Post by Whitefang on Feb 28, 2008 13:22:08 GMT -5
OK here we go, here are a few simple rules to keep raping fun:
1: please use proper grammar and punctuation eg: 'I walked out of the woods, the sun beat warmly on my face, suddenly I saw a wolf'
instead of: 'i walked out the woods the sun beat warmly on my face suddenly me seen a wolf'
this makes reading easier.
2: please make all posts at least three lines long.
this isn't a lot of lines, some sites demand two or three paragraphs, this rule prevents a bunch of one liners, which can be incredibly boring, two join in or to read, I mean: "oh hello"
"hello Betty"
I walked over to the stream and lit a fire
"hello"
This ^ isn't exactly good quality reading is it? Or writing
and if you have 20 odd pages of it well the plot unfolds much too quickly and people find it difficult to join.
also these lines have to include what your character does, not just speaking
3: please don't just add 'Fox walked into the clearing' it is so inconceivably well,...
stupid that people from lots of different clans just appear out of the woods all in the same clearing of these massive woods, I mean you should describe why you are in those woods or why you came to this certain place. I must admit I have done this occasionally so I'm not completely innocent <_>
4: please keep magic to a minimum, we had a lot of trouble over this a long time ago and Ive noticed some more 'swords and sorcery' magic appearing, please remember the magic Michelle mentions is more shamanism and herbalism like using animal and plant spirits or the spirits of the land, not just conjuring a ball of fire in your hand, also a note on soul eaters, we seem to have acquired a few soul eaters, remember a child of twelve years would never become a soul eater rather a 30-40 year old adult, the same with shamans it takes years to become a shaman or soul eater so I would like to cut this out immediately, you can be a trainee shaman but not a fully fledged one.
this also includes turning into animals casually, you can shape shift, but I will explain this later in the magic section.
5: just some simple ones no swearing etc.
6:please wait a few minutes after each post to give people a chance to write a long enough post, on several occasions Ive been writing a post in reply to something and ten people post a bunch'a one liners and my post makes no sense
7: Don't control characters that aren't yours.
8: please only RP with two characters! MAXIMUM! and if so please make their differences clear eg lots of spacing between writing eg:
fox walked into the clearing and started moonwalking
*
Garon moved stealthily into the clearing and saw Fox moonwalking he joined in and added a few body pops.
clear enough?
9. OK this one happens a lot, dint just maker your character amazing at everything, if so your character will be what is called a 'Mary-sue' which is basically a perfect character which is boring to RP with
10. make your life a bit harder, remember this is the stone age, life was hard and dangerous, like if you're making a fire dint just post
Boomber lit a fire
put a bit of effort into it, if you don't know much about fires look for other examples of their fire making and copy and paste ^_<
now onto some more advanced rules, if you dont follow these dont nrp advanced characters
MAGIC
the 'sight' as it is called sometimes, the ability to see into the future, or predict things which will happen, but theres not much point in having this as you can't reveal whats going to happen tp others as it will affect the future and render your vision null and void
'shapeshifting' ok this isnt as it seems, it isnt physically taking on the actual form of a wolf and growing fur etc, but its more taking on the aspect of the animal, such as with eagle your vision will be farthened (sp?) or if you take on the aspect of a fox you will be more cunning and less easy to spot etc, it also kakes ou less likely to be seen if you 'shapeshift' into the ground, this just means feeling more connected with the earth and more 'one with it' or taking on the aspect of the ground or whateever (a tree for example)
shamanism
this isnt at all creating fire pout of nothing or anything like that, its mmore to do with understandfing the natural world in an insane way (like knowing it a lot, not being insane) it also involves contacting spirits for advice(like ancestors or animal spirits) NOT using 'mind power blasts' or any of that... rubbish
Herbalism
the use of herbs to
a) heal and protect
or if your evil
b)harm and make ill
FIGHTING
ok a lot of the time noobs (sorry to use that phrase) find thjemselves rping like this
marny took out his bow and shot boomber with an arrow, it hit him in the face and boomber died
this is what is called 'powerplaying' or 'godmoding' and this is banned on like all forums,
rather post something like this,k moving slowly, Marny took out his yew bow, knocking an arrow to the carefully made sinew bowstring he pulled it back to full pull and realeased with a loud TWANG....
as you can see this gives the other rper a chance to make their mind up about whether their character gets hit or not, though obviously if someone has you tied up and stabs you you cant really dodge it, but that is a bit unfair is it not?, also if you do dodge something try not to make it like this:
the arrow flew towards Boomber and he flipped out of the way, in midair he caught the arrow in his mouth and flicked it back towards marny, flipping seven times in the air he landed on a horizontal tree trunk and used his chakra to grip on
remember this is set in the stone age, not the ninja age as much as i like ninjas this isnt the time or place, and maybe font always avoid it, remember noone is pefect, so let yourself get hit once in a while, but dont be a masochist now ^_< and if so maybe incorporate it into other rps, like if you get hit in the leg maybe your character can develop a limp?
also, do not kill characters without the rpers permission, and only on their terms
ok that should be enough for now
1: please use proper grammar and punctuation eg: 'I walked out of the woods, the sun beat warmly on my face, suddenly I saw a wolf'
instead of: 'i walked out the woods the sun beat warmly on my face suddenly me seen a wolf'
this makes reading easier.
