Post by Lordessakkah on Mar 10, 2009 18:34:17 GMT -7
What is role playing?
Role playing (RP) is basically acting without a script in order to reenact how someone may behave in a certain situation. For example, a therapist’s clients act how out how they believe another person (ordinarily someone they can not get along with) normally acts in order to achieve a sense of the role player and the person being imitated. The difference though between a role play and a role-playing game (RPG) is that, where a role play is uncompetitive acting, a role-playing game has a general set of rules, a loose plot, and goal with winners and losers. Players of a game usually require a certain amount of creativity and imagination in order to create their own stories within the overall game plot.
What are players and what do they do?
Players (you reading this) create a character with whom to play with within the role-play. Characters are encouraged to have elaborate personalities and histories that still confine to the setting and plot of the overall game. Characters should also have strengths and just as many weaknesses. When the character is called “flawed” it usually refers to the fact that the character is dynamic, and overall not perfect, e.g. not a “goody-goody” superhero. Other characters, called NPC (non-playable character), are minor fill-ins, for example a bartender or waitress. These secondary individuals perform needed tasks and usually only appear once or twice before slipping back into background and can be called upon anytime, anywhere, for any task. Usually a NPC is controlled by the gamemaster.
Wait, now. What’s a gamemaster?
The gamemaster is the creator of the global role-playing game or the starter of a subplot. The gamemaster is responsible for setting the tone and atmosphere of the game, leading other players along the maker’s preplanned path. He or she is also responsible for maintaining the site rules.
What’s an atmosphere?
The basis of the atmosphere is determined by the role-playing’s setting, e.g. the chivalrous medieval era, dangerous futuristic space, or in an expansive forest. A particular ambience is established before the game begins by the gamemaster. He or she decides where exactly the subplot is taking place- at the movies during a clear, starry night or at the rim of an extinct volcano just before sunrise. By describing the scenery, time, and weather, and using certain tone words the gamemaster sets up the scene of action. Players are encouraged to contribute to the tone with their unique characters. For example, using an teacher character during a school recess where the other characters are mischievous children.
General Tips
Know the Rules
Make sure to read the general and specific rules of the site and game. Charging head first into the unknown usually results in a major headache not just for a new player but for the staff and gamemaster. Failure to read and follow the rules can result in warnings and further punishments such as suspension and expulsion.
Listen to the Gamemaster
A gamemaster should judge wisely whether the game needs less or more moderately in order to keep the game flowing smoothly. If a player disagrees with the gamemaster’s actions, the argument should be taken outside of the game. Until the issue is resolved between the two squalors or with the aid of a higher power, the person objecting should be obedient to the gamemaster and not disrupt the game.
Be Polite
The golden rule. Players should respect other participants. The only time this rule is ignored is when the plot requires it between characters. Remember, if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything at all.
Glossary
ASAP- As soon as possible
A/S/L- Age, sex, location.
ATM- At the moment
Attn- Attention
Bkgd- Background
BRB- Be right back
BTW- By the way
D&D- Dungeons and Dragons
Literate (Site)- To have intermediate skills especially in syntax, diction, and post quantity.
FAQ- Frequently asked question(s)
FYI- For your information
IC- In character
JK- Just kidding
LMAO- Laughing my a* off
LOL- Laugh out loud
Nvm- Never mind
OOC- Out of character (not pertaining to the plot)
RL- Real life
ROFL- Rolling on the floor laughing
RP- Role play (as in to role play)
RPG- Role-playing game
RRP- Restricted role play
WT- What the…?
Role playing (RP) is basically acting without a script in order to reenact how someone may behave in a certain situation. For example, a therapist’s clients act how out how they believe another person (ordinarily someone they can not get along with) normally acts in order to achieve a sense of the role player and the person being imitated. The difference though between a role play and a role-playing game (RPG) is that, where a role play is uncompetitive acting, a role-playing game has a general set of rules, a loose plot, and goal with winners and losers. Players of a game usually require a certain amount of creativity and imagination in order to create their own stories within the overall game plot.
What are players and what do they do?
Players (you reading this) create a character with whom to play with within the role-play. Characters are encouraged to have elaborate personalities and histories that still confine to the setting and plot of the overall game. Characters should also have strengths and just as many weaknesses. When the character is called “flawed” it usually refers to the fact that the character is dynamic, and overall not perfect, e.g. not a “goody-goody” superhero. Other characters, called NPC (non-playable character), are minor fill-ins, for example a bartender or waitress. These secondary individuals perform needed tasks and usually only appear once or twice before slipping back into background and can be called upon anytime, anywhere, for any task. Usually a NPC is controlled by the gamemaster.
Wait, now. What’s a gamemaster?
The gamemaster is the creator of the global role-playing game or the starter of a subplot. The gamemaster is responsible for setting the tone and atmosphere of the game, leading other players along the maker’s preplanned path. He or she is also responsible for maintaining the site rules.
What’s an atmosphere?
The basis of the atmosphere is determined by the role-playing’s setting, e.g. the chivalrous medieval era, dangerous futuristic space, or in an expansive forest. A particular ambience is established before the game begins by the gamemaster. He or she decides where exactly the subplot is taking place- at the movies during a clear, starry night or at the rim of an extinct volcano just before sunrise. By describing the scenery, time, and weather, and using certain tone words the gamemaster sets up the scene of action. Players are encouraged to contribute to the tone with their unique characters. For example, using an teacher character during a school recess where the other characters are mischievous children.
General Tips
Know the Rules
Make sure to read the general and specific rules of the site and game. Charging head first into the unknown usually results in a major headache not just for a new player but for the staff and gamemaster. Failure to read and follow the rules can result in warnings and further punishments such as suspension and expulsion.
Listen to the Gamemaster
A gamemaster should judge wisely whether the game needs less or more moderately in order to keep the game flowing smoothly. If a player disagrees with the gamemaster’s actions, the argument should be taken outside of the game. Until the issue is resolved between the two squalors or with the aid of a higher power, the person objecting should be obedient to the gamemaster and not disrupt the game.
Be Polite
The golden rule. Players should respect other participants. The only time this rule is ignored is when the plot requires it between characters. Remember, if you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything at all.
Glossary
ASAP- As soon as possible
A/S/L- Age, sex, location.
ATM- At the moment
Attn- Attention
Bkgd- Background
BRB- Be right back
BTW- By the way
D&D- Dungeons and Dragons
Literate (Site)- To have intermediate skills especially in syntax, diction, and post quantity.
FAQ- Frequently asked question(s)
FYI- For your information
IC- In character
JK- Just kidding
LMAO- Laughing my a* off
LOL- Laugh out loud
Nvm- Never mind
OOC- Out of character (not pertaining to the plot)
RL- Real life
ROFL- Rolling on the floor laughing
RP- Role play (as in to role play)
RPG- Role-playing game
RRP- Restricted role play
WT- What the…?