Review: The Wild Willow (Faerie)
- VELP-One
- Apr 12, 2024
- 2 min read
Venue address: Faerie Empyrium Ward 25, Plot 13.
Venue times: Wednesdays 3 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PST
Venue Carrd: https://wildwillow.carrd.co
Venue Discord: None
Staff Friendliness
The staff are very pleasant, offering a greeting and a multiple tell direction on visiting the carrd for the venue's rules. They didn't just serve me and move on, but added to my RP, offering help upon hearing my conversation of being cold and added onto the conversations of multiple patrons, keeping the RP going.
Service
Though they didn't officially 'check-in' after initially serving me, the overall vibe was friendly and I felt I could easily ask for a refill or additional food or drink without trouble. I was greet and given a menu and served in a reasonable amount of time.
Atmosphere
The mood is tavernesque - lower lighting, rock walls and wood floor. The upstairs is a nice but simply decorated walk-thru to the downstairs area, where the bar is. The staff wear basic aprons, which isn't far out of place RP wise, depending on how hardcore into it you go.
Role-Play
This is where this venue shines in several ways. The staff and what seemed to be a nice group of regulars, were engaging and welcoming, actively pulling the willing into RP (and mentioning a person, in tells, whom wished to only watch so they wouldn't be disturbed). The rules on the carrd mark the venue as low stimulation - say chat being for orders and customers seated at the bar and the tables being asked to have conversations in private chats. Though not a request I've seen often, it seems to work here, and does keep the chat chatter down to where it's not overwhelming to maintain a conversation.
The RP was light, interesting and engaging. Easily a place where a newbie could come watch or engage - though Crystal RPers that enjoy paragraph upon paragraph will find it's been requested to keep those to a minimum, for the chatbox's sake. The music was a bit all over the place, mostly blending into the background, but a few picks pulled at my ear when they came on.
Out-of-Game Elements
The website is to the point, the menu small. There is no discord in sight, though if you're on Aether, they have a felllowship they advertise to be joined.
Adult Tag
The website lists as SFW 18+, for mature themes.
Pros
Friendly, excellent RP - a good place for veterans and newbies to enjoy.
Cons
The music is bit all over sometimes and the lighting could be annoyingly low on some computers.
Reviewer's Personal Notes
An excellent little hidden gem of a place! I was happy to have found it and will likely do my best to go back on my regular character as I can and enjoy some more RP.
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