~Roleplay FAQ~

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**Notice: This information has been quoted from another guild and therefore nothing will be changed. If you have any questions of concerns please contact me or the vice captains.**

Irako of the Desert

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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, and write in the 9-10 size font. 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_

edit // The Ten Commandments of Role Playing were created for enjoyment. My friend who created them is actually Christian and she only regarded them as a cute way to put her own spin on her role playing. I only borrowed them with her permission because I liked the way she worded her rules. This had sadly offended people of the Christian religion and has been changed to not involve religion at all. ;D

 

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**Notice: Only a few things are changed here, but nothing of complete importance.**

Irako of the Desert

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

--Examples--
Advanced-Literate:
Angelique's body tensed slightly as Kyru's hands slipped around her waist, but she just rolled her eyes at herself and relaxed. She wasn't used to much physical contact, but to put pressure on Kyru would be just rude.

She flipped the kickstand up with her foot and started the bike moving slowly out of the parking lot, but as soon as she got into the street she sped up considerably to weave in between the traffic. She took the turns in the road smoothly, but even though she was paying attention to her driving she almost overshot the backroad that she had to turn on. She made the turn in time though and the bike only shook a little bit. The headlights lit up the road they were on as Angelique slowed the bike down and dimmed the light on the bike.

She turned into a driveway and rolled the bike up to a gate that shut the entrance to what looked like a parking garage. She flipped a key out of her pocket and opened up the lock while leaning over the handles of the bike. She opened the gate drove the bike inside and up to the door to the staircase. She parked the motorcycle and slid off flipping down the kickstand. She quickly ran back and locked the gate before returning to Kyru. "Like it so far?" The garage was dark, but a faint light was coming in through small openings shinning in on the empty garage. Angelique was leaning on the door to the staircase.

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" mad she tried but the wall wouldnt move scream

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.

I'd like to add a rank here.

Spam
Haha, you should add a dragon in there and make it eat everyone!


Please, please, pleeeaaaase don't spam a roleplay. It's very rude and disrespectful to other roleplayers.

 

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Irako of the Desert

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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.

Now that you know what you’re trying to achieve, let’s get to work!

 

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Irako of the Desert

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The Do’s and Do-Not’s of Literate Roleplaying

Do not: Use chat-speak.
Example: Lyke, OMG lawrz!111!

Do not: Use asteriks for actions.
Example: *walks to the park* What a lovely day!
Do: Write out your actions and use quotation marks for speaking.
Example: Kyoko walked to the park. "What a lovely day!" she exclaimed.

Do not: Use smilies in roleplaying posts.
Example: "I am so happy!" biggrin

Do: Stick to third person unless told otherwise.
Example: She picked flowers.

Do: Write in either present or past tense and keep the tense throughout your roleplay posts.
Example: The girl wrapped the present. Then, she delivered it to her friend.
Note: Past tense is usually preferred, but some creators like present tense. In this roleplay, we mainly use past tense.

Do: Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Example: Kyoko walked to the window, her eyes sparkling with delight. The sun slowly rose and sent fresh morning light into her bedroom.

Do not: Use incorrect capitalization and spacing.
Example: kYoko watched the fireworks.They were really pretty. she loved the colors.

Do: Write at least three sentences.
Example: Kyoko ran through the forest, trying to avoid random branches and leaves. She glanced over her shoulder and saw her attackers following her. A burst of energy pulsed through her lower body, causing Kyoko to run faster than normal.

Do not: Use the same sentence structure over and over again.
Example: Kyoko walked up to the flowers. She bent down. She sniffed the flowers. She picked the flowers.
Do: Use varying sentence structures.
Example: After many hours of searching, Kyoko finally discovered the secret garden of flowers. Smiling, she approached a bed of daisies and knelt beside it. She reached to pluck a few flowers.

Do not: God-mod, power play, or make Mary-sues/Gary-stus (perfect characters).
Example: Kyoko walked about the forest, flashing her irresistible eyes at Pyro. Pyro blushed and looked at the ground. After flipping her hair, she noticed that a ninja was attacking. Taking out her daggers, she stabbed the ninja in the heart, killing him instantly, and continued walking.

Do not: Write in digits under one-hundred.
Example: Kyoko found 3 apples on the ground.
Do: Write out numbers that are under one-hundred.
Example: Kyoko found three apples on the ground.

 

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Irako of the Desert

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Godmodding - What Is/What Isn't

Godmodding this is one of the easiest, and most frowned upon actions to be taken during fighting 'sequences' in RPs. The easiest way I can describe Godmodding is that it is when an RPer acts in a way that prevents the opponent from hitting then or letting them get a hit in, and when they use abilities that exceed even those of the fantasy world.

Here are some examples of Godmodding:
- Attacks that kill instantly.
- Attacks that are unavoidable/unstoppable.
- Never being hit by an opponent.
- Using skills that can bring the dead back to life, without consequences.
- Bringing yourself back from the dead, without consequences.
- Moving characters without their permission.

Those are most of the major signs of Godmodding.

Here is a written example of the Never Being Hit By An Opponent:
-(I'll be using my friend's character Gane, as an example)-
Gane phased away from the opponents attack, and appeared behind him.
So-in-so spun around, and launched a point black energy blast, that exploded in from his hand expanding to cover a thirty foot radius from his hand.
Gane avoided the attack, and got behind the opponent.
So-in-so gathered power into him and then launched a 360 degree energy wave.
Gane avoided the attack and stood in front of him .

]This is a very basic example of never being hit. As you saw even a 360 degree attack was avoided without any evidence of how.

Not sure when you're godmodding? Check out the Anti-Munch Project. It identifies several different types of roleplayers according to their styles of roleplaying and points out how to avoid godmodding.

 

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Irako of the Desert

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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.