Post by Varaxus on Nov 2, 2012 22:21:59 GMT -5
~Carothis's Guide To Roleplaying~
Hello all, I'm Carothis and today I'm going to tell you about roleplay: How to form your character/back story, What it is, What the benefits of it are, The Do's and Dont's, and more important the terms used in RP. My hope is that with this guide you will feel comfortable in the roleplaying world and become part of it as it is a great experience when you give it a chance.
First let's start with what is roleplay. Roleplaying is when you become your character, When your character has a personality. You say what their actions are and so on and so forth. That means making a back story, Making friends in character. For example, for games that have an OOC or World chat, That is out of character so you would NOT use any information gotten there for in character. Examples of this are as followed. "(OOC)Louis:Yea I'm just chilling on the map near 123,45" you cannot use that to be like HA! I know where they are I'm gonna go to them and roleplay fight them, because it's out of character. Your character wouldn't know that and more so if your character never met them In-Character you wouldn't even know the person at all.
Now lets move onto how to form your character. First let's start with a name. You want to give your character a name that could be a person's name for the genre or just in genera. No Guko12779 or crap because NO ONE would name their kid that and if they did...they should be kicked in the nuts. Now onto how to be your character. The easiest advice I can give is put a part of your personality within the character. If you are assertive make them assertive and so on. As for back story it's always best to make sure your character's back story somehow ties into the genre of game you are playing. You wouldn't roleplay a space marine suddenly brought back in time to the mid evil times to eat the souls of kittens...well you could, but though funny...lets not do that. Also keep in mind what you do in game does impact you. For example if you become a captain or RP becoming a captain of a squad in a game or leader figure, That's what you are so in fights for example you would obviously be more seasoned and experienced then someone who was of a lesser rank, Though that in no way means you will win the fight hands down but it does take another factor into account. On the other side if you are fighting someone of a captain/leader rank you must ALSO roleplay accordingly. That's not to say you cant have your own personality you can, That also doesn't mean you can't win, you definitely can but you will just have to get more interesting. It's best to have a third party there when roleplay fighting who is unbiased to ensure a fair roleplay fight if rolling isn't factored in or a time frame.
Here we will move onto the basic Do's And Dont's
Do's:
-Use say to talk In character
-Go in depth with your roleplay fights
-Interact with people in character often, In character friends will help later...Or enemies for your story
-Keep OOC and IC seperate
Dont's:
-Using OOC info in character
-God modding
-Use bad grammar in say like saying "U wanna fite?" No...spell it right talk right like"Would you like to spar?"
-Harrass people In character for OOC reasons
-Ignore people's roleplays just because you're bored, If you are in the roleplay you have to factor them all in.
-Roleplay using abilities your character does NOT actually have! Work with what you got.
Roleplay Terms to know and what they mean
OOC-Out Of Character = This is where you are yourself, You can chat like you would normally about anything use bad grammar troll eachother whatever you want really.
IC-In Character= This is where you are your character, OOC and IC are totally separate and should NEVER be mixed, got it...good Smile.
God Modding= One of the worst things you can do when roleplaying. This is when in a fight you go "Henry Drop kicks Mike in the face and kills him" NO! you can't do that as in real life NOTHING is certain you must roleplay fight as followed "Henry dashes at Mike as he attempts to toss a heavy right hook towards the man's face". See that's a crude example but it shows that the other person has an opportunity to react. If you God mod NO ONE will roleplay with you.
Say=This is the chat where you speak as your character, When talking OOCly here use these, here is an example "Say: (hey man what are you up too?). You couldn't use that in character but you can generally chat. Here is one in character "Say: Hello sir, What is your name?" that's one the other person could react to with chatting.
EZing=When someone trains while AFK, don't do it...people don't like that.
And that's it a quick guide to RP for you all I hope this helps and you like it, Excuse the errors as I did this fast but get out there and roleplay!
Hello all, I'm Carothis and today I'm going to tell you about roleplay: How to form your character/back story, What it is, What the benefits of it are, The Do's and Dont's, and more important the terms used in RP. My hope is that with this guide you will feel comfortable in the roleplaying world and become part of it as it is a great experience when you give it a chance.
First let's start with what is roleplay. Roleplaying is when you become your character, When your character has a personality. You say what their actions are and so on and so forth. That means making a back story, Making friends in character. For example, for games that have an OOC or World chat, That is out of character so you would NOT use any information gotten there for in character. Examples of this are as followed. "(OOC)Louis:Yea I'm just chilling on the map near 123,45" you cannot use that to be like HA! I know where they are I'm gonna go to them and roleplay fight them, because it's out of character. Your character wouldn't know that and more so if your character never met them In-Character you wouldn't even know the person at all.
Now lets move onto how to form your character. First let's start with a name. You want to give your character a name that could be a person's name for the genre or just in genera. No Guko12779 or crap because NO ONE would name their kid that and if they did...they should be kicked in the nuts. Now onto how to be your character. The easiest advice I can give is put a part of your personality within the character. If you are assertive make them assertive and so on. As for back story it's always best to make sure your character's back story somehow ties into the genre of game you are playing. You wouldn't roleplay a space marine suddenly brought back in time to the mid evil times to eat the souls of kittens...well you could, but though funny...lets not do that. Also keep in mind what you do in game does impact you. For example if you become a captain or RP becoming a captain of a squad in a game or leader figure, That's what you are so in fights for example you would obviously be more seasoned and experienced then someone who was of a lesser rank, Though that in no way means you will win the fight hands down but it does take another factor into account. On the other side if you are fighting someone of a captain/leader rank you must ALSO roleplay accordingly. That's not to say you cant have your own personality you can, That also doesn't mean you can't win, you definitely can but you will just have to get more interesting. It's best to have a third party there when roleplay fighting who is unbiased to ensure a fair roleplay fight if rolling isn't factored in or a time frame.
Here we will move onto the basic Do's And Dont's
Do's:
-Use say to talk In character
-Go in depth with your roleplay fights
-Interact with people in character often, In character friends will help later...Or enemies for your story
-Keep OOC and IC seperate
Dont's:
-Using OOC info in character
-God modding
-Use bad grammar in say like saying "U wanna fite?" No...spell it right talk right like"Would you like to spar?"
-Harrass people In character for OOC reasons
-Ignore people's roleplays just because you're bored, If you are in the roleplay you have to factor them all in.
-Roleplay using abilities your character does NOT actually have! Work with what you got.
Roleplay Terms to know and what they mean
OOC-Out Of Character = This is where you are yourself, You can chat like you would normally about anything use bad grammar troll eachother whatever you want really.
IC-In Character= This is where you are your character, OOC and IC are totally separate and should NEVER be mixed, got it...good Smile.
God Modding= One of the worst things you can do when roleplaying. This is when in a fight you go "Henry Drop kicks Mike in the face and kills him" NO! you can't do that as in real life NOTHING is certain you must roleplay fight as followed "Henry dashes at Mike as he attempts to toss a heavy right hook towards the man's face". See that's a crude example but it shows that the other person has an opportunity to react. If you God mod NO ONE will roleplay with you.
Say=This is the chat where you speak as your character, When talking OOCly here use these, here is an example "Say: (hey man what are you up too?). You couldn't use that in character but you can generally chat. Here is one in character "Say: Hello sir, What is your name?" that's one the other person could react to with chatting.
EZing=When someone trains while AFK, don't do it...people don't like that.
And that's it a quick guide to RP for you all I hope this helps and you like it, Excuse the errors as I did this fast but get out there and roleplay!