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Message: <blockquote data-quote="preacher of nothing" data-source="post: 2560433">Well first of all, sorry if this won't make much sense, since it's quite early in the morning for me and asides from not even getting a chance to drink my tea and smoke my morning cigarette properly, i'm also in a bit of a hurry.First off, again i appologize if i offended anyone. Though i may have felt compelled to do such, i'd like to think i kept to myself about that. As for inputs (and i'm not being pessimistic, just aware of reality), i've thought of a few on short notice:1. This will require some work on the chat site. The moment you log in on wiz. chat, be directed to this thread (in a separate window so as not to disturb the one that just logged in). This way, newbies will read this stuff and hopefully learn something from it....even so, i don't think a thread will make yu knowledgeable in the art of rp-ing anymore than Playboy will make you knowledgeable when it comes to making love. The redirect thing will become optional, something you can switch off..../redirectoff or something...this way oldies or newbies who've learned their stuff don't get redirected here all the time...but they still get to see it at least once.2. If the above is not optional, then those that have read this thread IE Bhryn and Dontella and Shen as well as myself, let as many people know about its existence. I rarely rp on ISRP anymore, but when i will i'll let people know about it. 3. Stop watching anime and come up with original ideas...IE, no more of this:"patheticgirl says: I'm so weak and hopelessevildude laughs maniacally and uncovers the entire plot to her "You are mine now....and like i killed your family i shall bla bla bla"patheticgirl sobs, then touches her amulet "But father's amulet will save me...i shall summon the light and become almost Godly in Strength bla bla bla"evildude widens his eyespatheticgirl reaches to her amulet. Suddenly she is enveloped in light and an armor and weapon appearevildude says: "Cuuurses.....i shall be defeaaaaated"patheticgirl proceeds to use evildude as a broom for dusting the arena floor"Get your own twisted and interesting ideas.... (Disclaimer: the above wasn't meant to say that all anime watchers lack any originality)4. If you're an oldie sitting down at a table with another oldie watching the tavern, don't just ignore people and such....invite them over....and if your character WOULDN'T invite them over....ok, you're excused from that.5. Think very very very long about how your character should act. Think of the whole thing like a story. And i don't mean Van Helsing-like-wanna-be-vampire-slayer-with-repeating-crossbow-of-doom....i mean imagine a story of your own with your own character at hand. Imagine his entire background, and then look at what you imagined....it doesn't make any sense and is hardly original? Then try again....it does make sense and is original? Good then.6. This is what i do.....i don't know if this is actually a piece of advice....but i do things old school. Try the action first...be very clear that it's only an attempt, since Freedom of Choice is a force not to be reckoned with, and then PM saying ((Ha! So there! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /> didn't see that one coming did ya? ))If the person accepts, it's all good. If the person does NOT accept, then your character will most likely find someone else to try that with...7. Forget about your writing skills....forget about how good you are at writing down a story. ISRP is not a railroad for your story's train people...You don't bash it in like that. You ADJUST....the story. I stands for Interactive....as in it changes due to circumstances. 8. Stealing other people's ideas and storylines or character concepts is a big NoNo...i've seen it happen before AND recently. I actually should give out names. (another refference to [edited]. Sorry, but i feel the need to: over there we have a forum in which we post different logs. That way we know which characters to avoid and which to rp with....). Like i said, i should actually give out names, something which would be appreciated i'm sure....but i won't since it was not one of my storylines or characters that were stolen.9. Have measure in anything and everything. It was a ghastly sight a couple of weeks ago when i saw a character in the emporium hit on ALL the women there. What bothered me wasn't that the character was female, since you're free to be whatever you want to be.....hell, i like the bysexual demon from hell (aka Rajak <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) and the way he roleplays....but i've never seen him offering everyone in the tavern a backrub and winks....ok...maybe winks....10. Try to be as descriptive as possible....it may take longer, but it'll help a lot. don't just say that you ask for a glass of wine and then BG fetches it. Search your pouch, notice you have no money, then finally find the money (be sure to place the command later on, but state what your character does earlier), etc. IE:"stereotypicaldrow looks to the golem, placing a few copper coins on the barcounter. He speaks in a dark manner, as if the air were afraid to let hsi words linger upon it "Wine, golem!"stereotypicaldrow looks at x, glaring as he moves a hand to his chin, rubbing it a few moments as a little something flares in his eyes...an evil thought passed by and moved onetcetcetc.(a few minutes have passed since he asked the golem for the drink....during this time stereotypicaldrow started a convo or just kept posting actions)stereotypicaldrow looks to the golem, narrowing his eyes and grinding his teeth for a moment or so "You know....you can be dismembered"You say: "/tell bargolem !order wine"Bargolem offers stereotypicaldrow wine.stereotypicaldrow grins and reaches a hand out to take the wine glass "Thought so""11. Don't presume anything, and as tempting as it may be, don't relate the character to the player. It won't have a happy ending. I had a nasty experience a few weeks ago i think, when i was having some personal problems and couldn't rp that much...actually....didn't rp at all during that time. But i would from time to time log a character in to see what users were online and get a general idea of how things are, then i'd log him out. And a certain character reffered to this action of mine as OOC nerfing, because i was avoiding his character (aka the development of his own storyline by abusing mine). Again...don't presume...more can be at hand than you think.oh well....my few thoughts....and i have many more but am in a hurry...</blockquote>

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