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Ghostcat · 10-13-2013, 01:15 AM

Welcome to text-based RP-ing!
It can be some of the most rewarding roleplay in online games, due to the flexibility of text as a descriptive medium.

Here is some advice that I've gathered over time.

1) If you're in fairly civilized company, try not to be rude. *cough*acacia*cough*
You can and will be ostracized if you insult enough people that nobody wants to interact with your character.

2) Remember to keep OOC and IC separate.
IC, or In-Character, indicates things characters in the world of the game would know and do.
OOC, or Out-Of-Character, is anything that you as a player know that your character would not.
For example, say someone outs another character as a thief on out-of-character channels, such as AIM or IRC.
You cannot then have your character be suddenly suspicious of that character.

On a more positive note, remember that hostility from a character is (hopefully) not shared by the player. We're all playing to have fun, here.

3) Don't be intimidated by the 'emote' command.
You don't need to start off writing paragraph length, hugely complicated emotes. For a starter RP game, try to find a more casual one where single line emotes are more the norm. You can get used to the freedom and rules of emoting with less pressure that way.

The biggest rule of emoting is thus:
a)Do not dictate another character's actions or feelings.
For example, you cannot emote another character cringing away from your intimidating presence.
You can of course emote flexing and staring balefully at someone.
Other than that, conventions for emotes vary depending on the game.

4) Don't play a criminal on your first few characters, unless the game centers around criminal/lawkeeper roleplay.
Getting used to a new game is hard enough without people chasing you all over the place, or getting locked in jail for a week.

5) Don't act like a badass without the stats to back it up.
You'll just get laughed at, and/or murdered depending on the game.

6) Read the website! RP games often have a great deal of backstory posted on their website that you can base roleplay off of.

7) Don't be an attention-hog.
Entering a room and emoting is fine.
Entering a room screaming about being chased by a horde of demons (That you made up just for attention) is not.

That's all I can think of for now.

10-13-2013, 01:15 AM	#7
Ghostcat Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Home MUD: Unwritten Legends Posts: 135	Re: New to MUDs Welcome to text-based RP-ing! It can be some of the most rewarding roleplay in online games, due to the flexibility of text as a descriptive medium. Here is some advice that I've gathered over time. 1) If you're in fairly civilized company, try not to be rude. coughacaciacough You can and will be ostracized if you insult enough people that nobody wants to interact with your character. 2) Remember to keep OOC and IC separate. IC, or In-Character, indicates things characters in the world of the game would know and do. OOC, or Out-Of-Character, is anything that you as a player know that your character would not. For example, say someone outs another character as a thief on out-of-character channels, such as AIM or IRC. You cannot then have your character be suddenly suspicious of that character. On a more positive note, remember that hostility from a character is (hopefully) not shared by the player. We're all playing to have fun, here. 3) Don't be intimidated by the 'emote' command. You don't need to start off writing paragraph length, hugely complicated emotes. For a starter RP game, try to find a more casual one where single line emotes are more the norm. You can get used to the freedom and rules of emoting with less pressure that way. The biggest rule of emoting is thus: a)Do not dictate another character's actions or feelings. For example, you cannot emote another character cringing away from your intimidating presence. You can of course emote flexing and staring balefully at someone. Other than that, conventions for emotes vary depending on the game. 4) Don't play a criminal on your first few characters, unless the game centers around criminal/lawkeeper roleplay. Getting used to a new game is hard enough without people chasing you all over the place, or getting locked in jail for a week. 5) Don't act like a badass without the stats to back it up. You'll just get laughed at, and/or murdered depending on the game. 6) Read the website! RP games often have a great deal of backstory posted on their website that you can base roleplay off of. 7) Don't be an attention-hog. Entering a room and emoting is fine. Entering a room screaming about being chased by a horde of demons (That you made up just for attention) is not. That's all I can think of for now.