Guidelines to Good RPing
Please note that I did not come up with these. A group of other people did and I feel this is information that should be shared with as many as possible. I'd like to give a special thanks to the people responsible for coming up with these lists.
Good RP Form:
Good RP form is all in how you write about your character and their actions in RP. Usually good practiced RPers speak in 3rd person when refering to their characters. This helps lessen confusion in RP and helps RPers stay detached from their characters among other things. Plus it usually looks very good. It is also the common form of English used by Elite RPers. (Contributed by Guinevere Nyghtshayde)
Good RP Imagery:
Always keep in mind that when in combat that your opponent cannot see things from your characters perspective. If you make icicles appear out of no where then don't be shy to elaborate on how many there are, the thickness, and at what speed and force they are moving. These sorts of gestures allow others to better prepare for what is to come, but also understand how many of what is hitting them, from where, etc. (Contributed by Guinevere Nyghtshayde)
Common Courtesy:
It is common courtesy to let others who enter an establishment know where you are RP wise. No one should ever feel ignored especially when they are considered excellent RPers. You should respect your fellow RPers and at least give them this much because they deserve to know what is going.
(contributed by Guinevere Nyghtshayde)
Taking a Sudden Leave of Absence:
It's understandable everyone has a life outside of Gaia. And there are certain instances in which we must leave suddenly. Out of courtesy it is best to at least leave an OOC (Out of Character) message so if you were role-playing with anyone they know what's going on at least and can proceed accordingly. In the instances that a message is not left most people just play up the situation as best as they can.
(Contributed by Guinevere Nyghtshayde)
Time out:
We all have real lives and every role-player should know this and understand its meaning. Role-playing until you fall asleep at your keyboard to me isn't especially good. If you're tired just make an OOC message saying, "Hey guys, I'm falling asleep at my keyboard. I need to go to bed". People will understand, we might get disappointed, but we will get over it. We are all human and our bodies have their needs so take care of your body otherwise you won't be able to role-play so well when you have a high fever and pounding headache.
(Contributed by Guinevere Nyghtshayde)
Please, try to be Semi-literate or literate here. I certainly will not treat you any different really if you can't be all that great at it, but please at least try. We are an establishment who accepts all, because we feel that if those wish to learn to become better RPers the only way that is going to happen is if there is a place willing to tolerate these Newbies so they can hone their skills. This section gives some general terms with definitions to help beginners and such understand some of the very common terms we use in RP.
Newb: Beginner. These are the people that will most likely post one-liners or two, possibly even three. But they show they are trying to make an effort to learn.
Ex:
Walks into the establishment via the large oak doors. "Hello? Anyone here"? They walk over to the bar and take a seat.
n00b: An 'Idiot' at best indeed. These are the individuals who make no effort to roleplay, merely step in and say or ask stupid things that no one wants to listen to or deal with. They may also use what we call "text talk" (l8tr, idk, etc) or Leet (l337).
Ex:
"H3y guys, what 15 up"?
Illiterate: A person who gives everyone the impression they can't really read or write well no matter what age they be. Another form of what is considered to be a n00b. These ones are typically obvious.
Moderate: Your typical one liners; low-key RPer. They definitely may believe for the time being of keeping things relatively simple as they still may be very timid to the RP world.
Semi-Literate: Show great potential and promise/improvement then most; good RPer.
Literate: Literate means one who can read and write. It is a term that is used by RPers meaning 'Great or Excellent at RP'ing'. Though I've rarely heard anyone use it in complimentary fashion.
Elite: A higher level of being a literate roleplayer. They can be close to being a Novelist in their own right. They are highly advanced and excell far at RP'ing. They typically can post a paragraph up to two or possibly three.
Novelist: These people write a novel with most of their posts; beautiful literature, too. Damn Proficient however not always convenient for all. Typically on average most would rather see an Elite or Literate then a Novelist, but in their own right Novelists are great if you love very detailed and long pieces to read.
IC: Means 'In Character'.
OOC: Means 'Out of Character'.
