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my life that was all I played.
Then in RPO they did some-
thing called 'mayhem' where
you mashed up genres during
October and I ended up trying
several different genres.
By now I've done modern,
vamp, steampunk and fantasy.
I don't play in Gor because the
genre simply does not appeal
to me, even though I have ad-
miration for some people who
create a very realistic cultural
world in there.
What advice would you give to
someone new to online role-
play?
Have confidence, try to write
as best as you can, in full
sentences. Enjoy playing one
character fully before branch-
ing out to more characters.
Never have so many charac-
ters that you are letting people
down and wait on you, stuck in
a storyline.
Do NOT marry off your charac-
ter quickly because there is a
connection, unless you are in
a genre where that union can
also be dissolved easily.
You want to know if you and
the player will have matching
online times after his sabbat-
ical is over, her deployment
starts, etc.
And don't revolve your entire
character around a love sto-
ry, fun as they may be. You
want to know that you have
more to play than just the love
story because after the 'we're
in love, we're courting, we're
marrying, we're pregnant, it's
twins, we have one more kid'
There still needs to be some-
thing you want to play. Always,
always give second chances,
third chances.. and more.
Don't keep grudges and never
assume that a lack of greeting,
a fact that a person leaves the
room, the fact that you are not
pulled into a play is because
something you did or because
people don't like you.
Behind their computers.. peo-
ple are eating, studying, deal-
ing with kids or writing posts
the equivalent of a page in a
novel... they forget.
Always assume the best of
people and you will almost
always get the best.
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