welovehina wroteWhen it comes to doing a roleplay, there are several things that you need to keep in mind. READ THE RULES OF THE ROLEPLAY!
These generally have RP Specific rules that may not apply to every other thread. These rules are usually found in the first post.
After following the rules, the most important part of RPing is the creation of a character. This should be a detailed description of your character. Give background! If you can expand your bio in any way, do it. Make your character a believible one. No one likes the perfect character. Give them a few flaws, or weekness'
Most RP's need a character history.
This is where you provide a DETAILED description of your character.
Give background on important places where he/she grew up, the character's parents, and other stuff like that.
When you are RPing:
Never ever ever use one liners.
A post that says "And John went "LOL"" is not appropriate.
Descripton is important! to quote wikipidea
"Use description! Don't just say "Jane walked into the room and sat down on a chair" Where is Jane? What does the room look like?
How did she walk in? How did she sit down? How was she feeling? What was she thinking as she walked in? Where had she just been?
You need to think of all these questions whenever you RP. Instead, you could say something like, "Jane briskly walked into the waiting room at the doctors office, wrinkling her nose at the sickeningly strong smell of antiseptic. She glanced at the medical posters on the walls, and the magazines by the hard backed chairs lining the walls. She went, and quickly sat down in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs, folding her ankles properly." Now do you see what you're aiming for?"
And when you quote or paraphrase someone, provide a link if it is on another page. This alows quick refrencing.
Use the skit rule.
"Long enough to cover the essentials, short enough to be interesting." This will mean what it does, but it usually means three or four sentences that give your fellow roleplayers what they need to know to respond while keeping it short and sweet. In respect to the skirt rule you do not need to have a huge block of text if your character is doing something that can be described in two or three sentences(EX:Your character is in a fight, or in a relatively fast past conversion)
Have a way that you can contact with your other roleplayer(s) on a regular basis. This varies for different people, so discuss it before you begin the roleplay if you think it might become an issue.
YOU NEED A GAMEMASTER.
A gamemaster is the person who is in charge of the roleplay. They participate, and make sure that people do not god mod, and follow the rules.
Don't god mod: god-modding is when you control someone else's character. For example, if you said, "Jane briskly walked into the waiting room at the doctor's office, dragging Joe beside her. Both of them wrinkling their nose at the antiseptic smell. She glanced at the medical posters on the walls, and the magazines by the hard-backed chairs lining the walls. She went, and quickly sat down in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs, folding her ankles properly. She watched Joe walk up to the pretty nurse at the front desk and talk to her." Here, you are not only controlling the character of Jane, but also the character of Joe. This makes it hard for others to RP, and should almost never be done.
Godmodding can also be:
Dodging everything that is thrown at you without reason. Ex: dodges or "My shield is unbreakable; I'm immortal" DO NOT get sick ALL THE TIME. People will end up trying to avoid you and stop wanting to role-play with you. Only make your character sick a reasonable amount of the time. Sickness is not interesting after you've acquired the "WORST AND DEADLIEST DISEASE" 500 times in the past year. Just...no. One caveat is that the roleplay can be about you being sick.
Make sure that if you are a baby who should have no teeth, you aren't talking, walking or running unless you're about the age of 2 or 3.
Do not attack anything randomly or say "That's what she said", it gets really annoying after a while.
In order to maintain a more enjoyable atmosphere, remember to treat others with respect. You will be treated with respect in return.
Ex. Never curse someone out; it gets you nowhere.
Remember that you can only control your character (not those of others), unless you have the other person's permission. People are apt to be annoyed if you control their characters without warning.
