that I have yet to find somebody with the same interests as I. Nobody to plot RP's with, nobody to worldbuild with, nobody to... talk to. It demoralizes me when I see constantly in the status bar replying onto other profiles with greetings or something like that, and I've never had anyone do that to me. I'm alone when I log onto this site.
2. My Group RP experience is not fun. I've always liked the Idea of doing group RPs, but the main problem was once someone stopped RPing, someone has to wait on them, and someone has to wait on that person, and it falls apart. One chain is broken and it ends. However, that's not what I've experienced here. My problem is that the two group RP's that I have joined have not started after I poured an hour tops into each character sheet for both, and two of my own never took off and nobody was interested in them. Right now, the Nation Building RP I'm in is about to get started, and I want to get past page 5. I have no motivation past, present or future to ever write another group rp.
3. My 1x1 search experience has been hell on earth. 1x1 rps have always appealed to me. It's either you or the other guy that causes the RP to fail, and if that happens, so be it, go find someone else. That's my problem. I have had a 1x1 search for the past year and have never finished an RP. Countless people have flaked on me, left the conversation when I asked what was wrong if they haven't replied in awhile, or simply don't reply at all. 100's of RP's sit at the 10 post reply count because so many damn people don't continue what I've started. And searching isn't fun either! So many people have herculean standards, expecting me to write 3+ paragraphs of purple prose! I can't do it! I was in a community that never had emphasis on post length and RPs actually finished! Getting me to write more than a paragraph is so hard, because you don't want to infringe on what someone else wants. Or perhaps a scene didn't go the way someone else wanted. And the other thing is that the 1x1 forum is filled to the brim with fandom anime searches. I don't watch that. Well too bad, there goes 90% of what the 1x1 forum has. It is so frustrating to put so much work into worldbuilding, only for the other guy to flake off. I'll find a friend my ass.
4. Bonus round: I put a lot of work into my spooky story, and when presented to my local writer's group, they thought it was one of my best stories. And they are all published writers that have books in print. Yay, I get a participation medal for pouring a week of blood, sweat and tears into one of my best pieces of writing. And my photography thread gets 5 minutes of fame, for nobody to mention in the newsletter or anything like that.
I am so frustrated and angry with this site, and quitting seems inevitable at this point. Once the nation building RP finally starts or ends, and my two current 1x1 partners either flake off or end an RP, I'm logging off permanently. if you, the reader, can convince me otherwise, I'll stay. If I'm really valued as joe schmo, it means a lot. But otherwise, I'm done with Roleplaying. Forever.
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