(OoC) Basic Rules/Standards?

[Raccoon]

( OoC is Out of Character )

Well, we finally have a forum, now what do we do with it?

I'd like to say a couple things I have seen over and over again, because I know everyone RPs different-

1) Dont make anyone elses character do anything. Ever.

The only situation I can think of is if you and the other person are good friends and have done RP in the past, or have at least talked it over. Dont do it out of the blue. Or GM/DM of a game, but thats different.


2) Language and Content. Keep it PG-13, if not lower.

Language: Im not saying never ever ever curse. 'Situation allows' type deal. But I really dont care if your character *IS* a sailor, I will politely leave or ask your character to leave.

Content: If you have to wonder about this; it should likely be moved to PMs.


Im not saying this as "BOOM, heres the rules." But more as a start and somewhere to move from. Agree, disagree, add as you see fit.

[Kaoreii]

Allow me a moment of glee now that we have a roleplay forum...

Okay. -clears throat-

To point out something obvious, people should try to keep themselves generally spelled correctly and grammatically sound when RPing, yes? The occasional typo is fine and it may be that part of your character is to have an odd way of speaking, so your grammar isn't textbook correct, but...I guess...no l337 intarwebz speaks. Because why roleplay with someone who won't even put out enough effort to type "y-o-u"?

[azurerogue]

*happy*

I'm exactly sure what will happen with this forum section either, but I'm excited that it's here. I think the rules thus far are pretty good, and I think we should try to keep them as general as possible until we figure out what is going on here for sure

[The Legendary Joe]

AMP from gaia had a post like this that has been passed down from many of the Roleplay forums I've been on, while not elitist, they still make damn good sense to me

Oldbies: Are veterans of roleplaying. They generally know best after years of experience.
Elites: Elites are on their way to becoming Oldbies, but are still changed Literates. Elites can be recognised by their "Elites only" policy, with no lee-way whatsoever. They are generally quite cocky, think they are better, and insist on using reams and reams of detail. This can be particularly true for magic users, who are convinced that their descriptions of the traits and limits of magic are unquestionable.
(Not all Literates become Elites before they move on to Oldbies. Don't worry.)
Literates: A growing minority, literate roleplayers are just that. They use correct punctuation and grammar, and roleplay fairly. Literates often refer to, and follow, the AMP (Anti-Munch Project).
ne0 n00b: ne0s (never use a capital 'n' for them!) at first appear to be Literates. This falsehood becomes apparent after a few posts however, as they tend to break the AMP a lot, and are actually just n00bs who can spell.
n00b: (Don't use a capital 'n' for these either!) n00bs are the worst roleplayer available. A sad and terribly derogatory approach to take, but the simple fact of the matter is that they just cannot and will not roleplay fairly, even when outnumbered, outgunned, and obviously dead in character.
They will often resort to flaming, leading to eventual bans, new accounts, and new bans.
Newbie: A Newbie can at first seem to be a n00b, they can though, learn to correctly roleplay fairly and adequately. Newbies are to be encouraged and treated well, and will often grow into skilled Literates.

Aimbotters: Especially annoying when using NPCs, as NPCs don't get to argue about munch...
A: Three hundred seventy of my trained assassin gymnasts crest the hill, sight you, and rush toward you.
B: Luckily, I have three hundred sixty-nine bullets in my chain gun! I quickly mow them all down, each taking a single bullet to the head, and peg the last one with a rock in the sternum.

Godmoders: Obvious.
A: Now that you're strapped to the end of a naval cannon, I fire it.
B: Whoosh! I nimbly dodge, somehow forgetting the fact that I'm restrained by three-hundred-pound chain!

Boa Constrictors: Threads that have a long list of rules that prevent any characters except their own from roleplaying in that thread. No example will be given here, since that would be suggesting rules that shouldn't be used at all, and used separately these rules would be fine.
Boa Constrictors most commonly like to ban most forms of magic, guns, NPCs, technology, 'special' abilities etc. The result is, as I said, a thread in which very few characters can venture.
More recently, a favourite among Boas is to restrict character appearance to avatar appearance, and thus limit looks and powers to fire, ice, light, dark, angelic, and demonic.
I do emphasise that threads should have whichever rules they want, within fairness to other roleplayers. Lists of rules which prevent too much are too, let's face it, n00bish.
[Suggested by oxymoron_02]

IDKFA-ers: Most likely people attempting to emulate Solid Snake or some other cheesy spy-novel hero.
A: You're all out of ammo for all five of your Ingram submachine guns, 501!|). Since you're buck-naked, I know I can now safely step into the open and begin returning fire.
B: Ha! Little did you know, I have twelve shuriken hidden within my pubic hair!

