Here's the discussion I had on Discord:
Basically, the gist of the idea is this: through personal experience both joining and running this type of RP, it seems like RPs that get the most activity, and are easiest to get into, are cultural celebrations. When I first joined TNP to RP, it seemed overwhelming at first, and I've definitely gotten that impression from those who seemed interested in RPing, but were also intimidating.
However, for myself, I found that an RP by Syrixia known as Uthvaq Shanar helped me jump into the world of TNP RP. It was a non-personal RP where there wasn't as much pressure to do anything; you simply beheld the sights of the nation of a more experienced RPer, while you yourself got experience with RPing and could even submit your own tidbits of culture, perhaps even helping to flesh out your own nation.
By running a similar RP, Zusammenkommen, I found that I've attracted a few people who were like myself back then; fresh-faced and quite intimidated by the world of RP, but who found such an RP to be just to their tastes to start their jump into TNP RP.
I honestly think that, by having an experienced, active RPer with a fleshed-out nation run one of these every so often, with assistance from the Cultural Ministry, would highly increase activity in TNP RP. Home Affairs recruitment for RP run at the same time would improve it further. Finally, having RP seminars simultaneously, where experienced RPers more directly help people set up their RP nations, would greatly improve the quality of RP, especially for new people who need assistance fleshing out their nations.
I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts on this.
However, for myself, I found that an RP by Syrixia known as Uthvaq Shanar helped me jump into the world of TNP RP. It was a non-personal RP where there wasn't as much pressure to do anything; you simply beheld the sights of the nation of a more experienced RPer, while you yourself got experience with RPing and could even submit your own tidbits of culture, perhaps even helping to flesh out your own nation.
By running a similar RP, Zusammenkommen, I found that I've attracted a few people who were like myself back then; fresh-faced and quite intimidated by the world of RP, but who found such an RP to be just to their tastes to start their jump into TNP RP.
I honestly think that, by having an experienced, active RPer with a fleshed-out nation run one of these every so often, with assistance from the Cultural Ministry, would highly increase activity in TNP RP. Home Affairs recruitment for RP run at the same time would improve it further. Finally, having RP seminars simultaneously, where experienced RPers more directly help people set up their RP nations, would greatly improve the quality of RP, especially for new people who need assistance fleshing out their nations.
I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts on this.
