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How To Roleplay, Guide
| Madelin Diggory |
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time
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Here is a little tutorial on how to roleplay, and how not to roleplay. First, some roleplaying basics, which you need to remember!
If you want to show you are speaking, then do so as if writing dialogue in a story. For example;
| QUOTE | | "I hate History" said Bob. |
If you want to show your thoughts, you can do so in italics, or like so;
| QUOTE | | "I hate history," thought Bob. |
To show actions just write as normal. DO NOT use * * to make actions more obvious.
| QUOTE | | Bob took out his wand. |
To say something out of character, for instance if you want to inform someone on the thread of something, then use double brackets of some kind.
| QUOTE | | ((OOC: I won't be on the internet for another two days)) |
Remember, posting is always in third person.
DO NOT
| QUOTE | | I climbed the stairs. "There are far too many," I thought. There at the top I met a black cat, "Hello sweetie," I said. |
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| QUOTE | | She climbed the stairs. "There are far too many," she thought. There at the top she met a black cat, "Hello sweetie," she said. |
Also use proper grammar and spelling. Of course, not everyone's first language is English. But roleplaying with chat language and loads of shortenings are very annoying. Mostly other members won't reply in a thread if you don't use proper grammar and spelling.
DO NOT
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Peter: Peter entered the Common room. He threw his bookbag besides a chair, and sat down. Starting to read a book he pulled from his bag.
Bob: Bob saw peter sitting down, 'hey mate, how are you doing?'
Peter: 'Owh! Hey Bob, yeah I'm doing great, and what about you?'
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Peter: Peter entered the Common Room. Yawning slightly, he was a bit tired. It had been a long day, quite a lot of classes. Potions, Care of Magical Creatures. And his favourite lesson, Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Before Peter sat down, he walked over to the notice board. Quickly skimming the tiny notes and the large sheets of parchment. He chuckled lightly to himself, reading some of the notes left behind.
After he finished skimming the board, he walked over to the fire place, and pulled up a comfy armchair. As he sat down, he let out a sigh of relief. Finally some peace, he would start with his homework later on in the evening.
Bob: Bob, who had come to the common room early, had already started with his homework. He needed to finish his Potions homework soon, or he would get detetention with Professor Lonneke.
As he paused for a bit, the quill in his mouth, he saw Peter walking in. After he turned away from the notice board, the boy walked towards the fire place.
'Hey mate, how are you doing?' Bob asked to the boy, who was in his year also.
Peter: As Peter looked around, he saw Bob sitting with large sheets off parchment on a table. Peter hadn't noticed him when he had entered.
Standing up he strolled towards the little table. 'I'm tired,' he said with a grin. He looked at the parchment, seeing it was potions homework. Luckily he had already finished that two days ago.
'It seems your quite busy, I told you before you should start with your homework sooner.' Peter joked.
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'How to Roleplay' written by ShinLi of http://rpg-directory.com
Changed a bit here & there by me, Claire.
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| Madelin Diggory |
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Group: Hufflepuff Admin
Posts: 1,372
Member No.: 1
Joined: 8-June 06
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| Lucy Blake |
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Sion is my big daddy
Group: Adult Admin
Posts: 3,459
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Joined: 11-June 06
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Largely you guys are doing a fabulous job when it comes to role playing, but this needs a slight amendment. Really just some friendly guidelines.
We'd like to see at least 5 sentences in each post. One good paragraph isn't much to ask for. We understand that sometimes muse issues crop up, but when that happens we suggest you take a break for a few minutes (or however long it takes) until you can summon up a decent post.
Also, when it comes to "open" topics, we need to point out a few things. If someone has already joined an "open" topic it is generally polite not to burst into that topic. I would suggest finding another one, or creating one for yourself. It doesn't take long for a topic to be picked up by someone, especially if you ask someone in the cbox to join you. If you REALLY want to join an open topic that already has two participants, I suggest you reply to the topic OOC. Example:
((OOC: Hey guys this topic looks really fun. Do you mind if my character hops in?))
If they say yes then you are free to join, but if they do not please don't take it personally. The participants of the thread probably have a plot going, or they think it's a personal moment. Please respect their decision.
So all in all just have fun and be respectful.
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