Twinks: Sometimes allowed in certain RPs. If the RP isn't specifically about invincible deities and such, a simple rule is that if the strengths aren't counterbalanced with relatively equivalent weaknesses (or if the reasoning behind the phenomenal cosmic powers isn't eloquently and appropriately explained), you're dealing with a twink.
A: A punch coming, eh? Well, seeing as you're a seven-year-old child and I'm riding in a twenty-meter mecha, I won't bother dodging.
B: Fooled you! I have the power to DESTROY EVERYTHING when I punch it! I'm just like an X-Man, and therefore require you to suspend all logic when RPing with me! Oh, and I have the power to steal your girlfriend, too.

Min-maxers: Not a lot of those running around here, thank goodness... that's more of a DnD-style paper game issue.
A: I've successfully broken into the facility which gave you your incredibly 1337 power armor. Now I pull up the file on it. What does it say about weak points?
B: The metal of my armor is... um... allergic to praying mantis urine.

Miss Cleos: Obvious.
A: ((OOC: There's a secret switch hidden in the lamp.))
B: I suddenly think to myself-- why not check the lamp for hidden switches? Call me now for your free reading!

McFlys: An all-too-common menace.
A: Ha! Now that the force field is down, I run inside your evil lair!
B: Um... um... there's also a super-secret second force field which causes you to die instantly! I just didn't say anything about it because... um... I had to do my laundry! Not because I just thought of it now! Honestly!

Hi-jackers: These are intensely annoying for thread creators. They are often members of that thread, also. [Suggested by oxymoron_02]
A: Ok! Our base is under attack and we have to defend it!
B: *Goes and activates the base's self destruct* Everybody run you have three minutes!

Puppetmasters: Another overly common occurrence.
A: I step carefully into the room, peering around for occupants.
B: Suddenly a dragon pokes you in the eye. You run screaming from the room, whereafter you go home, make a pickle sandwich, and call your mother to cry about how she ruined your life.

Daydreamers: Not exactly munch, per se, but it does get annoying.
A: In the middle of the intense shootout, I dash across the narrow alley, ducking and weaving in hopes to avoid getting hit. I'm unsuccessful; two bullets peg me in the shoulder, throwing me back into a Dumpster.
B: The bullets make me think back to my days as a youth, when I had to melt down tin soldiers to use as musket balls against the Redcoats... or was it redskins? I can't remember. Anyway, I had to walk uphill all three ways to school and back, running from glaciers all the while. It was torture, lemme tell ya. And then there's the story of how I met my first wife...

Prosecutors: People who claim every one else is Munching when they are the only one who is. [Thought of by Asmodeus The Crow]
A: I, a powerful fire mage, cast a combustion spell at the tree you are in. Thus setting a large portion of the tree on fire.
B: I think about what to do, jump off the tree or run down it. I choose run down the tree through the fire, but I don't catch on fire.
A: ((That doens't make sense...))
B: ((Oh, but it does! The fire couldn't have spread fast on that dry old tree. It was still a small fire and it was just god-modding to make itself big!))

Shoe elves: Pretty obvious.
A: ((OOC: Well, gotta go to bed. Big neurosurgery test tomorrow.))
B: Ho, ho, ho! Now that the loser's gone to bed, I can strap his character to a cross and peg him with rotten fruit!

Revisionists: Another prevalent problem.
A: You chose the blue pill? Ooh, tough luck.
B: Red! I said red!
Don't go pulling that "I can read your previous post" mind game crap, either!

Speedhackers: One of the worst we have to deal with.
A: I walk to the door and step outside.
B: Suddenly, twelve men grab you, carry you off to my secret lair in Tibet, and torture you for weeks. When you finally die from the agony, we bury you in the frozen wastes. Hundreds of years later, arhcaeologists discover your frozen body and try to determine if you're another Lucy.

Oxymorons: Luckily rare.
A: I'm a farmer with a shotgun.
B: I'm a black hole which emits blinding pulses of visible light!
(For those of you not familiar with physics, black holes allow nothing out of their immense gravity. Not even light can escape.)

Baghdad Bobbits: An advanced (or is that "degraded"?) form of Puppetmaster and Aimbotter combined.
A: I fire at the stationary target, hitting twice but missing with my remaining four rounds.
B: I get tired of your realistic RPing style and poke you in the neck, collapsing your trachea. You die writhing in torment.

Hives: So named after such things as the xenomorphs from Aliens, the Klendathu bugs from Starship Troopers, and the teeming hoardes they generally are. These hoardes are always fearless, will battle until dead, and quite often have some excessive weapons and/or armour.
Basically, it's the guys who have too many NPCs. [Suggested by oxymoron_02]
A: *He sat alone in his one-man fighter ship, quickly scanning the radar for hostiles*
B: *He sat aboard his giant flagship, with his other 1000 ships around him. He ordered them all to attack the tiny fighter in front of them."

Gaseous Snakes: An advanced (or is that "dumb"?) form of McFlys.
A: I walk to the door and open it.
B: Being a fellow with a bit of foresight, I hooked that doorknob to a car battery an hour ago. You're thrown across the room.

Augustines: Far, far too prevalent.
A: Given that this RP's technology base is midieval, I happily drive my cart to the market to buy some maggot-ridden meat.
B: Too late! I already got there in my Gundam and blew up everything with my insanely overpowered weapons! And don't start whining, because my Gundam's already pre-approved in the "This Is Not a Midieval Technology Base RP" thread.

