[Advanced Role-play Guide] Improve your role-play

[Yuuta]

Advanced Roleplay Guide


Hello again, this is Yuuta Saji(Orochia) making a little story or guide about how you can advance your roleplay in some ways. I don't have the feeling this is going to be a long guide that you're going to use hours on. I believe this is going to be a small but handy guide that hopefully will make you realize how RP can be and how it is for some and others. I will be talking about how RP is for me, and how I feel it is for others. I will be talking about some stages of roleplay - skipping some of the very first, since I really don't feel like making a such guide. This guide is mainly aimed for those who feel like a decent roleplayer and wonder what they can improve to become a better roleplayer. If you're not a narrow minded person and you're really inviting - you might find this guide usefull in some ways or another.
As it may seem obvious this guide will not cover all of its need - I have just written it to mention a few things. I mean, a few things in the right direction is a step forward after all, right? Now, let's begin with making sure we know what we are talking about:

Roleplay, what does good roleplay take?

This is an often discussed question - yet I find it really easy to answer - so that I shall do.

There are a few things you need in order to be able to be a good roleplayer. Those things include; You need to be able to use english very easy - you also need to be able to type fast. And when you're typing fast, you need to be able to know what you want to write - you need to know your character and situation - how to handle it. In order to do that - you must have a really good imagination along with patience and maturity. All this is of course only possible when you are completely aware of the game mechanics and rules.

That being said, let's take a look at some of the game mechanics - and how people use them.

There are two game mechanics that we are going to talk a lot about, those are; /do and /me commands.

Let's have an scenario a difference between doing bad - and doing really good.

From suck - to pro:

Objective: You drive a sultan and you want to park it at the sidewalk to the right.

First attempt: You turn to the right - crashing into a piller that results in your vehicle being stopped. You exit the vehicle and run toward your final destination.

Second attempt: You slow down slightly - hence you're going to park your vehicle. You park it nicely at the sidewalk.

* Yuuta Saji turns the key.
* Yuuta Saji shuts the engine of the Sultan.
The engine has been shut down. (( Yuuta Saji ))
* Yuuta Saji sight slightly - looking in the mirror checking for vehicles on the road.
Yuuta is able to see the right lane on the road - no vehicles noticed. (( Yuuta Saji ))
* Yuuta Saji reaches for the door - exiting the vehicle.
* Yuuta Saji turns to the door - bending down slightly, locking the vehicle with a turn of his key.
You turn to the door - and do an animation (example: /Washhands.)
The vehicle has been locked. (( Yuuta Saji ))


Now that, was a bit too much. If some people would type that much - it would take a lot of time - making it look really weird.

That being said, we can now state following;
How fast you can type equals your roleplay in some ways. ( If you are slow at typing - you can't type as much. )
You must know what you are typing. ( If you dont know what you ahve to type - you can't time as much. )
I could go along with all the terms I have mentioned, please recall them yourself.

That was a from 'Noob' to 'Pro' situation - we will use that again, but later. I want to state some things about the stages of RP first. These stages are not really accurate, since I don't know how fast you type, but lets have a look at my idea:

Stage one: Speak.
Stage two: /me.
Stage three: /do.
Stage four: Animation.

You may use some animations at the other stages too - but fully mastering it - is hard.

Let me show you one single situation going from stage one - to four.

The situation: Two men meet eachother - one is asked his name.

Stage one:

Masahiro Saji: Greetings, sir.
Masahiro Saji: May I ask of your name, please?
Yuuta Saji : Certainly.
Yuuta Saji : Saji, Saji Yuuta it is.

Stage two:

* Masahiro Saji looks at Yuuta Saji - slightly nodding at him trying to get his attention.
Masahiro Saji: Greetings, sir.
* Masahiro looks at Yuuta Saji with are more calm facial expression - smiling.
Masahiro Saji: May I ask of your name, please?
* Yuuta Saji nods respectfully at the man - making a polite facial expression.
Yuuta Saji : Certainly.
* Yuuta Saji clears his throat slightly.
Yuuta Saji : Saji, Saji Yuuta it is.

