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? Guide to Bad Role-play ?
Ellos, floofs, I wanted to create a short guide of things that make a role-play bad or just unacceptable. Hopefully this guide will help some of you when you play with others and have less time discussing what hit was made. If there is anything you think that should be added, just post it below and it could be included. Let's start!
Metagaming- use of out-of-character information for in-character
When you use information OOC either for the better good or bad, it is still not a good way to role-play. If your character hasn't made any discoveries on their own in whatever way during their time, then they just don't know yet. Vise versa, don't tell someone OOC what your character is and that the other person must acknowledge it in the role-play. No, don't do this, let the person you are role-playing with see or discover for themselves - it is fun for both parties to do so.
Godmodding- creating or acting invincible characters
Do I need to explain this? Lol...
This is simply making your character a god, totally immortal, totally invincible, never getting a scratch on them. They can come out of a brutal fight and heal under an hour. Cool, right? ... It's not.
Powerplaying- taking control of another person's character
Again - do I need to explain this?
Powerplay is just basically as stated, taking control of another person's character. This is most common in fighting role-play where one person will say -
She takes Ginger's head and throws her body to the wall as she hears the girl's scream in agony.
Any action that involves the reaction from another person should never be in your post - let the other person do that for themselves if the action is accepted.
Auto-hit- striking without a reaction from the other person.
This is so common I think people know exactly what is means, but I'll explain anyway. Auto-hitting is just giving a hit to your opponent without them accepting or responding to the action. Using words like "would", "could", "attempts," or any other words in that nature that senses a coming blow makes it possible for the other player to recognize you are about to hit them.
Well, that's it for now. ~ Thank you for viewing and happy role-playing.
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This is a great guide. I'm sure many people will benefit from this! I just can't stand when people powerplay, auto-hit, metagame and all that. I'm sure everyone will appreciate this (and you, of course!) so floof for you.
Well done.
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Yeeeees. Great tutorial Foxxy, would help a ton of newbies just getting into roleplay, to get used to the references and such.
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This is a great bad roleplay guide. :3 Some of them I never knew of, or other words, the meaning. xD Well, thank you for this. This really, really, really helped me. <333 Thankies. +Floof
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Someone sticky this to the roleplaying areas! I didn't even know some of these were words!!!
I'm sure every roleplayer has gone through at least one stage where they would do at least one of these though. My field would probably be twinking once in a while. I still sort of do it sadly, but I can only come up with one character of mine that are more unrealistic. But that might just be blind rage and stupidity on his part xD.
I don't know if it this would qualify above, but i hate it when a character gets wounded, pretty severely, and they weasel out of it perfectly ok. I mean, I can understand if that character has some miraculous healing ability, but if they don't, how can they just stand up all fine after having an arrow through there knee??? (Just an example. No skyrim joke intended xDD)
Powerplaying and godmodding I've said nuf about in the past and i don't need to nag anymore. :P
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A great guide to roleplaying, FP (if I may call you that for short). I'm sure floofs who struggle with roleplaying will appreciate this when they stumble upon it. Very well written as well, and once again - thanks for this~ +floof
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Late response, and thanks very much, you all, glad you like it. ~ I hope this does help out some people when they role-play and such.
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Terrific guide! I must admit that I've never heard some of these terms before, "Twinking", "Metagaming", "Cheesing", and..... "Munchkin?"
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Lol, no, not that "munchkin." XD
-Climbs on a mountain and raises animal, triumphantly in the air- Munchkin!
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This is really good, I must admit. Some of these terms I didn't even know myself until now such as Cheesing, Twinking, and Munchkin. No doubt this guide will be more than useful to those who are a bit new to the art of roleplay. +floof.
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Yeeeees. Great tutorial Foxxy, would help a ton of newbies just getting into roleplay, to get used to the references and such.
Hahahaha, your so funny. xD Yea, I really liked reading this since I had nothing to do. +floof from typing all this wonderful guide.
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I'm sorry to be such a buzzkill on this topic since so many seem to be complimenting it but half of these terms I've never even heard of and seeing that I was mentored by several decade or longer roleplayers (meaning yes they've been roleplaying and gained amazing experience for ten years or more), that's saying something.
Meta gaming, god modding and auto hit are essentially right although definitions of them vary from who you ask and can have multiple definitions. These other terms..just seem made up to me. It's like the new use of 'bunnies' to describe beginner roleplayers. It's a made up term by someone who wanted to start a new trend when there are pre-existing words that describe the situations perfectly fine.
