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How Much You Rely On Role-playing?

randomthingslover1

randomthingslover1

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Lately, I couldn't find a role player who could , well, be someone I was looking for and that got me really depressed.Which got me to wonder how much I really depended on Role-playing. I have a life (Surprisingly :) ).I started college this year which results in tons of studies, extra curricular work then ofcourse doing things one needs for survival.(cleaning, cooking, eating..blah blah.) Yet I feel I find time-a lot of time- to role play.

I'm curious about how much other people here depend on role-playing? Do you open the forum as soon as you get up? Do you look at it before going to sleep? Does it upset you when you dont have replies on role plays you expected to have atleast one?
 
For me, its a pretty low priority and casual hobby of mine. It's been about 6 months since I have had a decent roleplay that went anywhere. (Thankfully, I have one now that I am pretty excited about~) Several years back, it was much more important to me and I would have several multi-para long-term stories running at the same time. But as I have grown as a person and taken on new interests, it's harder to squeeze time in for serious roleplay.

In addition, my tastes in roleplay have changed as well. I'm not willing to take on just any roleplay anymore. I have become pretty picky. If I am going to invest my time into something, it better be something I really enjoy!

As for the specific questions, I am not heavily dependent on roleplaying since I have other things to fulfill and/or entertain me. I usually check the forums in the evening after work (or in the afternoon if I have the day off) and reply to posts at my convenience. I generally don't get upset if I don't get a reply back. I am pretty patient and understanding.
 
I can't answer with any certainty here because one of my biggest flaws is my inconsistency with things. I love Role-playing. I have since I started on gaia, for a long time I depended quite heavily on Role-playing and anime as an escape from everything that had been happening.

I hit a rut several years back and after months upon months....well, it was nearly a year of consistent failures I did gain a few RPs that I dearly love and still have. I don't RP as much as I used to and have grown exceedingly patient [probably something that rubbed off from my partner] and while it doesn't hold as high a seat as it once did, its still very important to me and very likely, always will. It will simply because of my deep love of stories. As for the site as a whole, BMR is pretty much the only thing I get on with any consistency. I almost never go anywhere else and generally always have BMR up even while looking at other things. Admittedly I've been online a lot less than normal though....

So its important to me, very much so...but I'm not sure if I can say that I am dependent on it? If that makes sense.
 
@Karameida Strangely it makes a lot of sense.
@Shovel I wish I could say the same.

I too use role-playing as my escape-Currently only form of escape- from my real life.It always makes me happier and helps greatly to take mind off depressing things really.But lately, Blue moon is starting to disappoint me.I am not able to find role players who can agree with me (except a few rare people whom I am greatly in debt to ) and itoften gets me depressed.I wanted to know if it's normal or no, and do any other role player experiences or has experienced like this anytime?
 
Oh boy... You have no idea. That sharp pang of disappointment when I log in and the floating envelopes aren't there. I used to feel the same about Facebook when I was on there. I didn't like the feeling of logging in and finding that there are no messages. So, I think it's bigger than roleplaying.

I tried making a fancy thread but most of my partners have dropped out. I keep a buddy list of my friends and the people I used to talk to. I'm always astounded when I scroll through it and see all these names. Nearly each of them were once a very close friend but now our lives have far drifted. I wonder how that happens. After a couple of weeks of logging in to the deafening absence of the floating envelopes, I start to think that I've never had any friends here but looking through the buddy list always surprises me. I guess the human mind can play tricks.

But a website is perhaps just representative of life. Maybe the same thing happens in real life too.

This is my first roleplaying website and it kind of disappointed me too. Most my friends have dropped out. But, now I'm not very dependent on roleplaying anymore. I've become very dedicated to studying and spend my free time trying to learn. I guess you could say that I've given up.
 
I love the way a good rp can make me feel alive. It takes over my brain and inspires hours of frantic writing. It's not sustainable of course, and depression can creep up when it wanes but I love riding the high for as long as it lasts.
 
@Princeoflight

I totally agree with you.I can literally feel my heart drop when I log in and see no flying envelopes.But I'm lucky enough to have two amazing RP partners here who never let me go through that disappoint.

@Xanaphia
Yes, the excitement of it is very thrilling
 
I am similar to Xanaphia, when an rp gets in my mind (and its most of the ones I am on) my imagination just takes over. I could be on the train, walking to my car, and inspiration hits. They are always floating about, and since my imagination never seems to sit still it gives it something to do. While I write its a great escape to get away from things, and since I have diverse rps it also helps my ever changing moods.

