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A wee guide to RP for the uninitiated (or simply unsure).

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A small guide for anyone unsure of their RP skillz, as requested by our esteemed leader!

The concept of RP (Roleplay) is fairly simple. It is simply acting (or at least writing) in the way that the character you are playing would act. Beyond that there are one or two common courtesies that RPers like to see maintained in order for everyone to have fun without any drama or angst.

First and foremost is the very basic rule of play nice.

When people are chatting in character they are enjoying a moment of immersion. Nobody likes someone who will go out of their way to ruin that, and neither will the Kestrel Minority tolerate such behavior from their own members. If you think someone is super cheesy, a drama queen, or completely crap, ;) just let them be.

Power-Emoting.

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Considered quite the faux pas of the RP community and relegated to what is viewed as the spotty adolescent population. Keep your RP to yourself, you can't lop off somebodies head just because you emoted it. If you want to do that, develop light-saber technology, build one, find the persons address and do it yourself.

Well ok don't do that as it's illegal. Plus if you do develop light-saber technology you should sell the rights to an officer immediately and we promise to protect you from those who would take advantage of your genius!

Channels.

We will be on a roleplaying server. As such there will be certain rulesets we are obliged to respect and follow. The /say and /yell channels must always be in character. Whispers, party-chat and raid-chat do not need to be in character and you can freely ooc (Out of Character A.K.A 'normal talking') away in those channels!

And finally,

Roleplay is always just for fun. :) Don't ever let yourself feel intimidated or unsure. Most of us roleplayers are lovely chaps and/or chapettes and will happily answer any questions to help you on your way!
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Agree and endorse every word...except chapettes - i'm sure it should be chapesses.
oh - and don't assume...
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MachineSp1rit wrote:can we get like this already?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WENre45f ... r_embedded
OMG! I heard about this. Looks awful, yet compelling.

Also, read and approved Thrakos' post.
We might need an edit on what channels are IC and OOC when the game comes out, but I agree with the general idea.
I also loathe the lengthy ((OOC discussions)) in IC channels.
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I'd suggest, for channels, guildchat be OOC, anything spatial (IE around your character) is always IC and if you need to say something OOC to one person, send them a tell in ((bracketts)). If you need to say something OOC to a group around you ((bracketts)).

We could also do with having a custom channel, just for our guild and friends that we roleplay inside, both for events and just as a shared long range comm. This allows us to roleplay on different planets etc.
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I will have to agree with Doon about the various RP channels, and the guild chat being OOC, if not we need to create an OOC channel assuming we can create our own.
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Doon wrote:I'd suggest, for channels, guildchat be OOC, anything spatial (IE around your character) is always IC and if you need to say something OOC to one person, send them a tell in ((bracketts)). If you need to say something OOC to a group around you ((bracketts)).

We could also do with having a custom channel, just for our guild and friends that we roleplay inside, both for events and just as a shared long range comm. This allows us to roleplay on different planets etc.
Agreed, although I interpret long-range comms to be holographic in SW. It would be an awesome feature if you could project a comm holo of guildmates and friends!
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well...if you are in a group that is handing in a quest but you can't be there - because you are somewhere else...you are represented...


or so i heard :evil:
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Yogash wrote:well...if you are in a group that is handing in a quest but you can't be there - because you are somewhere else...you are represented...


or so i heard :evil:
I heard the same, sure it was in one of the Friday updates, can't rememeber which one though.
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So this might be a silly question, but is vent usually OOC or IC?
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