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I feel like I'm doing CR wrong. I keep seeing all these characters who form really strong CR within a month of being accepted while I'm still working on forming any kind of close CR after being here for like, 5 months.

is your character boring

I don't think so. People approach me to plot with this character when events come up and when I make an entry they get a good amount of responses. It's not that I don't get ANY CR, I'm just wondering if it's abnormal that my character didn't instantly develop any super close bonds with anyone.

does your character

talk to other characters

Yes. I tag around a lot.

does your character

make friends their other characters

Yes. My character has some friends. It's just that they're not super close. I've never been in a game this big, so I don't know if that's weird or not that my character isn't besties with a bunch of others.

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you play a really boring character from some shitty canon like sonic

that doesn't talk to anyone

does everyone you're threading with already have a lot of close CR?

It seems like it. There's also a couple of really big casts in this game. I still consider myself relatively new to the game, too.

Hm... well, does your character usually make close friendships very quickly?

Because I know that some of mine take a lot of time to even make it up to that point.

Do you throw your character into big, potentially character developing plots? Because I think that's one of the best things you can do to make really close CR.

To be honest, my character is supposed to be kind of self conscious. So admittedly, that is a big part of it.

There aren't a lot of huge open plots going on right now, but I do tag around and try to make posts that are accessible to lots of people. I'm hesitant to do anything major with my character at the moment since I've had bad experiences in RPs where people would cram their characters into the spotlight when someone else had something major going on and I don't want to be "that mun."

Well, if I read correctly the game you're in occasionally has battle type plots? Maybe do something with that?

I don't think there's anything wrong with doing it once. That only seems to be a problem when somebody constantly does it. I doubt you're the type to steal the spotlight, so I wouldn't worry about that bit.

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i think forming intense ~PSEUDO-FAMILY NAKAMA FRIENDS~ bonds within a month of meeting someone is kind of weird

same here.

That's what I was thinking. I've seen a few people who joined and within a month or two were already on good friends level with other characters and seem to be everywhere. Admittedly, though, that could just be who their character is.

Honestly, it's not that abnormal. Some characters just have a hard time growing at all close to people and on top of that there's always loads of drops in any game so it could well be that you also just have shit luck and get involved with the characters that don't stick. Also sometimes you just get real lucky and have some awesome chemistry with someone right off and sometimes it takes a bit more work.

I have noticed one thing that really can help form those bonds is to take advantage of the fact that people in that game love to backtag. Long threads make it easier to really form bonds even with the types of who don't want to. I definitely see with all those people who grow real close that you see tons of long threads with them. Nothing says you have to be fast, just be willing to keep on chugging away. There's players out there perfectly willing to backtag for a month or more and those long threads are likely to build a lot more than a short thread will.

Also, I'd advise to not bother so much with trying to get CR with characters in huge casts. You just aren't as likely to be successful because those characters have enough to keep up with just in their own casts, plus it's far easier to get dragged into cast drama since the large casts nearly always have some drama going on. I've found I have a lot better luck with the smaller casts and lone canon warriors.

It's funny you mention the drops thing! That's exactly what happened in the last game I was in.

I'm definitely taking advantage of the backtagging. The fact that I'm actually getting to finish threads is absolutely amazing and I love it. I have built some CR through longer threads, but none of it is super close. Hopefully, it'll get there, though.

You do make a good point about the casts, though. I've been apprehensive about tagging people who are in...well, any casts, but I might try tagging with characters from smaller casts to see if anything comes from it. There are some characters from smaller casts that I'd like to try and form CR with because they just seem like fun characters.

Thanks for the advice, anon! It's definitely appreciated.

From your above comments, you're in the same game as me anon (and don't worry, seriously, it's a big enough game that namedropping it doesn't even matter). Heck, the fact that it's so big could be one reason why it can be hard to find the right people your character can really click with.

Something that works for me for turning friendly-mild CR into really strong or intense CR is to come up with a plot where a lot of emotions are being thrown around. It can be due to personal drama, it can be one character confiding in another, or it can be a not-so-good reaction to some event or the like.

But I wouldn't give up hope! It took me a few months of being in game to get my character stronger CR; heck, some of my favorite CR is the stuff that's been building over the course of the past year and now getting to the point where because the characters have ICly known each other for so long, they both want to become closer.

In my case, I'm branching off the most recent event to start things in that direction, but if you're character is the type, they could also just confront the other character like "Hey, how is it we've been hanging out everyday for like the past 3 months and you've never once brought up your world?" or something like that. Coordinate with muns! At least in my experience, everyone is the game is pretty nice.

I definitely agree that everyone I've met in this game is incredibly friendly and nice.

I feel a lot better after reading this, so thanks for that! Hopefully the next post I'm planning will result in the start of some stronger CR. I'm wondering if I should wait until after the app cycle is over so I'm not getting lost in all the New Feather arrivals or even until after the big experiment plot is over.

I've been hoping to friend muns on Plurk for plotting, but I've really no idea what Plurk friending etiquette is as I've only recently started using it.

just friend everyone that has their info shared and make sure it's mentioned somewhere in your profile that you're in the game

99.99% of people will accept your request so

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with that. Most of my characters take at least a few months to start forming really close CR because they aren't the sort of people to just trust strangers right off the bat. For some characters it's IC for them to bond instantly but for the vast majority it's not and it takes time for trust to form.

It's good to know it's not me, then. I had trouble forming CR in the last game I was in because people were constantly dropping and most of the people who were apping in were apping into large casts, so I'd been a little worried about it.

Try to get involved in more threads that elicit emotions. Have your character experience an emotional event that directly involves another. Try to write tags with the intention of getting an emotional response out of the person you're playing with. People like drama and cr like that usually tends to stick.

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