Hydaelyn Role-Players

1.) Read. Understand. Read the posts of others and understand them. Don't just skim and reply shallowly.
2.) Dont tell me your characters life story randomly ICly, pls just info dump oocly if you're trying to get it out there. I can't stand out of place and forced narrative. Make what you say have good timing, otherwise speak to me about it oocly. I promise, I'll love to hear about it.
3.) Don't hook yourself into things for arbitrary reasons. Have a real reason that fits for your character and adds depth. Have a reason for the things you do.
4.) I don't erp, so don't ask.
5.) Have an OOC sense of humor.
6.) Crave story and development. I prefer to rp with people who play changing and growing characters. I write best with others who want to weave an actual story. Have passion for the story you are weaving, and share it. Talk about ideas, I love to hear story weaving ideas.

-rubs her hands at all the commandments- @_@

*burns all RP holy texts*

Relax.  Enjoy yourself.  Keep an open mind.  Show others patience, kindness, and tolerance.  This is an online video game. Do not judge other people. Judgmental individuals and elitists deserve no mercy.

Study the commandments of others, and take notes.

1 - When I'm clearly saying goodbye, don't lock me into the RP with constant talking. Because for some reason I do not know, I will wound up staying until you stop just because I don't want to be rude.

2 - I don't care if you OOC chat via "))" with me or other people while we're RPing. But don't get mad if I do it too.

3 - Thou shall not take 30 minutes to write a reply that could be said in a time frame of less than a second.

4 - English doesn't have to be your first language, you don't even need to be that good at it. But at least try to have nice writing via punctuation, spelling and auxiliary verb agreement. At least try. "Typin lik thise" is really irritating to look at. *Flashbacks of his Aunt teaching him grammar*

5 - I don't care if your character is a dick IC, mine is too to an extent. But there's a difference between being a dick for role play purposes and using your character as a catalyst to make snide "thought" descriptions about someone else and they can't call you out on it because it wasn't verbal. 

6 - Thou shall keep the conversation interesting, or at least try. 

7 - Thou shall wear a shirt or sufficient clothing (applies to males because obviously the females wear something regardless) when thou talks to me, or my character will ask "Why don't you ever wear a shirt?" Or "If you don't put on pants I'm walking the other way." Constantly at every interaction. He doesn't want to look at your chest. Thou shall also wear pants or shorts. I don't think anyone would want to talk to a half naked stranger and expect a sensible conversation.

8 - When thy Aaron is AFK at the leve counter thou shalt not drag him IC unless you ask first. I will ignore you.

9 - I like to give out Fenrir Pup minions as a breeder IC and a few people have found this out. Do not try to rp with me just to get a pup. I'll sell that bitch and keep the gil.

10 - There shall be no OOC drama, have fun. It's why we're here.

5 - I don't care if your character is a dick IC, mine is too to an extent. But there's a difference between being a dick for role play purposes and using your character as a catalyst to make snide "thought" descriptions about someone else and they can't call you out on it because it wasn't verbal.


Stealing this from Aaron. I don't see it happen as often in FF14 as I have in other games like WoW, but hnnnngh. This is a thiiiiiing. Shall be stealing this as a commandment of mine though a smaller one.

Ohmygod I have only had 1 experience with that in FFXIV so far but it was hilarious and over the most arbitrary thing - I had described my character's face "going red" because he was embarrassed; Snide Thought Emote Guy emoted several times insisting that my character's skin was "already red" and therefore that my emote was incorrect. (My dude's skin is brown, btw, unless you have a really weird monitor colour balance.) He repeatedly attempted to imply this through his Snide Thought Emotes and I repeatedly ignored him. He eventually sulked off, presumably to greener redder pastures.

My friend whispered me to ask how the RP was going, and I mentioned this incident to them. It turned out that Snide Thought Emote Guy had actually been kicked relatively recently from an RP FC they knew... for generally being a pillock. At least he made it easy to identify him as such, I guess!

Only one, really:

Have fun RPing. Seriously. I've sat through so much RP that just wasn't my speed for the sake of being polite, or showing solidarity, or supporting an aquaintance, only to never have anyone return the favor and cater to my taste a bit. It really soured me on a lot of things.

XI. Thou shall not use thy characters are a catalyst to broadcast your OOC snide thoughts and/or commentary.

XII. Do not rely on me for the entirety of thy RP experience.

-adds some to her initial ones-

I only have a few. These are the simplified forms.
1. Never hold another player to something you don't observe yourself.
2. Don't advance your own RP at the expense of others.
3. Make an effort.

A lot of these seem very situational or specific. They're outward facing too. I really think the key to RP is reciprocity. I don't really believe in rules that can't be applied evenly or at least fairly.

=D I want to hear the STORIES that created some of these rules. I feel there are STORIES to be heard here.

(09-22-2016, 11:48 AM)Aegir Wrote: [ -> ]=D I want to hear the STORIES that created some of these rules. I feel there are STORIES to be heard here.

Ask and perhaps you shall receive

(09-22-2016, 11:48 AM)Aegir Wrote: [ -> ]=D I want to hear the STORIES that created some of these rules. I feel there are STORIES to be heard here.

The only story I have is kinda short. This guy was making "thought" jabs at me because my character flat out asked why the guy wasn't wearing a shirt and then he got defensive and my character just said "Fuck it. I'm leaving." But he typed out as fast as he could something so I'd see it before getting OOR.

I turned around, cast salted earth in him, and walked away.

1. Be able to type a proper fucking sentence. If English is your second language, be open to critique so you can learn.
   
   
2. Don't expect me to canonize OOC drama into IC interactions.
   
   
3. You can rp anything with me as long as some actual thought and planning went into it and you can explain it to me in rational terms. Even a White Mage.
   
   
4. My gender is irrelevant.
   
   
5. My age is irrelevant.
   
   
6. My sexuality is irrelevant.
   
   
7. Don't be a clingy stalker.
   
   
8. I charge for ERP with random people. I don't know you and I could be doing more important things right now like instances or rp with other people, but instead i'm here getting your rocks off. It's an unrealistic demand you're making here to just expect people to bend over and take it with no compensation. This is basically prostitution, a sexual request, and no prostitute worth their salt gets fucked for free. If you don't like this rule, well, I reserve the right to look at you as being angry because they can't get free ERP, or the scum of the earth who just expects people to satisfy their every whim without some sort of compensation; either way, the price is 50k an hour.
   
   
9. I make mistakes, you make mistakes; we should both be allowed to make retcons for the sake of a better story.
   
   
10. Do not send me IC tells that contain no lewd information or aren't IC whispering. Just because i'm an ERPer doesn't mean you have to hide every message you send to me. It just makes your intentions more obvious (See Rule 8)
    
    
11. My character is a mage. I can explode things or pump you full of toxins with an arsenal of deadly magicks on a whim. If you approach me with your "big strong man" outside of something like the Grindstone, I reserve the right to defend myself with said arsenal...
    
    ...And you will not like the results.
    
    
12. Don't be passive aggressive. I will know.
    
    
13. This is what you're doing. This is what you're trying to do. I refuse to interact with the former.
    

Edgar your commandments are the best fucking thing in this thread.