Oh yes it is quite open. We're always open and welcoming to those who are willing ^_^

Hi Frozen Soul and welcome to Essence of the World. We just call it Essence, or EW though :P

I'm one of the GMs, and also the Loremaster. As a forewarning I will notify you that there is [i]a lot[/i] of lore in Essence that is not in the OP itself, though the OP has the vast majority of the base lore available within it.

To make up for this we players frequent a skype chat (purely text based, we don't do calls). Conversely we have a chatzy we can use, and there is also a mibbit subgroup that we can use if necessary, though that one doesn't exclusively belong to our RP and is shared over many.

Additionally, even if you don't want to participate in any of the IRC groups any of our players, most of all myself and Synthorian (as the GMs), are ready and willing to inform you of whatever you need, correct you gently when required, and answer any questions you might have.

If you're still interested after my rambling, then WELCOME GODDAMMIT, we love adding to our [s]victim pool[/s] big happy family!