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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:52 pm


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i havn't chosen a villiage yet but here i go:

Haseo was getting ready to go outside on the nice sunny day when he heard people yelling. He ran quickly to his window and saw everybody running around outside.Haseo yelled for his mom to come up stairs but she didn't answer. He walked down the nervously down the stairs in his dark quite house to find his mom. When he got down the dark stairs he went into the kitchen to see if she was there but she wasn't.

Haseo was then scared because he couldn't find his mom. Haseo then looked out the door to see what was going on. Haseo then saw that everybody was laughing because someone was just scaring them. Haseo was then getting scared because he still couldn't find his mom. Haseo then saw that there was a closet door open he went to check if anything was in there when his mom popped out and scared him.


'a nice sunny day...' Careful with the article usage. They'll sound funny otherwise.

Try not to be too redundant with word phrasing. If Haseo ran quickly to the window, it'll be better to use another verb to describe the people's action...fleeing.

It might be wise not to keep repeating 'scared because he couldn't find his mom'. Try to find other ways of directly saying, or indirectly implying it. 'growing anxiety'...'quickening pulse'...and etc. Stuff like that. In an active rp, other people will be reading your posts. You'll want to capture their attention...so they don't become lazy and just skim through for main idea.

I might seem picky about the minor deatils but please revise your post and I'll look at it again.

Other than what I have said, your post length is good.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:40 am


Haseo was getting ready to go outside on the nice sunny day when he heard people yelling. He ran quickly to his window and saw everybody fleeing. Haseo yelled for his mom to come up stairs but she didn't answer. He walked down the nervously down the stairs in his dark quite house to find his mom. When he got down the dark stairs he went into the kitchen to see if she was there but she wasn't.

Haseo was then scared because he couldn't find his mom. Haseo then looked out the door to see what was going on. Haseo then saw that everybody was laughing because someone was just scaring them. Haseo had a quickening pulse because he still couldn't find his mom. Haseo then saw that there was a closet door open he went to check if anything was in there when his mom popped out and scared him.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:15 pm


the nice sunny day -> a nice sunny day

saw everybody fleeing -> was shocked to see the villagers fleeing

Transitional sentences right afterwards... Connect your post sequence. Was the village perhaps under attack...? He should alert his mother!

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He walked down the nervously down the stairs in his dark quite house to find his mom. -> You could use thoughts (in italics) to emphasize details in your posts. Rewording could look like this... Apprehensive, he went downstairs, intent to find her. The house was dark...

Haseo had a quickening pulse because he still couldn't find his mom.

Do you ever see writers phrase it like that? RP is indeed in third person, but the point is not to detach the voice too much from the character it is relating to. It'll be weird, as well as less effective (because you are alienating the reader too much from the character to catch their attention). Revising this sentence could be into something like this...

His pulse quickened, anxiety embracing him in torrents... Just where was his mother?

Rhetorical question is simply just one of many ways to achieve this. Adjectives are nice, but adjectival phrases are more effective. The point is...try to achieve what you want to say in the least words possible for sophistication and more dynamic phrasing, to give life to your posts. Now, while a decent vocabulary helps, manipulating basic words by rephrasing also helps. For this reason, some of my phrasing suggestions are a little different from conventional English, as you can probably see.

I notice you have a tendency to be a little redundant. Try not to use the character's name fifty thousand times. Mix it in with pronouns and adjectival phrases. For example, if this character was a Chuunin, you could also open the post with "It was a nice sunny day. A certain Chuunin boy was preparing to head outside when the sounds of shouting captured his attention..."

Or, you could relate to the character by his appearance or rank..."raven-haired boy" if he had black hair, "the clan prince" if he was from a large clan, "prodigy" or "dead-last"... Things like that. But you have to watch where to put them into use. An example would be using this phrasing 'emerald eyed *insert character's name*' the first time introducing a character of yours who happened to have green eyes

I don't want you just to copy and paste my suggestions in. That won't help. So try rephrasing the statements I made red on your own, with the exception of the one with the article correction (in that case, you use 'a' not 'the'...so make the correction exactly as I have asked).
PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:07 pm


((This looks hard. I'll give it a shot though. I'm using a character from my imagination that I drew. I lost the picture though. crying ))

Julian looked at his first painting, A black stick figure with a small house.

