Netiquette/RP Tips

[Merlin ~]

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Roleplaying can be a lot of fun if you try and do it the right way. Try to make each post help the story, and trying to make sure that is looks and sounds good at the same time. Here are a few tips that should help you out.

Context

• Context is a very important thing when it comes to roleplaying on a forum like this. Even if it is your character, it doesn't make it based on you. That means, if you see someone you won't just know their name. You must find it out, by asking or anything like that.
  
• The last thing is that if you walk into a tavern say, you wont instantly know what's going on. Your character has to learn, as well as you.
  

Replying

• If you are roleplaying with someone, try and keep up with it. Refresh the page every few minutes to see if they have posted, then reply. But make sure not to spam up the board, replying before the other person has even had a chance to.
  

OOC Chat in RP

• When your roleplaying, please try and keep the OOC to a minimum. But if you do, put some sort of thing showing that it isn't part of the game. Like brackets, (( or something of the sort.
  
• If your in an RP area, don't just go there for OOC. That's what the General board is for.
  
• Try to keep the OOC chatting to a minimum.
  

Interesting and Building Posts

• When your roleplaying, try and make your posts interesting and build onto the RP.
  
• Make your posts detailed, make the other person interested. We don't want them falling asleep.
  
• Maybe describe your feelings, or your character examining his surroundings. Describe everything in detail, it will make it much more interesting.
  
• Don't just post meaningless posts, make sure they mean something.
  

God-modding

• DO NOT AT ANY TIME GOD-MOD! God-modding is a way of making your character invincible, just by not letting them ever get hit.
  

Third Person View

• When your roleplaying try and do it in a third person view. This means that you describe your actions with, 'he' or 'she' instead of 'I'. This makes it easier for some to understand. But if you really wish to do it in first person view, go right ahead.
  

Punctuation

• When your roleplaying, please try to use proper punctuation. This means using periods and such in the appropriate place.
  
• Don't do one long continued sentence for a post. Split it up just like you were reading a book. In a book it's even split up into paragraphs, if possible with long posts try to put it in paragraphs.
  

[Vardy]

*salutes* sir yes sir!! i'll try..........

[Vavrinec]

Yes. God-modding annoys the whole universe. *cringe*

[Vardy]

*shudder* that it does

[argetadurna]

Why would anyone god mode in the first place

[Ragond]

I am BIG... Rargh, my chareter kills your charecter, my charecter is invincible. RAGRHHHAHGHR, I WIN. (Thats what God-modding looks like, don't do it)

[dannylam4]

God modding is not just that. It's also controlling someone else's character without permission So don't do that during battles and such

[Niniel]

Unless of course you have permission from the other person, then you can control their character for a brief amount of time.

[Velethelin]

you mean controlling through magic right?

[Niniel]

No.. I mean that if you want to control another persons character in the RP, you need to have permission from them outside of the RP, like when you really talk to the person. Magic is only legit in the RP, and as far as I know doesn't work in the real world.

[Velethelin]

ya, well i meant in the rp

[Arya]

Also, just a thought, but I like to put colour codes around my thoughts and dialogue, that way I break up the monotous aspect of the post, especially if it's a long one.

That way people have something different for their eyes, even if only for a few words.

Just a thought.

[Velethelin]

thats what i do sometimes to, and i usually use a colour that really stands out, like red.

(By the way, r u from Canada Arya, if u are i can tell because of the way you spell "colour"

[Arya]

Actually, I'm from Des Moines, Iowa. I just spell like that because I like it more than how most spell it now. It reminds me more of writing that is... elaborate, so to speak. I spell favorite, favourite, color colour, honor, honour, and so on and so forth. It just looks better to me.

[Nihael]

That is the Brit. way to say it (i.e. the right way)
Yes the colour thing is used, helps discern who exactly is saying it... and also as you said, the monotony.

[dannylam4]

I've been color coding all my RP dialog for years @.@ It makes everything a lot easier. Especially when you're discerning your convo between others (ie: if you have more then 1 char or if you're repeating parts of convo from someone else)

[Ragond]

If your gonna use color, try to use bright colors, green would be a good choice since it doesn't blend into any of the avalible skins. (your blue text is hard to read on the Saphira blue danny, I gotsta hilight it to read it )

[dannylam4]

Yar, it kinda varies between Skins what colors are best. I know if someone is RPing with the Twins, and they have the Thorn Red one, the black font I chose mixes in with the normal black font. @.@ I would change but then... I dunno ;>>

[Ragond]

And the red is hard to read agianst the background, but yah, it does vary. So far, I think purple and green are pretty good, and if you using a skin that makes the text blend into the background you can just highlight it.