| Tips for New Roleplayers |
Alright, this is for the new people with little skill in English, please listen carefully.
Tip #1
Run your post through word or some other spellcheck program before posting. That will correct most mistakes, but still, pay attention to what it does! If you don't, you will never get better.
Tip #2
Read books! I don't know how much better I've gotten by reading work by good authors, but it has helped a lot. If you don't want to buy or check out any books, then read stories and posts by better RPers, even those have helped me!
Tip #3
Don't grow impatient when hosting. I've done it a lot before, and that usually ruins the story.
Tip #4
Don't make any character that's invincible and infalliable. Those ruin RPs faster than you could say "God-Mod"!
Those should help for now, I will come up with more later.
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I'll build on this...
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Firefox. The browser that does that for you! ^^
#2
Incredibly good idea. If you know what works well for you in terms of fiction, you can work out what you can write best at. What's more, it expands your RP mentality or something.
#3
Don't get impatient FULL STOP. Things never happen as quickly as you want them to.
#4
This is obvious. Godmodding is the number one criminal offense in serious RPing.
AND...
#5
Make sure you enjoy what you're doing. That way, you will know you will write your best. And don't forget to practice regularly, and floss and stuff.
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Some person input about Septim's tips...
"Tip #1
Run your post through word or some other spellcheck program before posting. That will correct most mistakes, but still, pay attention to what it does! If you don't, you will never get better."
Grammar can make or break an RP. If I open a topic and it looks like a 12 year old wrote it, I won't bother getting a headache reading it. I will ignore it as just a crappy idea. Grammar is something I always stressed about in the past. USE SPELL CHECK. It can make everything you say and write much more understandable and you do not have to tear out your eyes because the writing is so bad. For non-English people, PLEASE use spellcheck. Get Firefox, get Internet Explorer with the Google Toolbar(it has spellcheck), just don't ignore it and get pissed at people for pointing out bad grammar.
"Tip #2
Read books! I don't know how much better I've gotten by reading work by good authors, but it has helped a lot. If you don't want to buy or check out any books, then read stories and posts by better RPers, even those have helped me!"
I personally found much of my inspiration coming from many of the hundreds of books I read, and I am not even considered a nerd or w/e you want to call it. Medieval fantasy, murder mystery, future sci-fi, modern non-fiction, and more can all add to your imagination when it comes to RPing. It also can help you find better ways of writing. Reading alone won't make you better of course. It takes some practice and I usually do this by writing stories and getting input from people.
"Tip #3
Don't grow impatient when hosting. I've done it a lot before, and that usually ruins the story."
Two words: Speed Kills! If you have a GREAT idea, but rush through it...it isn't so great. If you have people willing to be active, you can keep an RP going for weeks or even months and it can still be dynamic, fun, and always with fresh ideas coming. If you try fitting all of that into 1-2 weeks, it can end up turning away people who may not have the time to be on 3-5 times a day to post. Sometimes slowing down and not doing huge time skips allows people to really interact and develop characters.
"Tip #4
Don't make any character that's invincible and infalliable. Those ruin RPs faster than you could say "God-Mod"!"
A few words can easily give some info on this: Common people in extraordinary situations can become extraordinary people.
Now that those few words are out of the way....ranting time.
I am not saying make your character like...a doctor and turn him into Rambo. I am saying get a seemingly common or unextraordinary person like a shop owner, and develop that person over a period of time until you have yourself an interesting and dynamic person. He doesn't have to kill 20 enemies and save the world all by himself, but that person can be interesting to read about. Ubering/Invincible characters cannot be developed well since they are already like superheroes, and they are boring. Everyone plays the all-powerful superhero and it just gets so stupid and dull when everyone is the same. Be the inexperienced person, give them personality flaws like being stubborn or being afraid of something. Don't make them: Fearless, perfect physically and mentally, masters of whatever weapon they use, or wielders of super magic weapons. THAT KILLS RPs!
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can anyone recommend good fantasy novel?
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*kicks Meilo out of the thread
Just find something you find suits your interests. There's no use reading something you wont like.
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I read on previous threads that action phrases like
*smiles and looks away*
those don't count as role play and only phrases said within the character context only count as role play.
I just need some clarification on this matter cause it's against the rules of online role plays that I have engaged in previously.
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Action phrases, as you put them, are for casual places like the Tavern. If you are in a serious roleplay, never even think of using asterisks.
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so how describe your actions?
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I guess Septim should have added to this topic:
"Don't just post stupid and pointless bullsh*t just to get your post count up. It is not a help to anyone."
As for Antianara...do you mean like:
Charley looked around for a moment and sighed at the stupidity of some people.
"Why are some people even bothering coming on here if they are just going to post useless crap?" he asked aloud before turning and walking away.
That shows action...the dialogue is in quotes.
You could add as much detail as you want.
Charley craned his neck around and sighed heavily after seeing some of the pointless junk people posted.
"Why are some people even...etc, etc" he asked aloud before turning on his heel and walking away without another word.
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I nod gently as things come in perspective
" Thank you my dear lord William "
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Typically you don't talk in first-person. (I or me) but that is better.
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I am a bit confused about this.
in real life I get to move and smile and people see that but online when I role play people do not get to see my facial expressions and body language and moves and thats why I need action description. But on the thread "Hints on Gaining RP points" you mentioned that.. Quote: "There CANNOT be actions written in messages or they will not be considered for RP points."
Have the RP rules changed or it's still the same?
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On the forum, you should show actions, but when sending ingame messages for RP points you are writing in a "letter" format. If you were writing a letter to a friend, you would not add *Charley thought about what he should write next and then wrote* etc etc. You would write like you were REALLY writing a letter to someone.
If you are going to RP on the forums, then you write like above and in the first-person. In other words
Forum RPing(For fun)
-2nd or 3rd person(He/she)
-Add action but not with asterisks-->* unless in a topic like Ye Olde Taverne.
-Dialogue is written in parentheses--> " "
Message RPing(For RP points)
-First person(I, my, me)
-No actions at all(You are writing a letter)
-No dialogue
-Like writing a letter to a friend/leader/enemy/etc
-Has to be ingame(meaning it is about what is going on in the VU world)
-Must include an opening and closing
Dear Charley, <-opening)
blah blah blah.
Signed, <---closing
Michael
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2nd person is you, 3rd person is s/he.
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