I joined CC about, 3 days ago (a short time considering how long Cenarion Circle's RP community has gone on)
It started with my boredom from the endless grind of a normal PvP server. So I clicked on "World's End Tavern" in my boredom. I read the CC promotional thread and decided it was worth investigation.
I thought up a quick backstory, rolled a rogue and joined the /allianceOOC channel. Quite literally, FIFTEEN minutes later, I was already warmly welcomed and asked to take part in an RP event. Fifteen minutes. I don't think I even had time to be nervous or even worry about which guild was an RP one or not.
Everything was carefully explained to me, and help was freely given, with advice and compliments tossed in. It made a HUGE impact on me.
When I first started on my PvP server, the big switch from a PvE server, Mannoroth was mostly pre-established (Just as Cenarion Circle is) with it's Hardcore raiding guilds, it's PvP guilds and it's more casual guilds. Nobody there really gave a hoot about a player new to the server unless they were already geared and ready to raid/PvP. It took about 3 months before I was guilded and successful in both PvE and PvP.
It took me less than a day to be accepted, welcomed and involved here on CC. Nobody was condescending, nobody told me I had to make my character a certain way, no guild was completely black and white. Every guild was a shade of gray that the back story I had dreamed up could have fit in. My creativity exploded! (I write personal short stories in my spare time, i'm up to about 32 different stories, and over 300 pages.) Cenarion Circle's RP community has probably left the best impression on me than any other aspect of WoW.
Sure, I'm new to the groups, I don't know the pre-existing storylines of any other characters, I don't expect to be the center of attention, but that's all a part of the fun. Diving into something new and exciting. Perhaps the new RP toon you created has a personality that fits PERFECTLY in somebody's story and you just happen to meet in the Tavern. The amount of creativity and interest you put into RP is returned to you tenfold by the RP community as a whole. The more fun and effort you put, the more you get out of RP.
It started with my boredom from the endless grind of a normal PvP server. So I clicked on "World's End Tavern" in my boredom. I read the CC promotional thread and decided it was worth investigation.
I thought up a quick backstory, rolled a rogue and joined the /allianceOOC channel. Quite literally, FIFTEEN minutes later, I was already warmly welcomed and asked to take part in an RP event. Fifteen minutes. I don't think I even had time to be nervous or even worry about which guild was an RP one or not.
Everything was carefully explained to me, and help was freely given, with advice and compliments tossed in. It made a HUGE impact on me.
When I first started on my PvP server, the big switch from a PvE server, Mannoroth was mostly pre-established (Just as Cenarion Circle is) with it's Hardcore raiding guilds, it's PvP guilds and it's more casual guilds. Nobody there really gave a hoot about a player new to the server unless they were already geared and ready to raid/PvP. It took about 3 months before I was guilded and successful in both PvE and PvP.
It took me less than a day to be accepted, welcomed and involved here on CC. Nobody was condescending, nobody told me I had to make my character a certain way, no guild was completely black and white. Every guild was a shade of gray that the back story I had dreamed up could have fit in. My creativity exploded! (I write personal short stories in my spare time, i'm up to about 32 different stories, and over 300 pages.) Cenarion Circle's RP community has probably left the best impression on me than any other aspect of WoW.
Sure, I'm new to the groups, I don't know the pre-existing storylines of any other characters, I don't expect to be the center of attention, but that's all a part of the fun. Diving into something new and exciting. Perhaps the new RP toon you created has a personality that fits PERFECTLY in somebody's story and you just happen to meet in the Tavern. The amount of creativity and interest you put into RP is returned to you tenfold by the RP community as a whole. The more fun and effort you put, the more you get out of RP.
