Kiowa
Member
I'm no good at introductions.
It's always awkward for me, and I'm never quite sure what I should put down. What's really important to tell people right off the bat? It's not like a conversation, where you, the party I'm introducing myself to, can indicate some kind of interest in a conversation topic -- like my hobbies, or what I like to roleplay and write about.
I just have to flatly assume that whatever I say, you're interested. That doesn't seem fair to either of us, it makes me anxious and weird, and I could just be shotgunning you with bullshit you're not remotely interested in.
Who even reads introductions anyways? It always feels like whenever I make one of these threads, like one guy is nice enough to extend a hand and say 'hi'.
And really, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of introduction on a forum like this? I mean, new users come and go all the time, you probably take mild notice of someone until they've stuck around for awhile -- or else there's too much to keep up with.
Let's do this instead: tell me about you.
I'm ready and happy to meet other forum members. Let's do some meet and greet, if you're bored enough to stray into this section and read one of many new faces' introductions, you're bored enough to tell me about yourself.
I want to know what you roleplay, what you do for fun. How many people I have to kill to run through your list of friends and become your best friend.
Ordinary stuff
Feel free to ask me a few things in return. I don't bite. Much.
It's always awkward for me, and I'm never quite sure what I should put down. What's really important to tell people right off the bat? It's not like a conversation, where you, the party I'm introducing myself to, can indicate some kind of interest in a conversation topic -- like my hobbies, or what I like to roleplay and write about.
I just have to flatly assume that whatever I say, you're interested. That doesn't seem fair to either of us, it makes me anxious and weird, and I could just be shotgunning you with bullshit you're not remotely interested in.
Who even reads introductions anyways? It always feels like whenever I make one of these threads, like one guy is nice enough to extend a hand and say 'hi'.
And really, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of introduction on a forum like this? I mean, new users come and go all the time, you probably take mild notice of someone until they've stuck around for awhile -- or else there's too much to keep up with.
Let's do this instead: tell me about you.
I'm ready and happy to meet other forum members. Let's do some meet and greet, if you're bored enough to stray into this section and read one of many new faces' introductions, you're bored enough to tell me about yourself.
I want to know what you roleplay, what you do for fun. How many people I have to kill to run through your list of friends and become your best friend.
Ordinary stuff
Feel free to ask me a few things in return. I don't bite. Much.
