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Jan
20
2009
 
Fashion Rant: Which One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other?Posted by: Nauloera in Rants, Role PlayWith the introduction of Wrath I waited with bated breath to see what nifty clothes we were going to be given. More skirts maybe? A variety of cold weather inspired robes? Perhaps some jackets or parka style tunics? How about some woolen pants? Anything new or exciting would be welcome. Instead it seems Northrend has been beaten with the ugly stick. No… let me rephrase that. Northrend has been raided by the entire damn ugly forest! And it wasn’t even a very imaginative forest either! Every story must have some conflict or drama to be interesting. When it involves RP, how much is too much? Every player has their own tolerance threshold for character drama. Some are going to have a fairly high tolerance, some are going to have a fairly low one, and some it will depend on what they have recently been involved in, how believable the drama is, and how original it is. Personally, I only rarely create major dramatic threads for my characters. Why? Because they get real old, real fast. I rarely get involved in other people’s major plot lines. Why? Same reason. Is there such a thing as Role Play Etiquette? Certainly there is! It may not be so obviously called that but you can usually tell when someone is breaking it. How can you tell? By listening carefully to what others say. I’m going to try touching on the subject of RP Etiquette. Mind you there are hundreds and hundreds of RP pet peeves that individual RPers might have that I certainly can’t cover, but I will try to cover some of the most common ones. I will also discuss how to know if you’re breaking RP etiquette and possible alternatives or solutions to such behavior. Making role play fun for everyone is the goal. So let’s work towards that goal together. This is an article I’ve been kicking around for a while and my friends have been nagging me to write something for the blog so I thought I’d drag this topic out and dust it off. Romance In RP Now before you start to point and snicker, muttering about “cyborz”, notice the title is ROMANCE, not ERP. That is another topic for another day. Romance can cover a wide range of emotional depth from the friends that exchange flowers on occasion to full fledged lovers or marrieds. Role playing romance DOES NOT mean cyber just like reading a book that has romantic elements does not mean reading porn. Emotes are an integral part of role play. Without them our play would be pretty dull and flat. They are used to convey moods, actions, and many other bits of information about our characters. While they may seem simple enough, it is quite surprising how many role players do not quite understand what is a correct emote. Today we’re going to talk about crafting emotes in WoW. I will keep it as relatively painless as possible. Since there was such an interest in my last blog post on rp clothes, I had made a promise to expand it to other races. Here is the first of those. Please note, currently I am only working on females since that is what I play primarily. If there is additional interest, I will expand it to include males. role-play [rohl pley] –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
[Origin: 1945–50 “role play.” Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 03 Sep. 2008. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/role play>. I realize that sounds rather dry for this wonderfully relaxing and fun past time that so many of us enjoy, but it helps to shed a bit of light onto it for those that do not fully understand what role play is. A simpler way to explain it, however, would also be “interactive storytelling”. Authors’ Note: Normally I don’t post twice in one day. However I had already posted Ask Catilda when I found this little gem. Since I will be doing RL home business stuff tomorrow it is unlikely I will remember to post and Monday just seems too far away sooooooo…. today you get a treat; TWO TDRP posts! Enjoy! (Because you never know when I’ll get around to posting again!) Anna over at Too Many Annas made a post in her blog reminiscent of the Friday Five but she did it RP style. Five basic questions to ask and answer about your character to help get you started on the path to role play. As always, I’m very supportive of anything that encourages role play and helps the new player get their introduction to it so I thought I would post the answers from Nauloera’s point of view here. I encourage you to visit Anna and read her post on it and perhaps write your own answers as well!
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