Post by shinkikker on Nov 29, 2011 13:49:51 GMT -5
1. Remain in character. If you have to break character for some reason, do it through PM, okay?
2. Don't bump posts or repost the same thing because someone else is being inactive. If the person you're playing with hasn't responded, PM them. If they don't respond or they've taken a leave of absence, it's probably best if you just start a new thread with a new story.
3. Maintain good grammar and spelling to the best of your ability. No, you won't get banned if you spell something wrong, but it's just much easier to read if you spell it correctly : )
4. No powerplaying. For those new to roleplaying, powerplaying (also known as god-modding) is when you control another person's character inadvertently. These are some examples of powerplaying:
The common factor in all of these is that the other character doesn't have a choice to whether or not it happens. Here's another example, taking place during a fight:
See the problem? The player controlling Kayla determined what happened to someone else's character without the other person having any control. Here's how you fix it:
That way, the person playing Harry can decide whether or not their character was able to dodge the punch or not.
If you're still a bit iffy on what not to do, start a practice thread in Roleplay 101, someone there would be happy to help you out!
5. No reverse-powerplaying. We discussed powerplaying and being able to determine whether or not your character gets hurt or not. The problem is that it's easy to have your character mysteriously avoid anything bad happening to them!
Just try to be realistic. If someone's having a fist fight, one person isn't going to be able to dodge every single blow and walk away with no scratches.
It's just as bad as powerplaying. No character is invincible. Unless they're a ghost, and that's a different story that I'll discuss in another thread. Just use integrity and everything will be good!
6. Don't go starting problems just because. Sure, you can have a character who likes to antagonize people. But no one just walks down the street and beats the living shit out of the first person they see. Well, maybe in a Clockwork Orange. But it doesn't fly here, buddy. If your character is a dick, they can be a dick, but please try not to overkill.
7. If you made a thread for an RP with a specific person/group of people, put a tag in the title that says "(private)". It's also convenient to mark at the beginning of the thread who is included in the private RP. If you don't mark it as private, anyone is free to come in!
Which brings me to the next rule...
8. If a post is marked as private, don't invade without asking the creator of the thread. Easy peasy.
9. In the first post of the RP thread, give the readers and participants some information to go by. At least do the bare minimum and say where the RP is taking place. Feel free to link to the setting's location profile (you DID make one before you started RPing, right?) so that everyone has a feel for what's going on and where the thread is heading.
10. Don't use abbreviations or emoticons while IC. Just don't.
That's all for now. If anything else comes up, it'll be added ASAP!
2. Don't bump posts or repost the same thing because someone else is being inactive. If the person you're playing with hasn't responded, PM them. If they don't respond or they've taken a leave of absence, it's probably best if you just start a new thread with a new story.
3. Maintain good grammar and spelling to the best of your ability. No, you won't get banned if you spell something wrong, but it's just much easier to read if you spell it correctly : )
4. No powerplaying. For those new to roleplaying, powerplaying (also known as god-modding) is when you control another person's character inadvertently. These are some examples of powerplaying:
- saying that another person's character said something
- saying that another person's character did something
- saying that your character did something to the other character without giving the player of that character the chance to choose if it happened or not
The common factor in all of these is that the other character doesn't have a choice to whether or not it happens. Here's another example, taking place during a fight:
"Kayla lunged at Harry and swung her fist at him, punching him in the mouth."
See the problem? The player controlling Kayla determined what happened to someone else's character without the other person having any control. Here's how you fix it:
"Kayla lunged at Harry and swung her fist at him, trying to hit him in the mouth."
That way, the person playing Harry can decide whether or not their character was able to dodge the punch or not.
If you're still a bit iffy on what not to do, start a practice thread in Roleplay 101, someone there would be happy to help you out!
5. No reverse-powerplaying. We discussed powerplaying and being able to determine whether or not your character gets hurt or not. The problem is that it's easy to have your character mysteriously avoid anything bad happening to them!
Just try to be realistic. If someone's having a fist fight, one person isn't going to be able to dodge every single blow and walk away with no scratches.
It's just as bad as powerplaying. No character is invincible. Unless they're a ghost, and that's a different story that I'll discuss in another thread. Just use integrity and everything will be good!
6. Don't go starting problems just because. Sure, you can have a character who likes to antagonize people. But no one just walks down the street and beats the living shit out of the first person they see. Well, maybe in a Clockwork Orange. But it doesn't fly here, buddy. If your character is a dick, they can be a dick, but please try not to overkill.
7. If you made a thread for an RP with a specific person/group of people, put a tag in the title that says "(private)". It's also convenient to mark at the beginning of the thread who is included in the private RP. If you don't mark it as private, anyone is free to come in!
Which brings me to the next rule...
8. If a post is marked as private, don't invade without asking the creator of the thread. Easy peasy.
9. In the first post of the RP thread, give the readers and participants some information to go by. At least do the bare minimum and say where the RP is taking place. Feel free to link to the setting's location profile (you DID make one before you started RPing, right?) so that everyone has a feel for what's going on and where the thread is heading.
10. Don't use abbreviations or emoticons while IC. Just don't.
That's all for now. If anything else comes up, it'll be added ASAP!