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So.

Anyone, know any good ways to get out slumps in rp?

I'm so fucking stuck right now, and like, I want to do things, but I just can't bring myself too ;___; The thought of dropping every game I have and just disappearing has crossed my mind a few times, but I love all my bbs too much so I could never do that to you guys ever *Cradles* I've tried going in the dressing room and threading around but I generally end up dropping the threads, which...is what I've been doing in all of my rps 8( *punches self out a window*

So please. Take this time to use this as a critique thread for me. I know I need to thread more, I just....idk. Maybe that's why I'm really down. We haven't had an HMD in AT for months. And no one uses personal crit posts. so yea 8( go for it.

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Take a break from it for a while? Do what you feel is easier to tag first and then work your way up the list. Sometimes it helps if you're talking with the person that you're tagging with, that way you can ask questions right there and get an immediate response instead of asking it in an ooc note at the end of the tag and wait for a response.

And if you're not interested in anything anymore it's best to just leave it be instead of poking at it with a stick trying to see if it'll live any longer ^^; Though, it'd probably help some to tell whoever you were doing something with and apologize instead of leaving them hanging ^^;

And... I'd ask the mods at AT about another HMD.

Yea...I might do that. idk fkljsd

It's not her fault jlfkds there was a real lapse in activity in AT for the the last few months and she wanted to wait until it was active again. *should edit my post to say that jlkfds*

8D;

And if you feel like Sauce is all dhsalkhdkasjhd maybe have a Naruto marathon or something to get back into him or something? XD ffff idk

There's going to be an HMD after this event Seiko says.

But really! Just thread with me more, I swear it'll be fine and like... you don't have to worry about being nervous because it's me. Or I could even set up a musebox for us if you just want to get your groove back.

ilu bb don't worry too much, it's just in your head.

Unfortunately, AT HMD has proven to be rarely productive, anyway. :|

And, to be honest, the activity level hasn't been efficient enough to warrant a gamewide HMD because there really hasn't been enough for people to properly judge, which only encourages the useless comments that people aren't looking for. I see you already recognize that (too lazy to delete now though baaww), and I mean, gamewide HMD every month was actually pretty unheard of as far as I knew (games like Poly would only do HMD every 6 months for example), so I felt doing it every month was overdoing it to begin with for such a small game. And when people come to me like "I want an HMD thread so I can tell people how awesome they are" I really don't want to put up an HMD thread because I don't feel like that's the point of an HMD thread. You guys want honest feedback, and people just being like "ilu you're awesome" isn't enough a lot of times, and when you're feeling you really need the crit, sometimes that "positive" reinforcement might as well not be there at all because it just somehow makes it worse. 8(

Stop trying so hard. It's supposed to be fun. I get into RP slumps all the time. You just gotta take a step back and ask yourself why you're having the slump. Are you bored? Frustrated with yourself? With others? Sometimes your rping/writing/etc. is a result of outside issues that you don't focus on because you see it as a problem with yourself (since that is the end result).

I know personally that even when I'm having issues with others or whatever, it always reflects in my characterization and/or my writing. Particularly with Caim, probably because he's an OC so his mood is much more flighty and I have less of a grasp on what it should be. Seriously, you know how much I love him, but there are times I want to dump him and I regret ever introducing him.

It's natural, bb. Just understand that. And if you need a break, take a break. It's better to do that than beat a dead horse, as your friend above already said.

Yea...sorry I really need to edit my post so you don't look like the bad guy fksdja You're definitely right about the 'ilu you're awesome thing' I've gotten decent crit from two sources, which was really nice to hear (even if at first I'm fjlsdjakljfl 8( that I'm not doing something right *too sensitive*). But yea...a hmd post, with only like 5 players active is no good lol

You're right jkflsda I think I might know what's bothering me and throwing me into this funk, and I just need to deal with it now rather than keep putting it off like I have been. And the break might be good. After this plot in AT l-lol.

Thank you very much bb *hugs* This helped a lot. <3

OH, you're not making me look like a bad guy at all! I know a lot of people keep wondering why I haven't done an HMD post, and I haven't been good about explaining myself and other than the fact I'm lazy/keep forgetting, I just want people to understand. I honestly don't feel like a badguy with what you said edited or not (understand the background or not), but if you were frustrated by it I did want you to at least know I was paying attention to your concerns and I had my reasons for not doing one, not that I was just like "lol guys suffer without crit 8) 8) 8)"

*picks up and twirls* You'll be okay ♥ ♥ I think AT is gonna be pretty slow in the next month, anyway, after this plot with finals, so now is the best time to take a break and you won't have to stress about missing too much for when you come back! :)

I'm trying to get over my slump by applying for a new character to reconnect with AT. I was on hiatus for so long that I don't know anyone/what's going on anymore... So I'm picking up a new character to sort of "start again" and then slide my existing characters back in once I'm all up to speed.

Don't know if that'll help you, bb. But it's going okay for me so far.

I think you should do what hoshi3 said? Don't force it, and if you feel you need to stop it all for a bit, do it. You can always take a long hiatus and take time to decide if there IS stuff you want to drop and what you wish to keep. It's hard to leave a game you got attached to but if you're not longer interesting there's no point in sticking around >: Stick to what you are comfortable with, if there's anything, and otherwise take a little break. No one will hate you for it <3

I'd have to agree with hoshi3 on this one, taking a break but do something fun with RPing, maybe it's something you've been wanting to do for awhile, just anything your heart desires. But don't just make it a one time thing, keep going with it! ♥

Only reason I say that is because whatever it is thats happened has made RP feel more like a workload for you than it being fun.

Cut the fat. I know you already have been a bit, but that's the first thing. Get done to a core you can focus on, pull yourself back. It's better to play 2-3 characters you can sink you're teeth into, then trying to keep up 15 you...can't, and just get frsutrated and feel shitty about. ~~not that I should talk right now...~~

I also know making lists helps me. And also, just...sometimes forcing out a few posts, even if you think they're shitty, just to get back into the groove. You know you can bounce some silly fluff stuff off me, just to goof off and get posting again. Hell, we could do some one liner back and forth BS. Find something that's a guilty pleasure you wanna indulge in with someone that's the RP equivalent of a twinkie.

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