2: please make all posts at least three lines long.
this isn't a lot of lines, some sites demand two or three paragraphs, this rule prevents a bunch of one liners, which can be incredibly boring, two join in or to read, I mean: "oh hello"
"hello Betty"
I walked over to the stream and lit a fire
"hello"
This ^ isn't exactly good quality reading is it? Or writing
and if you have 20 odd pages of it well the plot unfolds much too quickly and people find it difficult to join.
also these lines have to include what your character does, not just speaking
3: please don't just add 'Fox walked into the clearing' it is so inconceivably well,...
stupid that people from lots of different clans just appear out of the woods all in the same clearing of these massive woods, I mean you should describe why you are in those woods or why you came to this certain place. I must admit I have done this occasionally so I'm not completely innocent <_>
4: please keep magic to a minimum, we had a lot of trouble over this a long time ago and Ive noticed some more 'swords and sorcery' magic appearing, please remember the magic Michelle mentions is more shamanism and herbalism like using animal and plant spirits or the spirits of the land, not just conjuring a ball of fire in your hand, also a note on soul eaters, we seem to have acquired a few soul eaters, remember a child of twelve years would never become a soul eater rather a 30-40 year old adult, the same with shamans it takes years to become a shaman or soul eater so I would like to cut this out immediately, you can be a trainee shaman but not a fully fledged one.
this also includes turning into animals casually, you can shape shift, but I will explain this later in the magic section.
5: just some simple ones no swearing etc.
6:please wait a few minutes after each post to give people a chance to write a long enough post, on several occasions Ive been writing a post in reply to something and ten people post a bunch'a one liners and my post makes no sense
7: Don't control characters that aren't yours.
8: please only RP with two characters! MAXIMUM! and if so please make their differences clear eg lots of spacing between writing eg:
fox walked into the clearing and started moonwalking
*
Garon moved stealthily into the clearing and saw Fox moonwalking he joined in and added a few body pops.
clear enough?
9. OK this one happens a lot, dint just maker your character amazing at everything, if so your character will be what is called a 'Mary-sue' which is basically a perfect character which is boring to RP with
10. make your life a bit harder, remember this is the stone age, life was hard and dangerous, like if you're making a fire dint just post
Boomber lit a fire
put a bit of effort into it, if you don't know much about fires look for other examples of their fire making and copy and paste ^_<
now onto some more advanced rules, if you dont follow these dont nrp advanced characters
MAGIC
the 'sight' as it is called sometimes, the ability to see into the future, or predict things which will happen, but theres not much point in having this as you can't reveal whats going to happen tp others as it will affect the future and render your vision null and void
'shapeshifting' ok this isnt as it seems, it isnt physically taking on the actual form of a wolf and growing fur etc, but its more taking on the aspect of the animal, such as with eagle your vision will be farthened (sp?) or if you take on the aspect of a fox you will be more cunning and less easy to spot etc, it also kakes ou less likely to be seen if you 'shapeshift' into the ground, this just means feeling more connected with the earth and more 'one with it' or taking on the aspect of the ground or whateever (a tree for example)
shamanism
this isnt at all creating fire pout of nothing or anything like that, its mmore to do with understandfing the natural world in an insane way (like knowing it a lot, not being insane) it also involves contacting spirits for advice(like ancestors or animal spirits) NOT using 'mind power blasts' or any of that... rubbish
Herbalism
the use of herbs to
a) heal and protect
or if your evil
b)harm and make ill
FIGHTING
ok a lot of the time noobs (sorry to use that phrase) find thjemselves rping like this
marny took out his bow and shot boomber with an arrow, it hit him in the face and boomber died
this is what is called 'powerplaying' or 'godmoding' and this is banned on like all forums,
rather post something like this,k moving slowly, Marny took out his yew bow, knocking an arrow to the carefully made sinew bowstring he pulled it back to full pull and realeased with a loud TWANG....
as you can see this gives the other rper a chance to make their mind up about whether their character gets hit or not, though obviously if someone has you tied up and stabs you you cant really dodge it, but that is a bit unfair is it not?, also if you do dodge something try not to make it like this:
the arrow flew towards Boomber and he flipped out of the way, in midair he caught the arrow in his mouth and flicked it back towards marny, flipping seven times in the air he landed on a horizontal tree trunk and used his chakra to grip on
remember this is set in the stone age, not the ninja age as much as i like ninjas this isnt the time or place, and maybe font always avoid it, remember noone is pefect, so let yourself get hit once in a while, but dont be a masochist now ^_< and if so maybe incorporate it into other rps, like if you get hit in the leg maybe your character can develop a limp?
also, do not kill characters without the rpers permission, and only on their terms
ok that should be enough for now