Topic: For the Newbies

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January 8, 2012 at 9:00 pm #23058
TheStig	I just thought I’d make a few guidelines for any people new to roleplaying, not that there are any now but you never know. This may even be helpful for those more experienced. Feel free to add stuffs. Terminology: OOC- Out of Character. If you want to say something as an actual person to other actual people outside the story, put this before you say it. Mary Sues/Gary Stus: A slang term for characters who are “flat” or otherwise 2-dimensional. These characters often lack the depth required for true character development throughout a story, or that have only one predominant character trait (ie. a character was created only to be cowardly/strong/lonely/etc.) The name of these characters, Mary Sues for female characters and Gary Stus for male characters, comes from English names which are very common and rather unoriginal — sort of like these kinds of characters. God Mods- Things that prevent your character from having bad things to happen to them. God-modders make the game less fun because their characters are usually perfect and invulnerable. If you do this, you are an asshat. Character Sheets- That list of attributes that comes usually after the description that you use to make a character. You NEED to make one of these before participating. PM- Private message. Useful if you want to work something out in private between two players. Rules of Thumb: -If you miss a lot of action, do not fret. You can ask for catch up in OOC. -Frequency of posting depends on how many people there are in the roleplay. If it’s one on one, take turns. Under 5 people, wait for two other posts unless you are having a one on one with someone inside the group. Over 5, wait for 3 posts. -Do not try to join an RP if it already has 3+ pages of material. No one wants to do that much catch up. -Read the rules, or else you might get booted for breaking them. -Use proper grammar and spelling. n0 one wants to tri n desifer th1s. -Play a few RPs before making one. Poorly developed ones get no play. -Stick to the theme. If it’s about regular humans, don’t throw in an alien or robot. -Do not advertise other sites here, that’s just spam. -If you aren’t on the computer a lot, RPs are not for you. -If you are expecting to leave, say so. We don’t want to wait for you to post. -Read up on the last few posts involving characters you want to interact with. Context is important. -Try to use more than one line of text. Be descriptive. -Most importantly, HAVE FUN! We are here to play a game, so don’t be afraid to join. This reply was modified 134 days ago by TheStig. This reply was modified 133 days ago by TheStig. This reply was modified 133 days ago by TheStig. This reply was modified 111 days ago by TheStig.
January 8, 2012 at 10:38 pm #23216
Beckie	We should get this permanently attached to the top of the forum, I mean, there’s not going to be much to add to this and if we’re not careful it’ll fall to the bottom of the pile and help nobody…
January 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm #23219
America	Just PM the Admin. I did, and he made me a Sub-Forum. So my guess is he’s chill enough to do it.
January 8, 2012 at 11:20 pm #23290
Noelle	My favorite rule in there is the spelling one. This should pop up on people’s screen the first time they ever click the Roleplaying link.
January 9, 2012 at 12:08 am #23400
Captain Mollyanne Sunshine	Bumping this again.
January 9, 2012 at 12:19 am #23427
Will	I think all you have to do to get it stickies is mention the admin and ask nicely I may be wrong @sam could you please sticky this thread so anyone new will know how to RP properly?
January 10, 2012 at 12:17 am #25264
TheStig	w00t! Stickied! Thanks to whomever did that.
January 10, 2012 at 4:42 pm #26086
Beckie	I PMed him and he did this one and the RP ideas
January 10, 2012 at 7:32 pm #26357
Munk	One thing that I’ve learned while RPing is this: It’s natural that when you roleplay, your post contains some reaction to what happened in the previous couple of posts. But what’s even more important is to add something in your post that others can react to themselves. Be it part of a dialogue, or punching somebody, or noticing that something is happening somewhere, just add something that others can continue on. That really helps in keeping an RP from dying.
January 27, 2012 at 2:59 am #43371
Leah but you can call me Bones	This sounds really awesome, about how much would you need to be online to do this. I have school all day and probably a play, would an hour or two (sometimes more sometimes less) be ok?
January 27, 2012 at 3:47 am #43451
TheStig	Most of us are middle/high school. You don’t have to be on 24/7 but and hour or two is fine depending on an RP’s speed. If a lot of people are in it, it will go fast and you will miss a lot. The only way to know is just trying.
February 1, 2012 at 12:55 am #46915
Leah but you can call me Bones	Thank you
March 21, 2012 at 1:56 am #69445
Katie's PsychoBabbling	Another Rule- don’t try arguing about the rules with an older player. Or any player who accuses you of breaking one. Just change it. Also, don’t fill up pages with just random OOC chit-chat, especially at first- it discourages people from signing up. Oh and don’t be a bi*** targeting one character just because they did something you didn’t to your character. Suck it up, avoid conflict and move on since even if your characters dislike each other you don’t have to fight with a user- it spreads to other RPs and annoys everyone else.One last piece of advice from a has-been: Respect the Thread-Master (or RP creator) it’s their world, they make the rules. So if anything, respect the other players. It gets you well liked and welcomed in most RPs (even invited to some private ones!). Yes your characters may get violent with one another, but even though your character is evil doesn’t you have to be! To sum it all up: Don’t be an a@@hole.
