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xxxxxJohnxxxxx

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:11 pm


I've never done roleplay before so I really don't know what I'm doing. Does any one have any pointers or tips that could help me?
PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:38 pm


yeah a few:
1) you are not your character. if someone does something that offends you out of character, figure out how your character would react to it and post accordingly. example:
If you're playing an evil overlord, they probably don't have much of an issue enslaving an entire planet, even if you do.
If your character is a hothead, and someone taunts them, then they should probably not shrug it off and be on their merry way.

2) Use proper grammar and good spelling. Capitalization is nice, but not always a must. This place is considered Semi-literate, so as long as your spelling and grammar are good, you should be fine.

3) Don't use chatspeak, leet, or ** in your posts. It's fine in some places, others bite your head off. Around here, just avoid it. The suggested method of posting is:
This kind of text is actions.
Italics is used for thoughts.
"Words are in quotations."

4) When you post, show actions rather than telling them. Describe the action rather than saying 'he does this'. More on this in a bit.

5) Don't 'god mod'. Anything your character does that interacts with another character is an attempt. If you want to attack someone else, you describe the attack, and they determine if/how their character avoids the attack. This requires some give and take. You can't dodge every attack, and you can't land every hit.

6) make a practice post here in this thread, and me and others in the guild will give you pointers. I'll probably not be posting until sunday, I got things to do this weekend.

Sagetim
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xxxxxJohnxxxxx

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:28 pm


Okay Thanks!
PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:36 pm


The jedi Vaneo exited his spacecraft on the planet Bos Pity. What a beautiful planet. He thought as he studied the ancient forest. Then he heard a sinister voice exclaim, " I've been expecting you jedi scum!" Vaneo instantly ignited his lightsaber and turned to face the sith lord that had crept up behind him.

xxxxxJohnxxxxx


xxxxxJohnxxxxx

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:39 pm


How was that?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:46 am


evilslingblade
The jedi Vaneo exited his spacecraft on the planet Bos Pity. What a beautiful planet. He thought as he studied the ancient forest.
(New paragraph)Then he heard a sinister voice exclaim, " I've been expecting you jedi scum!" Vaneo instantly ignited his lightsaber and turned to face the sith lord that had crept up behind him.


okay, that's pretty good considering you didn't have much context to go with. Most likely, you won't be fighting non player character (NPC) sith lords, but you might have to deal with a mugger or handful of muggers. The only real problems with your post are grammatical (that I can see). I've made them in green in the quote of your post.

Some suggestions I forgot to make:
-Have patience, most players aren't on all the time or at the same times you are. Sometimes it can take days for someone to reply. For example: in the last part of my previous post here, I mentioned that I would be busy this weekend. That's because I was at a convention and had no internets to use during my time there.

-Try to avoid double and triple posts. Sometimes they are needed, but most of the time just have patience and wait for someone to reply. If you want to add on to your post, do it before someone replies to it. Try not to change your post after someone has replied to it, or we'll have people going 'you did so and so' and you going 'nah uh! I didn't' and the rp will devolve into rabble rabble rabble rather than, well, RP.

- If you do decide to edit your post, make sure that you are adding onto it to clarify what your character is doing. Like, if your first post was:

"bob was going"

then no one has any idea where bob is, where he's going, how he's getting there, etc. So lets say you edit it to say:

"Bob decided to get in his car and go"

Well, now we all know how he's getting where he's going, but we don't know from where or where he's going to. So you edit one more time:

"Bob left his house in a hurry, a piece of toast in his mouth as he rushed into his car. His trench coat flew about as he traversed the space between the door and his car. After getting into his car and slamming the key in, he gulped down his toast and thought oh man, oh jeez, oh CRAP! I'm going to be late!
With the car started, Bob drove off quickly on his way to the hospital."

Now, the last edit there added alot of content, but it didn't change the basic facts of the post. Which were 'bob is leaving where he is and going somewhere'.

If you're making a battle post, don't change the basic content of your post. If you get hit, still get hit. Don't change where you get hit, but feel free to better describe the reaction and so forth as long as you edit before the next post.

Sagetim
Vice Captain


xxxxxJohnxxxxx

PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:35 am


Thanks.
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:51 pm


Your welcome, if you need any other help, just ask.

Sagetim
Vice Captain


xxxxxJohnxxxxx

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:39 pm


Well actually I have been needing some help on creating a character.
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