Roleplay training course (First time roleplayers must see!!)

[Azusanga]

I've been roleplaying for the last 2 and a half (3?) years, and nothing annoys me more then mary-sues. When in a battle with something, there's nothing more annoying then someone who dodges everything, or someone who gets hit by everything. Both are equally annoying. See below.

"Tsuki threw the punch, grinning sickly. Her mind was replying the sound. That sweet sound of fist on flesh, of cracking muscles and jaws that told her that she had won. That the fight would be over. Nothing was harder to fight with then a cracked jaw. Except maybe a blown kneecap. But not even Tsuki was that cruel."
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"Taro looked in her eyes, and saw everything just before it happened. The punch, the hit, the blow that would knock him out for days. His first instinct was to dodge, but her other hand was free- he could get caught by her left hand. The only logical thing to do was catch it."

orrrr

"Taro's eyes widened. His mouth bled from her previous hits, his muscles screaming for mercy from the blows that she'd delivered. Everything in his head was reeling as he tried to close his plate-sized eyes. Maybe then it would hurt less then the knife to the gut he had recently endured."  

[Tangerine_Monster]

Hi, about the whole re-using a character thing:
Is it okay to re-use a character multiple times if all the roleplays that you used that character in died off before you could really do anything?  

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Tangerine_Monster

Hi, about the whole re-using a character thing:
Is it okay to re-use a character multiple times if all the roleplays that you used that character in died off before you could really do anything?

As long as the character belongs in the roleplay you are placing them in, I don't see why not. Change the character slightly to reflect the different requirements of the roleplay you are joining and go for it. This doesn't bother me.  

[Matron Mord Sith]

Again, I like to rp as a male but I feel a bit apprehensive about rping.  

[future ruler of Adedosia]

SorceressJacklyn

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AND NOW I SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS FORUM!!!!... which way to the bathroom?

Really? Could you not think of any advice for novice RP posters?

no i couldnt i'm frankly not that good im starting to think...man! what am i doing with my life! oh well still no advice from I  

[Hester Peche]

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SorceressJacklyn

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AND NOW I SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS FORUM!!!!... which way to the bathroom?

Really? Could you not think of any advice for novice RP posters?

no i couldnt i'm frankly not that good im starting to think...man! what am i doing with my life! oh well still no advice from I

Then don't post...  

[Z-MusicalChairMassacre-U]

one liners annoy me more then anything.

example :
Robby smiled and said "hi!"

That sucks and gives me nothing to work with, mix it up a little and add crap!

"Roddy smiled and said "Hi" to her as he thought about their last meeting. It had been a colder day and he was still pretty embarrassed about his foolish mistakes. A blush came to his face as he recalled said events and he looked away for the fear she'd see it."

Much better ^_^ but thats just me lol  

[Angel Nicholson]

Okay, I used a character from one of my stories once, his age was unknown, but it was part of who he was and it worked well for the roleplay. But I didn't just say unknown, I gave an age range and the age he behaved (he was a very strange character, but fun to work with and people apparently like him), no one seemed to be annoyed with that. So I'm guessing that's fine?

For reference, the age in his bio looked like this:

Quote:

Age: Unknown, but is said to be somewhere between 100 and 130, he behaves like he's 16, though.

EDIT:
Btw, he wasn't human, but he didn't have any super-human abilities and wasn't all evil or anything (or a vampire...those have gotten old). If that helps. He was just...interesting.
I only said it was unknown because he doesn't know how old he was, and the age range made it so that no one could just come right out and tell my character how old he was, because, well...that would right screw him up, now wouldn't it?

But yeah, was that alright?  

[sweet_kind-bunny girl]

Username: oneachan
Character name: keanina
Age: 17
Personality: kind and sweet and can help out her friends
History: doesn`t remember my past
Relationship: idk
Appearance:
Other:  

[Angel Nicholson]

oneachan

Username: oneachan
Character name: keanina
Age: 17
Personality: kind and sweet and can help out her friends
History: doesn`t remember my past
Relationship: idk
Appearance:
Other:

Yeah...profiles like that are really annoying...There's nothing to it...  

[-LMU-]

angel_nicholson

oneachan

Username: oneachan
Character name: keanina
Age: 17
Personality: kind and sweet and can help out her friends
History: doesn`t remember my past
Relationship: idk
Appearance:
Other:

Yeah...profiles like that are really annoying...There's nothing to it...

Right. Okay so we know she is kind and sweet and can help her friends. Shes perfect and... BORING. Spice it up. Shes nice but she can be very doubtful about herself and can be very shy around certain people. You know?  

[Kaiyle Brightblade]

I'm brand new to this role playing idea, so I've got a lot of questions. I guess my first question would be about pictures. Do people always draw their own characters? Is it acceptable to use a picture of a character someone else has created? I don't mean someone else in the role playing forum. I mean like if I used a picture of a popular anime character in my profile.  

[Angel Nicholson]

Kaiyle Brightblade

I'm brand new to this role playing idea, so I've got a lot of questions. I guess my first question would be about pictures. Do people always draw their own characters? Is it acceptable to use a picture of a character someone else has created? I don't mean someone else in the role playing forum. I mean like if I used a picture of a popular anime character in my profile.

I always use my own drawings, but everyone else I rp with uses pics they've found on photobucket. Whatever looks more like your character seems to work best.  

[Kaiyle Brightblade]

Thanks Angel. I guess my next question would be, is it acceptable to borrow a few details from an existing work? Like if I had a character named Eragon, just because I liked the name? Or if in the backstory for one of my characters, I said his parents had been killed in a flood leaving him responsible for his little sister (Felix from Golden Sun). I wouldn't try to replicate the enter character throughout the roleplay, but it might help me get started if I could borrow details from a character I didn't create.