Post by Arines on Aug 7, 2007 12:28:32 GMT -5
Thank you Dan for giving me this information!
This is from a book provided to me in game. I have copies if anyone would like one.
So you want to know how to roleplay, huh? Well it isn't as simple as you might think. Many people think they know how to do it when the really only know how to emote and try to pass it off as roleplay. Here I will "try to explain how I roleplay whenever I go through an average day/afternoon/evening among the roleplaying community.
Names
Just because you see someone's name on screen DOES NOT mean that your character can automatically assume their name. If you do this, you will have to think up a nutsty reason off the top of your heas as to how you know who they are. What you want to do, overall, is wait for the character to introduce themselves to you. That is like giving you permission to call them by their name, and the same goes for any title they might have. Your character only knows WHAT HE/SHE HAS BEEN TOLD, so keep that in mind.
Titles
The very same rules apply to Guild titles as well, you don't know unless you are told, so don't start assuming that about them as well. Also, DO NOT make some crappy idea up like "it read so on your badge". You do not know if theya re wearing a badge or not. It is not only crude, but godmoding.
Metagaming
You are surrounded by bad guys, and you need help. Calling for help with ICQ or using guild messages shouldn't and isn't a legit reason for help to come find you. You can try and have your character "scream" and then ask anyone in your local area if they "heard" your scream. Other than that, those are your only options. You want to do most of your roleplay in game. Also, you can not use OOC information with your character. So if someone warns you that the enemy is coming over ICQ, your character can't start getting prepared IG, because they would have no way of knowing that. Pigeons are a light exception, if all they are used lightheartedly.
Godmoding
Someon is horribly hurt and screaming in agony, you cannot just walk up to that person and "heals her/him and he/she feels better" and then just walk away. That is forcing actions upon another and taking control of situations that he cannot have control of. Godmoding, also, is failure to cooperate with fellow roleplayers and having your character do whatever they seem to please. Nobody is a god in this community, and if you want to have fun with roleplay you will respect your fellow roleplayers. If you respect them, they will respect you. Take this for example:
Dan: *Stands behind you with kryss to your neck.*
Ceinwyn: *Holds still, unmoving, and puts her hands in the air where he can see them*
Dan: Good, now let us head to the prison for questioning.
Ceinwyn: *Eminates a chilling aura around her*
Dan: *His palm is caught in it! Stunned, he drops his kryss to the ground*
This also falls into the scenarios where people claim to have arrived even before they enter a building. If you are on the second floor of a citadel and Porthos recalls to the center of the screen. You cannot jus have your character get up and say "Hey, Porthos is here." You have no idea that they are approaching the location, with you in your secluded location.
Crisis
A little crisis plot around one person never hurts, but to have it happen a lot, tends to get on peoples nerves. If someone has a problem everyday, then others will not tend to care as much as if they were say to have a crisis, say onece every two months. Absence makes the heart grow.
PVP
In roleplay, just because someone is orange to you does not mean you waltz up to them and go fight them. You must first Roleplay it out, if your CHARACTER legitimately knows that the other character is in fact an enemy, than he may warn them before he engages them. Don't act like a stupid twink and start crap whenever you get killed or win a fight. You are roleplaying, and your guild can easily dismiss you if they feel you do not support the rules of roleplay.
Dropping Guilds
If everyone threatened to quit the guild if they did not get their own way, than we wouldn't have any guilds. Do not be immature and threaten to quit just because things aren't too great for you. It shows that you are just being a stupid, immature brat, and that just because you cannot have your way, you want to leave because of it. Grow up, get on with it and stop the drama. If you still wish to leave then please, rid us of your stupidity in the guild and in the community.
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Some quick definitions: *
RP – roleplaying. Acting out the part of a character who “lives” in UO, rather than behaving as yourself.
Char – abbreviation for character.
IG – in game, playing UO.
RL – real life, also abbreviated IRL for in real life.
IC – in character. The act of RPing your char.
OOC – out of character. Not RPing your char, acting as your normal self
Metagaming – Using OOC knowledge that you personally have, but your char does not have IC, to take action IC. This is highly frowned upon. For example, if you are meeting a character IG for the first time, you do not know their name until introductions are made, you overhear someone speaking of them, or (like Molly of H*G for example) they are famous. Your char can’t actually see their name floating over their head, nor can you tell what guild they are in unless they are wearing a uniform, even if they are flagging orange to us. Sometimes introductions are less formal than “hail, my name is ___”: for example, we spent an evening sparring with AOF, so you can just assume your char knows all their names at this point. This is just a small example, so please ask me about other scenarios if you have questions. Just use common sense.
Godmoding – Sometimes used as a synonym for meta-gaming, but it also means RPing in such a way that your char is invincible or invulnerable to check or attack. This is an extremely bad thing to do, and probably one of the worst mistakes one can make in RP. For example, if you don’t have a single skill GMed, you are not going to stand a chance trying to pick an RPed fight with someone like Arlin or a large party of orcs, because if you actually fought you’d get your butt handed to you on a plate, so you shouldn’t pretend that you do. Basically, don’t act like an ass. Again, just use common sense. *grin*
*taken from the Atlintic community forums.
