Roleplay Basics

[Kai]

Roleplay

We all know it, we all love it, we all want to do it, and yet we all do it wrong. So for those ninety percent of people overall both Halo and SCP that ask the question, well Kai how does one improve in roleplay?
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1. Develop your character, you see we all have names in both SCP and Halo some of us make a name without having meaning behind it or they just don't signify their name as their character. Start going out there instead of yourself just be what you want your character to be some badass, some jackass, some smartass, or just some dumbass whatever it is be that character instead of your self when you are roleplaying. Then you will see meaning within your character and start to let it branch out to others, and make sure that character has feelings and is affected by everyday events such as deaths because these events can develop a character to the worse or to the best it is important to treat your character as important as you are.

2. Make a backstory, when it comes to developing your character you will be out there making history with each connection but-... what is your history before you embarked on this setting? What do I mean exactly? Lets take Halo for example you can be a sangheili and be part of the SoS but your character can't reflect on the past in SoS if you didn't make a past for your character so in forums there is sections for factions that allows you to make a character backstory, and it will gave you a template of what you can do and I suggest filling the entire backstory template out to define your character more take mine for example that was for Mass Effect Roleplay.

3. Practice typing sentences and expand your vocabulary, as a Serious Roleplayer I know that the minimum amount of lines for a complete action for a Serious Roleplay now hear me out it-... it is more than three complete sentences in order to be a valid action. Don't stress, because this limit is done for a reason because as you type your creativity sets in and you will want to add more to define this action but don't repeat yourself over and over use those big words to help you stand out and be a better roleplayer.

4. Relations, to develop your character you must make connections with others and it is important to have a level of relationship with them all what do I mean? Well one can be your enemy, one can be your wife, one can be your brother, basically what do other characters around you mean to your character? This will help your character to be more open in terms of being able to connect and able to roleplay with others.

5. Play your cons out, every character well I mean everyone in this world has their negatives and weaknesses, and they have their fears. For your character to be real to others it must have cons or else a guy that seems "perfect" isn't real and isn't just ideal at all.

6. Take examples and advice from others, if other people say things that you don't know about listen to it and see if you can learn a few things from them.

7. Know your terms, OOC (Out of Character) in your mind OOC will always be this symbol "//" well actually there is more symbols such as [], (), and || those are all OOC symbols, know that ERP is Erotic Roleplay, FRP is Fail Roleplay, URP is Unreal RP, PG is Powergaming, and IC is In-Character.

Q/A
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Does making backstories ever get appreciated? Yes, for instance the Cullen Ivring Backstory was originally a character application just see the results here.

Ask any questions and they will be answered and edited in under here!​

 

[Barbedpilot]

I refuse to read this because you included the little furry pic kai.
*Pulls out Elon Musk Flamethrower*


Good explination my b :OkHandHerePls:
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