Stage three:

* Masahiro Saji looks at Yuuta Saji - slightly nodding at him trying to get his attention.
Do I get your attention? (( Masahiro Saji ))
Yes - I look up from what I was currently doing. (( Yuuta Saji ))
Masahiro Saji: Greetings, sir.
* Masahiro looks at Yuuta Saji with are more calm facial expression - smiling.
The smile was short - but very certain. (( Mashiro Saji ))
Masahiro Saji: May I ask of your name, please?
It was said in a very calm tone. (( Mashiro Saj ))
* Yuuta Saji nods respectfully at the man - making a polite facial expression.
Yuuta Saji : Certainly.
* Yuuta Saji clears his throat slightly.
Words are spoken sudden - yet still calm. (( Yuuta Saji ))
Yuuta Saji : Saji, Saji Yuuta it is.

Stage four:

* Masahiro Saji looks at Yuuta Saji - slightly nodding at him trying to get his attention.
Animation: (/Nobreath 1) - For about one second.
Do I get your attention? (( Masahiro Saji ))
Yes - I look up from what I was currently doing. (( Yuuta Saji ))
Masahiro Saji: Greetings, sir.
Animation: (/Chat [Number]) as he speaks.
* Masahiro looks at Yuuta Saji with are more calm facial expression - smiling.
The smile was short - but very certain. (( Mashiro Saji ))
Masahiro Saji: May I ask of your name, please?
Animation: (/Chat [Number]) as he speaks.
It was said in a very calm tone. (( Mashiro Saj ))
* Yuuta Saji nods respectfully at the man - making a polite facial expression.
Yuuta Saji : Certainly.
Animation: (/Nobreath 1) - For about one second.
* Yuuta Saji clears his throat slightly.
Words are spoken sudden - yet still calm. (( Yuuta Saji ))
Animation: (/Chat [Number]) as he speaks.
Yuuta Saji : Saji, Saji Yuuta it is.

Some tips and tricks for RP situations:

If you are standing somewhere, anywhere. And you OOCly notice a man sneaking up somewhere behind you. Please for the love of god don't just turn.

Do this:

You're standing somewhere randomly.
You OOCly notice the man;
Do I notice you? (( Yuuta Saji ))
Not yet. (( Man ))

When you deal money, count them;

* Yuuta Saji offers the bag to the man.
* Noob Skin accepts the bag - throwing it into the van.
/Pay Noob_Skin 435.
Noob Skin: (( Hey, that's not enough, the deal was 5k! ))
Yuuta Saji: (( You didn't count them, dont metagame. ))

Fail.

* Yuuta Saji offers the bag to the man.
* Pro Skin accepts the bag - Opening it, looking at the content.
How much does it look like? (( Pro Skin ))
About 400... (( Yuuta Saji ))
* Pro Skin looks up at Yuuta with slight annoyed face.
Pro Skin: What's this?

Win.

How I define some RP terms.

The best roleplayer could be running around shooting Ballas in point - not doing any single kind of RP activity... You say?
Well, I believe otherwise. I believe that those who stays IC the longest and does a good job staying IC are good rolepalyers.
There are two parts of being a good rolepalyer: Being good at roleplaying - and - being IC all the time.

If someone never went OOC and was IC all the time, then he would be a better roleplayer then me if I didn't roleplay at all.

If you truly want to become a good roleplayer, the behave like one.

I am at a stage of roleplay were I dont even use Success / Fail any more, I don't need to. I know how to use the system and those I Rp with does too.. Most of them..

But I am also at a stage were I don't need to kill people, yes that's right.

I will say it again, a good roleplayer does not need to kill people.

No matter what you are, Gang, Mafia, Cop... If someone annoys you really much.. What do you do? Kill them?

Have you ever though about using your skills as a roleplayer and rolepaly with them? I can show you one single situation.. It takes a lot of time to make it here on the forums, so you better appreciate it.

The situation: A man punches you lightly.

Instead of pulling out your spas and killing him;

* Yuuta Saji jumps toward the man - trying to hit him in the face with his knee.
It was very sudden - did I succed hitting you? (( Yuuta Saji ))
Yes - I didn't see that comming. (( Man ))
Animation: (/crack or likely.)
* Yuuta Saji tries to kick him in the head - trying to knock him out.
You hit me in the head - I am knocked out. (( Man ))
Can you remember this episode? (( Yuuta Saji ))
No. (( Yuuta Saji ))
When will I wake up? (( Man ))
One minute after I am gone. (( Yuuta Saji ))

This can also be used if you have robbed a man. Instead of killing him - RP knock him out or likely.
It is much more fun to RP than just clickking the left of your mousebutton till one's HP reaches zero, you will learn that.

