RP advice needed!

[RubyGoose]

Hi! I'm fairly new here but am interested in joining a RP. At some point, I'm hoping to join one of the larger RPs like Alleyverse or Insanity Clinic, but both of those seem to have such long histories and so many inside jokes that I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I've also never done any freeform roleplaying before. I was wondering if anybody could recommend me a smaller, newer RP to try out first, or has any other advice regarding roleplaying on the Shard.

Thanks!

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Hello! It’s good to see someone else engaging in the community. Generally, simply dropping in works; most RPs are actually much easier to join than you’d think. I’d avoid TLT and Alleyverse (those do have a lot of lore, I think), but essentially any other RP will take new players easily. Insanity Clinc, although it’s been around a long time, is actually very beginner friendly. Right now, there’s one plot of several established characters, and one with several new characters. It isn’t very fast paced (if you want something faster, try the one Raven started yesterday: The Test, I think it’s called), but it should be a good start. Just make a character, show up at the front desk, and ping @sparkofhope, who plays the receptionist. 

[RubyGoose]

Thank you! This is really helpful.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

...I would like to pop in and say that TLT should be an easy to join RP, especially considering that at it's core it's not fully an RP. Yeah, there's a ton of backstory stuff, but you don't need to know any of it. I barely know any of it, and I first posted on that thread on a page in the mid 1700's. 

If there's a big plot going on when you want to join TLT, just ask if there's room for you to fit. Because there should be. It's TLT; anyone can post literally anything.

But I digress. I just like TLT and don't want to see it die, which means recruiting new people. Even if I haven't posted on it in forever.

[kpShadowFox He/Him]

1 hour ago, The Bookwyrm said:

...I would like to pop in and say that TLT should be an easy to join RP, especially considering that at it's core it's not fully an RP. Yeah, there's a ton of backstory stuff, but you don't need to know any of it. I barely know any of it, and I first posted on that thread on a page in the mid 1700's. 

If there's a big plot going on when you want to join TLT, just ask if there's room for you to fit. Because there should be. It's TLT; anyone can post literally anything.

But I digress. I just like TLT and don't want to see it die, which means recruiting new people. Even if I haven't posted on it in forever.

I also just joined TLT, and I know nothing of the previous lore lmao. And as Bookwyrm said, "It's TLT; anyone can post literally anything." Like I, for no reason, just made a pineapple avalanche appear

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Just now, kpShadowFox said:

I also just joined TLT, and I know nothing of the previous lore lmao. And as Bookwyrm said, "It's TLT; anyone can post literally anything." Like I, for no reason, just made a pineapple avalanche appear

The "Suddenly, Pineapples" has been a thing since...a long time. Somewhere near the very beginning.

[kpShadowFox He/Him]

25 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

The "Suddenly, Pineapples" has been a thing since...a long time. Somewhere near the very beginning.

no, I'm talking about the thing right after