GlooMis/Kia's Guide to Role Playing This really needs to be done. There has not been any real RP on KaW since iZaln's thread. I am writing this guide with the help of my friend Kia. For her, RPing is her life, so she has some experience. I am merely editing and adding colors, so anything written in length will be by Kia. Table of Contents I. Making a Character II. Basic RPing skills ---- 1.)Don'ts ----2.) Tips on getting in character III. Parting Comments by Kia That's pretty much it. I. Making a Character To start out any RP, write a bio. You may not post it anywhere, but it's good to have so you can remember specific points about your character. Continue to add to and update it, because oftentimes in a complicated bio you can get super confused if you can't remember everything. There are 4 items of basic information you always need. Name: (Billy) Age: (24) Gender: (female) Race: (human) After you have those down, you can then go into more detail. Ex- Appearance, Personality, Weapon, ect. If, however, you're roleplaying with an already existing person (for example Harry Potter) make a bio anyway and add any details you think you might need. When you're in a wizard duel, you don't want to have to go flipping through the book to find something you can't remember. II. Basic RPing Skills RPing is a lot different from writing. It involves other people, and you have to remember that you're not the center of the entire storyline. Don't hog the spotlight. One of the most important things is to show, not tell. Let's use my fictional character Erie as an example. Erie is so awesomely bad ass! Compare: Telling: I am a dark skinned tall girl. I have long black hair, dark brown eyes and love to play on my pc. My favorite game is RuneScape. I also love beating people up. To: Showing "I'm home!" I yelled as I stomped into the house. No answer, as I knew there wouldn't be. My crack head of a mother was probably sleeping like a rock upstairs. I merely sighed and pushed my frizzy black hair out of my face. There seemed to be only one place I was accepted. The Internet. I let out a low groan as I sunk into my comfy chair in front of my computer. I couldn't see much of my reflection in the black screen, my skin was too damn dark! I pressed a button and with a musical tone, the screen began to light up. It took a few minutes cuz my computer was old, but I finally logged on to the best game in the entire history of online gaming. Runescape. Oh how I loved killing things in cyber world. You wouldn't get suspended for that! See the difference? Not only is the showing one shorter, but it also is more fun to read. Don'ts of RPing ----God-modding Godmodding is when you cause your character to be invincible, or infallible. Do not do this, it ruins the whole story. If you absolutely have to make them extremely strong in one area, make them weak in another. ----Character Control Never ever control someone else's character! Some examples of this: "I punched Bob and he flew into the wall and died" This is not fair to the other person, because you didn't give them a chance to react to the punch. You just controlled their character. Also when you're talking to another character, you can't make them talk. You have to wait for them to answer. This is one of the few places where one liners are acceptable. ----One Liners Don't over use these. Normally your RP post should be at least 3-4 sentences. The only time you should use one sentence or less is during a conversation, or during a fight. Otherwise you'll just **** off the other RPs. Getting in Character The entire point of RP is a cyber "let's pretend" put yourself into your character's shoes. Deeply understand them, as if they are a real person. It's not about what YOU would do, it's about what they would do. Good luck. Parting Comments by Kia Hey! What's up! If there's anything uber important that I missed, tell GlooMi. She'll fix it. Or she'll just kill you. Either way. To all of you who believe you are RPing on KaW, you are all dumb****es. The only thing even resembling RP on here is the Hunger Games one. RP has to be ORGANIZED or else it's chaos and idiocy. I'm sorry but Wizard Wonderland? I was sobbing hysterically after the first two pages. That's not RP that's bull****. To all of those who read our *cough* MY guide and plan on doing some real RP good for you guys. By Y'all, and good luck. Note: GlooMi has asterisked out all the expletives she could find to make it more child friendly. P.s: Trolls Welcome
Nah I'm not. I just am hoping some of the people who claim to RP come here... It was really bothering me.And idk, it was a long time ago... Back in Jan. OrFeb.