Post by Morreion on Aug 26, 2011 13:43:59 GMT -5
Storyboard: Ten tips to avoid drama burnout, part one (Massively)
5. Set yourself limits.
...Set yourself a point where you will no longer give the group or the game any more chances to hook you. There's a certain point that if you're still not having fun, you probably won't be having more fun tomorrow or the day after. Don't try to push yourself to stick around past those limits, because the end result will just be asking for minor issues to go into overload. It seems like the most obvious piece of advice, but we tend to be much better at giving things one more chance than we are at recognizing when it's too late for second (or third, or fourth) chances.
Storyboard: Ten tips to avoid drama burnout, part two (Massively)
9. Don't dictate, demonstrate.
...The problem is that no one ever likes unsolicited advice. No matter how well-meaning or right it may be, you will never get far by telling someone what they're doing wrong unless they've come to you asking first...
No matter how much you might want to, do not start giving advice about the correct way to roleplay. (In specific terms, that is; I recognize the implied hypocrisy in that statement.) Show, rather than telling. If the person in question wants to be better at roleplaying, then he or she will come to you with questions. I try to discuss my own technique and see whether or not I'm being disruptive myself on a regular basis, and I've been roleplaying for years.
5. Set yourself limits.
...Set yourself a point where you will no longer give the group or the game any more chances to hook you. There's a certain point that if you're still not having fun, you probably won't be having more fun tomorrow or the day after. Don't try to push yourself to stick around past those limits, because the end result will just be asking for minor issues to go into overload. It seems like the most obvious piece of advice, but we tend to be much better at giving things one more chance than we are at recognizing when it's too late for second (or third, or fourth) chances.
Storyboard: Ten tips to avoid drama burnout, part two (Massively)
9. Don't dictate, demonstrate.
...The problem is that no one ever likes unsolicited advice. No matter how well-meaning or right it may be, you will never get far by telling someone what they're doing wrong unless they've come to you asking first...
No matter how much you might want to, do not start giving advice about the correct way to roleplay. (In specific terms, that is; I recognize the implied hypocrisy in that statement.) Show, rather than telling. If the person in question wants to be better at roleplaying, then he or she will come to you with questions. I try to discuss my own technique and see whether or not I'm being disruptive myself on a regular basis, and I've been roleplaying for years.
