Post by Rayne Misericordia on Oct 1, 2008 16:00:43 GMT -5
Ze Roleplay Guide
Alright guys. We all love to roleplay yes? Well l made this little roleplay guide to help everyone be better at it. Note lots of the posts are from harry potter. Yeah I’m a Harry girl
Enjoy!
Ok lets start the fun!
Example number 1:
Tim Ripple:
Tim lay on the ground, his heart pounded hard against his chest like a rampaging lion and his head was in pieces. A squeal erupted from his bloody mouth, running through his whole body. He shivered.
Lisa Marker:
Hi Tim, how are you?
Ahhhh! This is how not to roleplay. Tim did fine. But Lisa? Sorry hun but that sucked.
Roleplaying is like a story. However with one difference, you have only one character. You can’t control the rest. Think of stories you have read, would they ever be just ‘Tim, how are you? I’m okay and you?’
No silly! Tim is not ok if you can’t see.
Now for the yey way:
Lisa bit the side of her lip as she looked over to the boy. She felt uneasy and afraid. What was wrong with him? Slowly and quietly, she approached him, reaching out a long, shaking arm. “Tim, are you alright?” she whispered into his ear.
You see how Lisa is feeling, there is description and it is related to the subject. It’s a bit short but I’m not going to write 100 roleplays.
Example Number 2
Nick Parker:
Nick walked into the Potions lab. He felt a chill run through him and this scared him. Was he really alone? He looked all around him. Jars filled with black substances surrounded him. The desks were marked with carvings of bored children waiting for their lunch.
He decided to ignore his paranoia, and sat behind his large desk. He could see everything now. Everything… He dropped his bag on the floor and opened the wooden draw. Taking out a piece of parchment, he sighed deeply.
Dallas Cooper
Hi Sir he said how have you been? Dallas walked over to a seat and sat down.
Ahhhhh! Bad again! So what is wrong with this one? Nick’s post is wonderful. However Dallas missed something very important out. And that is speech marks. Sure, he said ‘he said’, but without speech marks, “”, it’s much harder to understand.
The yey why:
“Hi, Sir.” He said to his Professor, “How have you been?” Dallas walked over to and empty seat and sat down. The chair was cold. He looked up to his Professor; he seemed quite alarmed or disturbed. He argued as to whether he should ask why. “Err, Professor, are you okay?”
Dallas could have used more description. He could have described his settings, he could have described how he felt, but overall, that’s fine.
How not to role-play:
1. Yeah, but you should have done it. I asked you to do it! How you doing over there, Jodie? Doing good?
2. * Walks over to the sink * this stinks
3. * Walks over to the sink * “This stinks!”
4. hi, u k? im gud, woz prctisin hw 2 fli lst nyt.
5. Sandy luked up. Twas dark. She sighed. “Luks dark 2nyt!”
6. Texas moaned. How dare he. He was angry. “I hate him! he did it on purpose and he knows it. Just you wait, I’m gunna get him back. I hate him. He smells. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I hate him! Let’s get him back!” Texas cried.
7. kk
8. I agree
Now the yey way again.
1. The Professor moaned. She was sick of Tori’s excuses. “Yeah, but you should have done it. I asked you to do it!” She replied back. She was annoyed. Turning away from Tori, she looked over to another student. “How you doing over there, Jodie? Doing good?” She asked her.
2. Topen strutted over to the sink. As he approached, a vile, vermin stench clawed at his nostrils. I grimaced in repulsion. “Ergh, this stinks!”
3. Look at the above
4. Nancy glared at her old friend. Venom raced through her veins. “Hi, Pet-“ she spat the words viciously, empathising each word carefully “Are you okay? I’m fantastic. Was out flying last night! Was great!”
5. Sandy looked up to the midnight sky. She had never seen such a beautiful sky, the way the stars danced and the air sang was all beautiful. She had always wanted to be an astronaut, ever since she was little. She adored the mysterious blanket above. “The sky’s dark, huh.” She commented quietly, her eyes remaining high.
6. Texas growled at his image in the mirror as he clenched his fist. “How dare she? She’s only jealous! I hate her.” He yelled. The words bounced off the walls. He liked that effect; the echo was making it more clear to the world. He screamed the words again and again. “I’m going to get him back, if it’s the last thing I do, I’ll get him back!” he muttered through his teeth, spraying the walls with saliva.
7. “Yeah… okay, I suppose so.” Laura agreed, “Hey, there’s a dance this Saturday, fancy going?” she asked sneakily. Images of her dress bounced in her mind. Images of her and him darted in front of her eyes… their first talk, first hug, first kiss… she shivered all over.