Those were the days, he thought, holding back another wave of tears and anger. What did I do? Why did she have to go? He threw a razor-sharp kunai into the wall. He screamed maniacly. In a moment's breath, he leapt to his feet after hearing a banging at the door. He wrenched his kunai from the wall and stepped, with all caution that was due, towards the door. He opened it and saw ought but a small bundle of flowers on the doorstep. Could be a trap, could be a gift from a secret admirer.

He grabbed the flowers and stepped back inside, reading the tag.

Mother, was his only though.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:44 pm


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((This looks hard. I'll give it a shot though. I'm using a character from my imagination that I drew. I lost the picture though. crying ))

Julian looked at his first painting, a black stick figure with a small house.

Those were the days. He thought, holding back another wave of tears and anger. What did I do? Why did she have to go? He threw a razor-sharp kunai into the wall, screaming maniacally. In a moment's breath, he leapt to his feet upon hearing banging at the door. He wrenched his kunai from the wall and stepped, with all caution that was due, towards the door. He opened it and saw ought but a small bundle of flowers on the doorstep. Could be a trap, could be a gift from a secret admirer.

He grabbed the flowers and stepped back aside, reading the tag.

Mother. Was his only thought.


Besides those minor minor grammatical fixings, you're well to go. Pass.
PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:16 pm


(( I'll be RPing as Okita Sogo from GinTama for this little RP because he's cool and I want to RP him..... ))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI4uVvaXQ8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_qOLIhtPw&feature=related


Okita, captain and best swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Even though he was stronger then both the commander and vice commander, he was still under them in rank, he was younger. He was laying against a tree with hands behind his head, a sleeping mask on his eyes with eyes on them to deceive others in the Shinsengumi. "Okita, wake up you idiot" Hijikata's depressing voice said as he looked down. "Shut up mom, its sunday" Okita said opening his eyes.

"Its a Wednesday" Hijikata screamed! "And we already been through this conversation, I'm just going to kill you, yeah here I go" Hijikata said as he looked down at Okita who stood up and took the mask off and looked up to Hijikata. "What are you doing, we're on duty, stop slacking off" Hijikata yelled! "What are you doing Hijikata-san, get to work" Okita screamed back as a vein appeared on Hijikata's head. Yamazaki was in the backround swinging his badmitton racket happily as Hijikata turned around. "What the hell are you doing" Hijikata said running over and beat up his own ally.


(( WEll that was terrible, hmm I was planning on putting effort foward but by I typed it out and by the time I remembered to try I was done, to lazy, hick hick!! You wouldn't get the humor in this unless you watched GinTama and saw this happen, it was rather funny, also Okita's mom is dead, and he was raised by his sister till he joined Shinsengumi, and Okita is a major Sadist, and only nice to his sister. He doesn't really know his mom I don't think, if he did he was like 5 or something. ))

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:49 pm


Hayate-senpai
(( I'll be RPing as Okita Sogo from GinTama for this little RP because he's cool and I want to RP him..... ))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI4uVvaXQ8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_qOLIhtPw&feature=related


Meet Okita, captain and best swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Even though he was stronger then both the commander and vice commander, he was still beneath them in rank, for he was younger. He was laying against a tree, hands cushioning his head, a mask on his sleeping face, with eyes drawn on them to deceive the others in the Shinsengumi. "Okita, wake up you idiot." Droned Hijikata's depressing voice as he looked down. "Shut up mom, it's Sunday." Okita muttered, opening his eyes.

"Its a Wednesday" Hijikata screamed! "And we already been through this conversation, I'm just going to kill you, yeah here I go" Hijikata said as he looked down at Okita who stood up and took the mask off and looked up to Hijikata. "What are you doing, we're on duty, stop slacking off" Hijikata yelled! "What are you doing Hijikata-san, get to work" Okita screamed back as a vein appeared on Hijikata's head. Yamazaki was in the backround swinging his badmitton racket happily as Hijikata turned around. "What the hell are you doing" Hijikata said running over and beat up his own ally.


