Taramafor(sub male)
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4 years ago •
Aug 28, 2020
4 years ago •
Aug 28, 2020
It's honestly better to spend time on a computer instead of a phone. That way you can roleplay online, keep talking on chat apps, hang out on Second Life. All while doing whatever else you do at home. Helps that you can do your own thing on other tabs. Play games. etc.
Like everyone else people that spend time online together still do their own thing. On and offline alike. It's about consistency. Getting into a pattern of doing things and relaxing and finding the balance. Being "online" doesn't mean you have to do make lots of IC posts all the time. Or even write a lot. You can just "shit talk". Maybe one day is more action focused and the next is taking things easy. Or half and half throughout a day. This is a "consistent pattern". A phone won't give you that many options. It's that simple. Plus the small phone screen limits communication and written roleplay, the later having the possibility to spark real life ideas. Mainly it's just easier to type on a keyboard though. One word. Communication. Let alone action.
If on the other hand someone doesn't even make any kind of effort after a week that's falling out of that pattern. Regardless of the activity or form of communication involved. There's only so much you can say. Activity is important too. Expresses ideas. Makes stories even.
Online roleplay is action. Creativity. I can't connect with someone that can't think outside the box. I have ideas and can express that and I need to know someone has a brain and is thinking beyond just what they see alone. If I don't see imagination online, be it through talks or typeed actions, then how can I trust someone to be creative physically? If I don't see someone making some kind of effort how can I trust I won't be neglected? I'l put in my effort for you but you got to make it back too. And actually find out if a roleplay idea is fun or not by actually trying it. Because everyone adapts to a situation differently which changes the context. By this I mean it's easy to assume you won't have fun because it "sounds" generic, but because of context someone might do something entertaining within that theme/environment (a physical example might be uniforms). Which is something to keep in mind both online and physically. If you have one attitude in real life, you got that attitude online. And vice versa. So if someone is making an effort online you can be sure they'll put it in physically as well. Reverse logic also applies. Strangely communication can also be easier through text (due to it not going anywhere to be examined). Which also helps facilitate communication physically as well. Provided people focus on the logic of what is said instead of making excused or being close minded and judgemental.
That was a lot longer then I thought it would be. But basically, "Have more to work with, be able to do more."
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