One last thing I want to mention.

For the love of god - stop powergaming.

Some people say powergaming is forcing roleplay, that is not the most accurate explanation.

You are infact allowed to force poeple to roleplay, but what there is ment, is;

You're not allowed to decide things in /do or /me about other people without them having a chance to answer in /do about it.

Examples:

* Yuuta Saji steals the mans wallet - taking a few buck from it. Powergaming - he does not have a chance to answer - lets give him a chance, shall we? Look here;

Is your wallet on your pocket of your jeans and can I see it? (( Yuuta saji ))
Yes. (( Man ))
* Yuuta Saji tries to sneak up behind the man.
Do you notice me? (( Yuuta Saji ))
No. (( Man ))
* Yuuta Saji tries to take the wallet with a swift move.
Do you notice me taking it? (( Yuuta Saji ))
Yes - It's very obvious since I have a chain in it. (( Man. ))
* Yuuta Saji sighs.

Well, now I have made two guides this evening - Yuuta wants some sleep kk?


I really hope you appreciate the guide - I hope I mentioned somthing you found usefull.
I know that I did not cover everything - but I did mention some things.

Good luck, sincerely, Yuuta.

[Robert Shiels]

Nice work Yuuta.

[Santana Rodriquez]

* Masahiro Saji looks at Yuuta Saji - slightly nodding at him trying to get his attention.
Masahiro Saji: Greetings, sir.
* Masahiro looks at Yuuta Saji with are more calm facial expression - smiling.
Masahiro Saji: May I ask of your name, please?
* Yuuta Saji nods respectfully at the man - making a polite facial expression.
Yuuta Saji : Certainly.
* Yuuta Saji clears his throat slightly.
Yuuta Saji : Saji, Saji Yuuta it is.

I use /me and /do's in a different way.. Like this:

*Makashiro Saji looks at Yuuta Saji*
*Makashiro Saji nods at him*
Just slighty, to draw his attention (( Masahiro Saji ))

*Masahiro looks at Yuuta Saji with a smile.*
A calm, polite smile. (( Masahiro Saji ))

*Yuuta Saji nods at him respectfully with a facial expression
'Polite' (( Yuuta Saji ))


It is a really nice guide!
+Kudo

[Eric Lopez]

Nice job, If all Noob Skins playing in sarp read this they'll be instantly Pro Skin, Sadly, Most of noobs in sarp don't even bather checking the forums...

[Mike]

Exactly. If more people joined the forums and gave their time to read these usefull informations they would be good RP'ers with some work.

[Nayib_Pastrana]

I love this, Yuuta. One of the reasons roleplaying with you is so much fun.

[Jack Francis]

Stickied.

[Railin]

Wow, + rep

[John Sargo]

nolifer :)

[Melek Mizher]

This guide is worth-reading... It's a great guide that even the better players would love to read and take examples from it, nice work Yuuta

[DonKris]

:D, Good for noobies

[Martendor]

great job !!!

[Ray_Haywood]

Wow this guide is realy good and is welll explanded. I will get my freind who Role-Playes my brother IG, He is rubish at Role-Play.

[Nomad]

Nice work,
Good for noobs

[Jack]

good job , looks great

[Dirk Fahrenheid]

It would be cool if the /chat anim happened automatically when we speak so that we don't have to type in "/chat X" over and over again.

[Harry_Gaffer]

Nice job, If all Noob Skins playing in sarp read this they'll be instantly Pro Skin, Sadly, Most of noobs in sarp don't even bather checking the forums...

Suppose I'm the exception. This is all great to know.
I have a G15 keyboard. I'll be setting up some keybinds to make things like animations easier, and faster.

[Melfer]

Good Work,
Good Guide.

[Donte]

Nice thread

[Lickertit]

I have a question.
Why do you always type 'slightly' at the end of every /me? Like "Chuckles slightly", or "Laughs slightly", or "Sighs slightly"...?

Good guide however.