8. Look above.
See? Its better to read!. You get to know the character, you get to understand the character. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, well that’s what roleplaying is all about. A character may say something, but they don’t mean it. In roleplays you get to see what’s going on in their heads, you get to empathise with them.
Roleplaying in many ways is like acting, but you’re writing. And I love acting! Hey if you do to PM me we could talk like acting geeks! Ok back on subject. In acting, you react. You bounce off what the other person is saying – improvising for example. I don’t know what you’re going to say to me, but whatever, I’ll go with it. You bounce off each other.
Use your five senses. Touch. Hear. Sight. Taste. Smell. Use them all. What does your character see? What do they hear? What does the room smell like? What can they taste in their mouth? What are they thinking? What does the desk feel like? Use all of these to add description to your post.
Netspeak should be banned in roleplays. It doesn’t help you. It doesn’t help me. And it doesn’t help that Indian over there either. This is also a rule. It’s used for MSN, not for roleplaying. It doesn’t help or attract anyone and it certainly isn’t attracting the experienced player here either.
Roleplay example:
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He moved slowly towards the shimmering Goblet, his face mallow and his hands shaking. Inside his hand, a piece of parchment sat, engrossed with three words;
Mecardo Jinks
Hogwarts
A shiver swept through him as if he had been drenched in freezing cold water. He was surrounded by girls and boys of all ages, each eye upon him. Some were smiling and laughing; others had mock expressions on their faces; a small amount held looks of pure hatred in its most venomest form.
Stopping at the Goblet's mouth, he looked nervously around him as he chewed on his lip.
Do I really want to do this?
What if it spits my name out?
What if I'm rejected?
Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward, his hand was outstretched. He quickly moved it over the opening and dropped it. The parchment coiled in the sparkle for a few moments and then apparated with a pop of acceptance. It was done.
----------------------------------------------------
The cold air from outsides drew to him, like a fly to light, and deepened his mood, making him shiver all over in anger. In anger, anger that flooded his lungs, trashed his mind and made his fists want to punch anything within his reach. Groaning, he rolled, his face chilled with a cold sweat and contorted with his eyes shut trying to block out the pain. It was like a monster, trapped, inside his chest was breaking lose, clawing its way out. He breathed heavy in frustration and fell into total blackness.
---------------------------------------------------
Mark looked around at his surroundings, an expression of pure amazement slotted his face. His eyes shook with fear and anxiety. ‘How could it be? How could this happen?’’
Quickly he ran towards an old, stinking door. Mould grew around the rusted metal handle and a foul smell was leaking from it. He pulled on the door, he pulled it with all the strength he could muster. His arms screamed in pain and fury as they had never screamed before, his back stabbed painfully and his vision was fazed.
With one last pull he sank deep into the blackness, cracking his head as he did. Exhaustion took over, he was defeated…
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There are three roleplaying examples, I didn’t write them but o well.
This is a form that might help you.
Place: A spooky mansion
Sight: Dark and scary. Cobwebs, alone.
Smell: old, mouldy
Touch: dusty
Taste: Dry
Hear: silence… too silent.
It’s like when in grade school when your teachers would give you that stupid outline.
Feel: -------------
Try using that to write out a roleplay example. Your character has just entered the mansion. What happens? How do they feel? Use the form. You don’t have to do it, but it could help. If you do do it, post here or send them to me in PM, I’m interested as to what people put. That would be fun. It would also make me happy and make me feel loved. (You don't have to use the mansion).
You can use the form for future reference, try filling it in if you’re stuck. I think it would work in stories too.
Roleplay (and story) terms:
OOC- Out of character (You are you and not your character OR Harry would never run up to Draco and give him a kiss because he realises that he loves him
(())- Out of character- you are not being your character, you are being you
BIC- Back in character.
Keep these in mind!
RP- Roleplay
RPG- Roleplay Game
God molding- playing someone else’s character in a role-play. This is generally not allowed.
AU- Alternative Universe.
Slash - Male/Male, Female/Female
Ship- Harry/Hermione, etc a relationship
How to see and not tell
Seeing and not telling is a very important part to writing.
A - Liam had green eyes
B - Liam’s emerald eyes shone bright against the moonlight as he stared.
Which is more interesting? A or B? Of course, if I’d spent more time on B, B would win by a long shot. Yey for B! B! B! B! B! Ok you got to admit its boring writing a roleplay guide sorry if I’m trying to have fun!
A – Tan was cold
B – Tans whole body shook as she felt a breeze sweep up her back, burning cold fury at her insides
B wins. Again. B! B! B! B! B! Next time you post think B!
Thank you for reading this! Not dising it! I worked hard on it! Its my baby! Haha. Tell me your feed back if you wish. I hope we are all happy role players now ahh a cute RP family.