RP/RPC: RP - Roleplay. RPC - Roleplay Character.
NPC(s): Non-Playable Character(s).
This last section was contributed from
'Black Halo' Lord Arrion's RP establishment.
~Lady Nyghtshayde
Please note that The Sleeping Sun is not AMP, but we feel the AMP rules are a fairly good guideline to RP etiquette. We at The Sleeping Sun however are far more laid back toward some of these rules. However if you do step out of line in the form of God-modding/etc be assured you will be made aware of it. The important thing is we just want you all to have fun.
~Guinevere Nyghtshayde
Amp Rules
Types of Role Players
Oldbies: Are veterans of role-playing. They generally know best after years of experience.
Elites: Elites are on their way to becoming Oldbies, but are still changed Literates. Elites can be recognised by their "Elites only" policy, with no leeway whatsoever. They are generally quite cocky, think they are better, and insist on using reams and reams of detail. This can be particularly true for magic users, who are convinced that their descriptions of the traits and limits of magic are unquestionable. (Not all Literates become Elites before they move on to Oldbies. Don't worry.)
Literates: A growing minority, literate role-players are just that. They use correct punctuation and grammar, and role-play fairly. Literates often refer to, and follow, the AMP (Anti-Munch Project).
ne0 n00b: ne0s (never use a capital 'n' for them!) at first appear to be Literates. This falsehood becomes apparent after a few posts however, as they tend to break the AMP a lot, and are actually just n00bs who can spell.
n00b: (Don't use a capital 'n' for these either!) n00bs are the worst role-player available. A sad and terribly derogatory approach to take, but the simple fact of the matter is that they just cannot and will not role-play fairly, even when outnumbered, outgunned, and obviously dead in character. They will often resort to flaming, leading to eventual bans, new accounts, and new bans.
Newbie: A Newbie can at first seem to be an n00b, they can though, learn to correctly role-play fairly and adequately. Newbies are to be encouraged and treated well, and will often grow into skilled Literates.
Aimbotters
An aimbotter is a role player who has ridiculously unrealistic accuracy and unsurprisingly never misses (or almost never.) This is not only limited to firearms but also to any projectile such as mystically throwing a shard of metal into someones ear lobe from a few hundred metres off.
Billy: My two pet humming birds fly around me.
Ben: From a hundred metres away I shoot behind my back with a 9mm pistol and one of the hummingbirds heads fly off, I then spin around a peg my gun directly into the other bird.
Godmoders
The most annoying role playing crime, the player who thinks he is a God, he either never takes a hit, or when he does takes zero damage. They also tend to incoparate many other AMP violating things, which is just modey.
Billy: I slash at your neck with my battle axe.
Ben: The axe breaks in half on my seemingly normal neck. And I do not receive a scratch.
IDKFA-ers
IDKFA- ers are basically spys, with totally unrealistic gadgets or items on their body or person, which are also unrelated to the character, such as a laser pen on Solid Snake. Or James Bond and a condom.
Billy: I raise a gun to your forehead.
Ben: I tap my watch and it turns into a magnet which pulls your gun right out of your hand before a laser cannon emerges from my sunglasses along with two tactical nukes.
Twinks
Sometimes allowed in certain RPs. If the RP isn't specifically about invincible deities and such, a simple rule is that if the strengths aren't counterbalanced with relatively equivalent weaknesses (or if the reasoning behind the phenomenal cosmic powers isn't eloquently and appropriately explained), you're dealing with a Twink.
Billy: Having knocked you down, I give you my hand to help you to your feet.
Ben: My skin turns you to stone.
Min-Maxers
Basically the same as a twink but tends to incoporate many more powers as opposed to the twinks token super unstoppable power, and also has usually one (sometimes more) token weakness.
Billy: After you beating me to a pulp with your super magic armour I ask you what weakness's it has.
Ben: Uhh, if you hit both armpits at the same time with a wet towel.
Miss Cleos
Using out of character knowledge in a role play, sons of bitches. Theese are especially frowned upon.
Billy: (( My character is secretly a fire mage even though he shows no sign of it in his appearance.
