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The Many Types of Rping
There are so many different styles that can be used to roleplay. The one you choose is based on your preference and your wants for your own character’s developments.
Below are some of the more common types.
The One-Liner
This type is very brief. Many, but not all members, have a rule of no one-liners allowed in RP’s. It is a good way to start as a new member, but we recommend building from this into more developed and thought out posts so that members have something to work with and can easier interact with your characters. An example of one-liner:
Sarah walked into the classroom, took a seat, and pulled out a book.
The Novel RP'er
This type of roleplaying is the most common out of the lot and the most preferred. People who roleplay this way, roleplay as if they are writing a story of some sort. An example of this is below:
'Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the Professor's office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor, "Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?" '
The Asterisk RP'er
This type of RP'er uses asterisk's (*) to play out actions. This is probably best used for Normal roleplaying unless the member goes into detail whilst using the asterix. For example:
*Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the Professor's office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor* "Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?"
The Italics RP'er (actions)
There is two types of italics RP'ing. This one is where members italic all of the actions that they make. Like so:
Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the Professor's office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor, "Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?"
The Italics RP'er (speech)
This is exactly the same as the above apart from this time the member italics the speech that their character uses instead of the actions. An example:
Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the Professor's office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor, "Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?"
The Bold RP’er (speech)
This is when a member uses bold for speech so it stands out and the other members can see where their character is speaking easier. An example:
Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the professor’s office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked no the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor, “Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?”
The Bold and Italics RP’er
This is when a member uses bolding for their character’s speech and italics for their thoughts. This gives other members a chance to see when a character is thinking and when they are actually talking. An Example:
Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the professor’s office. This is the coldest corridor in the castle she thought as she moved towards the door and knocked. Sarah opened it and greeted the professor, “Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?”
The Multi-Color RP'er
This type of roleplaying is where you can use any of the above types but use colors to show the differences between your actions and speech. An example is below:
Sarah looked down the corridor and headed slowly to the Professor's office. She was slightly nervous of meeting the Professor. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door. She opened it and greeted the Professor, "Hello there, my name is Sarah, when will class start?"'
**Please note that you don't have to follow any of the above, you may choose your own style and you can merge two of the above etc. This is just a simple guideline to the most popularly used ones.
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