(( WEll that was terrible, hmm I was planning on putting effort foward but by I typed it out and by the time I remembered to try I was done, to lazy, hick hick!! You wouldn't get the humor in this unless you watched GinTama and saw this happen, it was rather funny, also Okita's mom is dead, and he was raised by his sister till he joined Shinsengumi, and Okita is a major Sadist, and only nice to his sister. He doesn't really know his mom I don't think, if he did he was like 5 or something. ))


You don't need to center posts. @_@

Hmnn...I am pleased with the length (and that's saying a lot right off the bat). Watch the punctuation, especially when the characters are speaking...please... ;_; Maybe it's because my English teacher is a martinet this year, but it looks to me like the missing periods hopped off the page and slapped me in the face... @_@''

ANYWAYS! Something's weird. I dunno, I kind of get the humor but there's something...off...about your phrasing. I guess...kind of...dry...? Mn...ah! There's very little variation to sentence structure. It kind of abruptly chops off how the post flows.

Hijikata turned around. -> 'Hijikata spun around, furious.' Would've inserted better.

"What the hell are you doing!" -> If you put an exclamation mark there, it gives the question the effect of a statement. x3 Which contextual wise seems to be what the character was aiming for...demanding a response.

Hijikata said running over and beat up his own ally. -> This sentence bothers me... It looks like a fragment, and it doesn't because it does have the subject and predicate parts...but still...I don't like it... ;_;

Hijikata screamed! -> Totally unnecessary. Just end it with a period and give actual said words in the quotation marks the exclamation mark instead.

I fixed the first paragraph's punctuation and gave it some variation. Proofread the second paragraph and do the same thing with it! xP Use more verbs to give the interaction between the characters a more dynamic effect.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:47 pm


ProtoXtreme
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(( I'll be RPing as Okita Sogo from GinTama for this little RP because he's cool and I want to RP him..... ))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI4uVvaXQ8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_qOLIhtPw&feature=related


Meet Okita, captain and best swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Even though he was stronger then both the commander and vice commander, he was still beneath them in rank, for he was younger. He was laying against a tree, hands cushioning his head, a mask on his sleeping face, with eyes drawn on them to deceive the others in the Shinsengumi. "Okita, wake up you idiot." Droned Hijikata's depressing voice as he looked down. "Shut up mom, it's Sunday." Okita muttered, opening his eyes.

"Its a Wednesday!" Hijikata screamed. "And we already been through this conversation, I'm just going to kill you, yeah here I go" Hijikata said as he looked down. Okita who stood up and took the mask off looked up to Hijikata. "What are you doing, we're on duty, stop slacking off!" Hijikata screamed. "What are you doing Hijikata-san, get to work!" Okita roared back as a vein appeared on Hijikata's head. Yamazaki was in the backround swinging his badmitton racket happily as Hijikata turned around slowly to stare at Yamazaki, seeming to be calm. "What the hell are you doing!" Hijikata muttered running over and beat up his own ally.


(( WEll that was terrible, hmm I was planning on putting effort foward but by I typed it out and by the time I remembered to try I was done, to lazy, hick hick!! You wouldn't get the humor in this unless you watched GinTama and saw this happen, it was rather funny, also Okita's mom is dead, and he was raised by his sister till he joined Shinsengumi, and Okita is a major Sadist, and only nice to his sister. He doesn't really know his mom I don't think, if he did he was like 5 or something. ))


You don't need to center posts. @_@

Hmnn...I am pleased with the length (and that's saying a lot right off the bat). Watch the punctuation, especially when the characters are speaking...please... ;_; Maybe it's because my English teacher is a martinet this year, but it looks to me like the missing periods hopped off the page and slapped me in the face... @_@''

ANYWAYS! Something's weird. I dunno, I kind of get the humor but there's something...off...about your phrasing. I guess...kind of...dry...? Mn...ah! There's very little variation to sentence structure. It kind of abruptly chops off how the post flows.

Hijikata turned around. -> 'Hijikata spun around, furious.' Would've inserted better.

"What the hell are you doing!" -> If you put an exclamation mark there, it gives the question the effect of a statement. x3 Which contextual wise seems to be what the character was aiming for...demanding a response.

Hijikata said running over and beat up his own ally. -> This sentence bothers me... It looks like a fragment, and it doesn't because it does have the subject and predicate parts...but still...I don't like it... ;_;

Hijikata screamed! -> Totally unnecessary. Just end it with a period and give actual said words in the quotation marks the exclamation mark instead.

I fixed the first paragraph's punctuation and gave it some variation. Proofread the second paragraph and do the same thing with it! xP Use more verbs to give the interaction between the characters a more dynamic effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J22wdDanmtQ

I got it from 1:55 and I edited it, sigh.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:20 pm


Um Hayate-sempai... Why did you PM me when Proto was already helping you out here?

