{Roleplay Help}

Are you....

Completely clueless about Roleplay?
A novice Roleplayer?
Or maybe you just want to improve your Roleplaying?

THEN YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!
In this tutorial I'll go over writing a Bio, picking a name for your character, how to Roleplay the Semi-Lit way and how to choose a Roleplay to join!
And remember-- If you have any questions, or would just like to say that this tutorial helped you, don't hesitate to comment in the Guestbook!

Enough Chit-Chat, let's start learning shall we? Section one is entitled:

What is Roleplay?

Lingo of the Roleplay

Rp -- Short for Roleplay. Also Rping means Roleplaying.

OOC -- When Rping you might want to ask another member something. If you go about it like this:
~Volefur padded over to Featherwhisper and mewed "Want to go hunting? This can be the time you disappear or be kidnapped btw".~
Then it can be difficult to understand. Is your character asking the other character if they want to be kidnapped while hunting? Or are you asking the other member if they want their character to disappear? This is when you use OOC or Out Of Character to show that you are "speaking" outside of Roleplay. You can also use {{}} or (()) with OOC or by themselves to say your out of character. So the above example post would be revised like this:
~Volefur padded over to Featherwhisker and mewed "Want to go hunting?" ((OOC: This can be the time Feather gets kidnapped/disappears btw))

BIC or IC -- Sometimes you might see someone but this after a OOC remark. It stands for Back in Character (Or In Character), and is just a little term to make sure that everyone understands they are back in the Rp.

Godmodding -- Something you DO NOT want to do. Godmodding is making your character invincible, super strong, able to defeat all enemies, live forever etc... It really spoils the fun for everyone else. If everyone is invincible then where is the story line going to go? And after a few months is it really that fun to Rp a cat that always gets their way? No! Good characters have some FLAWS, that is what gives them CHARACTER. Although it may be tempting, make sure you don't Godmod.

Powerplayer or Pper -- Someone who plays another persons character without their permission. Again-- something you DO NOT want to do.

Semi-Lit vs. Non-Lit and Literate -- The three ways to Roleplay. Non-lit would be like this:
~ nai *pad up to talaka* hey what up? ~
All I have to say is BOOOORING! Really, this is the way you DO NOT want to Roleplay. Not only does it look really newbieish, it lacks detail and all the cool stuff you put in the other two types of Roleplaying! Semi-Lit is better, and how most people do it. Let's see that top post as a Semi-Lit post:
~ Nai padded up to Talaka, her amber eyes sparkling, "Hey, how are you doing today?" ~
Better right? A LOT better! But it can get even more detailed! That's what Literate is:
~ The slim brown Hunter wolf padded slowly up to Talaka. Her heart beating wildly as she neared him. "Why am I always this nervous around him?" she thought angrily as she stood watching the jet black wolf devour a deer leg. She took a deep breath and gathered herself before lifting a forepaw and prodding him gently in the back so he would notice she was there. "H..ey..." she said in a very soft high pitched voice "How are you doing....?" as soon as she spoke she wanted to slap herself "I sounded so STUPID!" ~
Yep that is MUCH MUCH BETTER! Semi-Lit and Literate overlap a lot, and some days you may be too tired or lack inspiration to write a long post.... but at least try to write a few sentences per post!

Bio-- Your character's overall description that usually goes somewhere on the Roleplay site. Hmm... this leads into our next section....

Writing the Bio