If you really want to set up a guide, stick to the basics first since that's what seems to be lacking the most in Feral Heart. Basic terms such as out of character, in character, canon characters, head canon, god modding, power playing, 'literate' (which is in fact utilized so incorrectly it's beyond ridiculous), Mary Sue, auto hit, roleplay, original character and more. There's a ton more to the simplified format of roleplay and the messed up idea of having to use the biggest words possible to seem like the most experienced player out there. Ask any veteran roleplayer or retired or even venture out of the walls of Feral Heart and see what I'm talking about.
All in all, the list is incomplete and requires some extreme revisions. Please make sure you post things that are thought through to their fullest before posting them that way the beginners of this game won't learn wrong and have to be (if even given the chance) retaught how to roleplay.
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I'm sorry to be such a buzzkill on this topic since so many seem to be complimenting it but half of these terms I've never even heard of and seeing that I was mentored by several decade or longer roleplayers (meaning yes they've been roleplaying and gained amazing experience for ten years or more), that's saying something.
I'd like to point out that people are always taught differently than others by various role-players. Not everyone has had the same type of role-playing environment. The length of time role-playing doesn't matter, it all comes down to what kind of role-plays you participated in to have the experience you've gained.
Meta gaming, god modding and auto hit are essentially right although definitions of them vary from who you ask and can have multiple definitions. These other terms..just seem made up to me. It's like the new use of 'bunnies' to describe beginner roleplayers. It's a made up term by someone who wanted to start a new trend when there are pre-existing words that describe the situations perfectly fine.
I am not going to say I know everything there is to a certain subject, but these terms do exist. I would not post just anything simply to get praise and call it day. Also, if the terms are not familiar to you, then, again, you were simply taught differently than me. In addition, some platforms use the these terms differently like twinking (having to do with gear).
If you really want to set up a guide, stick to the basics first since that's what seems to be lacking the most in Feral Heart. Basic terms such as out of character, in character, canon characters, head canon, god modding, power playing, 'literate' (which is in fact utilized so incorrectly it's beyond ridiculous), Mary Sue, auto hit, roleplay, original character and more. There's a ton more to the simplified format of roleplay and the messed up idea of having to use the biggest words possible to seem like the most experienced player out there. Ask any veteran roleplayer or retired or even venture out of the walls of Feral Heart and see what I'm talking about.
The reason I did not go to the basics is because that was not the purpose of the guide. The purpose is to give terms to bad role-playing habits. Yes, I agree there is a whole ton to the basics, but that is not what the guide was intended for.
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I'm sorry to be such a buzzkill on this topic since so many seem to be complimenting it but half of these terms I've never even heard of and seeing that I was mentored by several decade or longer roleplayers (meaning yes they've been roleplaying and gained amazing experience for ten years or more), that's saying something.
Meta gaming, god modding and auto hit are essentially right although definitions of them vary from who you ask and can have multiple definitions. These other terms..just seem made up to me. It's like the new use of 'bunnies' to describe beginner roleplayers. It's a made up term by someone who wanted to start a new trend when there are pre-existing words that describe the situations perfectly fine.
If you really want to set up a guide, stick to the basics first since that's what seems to be lacking the most in Feral Heart. Basic terms such as out of character, in character, canon characters, head canon, god modding, power playing, 'literate' (which is in fact utilized so incorrectly it's beyond ridiculous), Mary Sue, auto hit, roleplay, original character and more. There's a ton more to the simplified format of roleplay and the messed up idea of having to use the biggest words possible to seem like the most experienced player out there. Ask any veteran roleplayer or retired or even venture out of the walls of Feral Heart and see what I'm talking about.
All in all, the list is incomplete and requires some extreme revisions. Please make sure you post things that are thought through to their fullest before posting them that way the beginners of this game won't learn wrong and have to be (if even given the chance) retaught how to roleplay.
Yes I must agree with FoxPhilosopher this guide is for helping those who tend to mislead with roleplaying. Maybe in the future, you should think about what others have learned differently instead of telling them their guide is wrong, hmm? In the meantime, perhaps you should think before you post, just saying.
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Lol Well that's the last time I attempt to help out in Feral Heart.
Toodles!
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Lol Well that's the last time I attempt to help out in Feral Heart.
Toodles!
Why we come together is to discuss subjects that we like, in this case, the interest for role-play. If you feel that there should be a basics for role-playing or something in that nature for the forum, why not post one? That is, if no one has already done so.
For me, correcting misinterpretations for other people, even my own, is always a good aspect. Like I said before, we all just have not engaged in the same environment, but this platform seems to be where various people come together to share what they learned or have done. If you are experienced as you say and feel you can correct someone else's information objectively or even give your own to share, then why not? ~
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The list has been updated with exclusion of a few terms and edit to the current ones. Since a few instances are more suited for a forum-based type role-play, I decided to extract them to keep it simple. In addition, they were not as experienced on the game as godmodding or auto-hit.