A Meta-Friending/Clique Discussion.

[babayetu83]

having played various other rpgs (tabletop, warcraft, ffxiv) and experiencing RP there, i kind of feel like ss13's gameplay doesn't exactly mesh well with ss13, at least in my opinion. i've mainly been playing goon1 even since before the servers split so my mindset is always focused on "doing". or action, i guess. you can't really do things while talking, at least i've found. the perfect balance i've found with this is playing one of the civil depts (kitchen+bar/botany) or security (where you kind of can't really do your job without interacting with people) or mining where you're almost never alone unless on lowpop. so my playstyle is definitely more goal-oriented than people oriented but it's easy to work in the people element.

now as far as clique-y stuff goes, i haven't really seen it. i'm not saying it doesn't exist, i've definitely seen it on other servers and in the above communities i mentioned, i'm just saying i don't really engage as much with randos and so i have never experienced either side of what's being described here. i mostly focus on engaging with people within my own department first before i think about hanging with other people.

another thing i could think of is that maybe some people prefer to stay within their own comfort zones. they might just want to stick to the same few people because the element of worry/anxiety that you might not get along with somebody or that you might not get as much effort back as you're putting in. i can sort of understand that, but, that only works for so long until they've alienated themselves from others as they've done here