nooberoob
Loyal Servant of Altera
Alrighty people, I am going to cut straight to the point. People DO NOT know how to roleplay. Now when I say this I don't mean everyone! Most of the server veterans, are master role-players! My beef is mainly with the newbies. So to all the newbs out there who find themselves totally lost in roleplaying here are some helpfull suggestions:
- If you want to engage in role-play you should always have a role-play character. If your name is something like stringy_man58(.Y.) then you most likely don't want people saying, "I SUMMON THE POWERS OF QUEEN GRIEF ON stringy_man58(.Y.)" Cause that would, for obvious reasons be a *face-palm*. So instead you go by your role-playing character's name! I will put mine out here as an example; "I SUMMON THE POWERS OF QUEEN GRIEF ON ROWAN SILENTFOOT!" Sounds much more medieval and occasion-fitting now doesn't it?
- Another thing to do, is to always know your place in a role-play. If you are standing before a king in a role-play and you are supposed to play the part of a peasant doomed to execution, then when the king orders your death, you don't want to suddenly turn into a demon, or the master-chief of something, because then the king's role-play will be sorta screwed. It will turn into a battle for power amongst the role-players and that scenario usually drags on for ever and loses it's point. Knowing your place will also make your role-playing look more respectable. If you are constantly interjecting things that someone of that rank in medieval times would not say, then you make yourself look desperate to be a part. If you get stuck with the quieter role, then suck it up and play the role well!
- I have also encounter many occasions where people need to tell someone something that the other role-players don't necessarily need to here, and what do they do? They say it in parenthesis right out in the role-play chat! *face-blener* PEOPLE THIS IS WHY THEY MADE /tell or /msg!!! You can quickly tell someone else something in a one-on-one way. Just blurting it out in role-play chat can really ruin the whole scenario.
- My fourth suggestion and by far the most important is TO HAVE FUN!!! Get into it people, really connect with others and have a great time! You can tell when someone is having fun, cause they will actively contribute to the conversation! Someone who isn't having fun, or is otherwise occupied will usually try to prematurely end the role-play and usually fluster other role-players.