Hi, I had trouble coming up with a title, sorry.
So I met 2 people in an RPG chatroom and we decided to start a game in the near future. We’ve moved to a separate chatroom to start preparing. This chatroom had been previously used by another player on a similar campaign, but was empty.
Soon after, another persons joins the chat. Reading the chat history, they appear to have been the GM for that previous campaign. I waved at their entry, making my presence known. This was their only text message:
Hi _<chatroom owner>_. Good to see you back in the game. I’m interested in playing but I’ll let you know straight off; I can only play on <schedule>. Is that okay for your other players?
This isn’t sitting right with me.
- No introduction.
- Talking about me like I’m not there.
- A certain attitude in setting terms to a game they’re not organizing.
- The person they’re talking to can’t answer the question, and I wasn’t addressed, so what now?
Am I reading too much into this? Is this just they trying to communicate efficiently plus a lack of social polish?
Anyway, I’d love some external perspective.
Edit: thanks everyone, I’m glad I took the time to gather your input. I wasn’t sure I was reading the situation correctly and it looks like indeed I wasn’t.
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