Ironclad Sentinels: This is fast becoming a problem, and refers to when a thread's subject organisation/corporation/military has too many defenses, or defenses that are unrealistically powerful or just plain 'modey. [This AMP suggestion created by kodachi3]
A: I am attacking with a battalion of thirty tanks, air support of twenty gun-ships, and three submarines off the coast with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
B: Defenses - Forcefield that blocks everything but lets our weapons out, invisibility shield around the base, 100 SAM turrets, 100 machine gun turrets, 1000 guards with machine guns, 200 space fighters, 200 tanks.

Batmen: Only a few, but they're a bitch to deal with.
A: In this Fantastic Four RP, I'll be Ben, the gruff rock-man with a heart of gold.
B: I'll be Reed Richards, the living sex toy who hunts down innocent women to subdue with his incredible flexibility!

Zoicite: The people who alter thier character as needed for the situation.
Example: They can turn from an angel to a demon to a dragon to a gundam pilot to a janitor to a literal fly-on-the-wall to an ogre magi to the sacred holder of that important plot element that they need to do what they want.

NIMBY: The people who quite readily attack others' threads, but then stop all attacks on their own thread.
A: They attacked us! Let's go and get them!
B: Our base is protected by three forcefields, giant laser guns, automated robots with plasma guns, and a barrier blocking all weapons and magic!
-OR-
A: They attacked us! Let's go and get them!
B: *Deletes any posts related to an attack*

Trinity: The knowledge downloaders, the omniscience wizards.
A: My character was raised by a gang leader in the harsh conditions of a slum. From this, he learned to wield small firearms fairly effectively and has limited driving abilities.
B: My character was born on a remote jungle island and can fly or drive anything and use any gun with perfect aim.

Quakers: They can magically 'spawn' anything.
A: My character is wearing a form of armour only vulnerable to a drop of water from a holy well in South Dakota.
B: *He pulls out the vial of water from a holy well in South Dakota* "I don't know why I always carried this, but I knew it would come in useful one day."

[Sekaru]

honestly I don't think I have laughed so much in like the entire year top notch post oka

I'm a newbie at this stuff though so at least now I know what not to do xD

[Rhino_Man]

man, now I feel old. I learned how to RP from Gaw's Laws and Wiergraf's laws.

Gaw's Laws: http://members.tripod.com/gamefaqs_rpg_a..._laws.html

Wiergraf's Laws: odd, they seem to have vanished into the abyss of the internet. Well if someone finds them, post em for me.


<_<.... yeah, I feel old.

[Namine]

Not a roleplayer, but Namin? would not mind to try to roleplay (or be taught at it, that would be highly appreciated too)~

[Aaronock]

I'm excited about this, but where can we even begin...that's all I wanna know

[The Legendary Joe]

One thing for sure, try to write about your character and it's intereaction from the environment like a book, I know Elitists die a little on the inside when they see people RPing in a script format.


Okama: Rawr! I'm a Battle Priest! *uses Magnum Break*

This style of writing like we use in game generally accepted ina RP-ing community.

The long auburn haired man in the revealing wardrobe of a female High Priest Roared with laughter as the orcs surrounded him as he finished chugging on a concentration potion. With a malicious chuckle, he raised his stunner and spoke. "You stupid fools... I'M A BATTLE PRIEST!" He burst out with a loud yell full of vitality. "MAGNUM BREAK!" He slammed his stunner down to the ground with enough force to scorch the earth, and air around him. The Orcs, overwhelmed by the heat and Might of Okama, ran away.


While I'm not sure how it'd pass in an Elitist RP Forums, this is at least decent. And I know I'm breaking a couple of rules by abusing the NPC's, but who cares, it's a demo post. The rest is not to side track too far from the storyline or hijack from the Game master, or the person who starts and manages the RP you're in. and it helps to have some sort of plot to RP around, but even as a GM of your thread, you cannot force others to do as you wish, no matter how pissed off or whatever it makes you feel.

Namine, you do a pretty good job RPing in your zombie games, but you'd switch your role from narrarator to participant.

[Namine]

That was a decent job? Namin? does not really agree... it passes as acceptable in a forum game format, but RP is a totally different world. Namin? does not have much problem with the writing part (former moderator in another forum over fanfiction and rater with her deadly marking rubrik that she still has somewhere on the computer, though horrible at beta reading), but the need to interact with other characters/NPC, while not controlling them at all, sounds difficult. RP requires players to only act about their own character, which is understandable, but rather difficult to make anything worth while if starting any form of conversation will require waiting for days to get a response to continue the dialogue...

The writing part Namin? can probably pass by and squeeze through (after abusing the "just a noob, be nice to her" law), but the necessary interaction with anything that moves while obeying all restrictions, sound painfully difficult to master.


How much is considered trolling, or abusing the NPC, fluctuates horribly without much sense of standard as well.