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thistlechaser ([personal profile] thistlechaser) wrote2011-03-21 07:42 pm
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If I had someplace better to go... (WoW)

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If I had anyplace better to go for RP, I'd be gone from WoW. Tonight for a new reason (new as in not posted before, not new as newly happening, it's been going on for a while).

In my experience, MMOs are played for the people, not for the game itself. And know what? I'm sick of being alone on WoW. I mean alone, fully alone. A bunch of social channels, and only one single one with people on it. And that one channel with people? No one has said a single thing over it in weeks.

I was so lonely and bored I actually leveled Thistle the worgen hunter tonight.

Doesn't help that usually I could spend my time making money, but there's a tiny handful of mats on the AH all for six or seven times my buying price, so... I just stand there at the AH, waiting.

I went to SMC to troll for random RP and everyone either logged, idled out, or ran off when I posted at them. (Plus the city seemed lacking in people, felt more like middle of the day than evening.)

Bah. I've tried tossing alts into guilds. I've looked for more social channels. I'm not used to struggling to make friends online. It's usually easier there!

Stupid game. I just want people to chat with and RP with. Is that asking too much?

[identity profile] giftofarthas.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ack, that sucks. Sorry to hear it's been so dry for you lately.

[identity profile] giftofarthas.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be around soon. I just have to prepare the pally for transfer. :>

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
No rush! <3 Whenever you get here. :)

[identity profile] giftofarthas.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
oh shi- I have to come up with a background 'n' stuff. :O

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
*laughs* You have time! No need to jump right in!

[identity profile] giftofarthas.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee \<.<\ \C.c/ /C.C/

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ha ha, you can do it! *cheers you on*

[identity profile] teaandfailure.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
YOU ARE ONE OF THREE THINGS I MISS ABOUT THAT SERVER.

I am pretty sure you can guess the other two. I do still wish I could be there more often, but oh GOD it is hard to even keep up with one character while also fighting crime.

WORKING FOR HOTELS WAS A LOT EASIER ON MY FREE TIME. NOW I HAVE TO BE ALL RIPPED AND SHIT.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Greyspell and I were just talking today that we missed you too! (Sometimes I get to chat with him when I'm home for lunch!)

I MISS YOU, but where would we be if you weren't locking up the bad guys?

[identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe they heard you are an evil cat eater and are running in fear. I know I would. I don't know, we are in the March blahs so that might be it. Winter isn't really over yet and spring hasn't completely begun and people seem to get sick this time of year so maybe people are just off. It will get better hopefully.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Cats are yummy and pointy when being swallowed. :I

I hope it gets better. Maybe today was just a slow day for some reason...

[identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It always gets better, this is probably just a phase you're going through. (http://bit.ly/hr20yp)

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! I love that picture! Eh, the original one the macro is made from. :D

[identity profile] wow-hazmat.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
I have to admit that I've never been satisfied with RP in WoW. Or any MMO.

Apart from good old-fashioned tabletop, nothing, in my mind, beats text-based mushes and the like for RP.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
For sure. WoW RP has the benefit of having hundreds of players though, which (in theory) makes it easier to find RP. As for the quality of RP... that's another story.

I should stop being lazy and apply to some MU*. Though first I'd have to find one that's both active and some theme I'd like...

I should really get off my butt and look into LJ or email based stuff, too. I've never tried either of those, maybe they'd be fun.

Laziness keeps me on WoW as much as anything else. :/

[identity profile] socksofjello.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure how many mailing list RPs there are left. Forum, journal, and IM RPing seem to be the most popular formats at the moment--though that observation might be a product the kind of RP I search for.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's fine with me. Doing it on LJ would be about the same as emailing, seems like. Well, other than having an archive that folks could see, and that seems a plus.

[identity profile] bricriu.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I went to SMC to troll for random RP and everyone either logged, idled out, or ran off when I posted at them. (Plus the city seemed lacking in people, felt more like middle of the day than evening.)

Most RP, on MG and WrA, seems to have shifted from SMC to Org simply due to Org being the new transportation hub.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard people say that before, and it's a pain in the butt to get to SMC now, but I rarely see RP in Org. Maybe I'll send Haken strolling the streets tonight and see if I can scare some up. (Unfortunately Keen wouldn't be too happy hanging out there. Orcs are not exactly his type.)

<3

[identity profile] bricriu.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Pft, he can RP with people who aren't "his type", y'know.

The rest of us call them friends, co-workers, acquaintances, all that fun. ;)

Not QUITE sure how it is on WrA, but on MG, the bulk of it is in the Valley of Honor.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
*snerks* Yeah, true.

[identity profile] penwyn.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel bad, but I'm so burned out on Horde and all it's ridiculous drama right now that I only log in on Penwyn for a couple of minutes a night. :( Other than that, I'm just levelling my pup.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-22 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe we'll cross paths on Alliance side then! Since I used all of Thistle's rested yesterday, maybe I'll poke at Dandelion tonight (or try to find RP on Thistle).

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2011-03-23 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Friended ya!