Brand MU Day
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    How to Greet a Roster Player

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Game Gab
    44 Posts 22 Posters 2.5k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • SnacknessS
      Snackness @Birdie
      last edited by

      @Birdie said in How to Greet a Roster Player:

      make sure you have fun with your character.

      Good advice for anyone, really.

      T 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • T
        Testament @Snackness
        last edited by

        @Snackness said in How to Greet a Roster Player:

        @Birdie said in How to Greet a Roster Player:

        make sure you have fun with your character.

        Good advice for anyone, really.

        Generally, I agree with this.

        Unless you’re also some of us weirdos.

        4086a1fb-c566-42e2-a362-6c936e062330-image.png

        I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
        • N
          Nynrose
          last edited by Nynrose

          I try to greet new players in my org(s) when I see them. New players excite me because that means new opportunities, or following up on opportunities that might have needed to wait until a particular character was around. I’m also very inclusive in plots and other things I work on and I want to hook them into things right away so they’ll have things to do and stick with the character

          My problem is that I get so enthusiastic, that I think I manage to chase half of them away. Or, I overwhelm them with information. So, I’ve cut back on both enthusiasm and information. All of this is in hopes that maybe they’ll want to do something later, but that connection almost never happens. I’m with others; it can become an exhausting cycle that goes on repeat.

          O 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
          • NarsonN
            Narson
            last edited by

            Is this where I admit I rarely have any idea who is on or off roster unless people say hey on channel?

            When someone shows you who they are, over and over again? Believe them.

            RozR 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
            • RozR
              Roz @Narson
              last edited by

              @Narson Sub to the roster bboard! Now that their email system is working again, you’ll see everyone go on and off the roster.

              she/her | playlist

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
              • JumpscareJ
                Jumpscare
                last edited by

                Shoutouts to @Meg for greeting me when I took a roster. I wouldn’t have lasted as long as I did without the help!

                Game-runner of Silent Heaven, a small-town horror MU.
                https://silentheaven.org

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                • farfallaF
                  farfalla @Birdie
                  last edited by

                  @Birdie said in How to Greet a Roster Player:

                  What I cannot do anymore is hand hold a player through every nitty gritty moment.

                  100%. I’ve never even tried. If I have a plot in mind or something currently ongoing, I generally try to point them in that direction but I view my job as welcome & supply.

                  as previously stated, good day.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                  • AposA
                    Apos
                    last edited by

                    I’ve waffled a lot on how to approach this structurally because there’s a pretty wide degree of variation in how much someone wants to be greeted. I’ve definitely seen people overwhelmed with enthusiastic friendliness and bust out a window to escape, never to be seen again, and conversely (and way more commonly) people that feel isolated and never quite figure out how to get involved.

                    The experience for new players is never far from my mind and something that I’m very unhappy with, so long term it will change dramatically but short term (well shorter), it’ll probably be automated alerts to everyone tied to a character when it comes off the roster to prompt interaction.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 7
                    • O
                      oknow @Nynrose
                      last edited by

                      If I were greeted in orgs like @Nynrose does I’d probably cry. Happiness tears.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • tenT
                        ten
                        last edited by ten

                        Totalled up the number of rosters I’ve applied for – well, not pertinent to the current conversation. Answer is a lot. But. Have experienced all hues of the how to greet a roster rainbow. Not sure what the happy middle is between extreme enthusiasm and isolation.

                        they | them

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
                        • First post
                          Last post