About Roleplay

[Azure Ageha]

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The Contain of This Thread

Post 1: Roleplay and Common Rules in Roleplay Thread
Post 2: The Meaning of Literate
Post 3: Literacy Rank
Post 4: The Meaning of Word Related with Roleplay
Post 5: The Source of Information

 

[Azure Ageha]

I got this from i k u r a b e a r . I copy it because I like the way she write it.

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Basics:

Anyone can start his or her own role play.

What is a role play you may ask? Well here is a quote by me added in here by Angel:
“A role play is a story written by a bunch of different people writing as certain characters. In a role play you can be whoever or whatever you want, the sky is the limit. You just can't completely take over someone's character and make decisions for them.” - lem0n

Golden Rule:
You must follow the threads specific rules. Each role play thread is unique and has a similar set of rules.

Important:
Follow Gaia ToS
( Don’t know ToS? Click here to read. )

The Ten Rules of Role Playing:
1. The creator is the major moderator of the role play thread.
2. Do not God-Mod/Power-play.
3. BE LITERATE! At least one paragraph per post, correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation,. Any colors are fine. Use [] or (()) for out of character comments. Write in third person.
4. Follow role play ratings. [ex: PG-15]
5. Don't kill any character, unless you have the role play creator and the other characters permission.
6. Don't steal the thread creator's works. That's just mean.
7. Be nice to each other, okay?
8. Respect the rules.
9.Do not join, post once, and leave. Post at least three times a week. If you are not on for at least two weeks without an excuse your character will be erased. If you need to leave tell the thread creator.
10. Have fun!
- _aka Limey_

 

[Azure Ageha]

I got this from i k u r a b e a r .

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Literacy: What it Means

Yes, by dictionary definition, “literate” means to have the ability to read and write. However, on Gaia, “literate”, or “lit”, carries a different meaning. There are three types of literate: semi-lit, lit, and advanced-lit. Here are their definitions:

Semi-lit: Having the ability to write at least two sentences per post. The sentences usually have some grammatical errors, a few spelling errors, and no chat-speak. Punctuation and capitalization are usually correct. Sentence structures barely vary and hold virtually no description.

Literate: Having the ability to write at least three-five sentences per post. The sentences have barely any grammatical/spelling/punctuation/capitalization errors and no chat-speak. Sentence structures usually vary and have more description.

Advanced-Lit: Having the ability to produce at least two paragraphs per post. The sentences hold about less than two errors in spelling, grammar, etc, and no chat-speak. Sentences carry a wide vocabulary and structures vary. Advanced posts use lots of description and literary devices, such as similes and metaphors.

 

[Azure Ageha]

I think there are people that still confused with someone that asked to be literate when roleplaying. This is the example that I get from Irako of the Desert and i k u r a b e a r.

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The next example of Advanced-Literate is Irako of the Desert ersion of the original example.

Advanced-Literate:

Angelique tensed up as she felt Kyru's hands slip around her waist. Immediately, she chided herself for being silly and forced herself to relax. Just because she wasn't used to a lot of physical contact didn't mean she needed to make Kyru uncomfortable with her nerves.

She flipped the kickstand up with her foot and slowly moved the bike out of the parking lot. As soon as she got into the street, she sped up considerably and began weaving in and out of traffic. Angelique took the turns in the road smoothly, enjoying the sensation of speed. It was calming to her, though she noticed Kyru was clinging to her a little tightly. It seemed he was the nervous one now.

Angelique was enjoying the ride so much that she nearly missed the turn for the little road they were supposed to take. She spotted it in time, though, and sharply swerved the bike, thanking whatever angels there were that there were no other vehicles on the road this late at night. Kyru gave a little strangled yelp as the bike shuddered under the stress, making Angelique grin. Poor guy. This was tame riding for her. The bike's single headlamp lit up the road they were on, showing how broken up the pavement was. She slowed down, partly because she didn't want to risk a spill and partly because she didn't want to miss the driveway she needed to turn into.

Finally, they reached their destination, going up a long driveway to a rather big house. It might be more appropriately termed a mansion, Angelique mused. They rolled up to a garage door that was already opening to admit them. Angelique brought the motorcycle to its proper place and turned it off, flipping the kickstand back down. Glancing back, she saw Kyru hurriedly dismounting the bike, looking pale in the fluorescent light that had flicked on overhead. With a grin, she dismounted and fished a key out of her pocket, heading for a door on the wall opposite the garage door. Kyru followed her as she unlocked the door and opened it, then stepped inside at her inviting wave. He went down a short hallway into a huge entrance room with two grand staircases curving upward to the second floor majestically. The furnishings and decorations that were visible were lavish things in red and blue, with trimmings in gold. He gaped openly, then looked at her in bewilderment.

Angelique shrugged, still grinning. In a teasing voice, she asked,"Like it so far?"

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This is the example for literate until extreme illiterate from i k u r a b e a r.

Literate:

Hotaru stepped back a bit as Pyro's fire soared to extremely high temperatures and she shielded her eyes from the light. As the fire disappeared she looked to Pyro glad to find that he was almost completely unharmed. She turned her gaze then to Peyton reaching her arms out to her water lacing down them. She pushed out from her hands wondering if she could possibly distract Peyton from Pyro to give him a chance to land an attack, but the water it something about a foot or so in front of her. "What the..." She whispered to herself. She pushed it as hard as she could, the force of the water against the mental shield was like a thundering waterfall, but it wouldn't budge. "Mia." Hotaru cursed under her breath. She let the water flow back to her watching Mia out of the corner of her eye to see when the shield might falter and she could destroy it.

Semi-Literate:

"Well some times you have to go one instinct, Like right now, I can pretty much say that every one left is at least better than normal in at least one instament, what ever that may be." James said shrugging. "Kiva was hoping that we could find at least three people to play with us, but her being who she is and being how she is its nearly impossible to make her want you to join the band....hell if you told her you didn't want to join the band she would beg you." James muttered.

Extremely Illiterate:

hotaru tried to send water from her hands toward peyton, but the water was stoped by a sheild. "what the hell" scream she tried but the wall wouldnt move

Most people fall into the Not Literate section...
But I have seen a few Extremely Illiterate posts...
It gets annoying to spend time role playing with people who don't capitalize, always spell words wrong, end their sentences with a period, or use commas and apostrophes incorrectly.

--The Ranks--
[from highest to lowest]
Advanced Literate
Literate
Semi-Literate
Illiterate

 

[Azure Ageha]

I got this from i k u r a b e a r.

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What is...?

One x One Role Playing

A 1x1 RP is a role play where there are only two people who role play a specific storyline, a lot of masterxslave role plays are done like this.
Usually requires a profile.

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Group Role Play

A role play that has more than two people participating where everyone is contributing to the story line in some way.
Usually requires a profile.

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Improv Role Play

A role play where there is no specific plot or character skeleton. People reveal their characters through role playing and they create the story line as they go along.
Doesn't require a profile.

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Role Playing Profile

Something that a user fills out that discribes his or her characters to other role players.

 

[Azure Ageha]

If you curious about the resource where I got this all, you can read it here.