[quote]*Stuff about Teen Roleplays*[/quote]

So, this is a weird topic for me. I've had good and bad experiences with teen RPs, but I think my big complaint with them is people tend to want to emphasize the stuff I don't focus on when I roleplay. I.E. most emphasis goes into romantic pursuits or something else I never cared about when I was a teenager for some reason.

What REALLY interests me is RPing kids, such as middle schoolers. I mean, c'mon: imagine some 10-12 year old kids investigating crimes, or the same characters fighting monsters. Their adventures, to me, would be so much more interesting than the adventures of teenagers because their challenges are compounded by their age. You can't beat a guy up with a baseball bat as a 10 year old; you have to think your way out of the situation somehow, or else fumble through awkwardly.

I'm also not a "slice of life" RPer. I prefer roleplaying adventurous stuff, as you folks can probably tell from this post. It's not enough to RP kids; I'd rather RP them delving into a mummy's tomb, or sneaking around to figure out whether there really ARE witches living in the woods, or trying to solve a murder or find the missing head from a saint's statue. Etc.

And don't get me rambling about medieval fantasy kids on adventures. There's something awesome about a group of kids working together to escape from a goblin prison. Hell, I'd love to see someone make a roleplay where a bunch of middle schoolers got sucked into the MONSTROUS REALM OF DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS by playing the game. C'MON.

[quote=@Sombrero]Ah, I remember when I did that kinda thing. However, you were there to catch all of their social cues, so it might be different, but I was very shy and uncomfortable in my first tabletop session not because anything was wrong with the game, but it was the first time I'd ever done character improvisation without conversation in-between. I might be very wrong in your case, but in mine, I was having a great time in my newbie days, I just had to get the hang of it.[/quote]

That... might be the case in some of these cases. The thing is this isn't a one person thing, but a thing I've noticed with multiple people. Some of 'em warm up eventually, but others... Not so much. It always leaves me wondering if I'm doing something off-putting.

But what you say does make sense and does sound like it ought to apply in several cases.