John
Newbie
John; The Weak One
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Post by John on Aug 8, 2012 0:41:56 GMT -5
I MISS YOU ALL A LOT.
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Mini
Love God
The Itherian Herds. Coming soon to take over you.
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Post by Mini on Aug 8, 2012 15:23:24 GMT -5
I think we all got lives. =(
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Post by Eruanna's Menagerie on Aug 8, 2012 16:06:42 GMT -5
Yeahh, unfortunately it's one of those things that... we simply all grew up and got busy with real life. While I think a lot of us are still writers and artists, our time is now spent focusing on our real careers and aspirations.
Also for me personally, I don't get as enthralled in my RPs as I used to. It's more of a chore now than when I was younger (though don't get me wrong, I cherish every memory I've made role-playing!). Times just change!
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Yugi
Cupid
-gasp-
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Post by Yugi on Aug 8, 2012 17:17:13 GMT -5
I agree with Mini and Ruan. Many of us from the olden days have reached, passed, or are close to the big 2-0, which is about the time we have to be worrying about careers, life, etc.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, Ruan. Which is terribly sad, because I still love my characters, but... it feels like the motivation to pursue their stories ran out of steam.
It might also be because we are all focusing on the next step---roleplaying was like our training wheels for writing and art. Now it seems like we are all working on books, or even webcomics (I finally caught up on Everdusk, Ruan! xD), so what free time we have is now devoted to things that might actually pay off, so to speak.
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Noel [Harp!]
Charming
He lights up the sky in bright yellow bolts; commander of lightning since he was a colt
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Post by Noel [Harp!] on Aug 9, 2012 20:19:39 GMT -5
I have to say that I agree with anyone else. Unfortunately, I'm an adult now and have to focus on my adult life. The past four years, I've had to focus most of my energy on college, which is extremely time consuming since I want to do well, and that has only left the summer for RP. Even some of those have been filled with classes. There's only one more semester left until I'm completely out in the real world looking for a job, after which I'll be working a standard nine-to-five all year round. I just don't have time to RP that much anymore.
Like everyone else, I still love all of my characters to death, but forum RP has also become somewhat of a chore. I end up feeling obligated to hold myself to a high writing standard, which means I have to invest more time and effort into my replies, and I also end up feeling like I have reply as soon as someone else writes back, which puts more pressure on me than I like and makes it seem like more of a chore than a hobby. I still enjoy writing and have an entire portfolio of work that I've either completed or am currently working on, such as poetry, creative nonfiction, and even a novella, but those don't feel like chores because they're pleasure writings, and I never feel like I have to work on any of them unless I'm inspired to.
This is part of the reason that I've been doing a lot of guild-based RPs lately. Guilds move incredibly fast, and most of the people in them are only at a semi-literate level. I don't feel like I have to sit down and write to the best of my ability when I'm in a guild RP, because most of the people I'm RPing with are still only at a high school level. I can just sit down, churn out a quick response, and it doesn't really matter. I guess you could say this makes RP a guilty pleasure for me these days, where I can just write without holding myself up to any high standards like I do with my own work.
Every now and then - like when my life recently took too many turns for the worst and I wanted nothing to do with the real world at all - I'll get a case of RP fever, start working on my characters' pages and profiles, try to revive an old RP, but it usually goes right back to feeling like a chore after a while.
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Post by Eruanna's Menagerie on Aug 10, 2012 18:53:15 GMT -5
Haha, yay for catching up on Everdusk! You go, Yugi! And yeah, I echo these girls' thoughts. Role-playing really did help me improve my writing and characterization skills--man, especially characterization. Now that I think I could someday be a professional character designer and am working on my own projects, looking back I can see all the hints of it even from when I first joined this place in middle school. Making characters was always one of my favorite parts of role-playing and playing Neopets! I definitely owe a lot to the SG for who I've become. :3
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Post by Laur's Lot on Aug 10, 2012 21:24:39 GMT -5
To drop a bomb on you all, I've spent about 4 months of this year in hospital for uterine cancer as well as having adenomyosis and endometriosis removed. BUT I'M FINE AT THE MOMENT! Apart from that I've been doing internship after internship. Not having time to think is a good thing.
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Mini
Love God
The Itherian Herds. Coming soon to take over you.
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Post by Mini on Aug 10, 2012 23:04:21 GMT -5
Oh jeez Laur you tell us this NOW? Where's my herring? I need to beat you! I'm glad you're doing fine at the moment! I have kind of lost motivation for my characters as well. I just don't find myself as in tune with them anymore. I still love the SG and have very fond memories but I don't feel the connections and emotions nearly as intensely as I used to (to put things short, I've mellowed out. A lot.) Maybe I'm just too tired to do it, or maybe I've just grown out of it, I don't know. Lately I have a hard time feeling ANYTHING to be honest. Probably the sleep deprivation! But just thinking about the time and energy to put into an RP...I'm just like eeh no I'd rather take a nap
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Noel [Harp!]
Charming
He lights up the sky in bright yellow bolts; commander of lightning since he was a colt
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Post by Noel [Harp!] on Aug 11, 2012 1:04:54 GMT -5
Oh my god, Laur. O.O All of that sounds like absolute hell. Really glad you're alright.
Mini, if I were a mother of two, I'd probably be too exhausted to do anything that required energy in my spare time as well. Probably find me conked out somewhere any chance that I got. =P
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Post by Eruanna's Menagerie on Aug 12, 2012 11:25:53 GMT -5
Laurrr! That's horrible, I'm so glad to hear you're doing well now, though. O__O I can't believe you're still chugging along after so many scares like that. You're so strong! ;;
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Yugi
Cupid
-gasp-
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Post by Yugi on Aug 14, 2012 17:34:06 GMT -5
Goodness gracious, Laur! D: At least you're better now.
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linko
Youngling
It's dangerous to go alone; take this!
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Post by linko on Aug 15, 2012 9:45:20 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, Laur! D: So glad you're doing better!
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