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Revision as of 04:41, 3 March 2008

This guide is meant as an introduction to online roleplay (RP). While some parts may be specific to Tapestries Muck, most of it should be applicable to almost any online roleplay environment such as Second Life, IRC and others.


Work In Progress

  • Step one, outline.
  • Step two, ...
  • Step three, profit.

Contents

Introduction

What is Roleplaying... maybe why people roleplay...

Language

Purpose of language, to communicate clearly... How this is important to roleplaying...

Imperfect Language

Typoes, sloppy sentence structure, why it is common and when it is appropriate...

Internet Speach

What this is, why it is frowned on... include references...

Language of Choice

Pick clearest language for you and partner... public play should be in english (for Tapestries)...

In and Out of Character

What they are, when to use them... The grey zone between...

Posing

What the term means, alternate terms (posting).. present tense, sentances, etc.

Flow

Flow of the RP, how to trade off poses, how to order them with multiple people, etc.

Length

What length should poses be?

Say

How to use the say program, when...

Pose

How to use the pose program, when, and how to include spoken text in a pose...

Powergaming (and not doing it)

What is Powergaming

Why you should not Powergame

How Not to Powergame

Public and Private

Differences between public and private play, use of explicit references in public...

Public

Other people's RP, how to respect it... street performer example...

See Also

Other related stuff on this site...

Resources

Useful guides on other sites...

References

Stuff referenced...

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