(I have updated books as well I can give out if needed.)
This is from a book provided to me in game. I have copies if anyone would like one.
So you want to know how to roleplay, huh? Well it isn't as simple as you might think. Many people think they know how to do it when the really only know how to emote and try to pass it off as roleplay. Here I will "try to explain how I roleplay whenever I go through an average day/afternoon/evening among the roleplaying community.
Names
Just because you see someone's name on screen DOES NOT mean that your character can automatically assume their name. If you do this, you will have to think up a nutsty reason off the top of your heas as to how you know who they are. What you want to do, overall, is wait for the character to introduce themselves to you. That is like giving you permission to call them by their name, and the same goes for any title they might have. Your character only knows WHAT HE/SHE HAS BEEN TOLD, so keep that in mind.
Titles
The very same rules apply to Guild titles as well, you don't know unless you are told, so don't start assuming that about them as well. Also, DO NOT make some crappy idea up like "it read so on your badge". You do not know if theya re wearing a badge or not. It is not only crude, but godmoding.
Metagaming
You are surrounded by bad guys, and you need help. Calling for help with ICQ or using guild messages shouldn't and isn't a legit reason for help to come find you. You can try and have your character "scream" and then ask anyone in your local area if they "heard" your scream. Other than that, those are your only options. You want to do most of your roleplay in game. Also, you can not use OOC information with your character. So if someone warns you that the enemy is coming over ICQ, your character can't start getting prepared IG, because they would have no way of knowing that. Pigeons are a light exception, if all they are used lightheartedly.
Godmoding
Someon is horribly hurt and screaming in agony, you cannot just walk up to that person and "heals her/him and he/she feels better" and then just walk away. That is forcing actions upon another and taking control of situations that he cannot have control of. Godmoding, also, is failure to cooperate with fellow roleplayers and having your character do whatever they seem to please. Nobody is a god in this community, and if you want to have fun with roleplay you will respect your fellow roleplayers. If you respect them, they will respect you. Take this for example:
Dan: *Stands behind you with kryss to your neck.*
Ceinwyn: *Holds still, unmoving, and puts her hands in the air where he can see them*
Dan: Good, now let us head to the prison for questioning.
Ceinwyn: *Eminates a chilling aura around her*
Dan: *His palm is caught in it! Stunned, he drops his kryss to the ground*
This also falls into the scenarios where people claim to have arrived even before they enter a building. If you are on the second floor of a citadel and Porthos recalls to the center of the screen. You cannot jus have your character get up and say "Hey, Porthos is here." You have no idea that they are approaching the location, with you in your secluded location.
Crisis
A little crisis plot around one person never hurts, but to have it happen a lot, tends to get on peoples nerves. If someone has a problem everyday, then others will not tend to care as much as if they were say to have a crisis, say onece every two months. Absence makes the heart grow.
PVP
In roleplay, just because someone is orange to you does not mean you waltz up to them and go fight them. You must first Roleplay it out, if your CHARACTER legitimately knows that the other character is in fact an enemy, than he may warn them before he engages them. Don't act like a stupid twink and start crap whenever you get killed or win a fight. You are roleplaying, and your guild can easily dismiss you if they feel you do not support the rules of roleplay.
Dropping Guilds
If everyone threatened to quit the guild if they did not get their own way, than we wouldn't have any guilds. Do not be immature and threaten to quit just because things aren't too great for you. It shows that you are just being a stupid, immature brat, and that just because you cannot have your way, you want to leave because of it. Grow up, get on with it and stop the drama. If you still wish to leave then please, rid us of your stupidity in the guild and in the community.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some quick definitions: *
RP – roleplaying. Acting out the part of a character who “lives” in UO, rather than behaving as yourself.
Char – abbreviation for character.
IG – in game, playing UO.
RL – real life, also abbreviated IRL for in real life.
IC – in character. The act of RPing your char.
OOC – out of character. Not RPing your char, acting as your normal self
Metagaming – Using OOC knowledge that you personally have, but your char does not have IC, to take action IC. This is highly frowned upon. For example, if you are meeting a character IG for the first time, you do not know their name until introductions are made, you overhear someone speaking of them, or (like Molly of H*G for example) they are famous. Your char can’t actually see their name floating over their head, nor can you tell what guild they are in unless they are wearing a uniform, even if they are flagging orange to us. Sometimes introductions are less formal than “hail, my name is ___”: for example, we spent an evening sparring with AOF, so you can just assume your char knows all their names at this point. This is just a small example, so please ask me about other scenarios if you have questions. Just use common sense.
Godmoding – Sometimes used as a synonym for meta-gaming, but it also means RPing in such a way that your char is invincible or invulnerable to check or attack. This is an extremely bad thing to do, and probably one of the worst mistakes one can make in RP. For example, if you don’t have a single skill GMed, you are not going to stand a chance trying to pick an RPed fight with someone like Arlin or a large party of orcs, because if you actually fought you’d get your butt handed to you on a plate, so you shouldn’t pretend that you do. Basically, don’t act like an ass. Again, just use common sense. *grin*
*taken from the Atlintic community forums.
(I have updated books as well I can give out if needed.)
