Charleston FTW!!!
May. 17th, 2006 11:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thessalian...I've found a home.
Just before I left work, I got a reply to my "Hi; I'm the new cannon fodder" post on the forums from one of the Mage STs. They basically said, "Okay, we'll test-play you. Go forth and have fun, but don't use magic, engage in combat or die until your character sheet's approved". Given that it took about a month to get posting access to Hollow City, this was a surprise.
More so when I reached the chats. I poked my head into OOC land, expecting to be at least semi-ignored, and instead got a "Oh, so you're the new kid! New Dreamspeaker! Ooh! Come play! Let's do a test scene for you!" Not to mention, when I mentioned my chequered online RP history, going, "Oooooooooh! Glass Walker! I have GW Kin; come play Werewolf and I can be your Kin!" Then there was the "Oh, you run Mage? Well, we let people run storylines all the time, so if you want to run one past us, please feel free!" Also various things along the lines of, "You can read and follow instructions; where did you come from, and are there more of you? We are KEEPING this one!"
So from a "Well, yeah, new players take an awfully long time to get settled in, but you get there in the end and you get used to the restrictions and stupidity on timelines and everything else, so basically you're complaining for nothing" attitude, I have wound up in a place where they actually accommodate new players and show appreciation for good players who want to actually play.
*gamergasm*
So yeah. Charleston by Night for the win!
Just before I left work, I got a reply to my "Hi; I'm the new cannon fodder" post on the forums from one of the Mage STs. They basically said, "Okay, we'll test-play you. Go forth and have fun, but don't use magic, engage in combat or die until your character sheet's approved". Given that it took about a month to get posting access to Hollow City, this was a surprise.
More so when I reached the chats. I poked my head into OOC land, expecting to be at least semi-ignored, and instead got a "Oh, so you're the new kid! New Dreamspeaker! Ooh! Come play! Let's do a test scene for you!" Not to mention, when I mentioned my chequered online RP history, going, "Oooooooooh! Glass Walker! I have GW Kin; come play Werewolf and I can be your Kin!" Then there was the "Oh, you run Mage? Well, we let people run storylines all the time, so if you want to run one past us, please feel free!" Also various things along the lines of, "You can read and follow instructions; where did you come from, and are there more of you? We are KEEPING this one!"
So from a "Well, yeah, new players take an awfully long time to get settled in, but you get there in the end and you get used to the restrictions and stupidity on timelines and everything else, so basically you're complaining for nothing" attitude, I have wound up in a place where they actually accommodate new players and show appreciation for good players who want to actually play.
*gamergasm*
So yeah. Charleston by Night for the win!