A quick Guide to RolePlay

There is nothing more exciting than entering an RP with good RPers and younger members that are hungry for experience and excitement. These people depend on you. When you post in an RP you are dedicating yourself to that RP and, unless you leave it, you are bound to it and its destiny. Keeping this in mind, when you post you need to be aware of how active it is, what you hope to achieve and how you’re going fit in and leave. Likewise, when you create a thread you are dedicating yourself to it and its story. You need to have the inspiration to post in it, as well as the basic plan for where you would like it to go. However, anything can change and the end will undoubtedly differ from what you had imagined.

2.1 How to star a Role-Play Thread


When you’ve decided you want to make a thread you will need to decide what it is going to be about. You need to think of possible characters, places and, most importantly, the thread status. The thread status is put beside the title. The four statuses are as follows:


Open: A thread that anyone can join
Closed: A thread where the starting characters are the only ones who will be participating

Once you have all the variables, it is time to start it up. The first post of a thread needs to set the story. It needs to describe where it is, who is there and why certain things are happening. Description is key. You need to explain every little detail so that when people begin to post they are aware of what is happening. Here is a suggested guideline as to the layout of a first post:


Where is it?
What is it like there?
What does it feel like?
Where are the characters?
What are they doing?
Why are they doing it?
What are they feeling?
Why are they feeling it?
Anything else you wish to add.


Many times, a post can be boring and deter people from posting in the thread. Here is an example of a more boring and unexciting post:

*Tatooine, the planet of limitless sand. The day was hot and laborious to travel through. The suns themselves seemed to bore into the skins of those who dared enter its malicious ray. Nor-Lek sat in a café, staring out of the thin duraglass window. He was tired from his journeys, as he had traveled kilometers through the unforgiving dunes of the sand planet and had no choice but to rest.*

While this is fairly well written, it lacks the tiny little details that can really set the stage for a great Role-Play. All Nor-Lek would need to do is add in details to really make people want to join. Here is an example of a more detailed post:

*Tatooine was said by many travelers to be “the planet of limitless sand”. The day was hot and laborious to travel through, even to the locals that had grown accustomed to it over the years. The suns themselves seemed to rip into the skins of those who dared into its malicious rays, not caring for the silent torment of the beings that lied beneath it.

Nor-Lek sat in a dank and lifeless cantina, staring out the thin duraglass window at the sorrowful world beyond. He was tired from his journeys; he had traveled kilometers through the unforgiving dunes, a place where even the Force could not save him from the incomparable inferno.*

That is a more interesting post and will surely make a thread more compelling for the members that are thinking about joining it.


2.2 How to post in a Role-Play
Once you have decided that you want to join an RP, you need to know what to post first. Much like making the initial thread you need to know what you hope to achieve from your post, and indeed you role in the story. Here is a suggested guideline as to the layout of your first post in an RP:


*How did your character get there?
*Why are you there?
*Who is there?
What do they feel like?
Where are they?
What are they doing?
Why are they doing it?
What are they feeling?
Anything else you wish to add.

*Only if it is your first post.

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3. Fun

Fun is something that is to be had at all times while you are RPing. The definition of fun is “something that provides mirth or amusement”. Remember, an RP is not your real life. If you are having personal problems that you feel will distract you and cause you not to have fun RPing, then try not RP. It will be easier on you and easier on those around you. If at any time you feel that another member is taking away from the fun of an RP, please express your concerns to that person via the Personal Message System. If that does not work, please feel free to consult any Staff Member about the situation.