I have so much to tell you about the Roleplay World and how
New Media is a part of it. Sooo.. I’ll think more topics to discuss. I randomly say that I have nothing to tell or I don’t know
how to start but ended up telling the whole story after that; I don’t know what’s
wrong with me.
I’ll tell first how I accidentally got myself into the
roleplay world or what we like to call “RPW” for short. Back in 2011, I was a die-hard
fan of a Korean boy group called U-Kiss.
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I would watch them every day with the
help of YouTube and still fangirl all over how they sing and dance so well, I
even watched a Korean variety show entitled “U-Kiss Vampire.” My ultimate bias
in U-KISS is named Lee Kiseop, he is the sub-vocalist and main dancer in group,
and he could also play the piano which made me fall for him.
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So, around June or
July of 2011, I made a fake Facebook account and named it after Kiseop so I
could update my relationship status as “in a relationship” with that account.
Thinking back the reasons how it all began, I just laugh it off and tell how
stupid and “jeje” I was back then.
After 2 or 3 weeks of having that account, I find myself
being added my other familiar Korean accounts which seemed to be the same as I
did. There were many of them; I got
curious. And curiosity got me into RPW. I did not know what the term “roleplayer”
back then. I did not know how I should act or should do while I was there as
well. I was joined in a particular group where there were many roleplayers just
like me. I met different kinds of people and learned how to roleplay and do fan
service (though I did this much because it’s too troublesome).
Okay, I’ll skip some events and ruin the sequence since I
don’t really remember much what happened after that. So, I happened to meet a
Filipino roleplayer and got him/her(I forgot) to add me in a group full of
Filipino roleplayers as well. I feel like I was out of place at first, but in
the end it was not so scary after all. There may be roleplayers who are snob
but there are some who’ll really notice you and talk to you.
After 4 years in the RPW, I made tons of friends and I
actually met two of them this year. I’ve also roleplayed a lot of Korean idols,
ulzzangs (Korean famous pretty girls/boys) and other models. I’ve also started
roleplying Japanese artists/singers and anime characters. Roleplaying served as
my pass time and my temporary escape haven from reality. I somehow felt at ease
when I get to talk to some of my friends there and there actually care for me. Here’s an outdated list of the roleplayers I
met and/or became friends with. I made a list so I could not forget any of
them, but in the end I still forget some of them.
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(right: Me and my best friend Bryan during the mini
live; taken from my instagram | left: LiSA in the middle
along with the staff beside here and all the fans who
went; taken from Bryan's instagram)
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One of the two roleplayers I met became me best friend and he's a guy. We know a lot about each other and we have similar interests in some topics. Here was the time I got to meet him. I was in a mini live and fan meet of a famous Japanese singer names LiSA which is totally my idol!!
New media had a lot of role in achieving what I have now in
social media. New media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and etc made me connect
to a different world that I was completely unaware of. And I am thanking it
again for its job well done!
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