I do know the pang when you don't have pms or a new reply waiting in a thread, but on those days when I wanted to write and had nothing I did my own story. It helps, gives me something to do, but I don't focus as much on it as I used to. Life happens to everyone, and while it may be that everyone else seems to be happening, and not me, its just temporary.
 
True, writing a story really helps.:D
I'm always thinking about how my character is going to do things, how I will respond and where I want the role play to go.
Now days, RL had been real generous by keeping me busy with college stuff so the holidays are the only time I really miss.
 
Oh my gosh. I am beyond addicted. I spend far too much time rping. I know this. I admit it. It is an obsession to me. I have rps going in thread, pm, and email. I have partners that I have more than one rp with. One partner I have four rps with, and I have four partners that I have two rps with. At one point I had three rps going with one partner. Do the math there. That’s 14 rps at one time right there, and that’s not even all of them. One of my partners nicknamed me rp slut. He’s right. I actually was asked about doing a rp yesterday, and sadly I had to turn her down. I have a lot of my plate with rps as it stands. I become very invested in my characters as well.

So yeah, rps are a big part of my life, but they’re not all of my life. I do have a job and I spend time with my family. It’s tough to find enough hours in the day for everything I like to do. Often it bleeds over into the night, and I’m up very late. Very late. Lol. In my journal I say I don’t just have rp partners. I have friends. So even after the rp stops, I still consider them a friend and will talk to them. I will send a random message here or there to say hi and see how they’re doing. That sort of thing. So if you get into bed with me on a rp, expect it. Just a fair warning.
 
randomthingslover1 said:
True, writing a story really helps.:D
I'm always thinking about how my character is going to do things, how I will respond and where I want the role play to go.
Now days, RL had been real generous by keeping me busy with college stuff so the holidays are the only time I really miss.
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Being busy with grad school and work, I find the roles my characters live out very satisfying. At the end of a day it helps me relax and find pleasure, particularly in the romantic interactions of the characters. It's a great experience to dissolve into the fire of a rp and create calm inside myself.
 
Blue Moon Disappoints: I can agree with this sentiment, but then again I haven't really been able to come across anywhere that's better. It's not so much the site as it is the individual players who have a tendency to either disappear, or begin to provide posts which no longer inspire the creative juices. (Non-sexual xD)

Given Up: In that sense I guess I can say I've given up a bit as well, it takes a lot of effort finding people who you can really enjoy roleplaying with, and on the rare occasions I do find them, the feelings are one-sided and I quickly find myself roaming the request threads once more in search of a replacement.

Addiction: Regardless though, I'd say I'm still pretty addicted. 5/7 days it's usually the last thing I do before going to sleep, and if I don't have school/work/friends to deal with in the morning, it's usually one of the first things I do in the morning.

Depression: Haven't really ever got this though. When something doesn't work I generally just sigh and shrug it off. It sucks when something doesn't work out, but you HAVE to get used to it when roleplaying with strangers who don't have to commit. I don't get depressed or overly disappointed when I don't see any roleplays to respond to, but I will admit that I start losing interest in a roleplay after several days of inactivity. It might be an impatient mind, or it might be my mind preparing me for disappointment, who knows xD
 
I agree with all of you so much.
Blue moon sometimes disappoint me, but then it is easily the best role-playing site I have ever been.I'm lucky enough to have two to three great role plays with friends here, so I can't ever leave this place.

I have thought about leaving it to concentrate on my studies but I am unable to.
I am glad I'm not the only one addicted to it.
 
I don't roleplay much because it takes a lot for me to find a partner I mesh with. But when I do there is a sense of joy there that I do not find with any other of my hobbies and I can become a little dependant on them. So I do sympathize with you.

However, I have had roleplays drop simply because I get bad cases of writer's block from time to time. I haven't really recovered from the one I had in February due to a recent life change, that was eight months ago.

I try not to get too dependent just because I've been in the other person's shoes. You can't really force someone to reply if they don't have the inspiration.
 
Heck I've really gotten into roleplay these past few years. Mostly chatroom stuff, and I do think I rely on it a fair bit. I'm an indoors person and a writer, this is the perfect medium to practice my writing and socialise at the same time. With chatroom roleplay it's easier I find. Forum roleplay is alright though, not my preferred medium however.

So yeah, I get lonely and roleplay helps basically. I wouldn't say I rely or depend on it, but I think I'd get depressed more if it wasn't a part of my life. I would like to do more, but I don't think I can with my studies and everything. I'm content with that, I reply in a reasonable time frame, most of the time. Hehe.
 
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