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message 1: by Lianna, The Nice One (last edited Oct 20, 2009 04:22PM) (new)

Lianna (emiliaclarkes) | 187 comments Mod
I'm sure some of you just joined the group because you were invited and have no idea what this is. Well here's what it is.

Roleplay: In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the role of characters, or parts, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Roleplaying, also known as RP to some, is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theater, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts, and the audience.

This is how we do it. We choose a character that you know the personality well of and you roleplay that character. You pretend to be that person and their responses to conversations are in the character that they are.

If you're still confused ask one of the moderators about it. It also helps to view other conversations that people have had for an example.

How to do it
1. I suggest posting the name of the character you're roleplaying above to make sure people know who they're talking to. Ex. Sam, Caine.
2. Then use these *...* to tell motion or what the character is doing. You cannot have an entire conversation where people don't do anything. It's just not realistic. Ex. *twirls her hair around her finger, and looks closely at the paper.
3. The whole point of conversations in roleplay is to talk. So when people speak, merely use the quotation marks. "...." Ex. "Do you happen to know where I can find the bathroom?"

EXAMPLE: This is a convo between two characters that I have created. It's not related to Gone, by merely a conversation I started on a different roleplay.


Xander

*is sitting at a desk in the boarding school libary his eyes barely focused on a book. He turns the yellowed pages slowly in his beated hands, trying to focus on the book. He cannot. He sighs, throwing the book on the table. Then he closes his eyes as the thirst comes back upon him. He clenches his jaw and puts his face in his hands, keeping his eyes closed as he lays his face on the table and pretends to be sleeping.*

Kerri

*walks into the libary, intent on looking for a book for her classes. She stops as she finds Alex and walks slowly over to her friend. She puts her hand on his and looked into his eyes as he stares at her sadly.
"Alex--are you alright?"
*she grimaces as he shakes his head and pulls him into her lap.*
"It'll be okay, honey. It'll be okay."
*he gasps suddenly, closing his eyes*



Dan Dan Dan DAN Dan Dan Dan. (dan_nlolz) i love the way that, so far, only you actually do that.
everyone else just writes it in third person, like a paragraph from a book.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Yeah, it's an interesting way but like Dan has said, I do it in 3rd person.


Peroxide Blond  (twits500) | 671 comments Yeppers, same here... but it is interesting.


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Yessssh.


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

it is funny, i thought it'd be like, no swearing, no killing each other's charries without permission, all that crap, but instead, we get this like, 7 paragraph post telling us how to


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

Hahaha ;D
Nope.
OMG IT'S IGGY!
He's my hero... xD


message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

I LOOOOOOOOVE IGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's my home slice


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm a Fang type of girl--but Iggy is amazing!

I'm in love with the MR books too. :D


message 10: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Rayne | 460 comments I LOVE IGGY! I'm IN love with Fang, but I love Iggy soooo much :D And I'm angry at Fang at the moment, anyway...


message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Nicole wrote: "I LOVE IGGY! I'm IN love with Fang, but I love Iggy soooo much :D And I'm angry at Fang at the moment, anyway..."

omfg me too. :(


message 12: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Rayne | 460 comments I actually want to kill him >.<


Greek Vampire Pixie | 40 comments I'm P.O.ed at Fang!


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

I want to kill him but love all over him at the same time :]


Greek Vampire Pixie | 40 comments yup. pretty mush how i feel.


message 16: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Rayne | 460 comments Exactly.


message 17: by Lunabell (new)

Lunabell | 2327 comments Wow, that's definitely a different way of RPing. I always do in in 3rd person, like "Rose walked into the store. "Hey Marie, did you kill that cyclops yet?"
Marie sighed. The stupid cyclops didn't want to be killed. "Not yet, Rose, not yet." "


message 18: by Lunabell (new)

Lunabell | 2327 comments I just wrote that on the spot, by the way, so it's not like actual good RPing.


message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

*Lunabell* wrote: "Wow, that's definitely a different way of RPing. I always do in in 3rd person, like "Rose walked into the store. "Hey Marie, did you kill that cyclops yet?"
Marie sighed. The stupid cyclops didn't ..."


Me!


message 20: by Lunabell (new)

Lunabell | 2327 comments Ha ha. That wasn't purposeful, I was just using the name of a character in another roleplay.

Its really disconcerting when someone makes a character with your name, though. That's happened several times for me, and I'm always like "What? No! I didn't do that! What are you talking about?"


message 21: by [deleted user] (new)

Lol, I know. I was kidding(:

and yeah, I know what you mean.


message 22: by Lunabell (new)

Lunabell | 2327 comments Yup.


message 23: by Peroxide Blond (last edited Jul 09, 2010 12:17AM) (new)

Peroxide Blond  (twits500) | 671 comments Yeah............................................................................................................................................................................................LFEY! o_O


Dan Dan Dan DAN Dan Dan Dan. (dan_nlolz) i LIKE that roleplay. i sense a new roleplay coming on!


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