))
Ben: Turns on a high pressured hose. "Die you fire b***h!"
McFlys
Mcfly as in the movie back to the future! That should explain itself XD
Billy: Now that your force field is down I can run inside your base!
Ben: Um.... um.... there is also a super secret second force field that is twice as strong as the last one! I didn't say anthing about it before or even mention anything like it because it was so secret, not because I just made it up!
Hi-Jackers
They interfere with things that only the creator of the thread should be capable of usually to do with the environment, for instance self destructing a base, only the leader should have such permission and codes. Tis a no no.
Billy: "My bar has been sieged by evil ninjas!"
Ben: Presses a self destruct button that I
always knew was hidden under the painting of an orange.
Billy: ((There is no self destruct button!!))
Puppetmasters
Dictating what another persons character does or how they react, extremely irritating.
Billy: I walk into the room and sit down at the bar.
Ben: I smash you in the head with a bottle and you run screaming from the room before falling down the stairs and killing yourself.
Daydreamers
Billy: I sit down under a tree.
Ben: I sit next to Billy under a tree. My knee scuffed jeans gently padded down on the lofty grass at the bottom of the old oak tree, whose barks was a very light brown. My beige shirt which had a faint rip at the bottom left corner gently swayed in the breeze of a north easterly wind. This reminded me of how when I we were young boys we used to play together. Oh, those were the days, we never had a care in the world, except for when Bradley got the chicken pox and we thought we would turn into chickens! Oh how red my face was when I realised that we wouldn't after all.
Overly long posts about nothing. That have no reason to be that long.
Prosecutors
Basically the largest idiot in a place, who accuses others of breaking AMP rules when they are. Guilty.
Billy: I slash at you as hard as I can with my sword.
Ben: I catch your sword and snap it in half before punching you in the face causing your nose to bleed.
Billy: ((You can't just catch my sword and make me bleed like that!))
Ben: ((Yes I can! You can't swing a sword without moving foward and everbody knows that I'm uber strong and can snap swords, so you were always going to get punched, and if you think you could have moved that quickly you would be godmodding! n00b!! ))
Shoe elves
A form of puppet mastery that usually involves the lack of another characters role players presence, it is not a very common problem. And usually only a bit of a joke.
Billy: ((I have to go eat dinner. See you guys later!))
Ben: Notcing that Billy stopped moving I walk up to him and shave off both his eyebrows before taking off his clothes and taking numerous photos which I send to playgirl.
Revisionists
Someone who's alters and RP to suit their needs, usually when they don't like the RP itself.
Billy: Considering this is a Medieval RP, I take my time as my illiterate and somewhat retarded peasant, wandering around te town boredly.
Ben: Not particuarly liking the looks of this RP, I decide to spice things up a bit by deploying my Iron Maiden robots, giant metal skull crushing machines of doom, which incinerate all in their path!
Billy: (( This is a MEDIEVAL RP! ))
Ben: (( Not any more b***h. ))
Speedhackers
Someone who does far to much in a single post, most in fight posts should only consist of a couple seconds. Otherwise its almost verging into puppet mastery with the lack of the other characters reaction.
Billy: I shoot at you twice with still six bullets remaining in my gun.
Ben: I jump behind a table to escape your shots, and then I get back up and calmly make a cup of tea before walking up to you and slapping you in the face.
Oxymoron's
A character that is basically the opposite of itself, and therefore extremely unlikely to exist. Such as a pacifist preist warlord. They just don't make sense.
Billy: In this roleplay based in 1840, Texas, I am a cowboy.
Ben: I am a young boy who was trained in Tibet in the ancient art of Kung Jujitsu and also how to shoot every kind of gun there is. And I ride up to you on a motorbike.
Baghdad Bobbits
Puppet masters and aimbotters combine to form an instakill style of role play.
Billy: I look up at the stars.
Ben: I run up to you and grab your hand pulling you over before stabbing you several times in the spine with a large fork.
