THIS IS OUTDATED.
THIS ENTIRE GUIDE IS KAPUT.
DO NOT USE THIS. I WROTE THIS WHEN I WAS 12.
This is not at all offical, nor will it ever be. I am only talking out of personal experience. Anyways, here are some simple tips for attracting roleplayers!
This is made for new folks!
THIS ENTIRE GUIDE IS KAPUT.
DO NOT USE THIS. I WROTE THIS WHEN I WAS 12.
This is not at all offical, nor will it ever be. I am only talking out of personal experience. Anyways, here are some simple tips for attracting roleplayers!
Use grammar during roleplay. It may seem like a pointless sentence, but it gives you a good rep and better image. More people will want to roleplay with you, if you sound professional. 'Your' is a possessive, 'You're' is a contraction. Fewer is for countable things, Less is for general mass. 'A pack of dog's' should be 'a pack of dogs', and so forth! Use phrases of the time period, such as 'Bitch the pot' (Pour the tea). Use writing mimickry, such as writing in the style of George R. Martin or J. J. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling, but make sure you don't plagerize! Look to William Shakespear for some examples of how people may have talked, but keep it modern enough that other roleplays can understnd you!If your character has any accent, roleplay it! Search up how to fake those accents. For example, Dressolinians would usually say 'dhat' instead of 'that', or end more words in strong vowels. Northerns may shorten words and use slang, ending most 'ing' words with 'in''. This gives your character dimension, and helps develop them and their culture. Tigrans speak with harder 'z's and s's, usually doubling them. Lampar use terrible grammar, such as 'Me'sa likes cookee!' Research the tone of your race, and character. If a character has empathy issues due to tramatic events, they may sound cold and flat, in which you would uses phrases like, "You must be afraid, correct?" People, on the other hand, with posistive outlooks on life or easy lives, such as nobility or Lampar may talk gently, less directly and more lazily, such as, "You uncomfortable?" Those two phrases could be in the same situation, but clearly sound different.Skins. Oh boy. Don't use any cliche or steampunk skins. Try to stay away from skins that have shorts or show lots of skin, unless it was fit for the summer or something of the sort (Travel, homeless, heat, nobility). Make sure your skin is lore-compliant, and don't give any dargon skins too many special patterns, such as star shapes on their forehead. Use dull colors, unless you may be nobility or have flamboyent hair (platinum blonde, red/auburn) and please do not use unrealistically colored hair. You may have green, blue, or even rainbow hair IRL, but in 304 A.C., they didn't. Give your skin details, such as ears, jewelry, belts, and objects that could be taken on and off. Though it is not fully compliant, I met mages that could 'turn on' their arms and there would be fire/ice/water at their hands, which was really cool.Character. Make sure you don't make a Mary-Sue, a character that is too perfect or Special Snowflake, a character with too many rare gifts and talents. And please do not roleplay things you do not understand, such as Bipolar disorder or Aspergers. (I actaully have firsthand experience in both) Unless you have firsthand experience, do not roleplay these characters, on the risk of insulting actual people or misplaying characters. I cannot stress this enough! For example, a 'psychopath' character may have the urge to murder everyone in sight and act insane, though a psychopath in reality is plainly someone that has slight trouble empathizing with others, such as being sad that someone else's pet has died. Make sure you have enough weaknesses and development, and get to know your character. And remember to be yourself. Roleplaying a character too much/long can slowly change they way you act, so keep that in mind.
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