Comments on: Just Do It: Step 1, Hurdles

By: Just Do It 2: Problem Solving the Hurdles « WTT: [RP]

Just Do It 2: Problem Solving the Hurdles « WTT: [RP] — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:39 +0000

[...] Two frequent commenters and contributors–Rhoelyn and Kyraine–brought up to common hurdles to RP in an MMO: Scheduling and Burnout. While solutions for these common complaints have already been discussed, it’s worth discussing them here to figure out how to Problem Solve after one Identifies a hurdle. [...]

By: Kyraine

Kyraine — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:05:51 +0000

I’ve been an east coast player on a west coast server pretty much since I started playing WoW. Blocks of time, like for regular Tuesday RP nights, are key. Even if I have to go to bed so I’m not zombieKyraine at work the next day, I can still squeeze in a little time for RPs.

My other big hurdle, aside from time, is stagnating characters. After you’ve had one for a while, and then after you throw in a little burnout with WoW in general, it’s easy to get into a rut. Doing something different, like taking Rp to forum writing, or stick figure comics (very entertaining to do!), or just shaking things up for the character in question can help there.

By: Bricu

Bricu — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:50:44 +0000

Overcoming scheduling is really hard. The best thing I have found is to have everyone involved share their schedules and making a block of time the regularly scheduled RP time.

Inevitably, however, the schedules change. For instance, one of the core Riders can’t make the old school time anymore AND has additional responsibilities that keep him from joining in the fun. When that happens, we rely on fic and specially arrangements.

We’re working on teleportation and time-dilation, but the slackers at MIT are really taking their time.

By: Rhoelyn

Rhoelyn — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:40:18 +0000

The one thing “in the way” that I find to be VERY hard to overcome: schedules. Finding good people to RP with can be hard. Finding a group with the right attitude and common interests and the drive you’re hoping for and all the various other … right stuff is not something that happens every day. But then to find that you can’t possibly work on their schedule and they can’t possible work on yours? It near breaks the dramatic little heart.

What options have you found that work to overcome the scheduling hurdle?