DO's and DON'Ts of Roleplay! (A must read. Written by an expert. ;) )

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 10:42 AM

BUMPNESS!!!! I also think that you should avoid jumping into a rp when there is already like, 50 pages of rping in the topic. Because then you would have to read through everything, and probably still not know what's happening. You should also be able to post fairly often on the rp, or else your chara will be forgotten. If you only post once a week with posts like this:

Johnny missed his pet dog...

Johnny was so cold...

Johnny looked for people, but could find none! "What will I do?" he thought to himself.

Then you aren't contributing anything.

Also, you should know the context in which you are posting, because I've seen this happen before:

Westley: Shirley used her superpowers to take control of the rhino and charge it towards Peter.

Joe: Peter used his super power to transform into a baby Rhino, and pretended to be it's baby. The rhino was nice to him. Then Peter transformed back into himself and tied the rhino up.

But Shirley was in control of the rhino.....

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 1:51 PM

@avelaingia lol at the argument part XD

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 1:59 PM

@avelaingia I saw the more recent one.

icymuffin • 15 June 2011 at 4:37 PM

No god modding ;p
Sorry, it's rather quite obvious but I still had to say it ^^''

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:06 PM

BUMP

thepells4 • 15 June 2011 at 8:11 PM

I'm gonna feel stupid, but, what IS god modding? O_o

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 8:30 PM

@avelaigia ya...you've been in a fight befor....WITH ME! and yes, ppl,it's NOT a pretty sight.

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:30 PM

@thepells4 another example of god-modding:

The mo saw attackers from all sides coming on, and suddenly a force-field appeared around it and forced all the attackers away, mortally wounding them. A spear flew at the mo, but then the force field bounced it back and it went straight through the attacker's brain.

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 8:38 PM

@avelaigia i came on here,I got bored..saw the "fighting" part got unbrored..wanted to post then i posted. So i guess?

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:39 PM

@avelaingia no it wasn't -____-

trish • 15 June 2011 at 8:44 PM

And if like say, what redfire77 said about 50 pages of roleplay, and you've joined, and don't post frequently or ANYTHING USEFUL to the plot, I'd say you should withdraw, agreed?

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 8:48 PM

@avelaigia I'M NOT FALLOWING U! beside..i'm really upset..and i'm quiting most rps...

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:48 PM

@avelaingia thanks 😊 Congrats on your Florn btw!!! 😊

Also, when rping, stay in character.

trish • 15 June 2011 at 8:49 PM

@avelaingia I've ALSO been holding back some personal things to say at some people.. <.<

thepells4 • 15 June 2011 at 8:49 PM

@Redstar-fireclan They're just trying to say that people can't go around being random or overpowering or not very frewuent in rps, cuz it can mess them up...?

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 8:50 PM

@thepells4 i'm not doing that!

@trsih U hate me don't u.

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:51 PM

@thepells4 thanks for putting it in easy to understand terms 😊

trish • 15 June 2011 at 8:54 PM

Edit: FUDGE. I'm just saying that you don't understand the Superhero roleplay. PERIOD.

thepells4 • 15 June 2011 at 8:55 PM

*facepalm* People, PLEASEEE!!! Break it up!!!! 😱 The point s: Take time to type pat of a story in an rp, only working on 1 or 2 at a time helps, instead of... 57 (random number). Roleplays are taken seriously and are very fun, so they shouldn't be rushed and ruined.

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 8:57 PM

@thepells4 *redstar-FireClan stares at u..* Oh..I've been going on like (Ture #) 12 rps...

trish • 15 June 2011 at 8:58 PM

<.<

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 8:59 PM

@thepells4 thanks for straightening things out.

@redstar-fireclan @trish was just trying to help you get your priorities straight on which rps your want to put most effort into. It's not worth rping if you never post on the most of the topics you're part of. She's just trying to help get the most fun out of you rping here on eggcave 😊

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 9:00 PM

@redfire77 Oh..I barely um..post on other rps than Warriors..but i still do some..i've already quit 2..and it's killing me..☹️

thepells4 • 15 June 2011 at 9:02 PM

Okay, you people want an example of a succesful rp? xD

http://www.erolunal.com/eggcavern/forums/topic/32

This roleplay went on for a very long time, with everyone posted long messages, most of my posts exceeding the character limit, and the story stayed on track, with main characters, a plot, a villain, and action and adventure. At one point, it did get a bit out of hand with the characters, but we managed to straighten it out, and this rp was, indeeed, very successful.

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 9:02 PM

@thepells4 my posts exceeded character limits TOO!!!!

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 9:03 PM

:'( Oh..I know..but really it's killing me!

thepells4 • 15 June 2011 at 9:04 PM

@Redfire77 that's what I'm saying!!!!!! xD But you kinda abandoned the rp afterwards... T.T Someone123 and I continued it, and Icicle joined in. 😸 And it has a SEQUEL!!! 😱 But that was just an example of a successful rp.

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 9:05 PM

@thepells4 I don't get the rp..so i'm not joining.

redfire77 • 15 June 2011 at 9:06 PM

@redstar-fireclan well, it's pretty much finished now...

@thepells4 I wasn't there for the second part, which was okay.

redstar-fireclan • 15 June 2011 at 9:07 PM

@redfire77 I'm just so heart-broken..already quit 2 rps..so..idk..i'm just going to go..