March 27, 2012 at 12:31 am #71776
America	There seems to a wave of new role players recently. So I shall post my rules. RULE 1: Quotation marks. They are essential, they are always used when talking. And occasionally used when thinking. Not needed when thinking, but it might help, you could always use apostrophes for thinking, or make it italic. Which I can’t do, but if you ask, I’m sure someone will tell you. RULE 2: Third person. Not first. I don’t think anyone uses second. But none of that either. You are playing the role of a character, you are not actually that character. So no, “I, Me,My, Myself, We, Us, Our, Ourselves,” or, “You, Your, Yourself, Yourselves.” Only “He, Him, His, Himself, She Her, Herself, It, Its, Itself, They, Them, Their, Themselves.” RULE 3: Past tense. Not present. There are two tenses in this language. And you can only use one. It flows better, it looks better, it sounds better. It is better. Get over it. RULE 4: Full sentences. Grammatically correct full sentences. With capital letters. And punctuation. It also looks better. And it doesn’t make people fell themselves getting stupider(more stupid?) as they read it. RULE 5: Spell. Right now you’re like, “I’m not that great of a speller.” Ever heard of Google? Type that word in. Hit enter. It’ll get all snarky and say “Did you mean…” If that’s what you meant, Good. If it is not, try again. These five rules make the difference between this: den i walk over to rice and says how is u doin rice i is fel gud 2day ok ill c u l8r And this: Then Chris walked over to Ryc and said, “How are you doing Ryc? I’m feeling good today. Okay, I’ll see you later.” Amazing isn’t it? EDIT: RULE 6: Asterisks. Fucking asterisks. No. Just no. Never. They are NEVER acceptable. I don’t care what you use them for, they don’t belong in REAL role plays. Yeah. Nothing more to say on the subject. This reply was modified 56 days ago by America. This reply was modified 56 days ago by America. This reply was modified 56 days ago by America. This reply was modified 54 days ago by America.
March 29, 2012 at 12:56 am #72578
Nova	Ok I have a question (I’m a newbie to role playing…) this character sheet you speak of…. where do you post it?
March 29, 2012 at 12:59 am #72579
America	In the role play that it’s for. Just copy and paste it, fill it out, and post it.
March 29, 2012 at 1:21 am #72595
Nova	oh ok thanks.
March 29, 2012 at 1:33 am #72604
Captain Mollyanne Sunshine	UNLESS it says to PM (private message) It to the person. Then you do just that.
March 29, 2012 at 1:47 am #72620
Chris Salvati	umm, there are three tenses in the language america. Past, Present, and Future.
March 29, 2012 at 1:49 am #72623
Captain Mollyanne Sunshine	Yes, Chris, but there’s no way you can talk in future tense. This reply was modified 54 days ago by Captain Mollyanne Sunshine.
March 29, 2012 at 1:50 am #72624
America	No. There is not a Future Tense in the English language. Unless you speak a different English than me.
March 29, 2012 at 1:53 am #72628
Chris Salvati	I Went and got a glass of milk- Past I am getting up to get a glass of milk- Present I will get up and get a glass of milk- Future/
March 29, 2012 at 1:55 am #72631
America	In English we imply futurity through the use of auxiliary verbs, most commonly will and shall. But there is no set form or tense. Learn your shit. Tell me, if got is past, and get is present, what is the future tense of the verb to get?
March 29, 2012 at 1:58 am #72635
Katie's PsychoBabbling	1. Captain-Well I guess the Thread Master could talk in future tense. Like- 100 years from now you will be taken on an epic voyage through time and space. 2. America I assume we speak the same English- words like “will” could be considered future tense 3. Chris, no offense here but please don’t be a smart@ss. America was just listing the most common tenses used in RPs. You know you’ll just get America worked up. This is not the time nor place for that. If it really bugs you go start a debate about it in General Discussion, this is not good advice, a good example, or a impression you are leaving for the newbies. 4. Please ignore me if I’m wrong, grammar is not my strong suit. Just trying to defuse a could-be battle of angry squids. This reply was modified 54 days ago by Katie’s PsychoBabbling.
March 29, 2012 at 1:59 am #72636
Chris Salvati	Wow, I though that iffuturity was implied, it was a tense. Sorry, It made sense to me.
March 29, 2012 at 2:00 am #72638
Captain Mollyanne Sunshine	Eh, I guess, Katie. This reply was modified 54 days ago by Captain Mollyanne Sunshine.
March 29, 2012 at 2:01 am #72641
Chris Salvati	Phychobabble! you’re back! Huzzah!
March 29, 2012 at 2:05 am #72648
Katie's PsychoBabbling	Yo! Sorry I had so real life issues to sort out, but yeah. Nice to read you again. ^_^
April 1, 2012 at 3:02 pm #73989
Just Apples	Noob question: is one on one roleplaying exactly what it sounds like? Two people roleplaying against each other?
April 1, 2012 at 3:32 pm #73993
America	Not really against. But yeah, it’s w role play with only two people.
April 4, 2012 at 10:04 am #75493
TheStig	One thing I think should be said: Say your character’s name at least once in a post. I find every 5 sentences or so is good.