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I joined the forums just a couple of weeks before The Great Hiatus or whatever we want to call it. I've been in a few of the Discord forums and have been quietly observing, waiting for the forums to reopen. I love the new look and the option for the pink and purple headers is SO CUTE.
As I've been looking around the place and watching how people engage with one another, I've been wondering at how I can integrate with the community. I don't think I have the rapport (or the social skills...) to make any real impression in chat at this time, nor am I comfortable or super interested in posting in the more spammy, lighthearted threads. Which are great! I'm so glad to see people are here and thriving, but it's just not my thing. I also don't know who anyone actually is, so I've been reading around and going "is this person in Discord?"... I suppose learning these things comes with time and familiarity.
So how does a shy, not super posty person like Murdock get to 25 posts and learn more about the community? How does he take part in meaningful conversations and make those connections with other people on the site? Easier said than done, but I thought to myself: Make another introduction post and go from there. If you don't put yourself out there then how can you get to know people?
I want to connect with people. I've written on other sites (roleplay focussed) in the past, even met some of those people IRL, and have some very fond memories of them. I miss that sense of community that I used to have with them. At Netland Towers, everyone took off and it puttered away. At Grey Tower, there was a surge of activity that sort of dissipated. I don't mean to take it personally, it's not about me, it's more a commentary on the transient nature of writing online I think, but I miss that interaction.
But! I want to thank the people I have spoken to online so far. In the roleplaying Discord I was invited to I've spoken to some really lovely people, all of whom use their roleplaying handles rather than the TarValon names, so whoever you are here... hello and thank you for letting me write as Bryce, the Red potato. I have enjoyed and valued those interactions, though I think I come across as a bit too extra with wanting to write everywhere and apologise for that.
So anyway... here I am. Hello! I'm Murdock, and I look forward to getting to know the people here. Let's have some conversations.
I joined the forums just a couple of weeks before The Great Hiatus or whatever we want to call it. I've been in a few of the Discord forums and have been quietly observing, waiting for the forums to reopen. I love the new look and the option for the pink and purple headers is SO CUTE.
As I've been looking around the place and watching how people engage with one another, I've been wondering at how I can integrate with the community. I don't think I have the rapport (or the social skills...) to make any real impression in chat at this time, nor am I comfortable or super interested in posting in the more spammy, lighthearted threads. Which are great! I'm so glad to see people are here and thriving, but it's just not my thing. I also don't know who anyone actually is, so I've been reading around and going "is this person in Discord?"... I suppose learning these things comes with time and familiarity.
So how does a shy, not super posty person like Murdock get to 25 posts and learn more about the community? How does he take part in meaningful conversations and make those connections with other people on the site? Easier said than done, but I thought to myself: Make another introduction post and go from there. If you don't put yourself out there then how can you get to know people?
I want to connect with people. I've written on other sites (roleplay focussed) in the past, even met some of those people IRL, and have some very fond memories of them. I miss that sense of community that I used to have with them. At Netland Towers, everyone took off and it puttered away. At Grey Tower, there was a surge of activity that sort of dissipated. I don't mean to take it personally, it's not about me, it's more a commentary on the transient nature of writing online I think, but I miss that interaction.
But! I want to thank the people I have spoken to online so far. In the roleplaying Discord I was invited to I've spoken to some really lovely people, all of whom use their roleplaying handles rather than the TarValon names, so whoever you are here... hello and thank you for letting me write as Bryce, the Red potato. I have enjoyed and valued those interactions, though I think I come across as a bit too extra with wanting to write everywhere and apologise for that.
So anyway... here I am. Hello! I'm Murdock, and I look forward to getting to know the people here. Let's have some conversations.
Anyway, nice to meet you!
