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10 hours ago, SquakHawk said:

 

absolutely reccommend this. However, make sure you're a part of a military, and not just a piece of it.

 

I started the server in the Renatian Legion back in ~Nov 2018. It's a fantastic way to sort of have a "Starting position" in the world. You get access to some buildings, gate doors, some basic gear and if you're lucky lodgings in a barracks. It's a great way to start getting to know people. Do gate roleplay. Sit in the gate and do basic checks on allowing people in and out of the city. Get to know other characters and saying things as simple as "Ah, welcome to _city_ , what's your name? place of residence? any weaponry on you? reason for visiting?" Your "Papers Please" roleplay will see your anxiety generally begin to dispel on roleplaying. 

 

The reason I say it's bad to be a piece of a military is that nations in the past would assign you to grinding or other menial activities which detracted from time spent roleplaying. Some people liked it, I kinda did. But just say "Oh well, instead, how about you put me on patrol with someone?" in RP, that way you can do stuff like that. It can be hard to approach people and there can be even more anxiety when you're afraid of them ignoring you. But as you rp more and more, that anxiety will generally begin to fade and dissipate. I did RP in the Renatian Legion up until ~July 2020. I highly recommend military rp in an active city. Great way to make friends ICly and OOCly.

 

Best of luck and happy roleplaying.

So I did actually join the Brotherhood of St. Karl, and I had some good roleplay with that. Gate duty has sounded fun but I don't actually know when I'm supposed to do it? I've wanted to attend a lot of the BSK's events but the server tends to schedule their events during my work hours, unfortunately. I think my biggest concern relating to all this is engaging the roleplay, if that makes sense? I've had other players randomly engage in rp with me and I get a huge wave of relief over me everytime that I don't have to be the one to start it. I'll probably hop on today and force myself to rp with some folk. Thank you all for the advice.

Hi all! I made an account here awhile ago but only started playing last month. I've had some good rp through some events and I've been really enjoying lotc, but I've come to a problem. I get horrible anxiety any time I even think about engaging in rp with strangers without any particular reason. I can force myself to roleplay fine when it comes to events, but random spur-of-the-moment rp is difficult to engage in. Most of the events that occur in the area my characters in happen while I'm at work. Does anybody have any suggestions to help engage with strangers or perhaps find other events to attend?