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Ashkuri

More subjects I’m curious about in the MU RP community at large:

What do you do in your MU RP to make it fun for other people?

ETA “MU” rp specifically, as tabletop etc is another sort of craft I think

Yam

@Ashkuri People love talking about their character, even if their character might only respond with mysterious grunts. So if the opportunity arises, I generally guide the RP in that direction. MORE QUESTIONS. It’s fun to learn about interesting characters!

Also comedy. I try to hold the idiot ball often, it’s usually pretty fun.

ALSO, setting OTHER characters up to kick some ass and shine.

MisterBoring

@Ashkuri said in Other People:

What do you do in your RP to make it fun for other people?

Well, in my RL / non-MU groups, I usually end up getting asked to run the thing, so for those, I do a lot.

On MUs, I try and make characters that aren’t spotlight hogs. Yeah, sometimes I might make a character that comes from a smaller faction in game or whatever, but I don’t make that the core conceit of the character, and I usually try and make my character act in supporting roles to the other characters.

Faraday

@Yam said in Other People:

ALSO, setting OTHER characters up to kick some ass and shine.

This. As a staffer, my main goal is to enable other players to have their Big Darn Hero moments. Among friends, it’s more about being willing to play supporting character to their stories. Sometimes it falls short, but that’s what I strive for.

Third Eye

Be Doing a Thing.

I think a lot of the reason people complain about non-action RP is that frequently people aren’t doing anything.

Fix a random household object. Be enthused about a piece of media. Lose something and rope other people into finding it. Make up a thing about a family NPC and talk about it. Gossip about A Thing That Happened IC. Don’t be purely passive, basically.

Pyrephox

I try to do a couple of different things, some of which have already been mentioned:

Try to read up on available plot hooks and backgrounds on other characters to find out what other players are interested in working with. (Sometimes this backfires, because people don’t necessarily always want the RP they put in their plot hooks/backgrounds - especially things like police/detective backgrounds.)
Seek people out. Don’t be afraid to say “Hey, I saw X on your RP Hooks, or that you’re involved in Y organization–my character is interested in that,” and see where it goes.
Listen! Pay attention to what people are throwing out in scenes, and respond to it. Give them a chance to talk about the things that excite their characters, do things their characters are good at doing.
Ask them for help in their characters’ areas of specialty. Sure, you can PROBABLY do whatever it is by yourself with a little prep, but it’s so much more fun to say, “Hey, I could use a face/muscle for this thing I want to do and I hear you’re good at that.”
React. Don’t be determined to be “too cool for school” about other characters’ weirdnesses. They were built that way for a reason - be grossed out, scared, weirded out, whatever. Go ahead and show a little emotion about other characters’ schitcks.
Reciprocity. If someone asks you for help IC, or gives you a bone–do the same in return. People notice, and in my experience, they’re so excited to have a real back and forth.