Hives
So named after such things as the xenomorphs from Aliens, the Klendathu bugs from Star ship Troopers, and the teeming hoards they generally are. These hoards are always fearless, will battle until dead, and quite often have some excessive weapons and/or armour. Basically, it's the guys who have too many NPCs.
Billy: I wait in the meadow for my opponent to arrive.
Ben: I see Billy and then whistle and seven thousand of my super ninja warriors appear from the shadows to kill you.
Gaseous Snakes
A character that apparently was everywhere in the past and did everything possible that could benefit themselves.
Billy: I run through the forest, weaving and cutting through trees.
Ben: You fall down a pit I dug earlier knowing exactly where you would run.
Zoicite
The people who alter their character as needed for the situation.
Billy: After revealing your true vampire form I stab at your heart with a wooden stake.
Ben: The stake hits a my chest and splinters because I am also a robot!
NIMBY
The people who quite readily attack others' threads, but then stop all attacks on their own thread.
Billy: "You burnt down my bar now its time for you to pay!"
Ben: My hundred auto turrects activate, as well as a magical pulse that paralyses all living things. As you stand in the middle of a highly dangerous mine field.
or
Ben: -Deletes post-
Trinity
The knowledge downloaders, the omniscience wizards. Those people who never learnt anything but know everything.
Billy: After a life being brought up hunting with my father I can use a knife and shoot quite well.
Ben: Growing up alone I became tough. Now I know twenty martial arts and how to fly a helicopter even though your the first person I've ever met.
Quakers
Remember the gun room from the Matrix, its like that. But in someones pocket.
Billy: At the sight of the full moon I turn into a werewolf and charge at you howling for blood.
Ben: Even though I was swimming and in just a towel, I pull a gun loaded with a silver bullet out from undre my towel and shoot at your chest.
Ghosts
Those characters which mysteriously appear in different areas with no explanation due to poor writing.
Billy: Sitting on the roof as everyone else sits inside I sigh thinking about my dead father.
Ben: I hear Billy sigh and ask him if he is alright and pat him on the back.
Billy: ((Dude you were just inside. A whole storey was blocking us. ))
Auto-Hitters
Aimbotter and puppet master mixed to make a person who tells you how he hit you and how his hit connected, it is sometimes allowed.
-Exceptions-
-When opponent misses second attack, does not include second attack, or completey ignores attack.
-When player chnages the nature of the attack, best exaple would be someone kicking somes forearm, if that person was varying between forearms and the attack chanegd kicks while person changed their forearm, his new attack would connect with forearm. If new attack is more powerful than last attack the person defending would lose that defense and get hit.
Billy: I take a swing at you with a bat.
Ben: I grab the bat from your hands, spin around and smash your knee caps backwards.
AutoDefenders.
((added by SanzoMasamune ))
An autodefend is when you ignore logic and manage to dodge attacks which clearly should've hit you; this is not complex physics, rather simple laws of gravity. If you're moving in any direction, you need to take time to stop. Unless you can back up with logical inromation how you managed it, then it's an autodefend. N.B. this is often missunderstood, so please dont accuse someone when you aren't positive that it is an autodefend.
Example -
Billy: He speeds towards you, his blade drawn, flying at an amazing speed, and swings towards your gut.
Ben: Quickly, and having already been prepared for a long awaited attack, he lets out a burst of energy and flies behind you at lightning speed, gains control and slices towards your back.
Billy: He spins around and stops your blade.
They who worked so hard!
Original Creator Of The Anti-Munch Project:
Tanasha and other
Unknown as of yet.
People Who Added Definitions To The Anti-Munch Project:
oxymoron_02: Boa Constrictors, Hives. Also added role-player types.
Asmodeus The Crow: Prosecutors.
kodachi3: Ironclad Sentinels.
The Members Of The Leviathan Stadium: Ghosts.
Lithias. VC~: Auto-Hitters
Compiled By:
Vincent. V Ex-~Thanks to all who worked so hard to come up with such a descriptive and amazing set of rules.
Thank you to Dodgen for adding the master pieces of art work and colours to the text. You can find him at the Oni-No-Ashita thread.
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