Post by MeBeLizzi on Apr 7, 2014 19:24:32 GMT -5
Yes, I took Sarit and Lizzy's guide from WV. They won't care.
BASIC RULES OF ROLEPLAYING:
RULE 1- TIME SKIPPING:
Time skipping can make or break your roleplay. If you hit a boring patch in your roleplay, it can be tempting to timeskip. How should you go about doing this?
GOOD WAY OF DOING THIS:
Five minutes later, we were sitting around the table, the box in front of us.
BAD WAY OF DOING THIS:
Eight months later, I looked down at baby in my arms, and sighed.
Do NOT, and I repeat DO NOT, timeskip more than five hours without permission from people in the roleplay. Don't attempt to timeskip more than 1 month at all.
RULE 2- GOD-MODDING:
For those that have not heard this term before, god-modding is when you control other people's characters. The creator of the character might have something else in mind of the character, or you could have made them done something that doesn't fit with their personality. Plus, it's just annoying for someone else to be playing your character.
AN EXAMPLE OF GOD-MODDING-
Imagine someone did this:
"Sally took her long sword, and thrust it into Samantha's neck."
Without permission of the person who roleplays Samantha.
That is god-modding.
RULE 3- PROPER GRAMMAR
Good lord, it's the simplest rule of roleplaying that's probably in every rules list and yet it's the one most commonly broken. If you aren't skilled at grammar, that's okay. Just copy and paste your post into a Word document, making sure that grammar check is on. It'll tell you what's the more grammatical form of what you're trying to say. The same goes for spelling.
GOOD USE OF GRAMMAR/SPELLING-
"Melly turned around in shock. How was it possible that she had been found so soon? She'd covered her footsteps. She'd kept herself quiet. She'd done everything.... Maybe she had underestimated the enemy. A lot."
BAD USE OF GRAMMAR/SPELLING-
"Melly turned round, in shock! How did thery find her so fast??! She had coverd her footsteps and been quiet and everything!!! Mayb the enemy was more dangerus then she hud ever thot."
RULE 4- KEEPING THINGS REALISTIC
It doesn't matter whether the roleplay's a fantasy tale or an epic romance, there are always going to be people who stray out of the possible, by the roleplay's standards. If someone's in a room of unbreakable metal, you can't just magically find a way to make a dent in it. Another example of this would be... if your character brings a dead character back to life. Even in most magical universes, dead characters can NOT come back to life.
RULE 5- USE POV AND OOC
Using POV and OOC is an underlooked, yet important roleplaying rule. Without using OOC and POV, how could people tell what from what?
EXAMPLE:
I'm going on vacation tomorrow! I'll be gone for two weeks!
Max's news with met with shocked expressions all around. How could she, when, they were in danger?
RULE 6- CONTRADICTORY FORMS
Make sure ALL parts of your character's form- especially personality- matches up. If you list your character as being a nice person that likes to volunteer in their spare time, it's rather unlikely that they gossip. Think about it.
EXAMPLE:
Personality: Kind, loves animals and children, loves to volunteer, mean, gossipy, loves bullying others.
RULE 7- ACCEPTING YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTED
If you're looking for a way to completely tick me off, look no more-- you've found it. If it specifically states in the OP "I have the right to not accept someone's form or to kick someone out for whatever reason" and they kick you out, just take being kicked out like a man! Or a woman. Whatever. And even if it doesn't that, and they kick you out, you're still kicked out. It's like trying to refund something you've had for a year when the receit specifically states refunds only last for the first month, then complaining about it. Okay, maybe not exactly like that, but I believe you get my point. It completely ruins the roleplay for everyone, and you look like a brat.
RULE 8- NO ONE LINERS
Never, in any circumstance, will one-liners be okay. If you can't think about anything else to write, just think of a bunch of thoughts running through your chracater's head.
WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO-
"I ate my breakfast with a sad expression on my face."
