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Working on a RP for the first time in like 2 years. Feels pretty good.

It's taken me years to get to this point, but I'm mostly of a solid "eff it" any more when it comes to actively approaching other people. Same reason I will advertise the heck out of a site; like, no one's going to rp with me if I don't talk to them, and no one's gonna know my site exists if I don't tell them, eh?

I try to just put myself out there. As someone wisely said up above if the conversation isn't flowing offgame, it will probably be a ingame problem too. With advertising I honestly convince myself (it's not as easy, I know) that my board is effin' amazing and that people ought to love it, so I have to spread it everywhere, obviously. Sometimes it works. 🤫

I'd really love to play on a site set in William Gibson's Sprawl universe (from his trilogy of Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive). But it seems like the closest I'll get is the sites based on Cyberpunk 2077, which even though it cribs heavily from Neuromancer just isn't the same.

I am in a mix of being very socially anxious and also being in the "scew it" camp. As much as I really like to reach out to people in groups and ask them if they want to rp with any of my characters, I am terrified of doing it because my brain is trying to tell me I am "annoying people" by just asking! Even if it is one of the most common thing to ask people on a roleplay site XD "Do you want to roleplay?" It's what everyone's there for! I still do it, though. I still reach out. It doesn't really get easier, but dammit I will keep throwing my brain at the problem anyway because I know how happy I get when other people reach out to me, so I want to do it in return as well even if it scares me half to death!

I just do it. Indeed, we only regret the opportunities we don't take. And if I could do it when not being a native English speaker and not understanding some of the slang others spoke in, you can do it too... 😍 (For example of awkward, I asked if somebody wanted to continue a thread or not, and I expected a yes or no. I received a „I am good” instead, which I interpreted as „I am a good girl”, not being familiar with the expression meaning that it is enough or something. And I kept asking the question in the c-box and getting the same answer, because an American could not think that I am asking for several times because I did not understand her answer, and a Yes or No would have been better...)