Post by Dreamstar♫ on Jul 16, 2007 21:09:18 GMT -5
Ok so some of you may have never roleplayed before, or even heard of it! Luckly, I can explain most of it. 
Some of this may be repeating the rules but thats ok ;D Its mainly for new member that have never rped before.
What is Roleplaying(rping)?
Have you ever pretended to be someone in a book or movie? And how you would change the decitions they made? Thats basically what roleplaying is! You see in roleplaying, you adopt and act out the role of a character you made, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. But to put it plainly, roleplaying is basically pretending to be someone your not!
Rules of Rping
Now when your rping, you talk in third person, never first person. Now for those of you who don't know what third person is I shall give a few examples.
1st Person Example: I walked into camp.
3rd Person Example: She walked into camp.
Adding to it
When you rp, you want to make sure you use full sentences! Its like your writing a story! You can't just put:
What should I do now, Dreamstar?
You have to add more to that so the other person will understand you better! Use punctuation and give more details. Like this:
Lionpaw padded into Dreamstar's den and sat down, his eyes brimming with the joy of a job well done. "What should I do now, Dreamstar?," He mewed, waving his tail happily.
See how by adding more to that simple sentence makes you understand the situation better.
Punctuation
Use proper punctuation! I can not stress this enough! If you don't punctuate your sentences correctly someone may have no idea what you are trying to say! For example(yes I'm using a lot of examples):
Dreamstar padded into her den and sat down, what should I do now. she thought as she stared out at the camp.
Now if I modify the punctuation it looks like this:
Dreamstar padded into her den and sat down. "What should I do now?," She thought, as she stared out at the camp.
See you can clearly see what she is doing and thinking in that second sentence because I used punctuation!
Those are pretty much the basics for rping ;D
If you have any questions please pm either me or sapphirestar and we would be glad to help you.
Some of this may be repeating the rules but thats ok ;D Its mainly for new member that have never rped before.What is Roleplaying(rping)?
Have you ever pretended to be someone in a book or movie? And how you would change the decitions they made? Thats basically what roleplaying is! You see in roleplaying, you adopt and act out the role of a character you made, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. But to put it plainly, roleplaying is basically pretending to be someone your not!
Rules of Rping
Now when your rping, you talk in third person, never first person. Now for those of you who don't know what third person is I shall give a few examples.
1st Person Example: I walked into camp.
3rd Person Example: She walked into camp.
Adding to it
When you rp, you want to make sure you use full sentences! Its like your writing a story! You can't just put:
What should I do now, Dreamstar?
You have to add more to that so the other person will understand you better! Use punctuation and give more details. Like this:
Lionpaw padded into Dreamstar's den and sat down, his eyes brimming with the joy of a job well done. "What should I do now, Dreamstar?," He mewed, waving his tail happily.
See how by adding more to that simple sentence makes you understand the situation better.
Punctuation
Use proper punctuation! I can not stress this enough! If you don't punctuate your sentences correctly someone may have no idea what you are trying to say! For example(yes I'm using a lot of examples):
Dreamstar padded into her den and sat down, what should I do now. she thought as she stared out at the camp.
Now if I modify the punctuation it looks like this:
Dreamstar padded into her den and sat down. "What should I do now?," She thought, as she stared out at the camp.
See you can clearly see what she is doing and thinking in that second sentence because I used punctuation!
Those are pretty much the basics for rping ;D
If you have any questions please pm either me or sapphirestar and we would be glad to help you.