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO-
"I ate my breakfast, a sad expression on my face. How could this have happened to me? What did I do to deserve this? It was all so messed up."
BASIC RULES OF ROLEPLAYING:
RULE 1- TIME SKIPPING:
Time skipping can make or break your roleplay. If you hit a boring patch in your roleplay, it can be tempting to timeskip. How should you go about doing this?
GOOD WAY OF DOING THIS:
Five minutes later, we were sitting around the table, the box in front of us.
BAD WAY OF DOING THIS:
Eight months later, I looked down at baby in my arms, and sighed.
Do NOT, and I repeat DO NOT, timeskip more than five hours without permission from people in the roleplay. Don't attempt to timeskip more than 1 month at all.
RULE 2- GOD-MODDING:
For those that have not heard this term before, god-modding is when you control other people's characters. The creator of the character might have something else in mind of the character, or you could have made them done something that doesn't fit with their personality. Plus, it's just annoying for someone else to be playing your character.
AN EXAMPLE OF GOD-MODDING-
Imagine someone did this:
"Sally took her long sword, and thrust it into Samantha's neck."
Without permission of the person who roleplays Samantha.
That is god-modding.
RULE 3- PROPER GRAMMAR
Good lord, it's the simplest rule of roleplaying that's probably in every rules list and yet it's the one most commonly broken. If you aren't skilled at grammar, that's okay. Just copy and paste your post into a Word document, making sure that grammar check is on. It'll tell you what's the more grammatical form of what you're trying to say. The same goes for spelling.
GOOD USE OF GRAMMAR/SPELLING-
"Melly turned around in shock. How was it possible that she had been found so soon? She'd covered her footsteps. She'd kept herself quiet. She'd done everything.... Maybe she had underestimated the enemy. A lot."
BAD USE OF GRAMMAR/SPELLING-
"Melly turned round, in shock! How did thery find her so fast??! She had coverd her footsteps and been quiet and everything!!! Mayb the enemy was more dangerus then she hud ever thot."
RULE 4- KEEPING THINGS REALISTIC
It doesn't matter whether the roleplay's a fantasy tale or an epic romance, there are always going to be people who stray out of the possible, by the roleplay's standards. If someone's in a room of unbreakable metal, you can't just magically find a way to make a dent in it. Another example of this would be... if your character brings a dead character back to life. Even in most magical universes, dead characters can NOT come back to life.
RULE 5- USE POV AND OOC
Using POV and OOC is an underlooked, yet important roleplaying rule. Without using OOC and POV, how could people tell what from what?
EXAMPLE:
I'm going on vacation tomorrow! I'll be gone for two weeks!
Max's news with met with shocked expressions all around. How could she, when, they were in danger?
RULE 6- CONTRADICTORY FORMS
Make sure ALL parts of your character's form- especially personality- matches up. If you list your character as being a nice person that likes to volunteer in their spare time, it's rather unlikely that they gossip. Think about it.
EXAMPLE:
Personality: Kind, loves animals and children, loves to volunteer, mean, gossipy, loves bullying others.
RULE 7- ACCEPTING YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTED
If you're looking for a way to completely tick me off, look no more-- you've found it. If it specifically states in the OP "I have the right to not accept someone's form or to kick someone out for whatever reason" and they kick you out, just take being kicked out like a man! Or a woman. Whatever. And even if it doesn't that, and they kick you out, you're still kicked out. It's like trying to refund something you've had for a year when the receit specifically states refunds only last for the first month, then complaining about it. Okay, maybe not exactly like that, but I believe you get my point. It completely ruins the roleplay for everyone, and you look like a brat.
RULE 8- NO ONE LINERS
Never, in any circumstance, will one-liners be okay. If you can't think about anything else to write, just think of a bunch of thoughts running through your chracater's head.
WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO-
"I ate my breakfast with a sad expression on my face."
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO-
"I ate my breakfast, a sad expression on my face. How could this have happened to me? What did I do to deserve this? It was all so messed up."