Alright guys. We all love to roleplay yes? Well l made this little roleplay guide to help everyone be better at it. Note lots of the posts are from harry potter. Yeah I’m a Harry girl
Enjoy!Ok lets start the fun!
Example number 1:
Tim Ripple:
Tim lay on the ground, his heart pounded hard against his chest like a rampaging lion and his head was in pieces. A squeal erupted from his bloody mouth, running through his whole body. He shivered.
Lisa Marker:
Hi Tim, how are you?
Ahhhh! This is how not to roleplay. Tim did fine. But Lisa? Sorry hun but that sucked.
Roleplaying is like a story. However with one difference, you have only one character. You can’t control the rest. Think of stories you have read, would they ever be just ‘Tim, how are you? I’m okay and you?’
No silly! Tim is not ok if you can’t see.
Now for the yey way:
Lisa bit the side of her lip as she looked over to the boy. She felt uneasy and afraid. What was wrong with him? Slowly and quietly, she approached him, reaching out a long, shaking arm. “Tim, are you alright?” she whispered into his ear.
You see how Lisa is feeling, there is description and it is related to the subject. It’s a bit short but I’m not going to write 100 roleplays.
Example Number 2
Nick Parker:
Nick walked into the Potions lab. He felt a chill run through him and this scared him. Was he really alone? He looked all around him. Jars filled with black substances surrounded him. The desks were marked with carvings of bored children waiting for their lunch.
He decided to ignore his paranoia, and sat behind his large desk. He could see everything now. Everything… He dropped his bag on the floor and opened the wooden draw. Taking out a piece of parchment, he sighed deeply.
Dallas Cooper
Hi Sir he said how have you been? Dallas walked over to a seat and sat down.
Ahhhhh! Bad again! So what is wrong with this one? Nick’s post is wonderful. However Dallas missed something very important out. And that is speech marks. Sure, he said ‘he said’, but without speech marks, “”, it’s much harder to understand.
The yey why:
“Hi, Sir.” He said to his Professor, “How have you been?” Dallas walked over to and empty seat and sat down. The chair was cold. He looked up to his Professor; he seemed quite alarmed or disturbed. He argued as to whether he should ask why. “Err, Professor, are you okay?”
Dallas could have used more description. He could have described his settings, he could have described how he felt, but overall, that’s fine.
How not to role-play:
1. Yeah, but you should have done it. I asked you to do it! How you doing over there, Jodie? Doing good?
2. * Walks over to the sink * this stinks
3. * Walks over to the sink * “This stinks!”
4. hi, u k? im gud, woz prctisin hw 2 fli lst nyt.
5. Sandy luked up. Twas dark. She sighed. “Luks dark 2nyt!”
6. Texas moaned. How dare he. He was angry. “I hate him! he did it on purpose and he knows it. Just you wait, I’m gunna get him back. I hate him. He smells. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I hate him! Let’s get him back!” Texas cried.
7. kk
8. I agree
Now the yey way again.
1. The Professor moaned. She was sick of Tori’s excuses. “Yeah, but you should have done it. I asked you to do it!” She replied back. She was annoyed. Turning away from Tori, she looked over to another student. “How you doing over there, Jodie? Doing good?” She asked her.
2. Topen strutted over to the sink. As he approached, a vile, vermin stench clawed at his nostrils. I grimaced in repulsion. “Ergh, this stinks!”
3. Look at the above
4. Nancy glared at her old friend. Venom raced through her veins. “Hi, Pet-“ she spat the words viciously, empathising each word carefully “Are you okay? I’m fantastic. Was out flying last night! Was great!”
5. Sandy looked up to the midnight sky. She had never seen such a beautiful sky, the way the stars danced and the air sang was all beautiful. She had always wanted to be an astronaut, ever since she was little. She adored the mysterious blanket above. “The sky’s dark, huh.” She commented quietly, her eyes remaining high.
6. Texas growled at his image in the mirror as he clenched his fist. “How dare she? She’s only jealous! I hate her.” He yelled. The words bounced off the walls. He liked that effect; the echo was making it more clear to the world. He screamed the words again and again. “I’m going to get him back, if it’s the last thing I do, I’ll get him back!” he muttered through his teeth, spraying the walls with saliva.
7. “Yeah… okay, I suppose so.” Laura agreed, “Hey, there’s a dance this Saturday, fancy going?” she asked sneakily. Images of her dress bounced in her mind. Images of her and him darted in front of her eyes… their first talk, first hug, first kiss… she shivered all over.
8. Look above.
See? Its better to read!. You get to know the character, you get to understand the character. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, well that’s what roleplaying is all about. A character may say something, but they don’t mean it. In roleplays you get to see what’s going on in their heads, you get to empathise with them.