Also, when posting as two people, it's best to put them in different colors so it's easier for people to tell who is who.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:44 pm


I know, I was posting soloely as Okita though, they were just there to add onto his character.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:37 pm


Hmm, why is this taking so long. My post seemed to be better then other people that were accepted, I didn't want to put much effort in it but still, its still of decent ability.
PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:19 pm


Hayate-senpai
(( I'll be RPing as Okita Sogo from GinTama for this little RP because he's cool and I want to RP him..... ))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI4uVvaXQ8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_qOLIhtPw&feature=related


Okita, captain and best swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Even though he was stronger then both the commander and vice commander, he was still under them in rank, he was younger. He was laying against a tree with hands behind his head, a sleeping mask on his eyes with eyes on them to deceive others in the Shinsengumi. "Okita, wake up you idiot" Hijikata's depressing voice said as he looked down. "Shut up mom, its sunday" Okita said opening his eyes.

"Its a Wednesday" Hijikata screamed! "And we already been through this conversation, I'm just going to kill you, yeah here I go" Hijikata said as he looked down at Okita who stood up and took the mask off and looked up to Hijikata. "What are you doing, we're on duty, stop slacking off" Hijikata yelled! "What are you doing Hijikata-san, get to work" Okita screamed back as a vein appeared on Hijikata's head. Yamazaki was in the backround swinging his badmitton racket happily as Hijikata turned around. "What the hell are you doing" Hijikata said running over and beat up his own ally.


(( WEll that was terrible, hmm I was planning on putting effort foward but by I typed it out and by the time I remembered to try I was done, to lazy, hick hick!! You wouldn't get the humor in this unless you watched GinTama and saw this happen, it was rather funny, also Okita's mom is dead, and he was raised by his sister till he joined Shinsengumi, and Okita is a major Sadist, and only nice to his sister. He doesn't really know his mom I don't think, if he did he was like 5 or something. ))


1) See what I put in red? That is a different character that you are acting as. That is the character you said you were oposting as, the one in red, and yet the one in blue's actions and speach make up the whole thing. You are playing two characters, make them different colors otherwise you are going to confuse people. Others will think they are the same person.

2) Please stop complaining. Those on crew are very busy right now with other things. Our attention can't all be here...

3) In your last post you are practically stating that you are better than other new people around here and yet lazy? Please, if you can puut more effort into your work, do so... Don't just pull off the required minimum just because that's all you need. People look up to those who show skill here.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:12 pm


Okay I'll keep that in mind, then am I accepted?
PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:55 am


Yes, O' imaptient one... you are accepted.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:29 pm


(I am posting as one of my older characters. Izahel, he comes naturally to me and is easier for me to RP with especially at a good magnitude.)

The vibration of the wolves growls pierced through the air. They hit his ear lightly which caused it to twitch from reaction and sheer interest. The soft form of his lip curled upward toward the left corner. The grin that appeared over his face flashed only the slightest of his white teeth. The grin that he gave sent life into the dull golden optics. He slid his right hand out of his pocket and gently nudges thesmall strands of hair gently from his left eye. his fingers ducking the silver hair behind his ear.

I can feel it.. There has to be something interesting this way.. even if it is lowly wolves it could just give me a clue as to why my satellites won't pick up images in this direction.

His right hand slid form his neck to the zipper on the strap of the backpack that hung so loosely upon his shoulder and drapped across his waist to hold the bag upon the opposite side. He gripped the opening of a pouch letting a rectangular square wrapper slide into his hand. He close the puch only with his pink and began to entrically move his fingers around the rectangle still skillfully holding the object. The wrapped peeling off as the fingers calculate and pull it form the brown bar that is revealed.

He Brings the wrapper to the corner of his lips. his teeth opening gripping down upon the edge of the bar and ripping it from the rest of it. The chocolate flowing into his mouth as his teeth tears away at the geometry of the object.

he begins to place each pale white foot infront of the other as he begins to walk toward the sounds he heard earlier. The chocolate bar slowly disapearing from his hand as he walks in interest. He stops as he comes into view of the black wolf with chains around the paws. The wolves appear to be in some kind of territorial altercation. He grips a big chunk of the bar with his teeth as he hears the wolves speak english despite their forms. His eyes widen with interest as his mind begins to grind upon the possibilities of what phenomenon could possibly possess these creatures to have the intellect to speak. He found his subjects for now.
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