How to combat reluctance to join already-ongoing threads?

[Einherjar 906]

Do y'all ever do it? Is it hard to have to rush-intake all the new information of a foreign RP so you can catch up to what's currently happening?
Do we only have to intake information up to a certain point (like beginning from them entering a new location or after a timeskip)?

[PrinceAlexus]

Do y'all ever do it? Is it hard to have to rush-intake all the new information of a foreign RP so you can catch up to what's currently happening?
Do we only have to intake information up to a certain point (like beginning from them entering a new location or after a timeskip)?

@Einherjar 906

Provide a summery.

Like a short, bullet point summery of events and key facts. They can read into more detail but the summery will mean they can least geta quick working version of RP and what's in the future etc.

[BangoSkank]

Maybe a little formatting like:

The World of Amaraana

Recent Events in Amaraana

The Party

Where We're Coming From

Where We're Going

So people can figure out like "ok I want to be a Halfling so maybe I'm chilling by the roadside with my horse all overloaded on treasures and food" or "I want to be a Knight so maybe when they get to the Caves of Bodlorina they find me coming out having already searched them for my missing dog Mr. Bumpelwinkels"

[Letter Bee]

Do y'all ever do it? Is it hard to have to rush-intake all the new information of a foreign RP so you can catch up to what's currently happening?
Do we only have to intake information up to a certain point (like beginning from them entering a new location or after a timeskip)?

@Einherjar 906

I made sure my own RP has a summary for when new people need to join it, actually:

roleplayerguild.com/posts/5557778

[Rhona W]

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Provide a summery.

Like a short, bullet point summery of events and key facts. They can read into more detail but the summery will mean they can least geta quick working version of RP and what's in the future etc.

@PrinceAlexus

I use the 0th post in the IC for this on my RP's (once they've got far enough to make it worth it)
And the 0th post in the Chars tab is a roster of all the current characters and important NPCs