Tenses In Roleplay?

[Barsi_]

What Tenses do you Use?

I am tentatively posting this in General forums as opposed to Help forums because this isn't really a question, but rather me gauging opinions and somewhat curious on how people like to word their roleplay. I myself have used present tense in roleplay for several years, however I have seen past tense (less often) as well as future tense (more often) so far in my time on the server.

Examples:

Future- Charleigh would eat the diaper

Present- Charleigh eats the diaper

Past- Charleigh ate the diaper



Which tense do you prefer to use? I myself am not a fan of how the future tense sounds, it feels a little awkward to me in Roleplay, and I think that thinks make the most sense in the present tense. However if future is the norm on this server, I will switch over to to make things consistent.

 

[Enkiduu]

Personally, I always use present tense and save future tense for actions that require another roleplayer's agreement or reaction.

 

[Eccetra]

I personally use present tense, although I have been considering moving to past tense since I sometimes find present a little difficult to not sound boring / repetitive.

From my experience there seems to be a fairly even balance throughout the server, but past and present are most common!

 

[Billy_Rage]

I use present and future.
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