I try to find an action that I can do in the area, that might draw people's attention to me, that gives you lots of occasional IC comments you can make to make it clear you're there to RP and not standing around afk.
Minako sketches, and if there's no-one at the statue I really know I'll sit at the edge and draw for a bit until someone notices and comes over to see what I'm doing.
In a Wheel of Time mush, I did embroidery (although that doesn't really suit Paragon as well).
Red Commissar is famour for reading his paper, but it's essentially the same trick. Singing, humming, reading books, even eating, they're an easy way to integrate yourself into the group that's there.
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I try to find an action that I can do in the area, that might draw people's attention to me, that gives you lots of occasional IC comments you can make to make it clear you're there to RP and not standing around afk.
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and Minako likes attention. Mmm, yes.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Send a tell to Fanservice Girl if i'm there, i'll come pitch to you, then if you're nice show you round.
The benefits of being detrmined to get my face out there, ah 
Could you possibly arrange OOC for your character to already be acquainted with a current attendee? That way, they can be dragged over and introduced.
Or, like people said, hang around doing something. It sometimes works, although you have to time it right because if it's crowded your text just gets scrolled straight off the screen and nobody notices.
I once planned to have somebody just drop from the sky, still might do it one day...
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Well the Hikster said what i would of said. the only other thing is.. why not on night ask in Channel if anybody wants to meet up for some IC stuff.. bit of fluff later and you have new IC friends who you could arrange to meet at the GG, best case is that some of them know others and you get introduced..
You already have some thing to talk about when you get there, I.E "How that shoulder now? You took one hell of a smack" "Guys, ive reported back what we found and.." or "Thanks for the advice you gave me earlyer, i done this, this and this with it.."
or my fave.. "wow why are som many people in the place we said we would meet?"
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This is something I've always had a problem with in roleplay, in any and all games. Unless I already know someone at these gatherings, or an event's going on that warrants some random yelling, I lose my nerve or find an excuse not to interact and scamper off with my tail between my legs. This, of course, leads to me not getting to know anyone so the cycle just starts repeating itself night after night.
How do you guys deal with this? If it was OOC I'd be perfectly fine. Dive in, start talking, end of. But IC...I just can't do it. It's irritating and rather embarassing.
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Lacking social confidence eh? Everyone gets that. Fake it till you make it is usually the best medicine. At the end of the day you're a friendly role-player who doesn't want to intrude, which is exactly why people will want to get to know you when you do intrude.
Throw caution to the wind and proclaim!
"Greetings Heroes and Citizens! My name is *Captain Example* I was told that the Galaxy Girl Statue was a great place to meet like-minded heroes. I hope I'm not intruding but I'd love to get to know some of you!"
/em Captain Example looks like an interesting person to get to know. ((Hint hint someone throw me a bone!))
Y'know. =] Go for it!
You've admitted that 3 nights in a row you've ended up feeling rubbish and Arpee deprived. Is that how you want to feel? Of course not. Now just imagine if the exact opposite had happened each night... You'd feel the opposite to the way you do now! Great and Arpee replenished!
Go get 'em tiger. 
It takes Chaos to move the world to Action.
heh.. you know, despite not being my style of doing things.. that might work well too.
Your lucky, you have gone about this the right way.. Most of us if not all of us WANT to see you at the GG and WANT to make the effot to get you invovled!
Welp, had a more successful run today that was unfortunately hampered by needing to be elsewhere just before GG started "properly". Hopefully it'll give me the boost needed to get more involved in the future.
Not feeling very well at the moment, but thanks to those who pitched in! All mulling over in my head.
[u]Day One[u]
"Hmm. I'll pop along to Galaxy Girl and see what's up!"
[stumbles across about two dozen roleplayers]
"Eep, too many. I'll come back tommorow."
[u]Day Two[u]
"Hmm. Let's go there a little earlier today, and see what happens."
[stumbles across eight roleplayers all talking to one another]
"Eep, too many look busy. I'll come back tommorow."
[u]Day Three[u]
"Hmm. Let's go to Galaxy Girl today and say hello, regardless of the numbers."
[stumbles across four roleplayers, wanders up to them before pretending to be after some nearby Hellions and goes to kill them instead]
"Eep, too few to let me blend in. I'll come back tommorow."
I think you can see where I'm going with this.
This is something I've always had a problem with in roleplay, in any and all games. Unless I already know someone at these gatherings, or an event's going on that warrants some random yelling, I lose my nerve or find an excuse not to interact and scamper off with my tail between my legs. This, of course, leads to me not getting to know anyone so the cycle just starts repeating itself night after night.
How do you guys deal with this? If it was OOC I'd be perfectly fine. Dive in, start talking, end of. But IC...I just can't do it. It's irritating and rather embarassing.