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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Oct 18, 2014 17:17:10 GMT
Well, no posts have been made on this board so I guess I'll start? The title of this thread is a question mark cuz I don't really know what'll happen here.
Conan: "No it's not."
What do you mean?
Conan: "Isn't it a question mark because you don't know how to roleplay and want to know how?"
. . . . . . . . I've roleplayed before.
Conan: "Unofficially in a fanfiction PM because you two ran out of things to talk about, so you brought me and others in to talk to."
*sighs* Okay, fine, Conan-kun's right. The title is a question mark because I don't know what official roleplay looks like, if the characters know each other's secrets or not, if there are any rules or anything to it, or even if you yourself are in it (like this post) or if it's just the characters. Please teach me! Onegaishimasu! m(_ _)m (dogeza)
Conan: *sweatdrops* *thinks* "Even so far as a dogeza?"
Oh, and any of the characters I roleplay as will most likely eventually end up out of character . . .
Conan: "Like in those three different PMs that you've started roleplaying in with the exact same person. I believe one of them was with everyone on my side of the Kid heists, another was everyone on the other side of the Kid heists, which I still want to know about-"
My lips are sealed. You're not being told anything about Kid.
Conan: "-And the third with two of the main characters from . . . I think it was called DN Angel?"
Yup, Dark and Daisuke. Anyway, as I said before, please teach me! *bows*
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Post by SharaRaizel on Oct 18, 2014 18:53:27 GMT
I've never RPed either, but have always been interested. From what little I've seen though, RPers select a character(s) which they want to RP as and sort of just go with it. I've been following a few DCMK RP threads on Tumblr and it seems like they just establish who they're characters are (background and stuff) on their profiles and respond to posts and scenarios as their characters. I've seen some on facebook too. That's about all I know though. I'm willing to learn right along side you though. it sounds fun and I'd probably want to RP as Hakuba (I'm rather fond of and attached to his character).
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Oct 18, 2014 20:00:24 GMT
The big DCMK roleplay that I know of is Mysterious: detective.ethereal-visions.net/phpbb/ You can kind of get a feel for how it works by checking out their forum. Shararaizel explained the gist of it already. Each person can pick a character(s) and they'll write in the perspective of that character. It is very similar to our group story but you don't necessarily have to make a complete story and it can be more casual. With our community collaborative story anyone can narrate any character or scene instead. I haven't RPed for something like a manga/anime/book/show series though. But I do tabletop roleplaying like D&D and have played an actual MMORPG that was focused on roleplaying before, so I don't think it's much different. It just works different mechanically cause it'd be in the form of forum posts instead of verbal or chatbox.
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Post by Kaggami on Oct 18, 2014 21:23:50 GMT
I Have role played a lot and its actually quite fun.
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Oct 19, 2014 3:05:42 GMT
shararaizel: I've seen some of those facebook ones as well, but not very often. Actually, the times I saw them were pictures of them on google images. They're fun to read.
Crimson: will do.
Kaggami: It definitely sounds fun ^_^
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Oct 19, 2014 3:46:01 GMT
Hm, the ones one that website seem slightly hard to follow, since the dialogue is split up. I'd rather have it go in chronological order, even if the posts are short.
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Post by SharaRaizel on Oct 19, 2014 4:34:59 GMT
Solution: separate threads for separate RPs/events/stories.
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Oct 19, 2014 4:42:13 GMT
No, it was the exact same stories, but instead of waiting for the other person to answer, they would go for so many paragraphs, then stop, and then the next person would fill in the gaps. Like I said, it was hard to follow.
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Post by akaisherry47 on Oct 19, 2014 7:17:10 GMT
As a former roleplayer, it is tough to get into the flow especially if posts are lengthy and fast-moving. Usually though, you'll only see those kinds of posts when someone is trying to move a scene. A lot of people have complained about how fast I go with my RP posts before. I recommend starting with chat-type RPs with only basic description and a theme that is decided over the course of the story if you wish to try it out. I'd be happy to host a thread and post a sample RP if ever I get a go signal for it or find the inspiration.
Roleplays are actually a pretty good method to practice writing, especially characterization, working with other writers/players and getting into the story's progress as a cog and not the machine itself. Two major problems with it though are a) people not posting when they're turn's up, and b) support characters trying to upstage mains and those in charge of making the progressive posts. I know that as writers and readers, you already have a good understanding of these, but in my opinion, if you're planning on making a fic collaboration amongst members, you might want to try an RP first.
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Post by Kaggami on Oct 20, 2014 20:56:35 GMT
I was thinking about starting a role play. We can do the basic level first, just a few lines, mostly dialog, and as people get used to it grow to more serious role-play. I have participated in some role-plays were more than three paragraphs was the minimum limit, and the players were actually creating a complete story, with a well described scene, defined time line, good description of the characters action, etc... If you want to see more role-plays, you can go here: otakunetwork.net/forum/11-role-playing/ Warning: advanced is scary... I shall be posting the plot and characters some day this week... There are some part a role-play needs to have: Plot/Story, characters, the sing up sheet, rules... not to mention title XD
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Oct 21, 2014 13:06:27 GMT
Akaisherry47, for the RP you posted, is it in the present tense or past tense. You used both tenses in it so it got a bit confusing. Not the story itself, but just whether it's present or past.
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Post by akaisherry47 on Oct 21, 2014 15:23:44 GMT
I'm not sure I fully understand what you're talking about, but if it's about my technique or the composition itself, the only remedy I have for it right now is to edit the post.
If it's about what style to follow, then no, nobody has to follow any specific style. It will always be up to the creator if he/she will require posters to adjust to one, but in this case anyone can post however they want, be it in your usual writing style or dialogue-only.
If it's the story, all I was really after is establishing the setting as well as where my character is. Anyone can just jump in and choose to either ignore me or talk to me. There's nothing grand really going on so you can even skip the description I made and go straight to your own post.
Note: As of this edit, the post has already been proofed. If there are still problems that prevent everyone from posting, please let me know.
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Oct 21, 2014 16:05:30 GMT
Ah I read the first post over earlier and saw what you meant Natsumi. It looks like you may have edited it recently to be all in present tense, Akaisherry? Before it looked like the writing for your exposition (everything describing the background and setting) was in present tense (Is, now, currently, etc) while the narrative was (describing her actions and thoughts, etc) mostly in past tense. I don't know the technical rules for this, but I have seen it before I believe, even in published fiction. The example I'm thinking of had separation between those parts through interludes however. I'm not that used to writing in present, I usually write in past. I realize that could make it challenge to have different writing styles if the story is combined at the end, but is it an issue whether participants write in different tenses for RP?
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Post by akaisherry47 on Oct 21, 2014 16:10:05 GMT
Yes, I've edited the post for argument's sake, and no, it shouldn't be the case. A lot of RPers are not formal writers (yet) so creators don't usually meddle with writing styles unless they set a particular format for an RP (like in RPs that involve battles or a Choose Your Adventure one). So for those who read this, just use whatever style you're accustomed to should you choose to join. If it comes through and anyone plans to transcribe it to a full story as per the collaboration piece you're planning, I think one or two writers should streamline it in the end, different techniques and all.
As for that certain style, I'm not sure if we're thinking the same thing, but I've probably read enough of those books. I mostly read ones translated from Japanese to English though along with some British ones, but hardly any American and definitely not mainstream works.
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Oct 21, 2014 17:29:38 GMT
It could be possible that the prevalence in writing past tense for fiction is more common in English? Maybe Nech and Kaggami and anyone who knows another language can share what they know about past vs present tense usage trends in other languages.
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