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Are you a new Rper wanting to either just try to RP to check it out or to begin a long RP career? Then come on down to the Amateur RP. It's a place to hone your skills and a great little thread to start on. The Amateur RP will be in both the Canterlot Royal Theater and the Lunar Colosseum (The Lunar Amateur RP). Here are the rules.
Anypony can join. Don't be shy.
Don't use profanity in the Amateur RP.
You may use mild language in the Lunar Amateur RP.
Follow the Forum rules.
I'd be happy to help out with this if you need another veteran to guide things along?
Yeah. That will be very helpful. Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderfall
Can someone help me with the basics of rp-ing. Like where, how and proper etiquette?
You came to the right place. You can RP in the shoutbox and RP forum. You simply read the quotes before you and try to join in if you're joining an RP. Otherwise, simply write away if you're simply just on your own. The most etiquette you can be is to simply have good grammar and try to stay Canon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
@Thunderfall Is this reasonable?
Sounds good. As for joining an RP in-play, there are certain things to consider to ensure that your character gels into the situation easily. My first tip is not to be intrusive, like having your character literally drop out of the sky, or having them charge up to the other characters and get up in their business. Have your character enter the scene, have them notice the other characters, and slowly ease into it. There's no shame in doing a couple of posts where you don't interact with anyone to start with: find a point where your character can casually enter an interaction, or who knows? The other RPers may approach you if you do it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Russian Dark Pasts
The trouble with exploding into the RP is that you can mess up what other people were doing or generally shake up the scene. For example, a while ago I was in the middle of an RP when a new character divebombed into the ground in front of the group leaving a large crater. Naturally, everypony stuck their heads over the edge to ask if they were alright. The user never posted in the RP again, and I found it very difficult to continue, even after we retconned that event. I think it was shortly after that that the entire RP just died.
So to summarise: ease your character into a scenario gently and organically. Don't do something big and expect the other players to react to you, because they might not.
To sum it up. Be interesting. Not exactly attention hogging. But enough so that your character isn't just in the background. Observe. Assess. Initiate. All you really need to do.