Roleplaying in many ways is like acting, but you’re writing. And I love acting! Hey if you do to PM me we could talk like acting geeks! Ok back on subject. In acting, you react. You bounce off what the other person is saying – improvising for example. I don’t know what you’re going to say to me, but whatever, I’ll go with it. You bounce off each other.
Use your five senses. Touch. Hear. Sight. Taste. Smell. Use them all. What does your character see? What do they hear? What does the room smell like? What can they taste in their mouth? What are they thinking? What does the desk feel like? Use all of these to add description to your post.
Netspeak should be banned in roleplays. It doesn’t help you. It doesn’t help me. And it doesn’t help that Indian over there either. This is also a rule. It’s used for MSN, not for roleplaying. It doesn’t help or attract anyone and it certainly isn’t attracting the experienced player here either.
Roleplay example:
----------------------------------------------------------
He moved slowly towards the shimmering Goblet, his face mallow and his hands shaking. Inside his hand, a piece of parchment sat, engrossed with three words;
Mecardo Jinks
Hogwarts
A shiver swept through him as if he had been drenched in freezing cold water. He was surrounded by girls and boys of all ages, each eye upon him. Some were smiling and laughing; others had mock expressions on their faces; a small amount held looks of pure hatred in its most venomest form.
Stopping at the Goblet's mouth, he looked nervously around him as he chewed on his lip.
Do I really want to do this?
What if it spits my name out?
What if I'm rejected?
Taking a deep breath, he stepped forward, his hand was outstretched. He quickly moved it over the opening and dropped it. The parchment coiled in the sparkle for a few moments and then apparated with a pop of acceptance. It was done.
----------------------------------------------------
The cold air from outsides drew to him, like a fly to light, and deepened his mood, making him shiver all over in anger. In anger, anger that flooded his lungs, trashed his mind and made his fists want to punch anything within his reach. Groaning, he rolled, his face chilled with a cold sweat and contorted with his eyes shut trying to block out the pain. It was like a monster, trapped, inside his chest was breaking lose, clawing its way out. He breathed heavy in frustration and fell into total blackness.
---------------------------------------------------
Mark looked around at his surroundings, an expression of pure amazement slotted his face. His eyes shook with fear and anxiety. ‘How could it be? How could this happen?’’
Quickly he ran towards an old, stinking door. Mould grew around the rusted metal handle and a foul smell was leaking from it. He pulled on the door, he pulled it with all the strength he could muster. His arms screamed in pain and fury as they had never screamed before, his back stabbed painfully and his vision was fazed.
With one last pull he sank deep into the blackness, cracking his head as he did. Exhaustion took over, he was defeated…
--------------------------------------------------------------
There are three roleplaying examples, I didn’t write them but o well.
This is a form that might help you.
Place: A spooky mansion
Sight: Dark and scary. Cobwebs, alone.
Smell: old, mouldy
Touch: dusty
Taste: Dry
Hear: silence… too silent.
It’s like when in grade school when your teachers would give you that stupid outline.
Feel: -------------
Try using that to write out a roleplay example. Your character has just entered the mansion. What happens? How do they feel? Use the form. You don’t have to do it, but it could help. If you do do it, post here or send them to me in PM, I’m interested as to what people put. That would be fun. It would also make me happy and make me feel loved. (You don't have to use the mansion).
You can use the form for future reference, try filling it in if you’re stuck. I think it would work in stories too.
Roleplay (and story) terms:
OOC- Out of character (You are you and not your character OR Harry would never run up to Draco and give him a kiss because he realises that he loves him
(())- Out of character- you are not being your character, you are being you
BIC- Back in character.
Keep these in mind!
RP- Roleplay
RPG- Roleplay Game
God molding- playing someone else’s character in a role-play. This is generally not allowed.
AU- Alternative Universe.
Slash - Male/Male, Female/Female
Ship- Harry/Hermione, etc a relationship
How to see and not tell
Seeing and not telling is a very important part to writing.
A - Liam had green eyes
B - Liam’s emerald eyes shone bright against the moonlight as he stared.
Which is more interesting? A or B? Of course, if I’d spent more time on B, B would win by a long shot. Yey for B! B! B! B! B! Ok you got to admit its boring writing a roleplay guide sorry if I’m trying to have fun!
A – Tan was cold
B – Tans whole body shook as she felt a breeze sweep up her back, burning cold fury at her insides
B wins. Again. B! B! B! B! B! Next time you post think B!
Thank you for reading this! Not dising it! I worked hard on it! Its my baby! Haha. Tell me your feed back if you wish. I hope we are all happy role players now ahh a cute RP family.
