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• Characters: Ryanti Veanysus
  
• Primary character: Ryanti Veanysus
  
• Linkshells: None yet.
  
• Primary RP linkshell: None yet.
  

• Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy):
  
  Medium. Most authors would know that 100% of the time, they are not always 100%. Which means there are times where you just can't really write that well, and there are times where you just don't feel like writing. The same could be said for roleplaying. I play a MMO for all the features, including RP, I don't just align myself with RP. So in other words, while I don't consider myself a casual roleplayer, I don't roleplay 24/7.
  
  
• Views on RP combat and injuries:
  
  Nothing should be ruled by a dice roll. I'm going to go further then that and say a fight should not determine a winner or a loser just because of a higher level. While I understand the style of seeing who wins in, for example, a duel, to RP who wins and loses, but I am speaking from a writing standpoint, not a pvp standpoint. Combat should never feature god modding or metagaming, and proper communication and chemistry with one's opponent is key. It should be a battle of wit, to see who can outsmart one another while still confining to common sense in regards to the strengths and weaknesses of their characters. Any injury that is temporary is alright with me as long as I am notified ahead of time and I consent. Any permanent injury must have my OOC consent beforehand. I mean it. Or else I will retcon you.
  
  
• Views on IC romance:
  
  Romance is a very important, significant part of our lives. Thus I can barely see a complete RP experience without romance. That includes encounters, as well as consensual 'dating'. However, I do not appreciate what I call 'Romeos and Juliets', AKA people who are always together, always speaking about how much they love one another, and generally just making everyone else feel like a third wheel. I hate being the third wheel. While acknowledgement of love for one another is great, it's like alcohol, practice it in moderation, please. And don't try to make anyone jealous either.
  
  I also believe IC romance has nothing to do with OOC romance. Which means if I'm dating someone IRL, I don't mind doing IC romance at all, in any form or fashion. The same can be said for whoever is my IC romance partner. I don't believe that, if someone is in a relationship or married, that it's a big deal to be in a IC thing. It's not. I wouldn't want a IC relationship with someone who thinks they are cheating on their boyfriends or whatever because they are rp'ing with me. It's no big deal, I'm not going after you. My character is going after yours.
  
  I don't usually completely commit my character to someone unless the chemistry is better then anything I could ever hope for. And it's not because I don't think your IC character is amazing and belongs with my own. It's because I believe committing an IC character robs me of potential encounters/love/weird and difficult emotional moments involving blossoming sexual contact and/or attraction elsewhere. I love to write about that stuff. I don't want to be in a situation where I'm like 'Gee, I can't act out on this potential moment to be amazing because my character is with 'x'. Once again, it's not because I think anyone is inferior to anyone, it's because I don't want to limit myself from a IC perspective. (That, and my character will be pretty controversial anyhow, dealing with love and body contact and all that.)
  
  About homosexuality. I am willing to experience guyxguy contact, though I view 'yaoi' (I prefer shonen-ai actually) in a different way then 'straight'. Usually when that happens my writing is a lot more dramatic and angst-ish then straight moments. I don't appreciate labels. I don't mean to be offensive here, but acting like a 'queen' is not my thing, and neither is having encounters with one. I expect guyxguy stuff to not be involved in any way whatsoever with 'homosexual pop culture'. Ever seen Loveless? They don't use labels in that show. Watch it and you'll have an idea.
  
  I guess you can tell by now that I don't mind erotic roleplay. I don't. I know it has a bad reputation with people considering there's a decent chunk of people who do it that ruin its image. If you are into erotic roleplay, if you are open to erotic roleplay, then rest assured, so am I. It will have to be private. It will have to be away from prying eyes. But I'm willing, if the chemistry is there. If you unsure about it, don't be afraid to approach me about the subject, and I'll try to make you as comfortable and reassured as I can. I'm very easy to work with. Just don't make the acts sound nasty and be open-minded .
  
  I usually ask permission before I do anything beyond playful flirting (serious flirting!), or engage in IC sexual business, so don't be worried about sudden advances with me either.
  
  
• Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc):
  
  I'm all for it. Though I believe the idea of someone rp'ing every single family member isn't the best way to do it, and it's kind of ... a bore. If I were to RP anyone with family ties, I would have to trust them that they know about my character's family, that they have beautiful chemistry with my own writing, and that I always feel comfortable around them, and comfortable that any backstory they write or plotlines they RP out, will be approved by me. This is, of course, assuming I'm the guy that first comes up with my family (which I will be.) Since I plan for my IC character's family to be very involved in high society, the chance to be involved with my family is open. Once again, don't be afraid to approach me about it. If you desire to play a distant cousin, an uncle, etc. Being a brother, a sister, a mother, or a father, however, requires that you are very close to me from a writing standpoint, as that requires much more trust then more distant family members.
  
  Though I'd love to have family ties!
  
  
• Views on lore:
  
  There is one golden rule that I live by, and every single responsible, mature RP'er IMO needs to know this.
  
  Ready?
  
  "A great roleplayer should bend the lore as far as it could go, but not break it." Lore should be utilized in regard to the history of the world, religion, dialect, and family backgrounds. However, I despise people who stick to the lore like glue and have a closed mind about any exceptions. For me, I realize that, living on this Earth, people are different, and I view the whole 'this race generally acts like 'x'' as a stereotype and nothing more. I believe that people should make their characters more 'multi-dimensional- then that general crap and that also applies to attitude, and stuff like that. Always having to rely on lore in every day RP is a bad idea. Lore should be used as a loose 'jelly foundation' in which to build up your own creative inputs and interpretations. Nothing more, nothing less.
  
  
• Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc):
  
  This is something I MUST project out there, because I seriously disagree with a lot of people on this. Have a OOC chat that is seperate from IC chat, or, if no one is RP'ing, be able to speak OOC in there. Because I believe that an IC chat channel between friends will literally nuder social development between us in an OOC sense. Think about it. We are not just here to RP. We aren't. We are here to build a community. Building a community means not just forging a bond between us as IC, but also between us as PEOPLE. Therefore, we need a place for where we can just... talk. Just hang out. Just have fun. And LS's are perfect for that.
  
  /Say should be IC. That's how I've always RP'd in MMO's. The /say command and /emote command is what I believe RP should lie into. That's where all of the IC stuff should happen because /say and /emote is like talking, only people within range can hear. The only time where it can be utilized OOC wise is in a dungeon or something like that.
  
  /Guild should be OOC as well.

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Keisuna Wrote:Quick question: You're against using Linkshells as methods of IC communication for all instances? There's an OOC linkshell that most of the community uses for OOC talk, but almost all the RP groups I've ever been in have used linkpearls in character.

(07-02-2013, 12:58 PM)Adelpha Wrote: I normally don't critique other peoples' styles, but you've specifically asked for feedback, so I might as well offer some that I feel is important:

I personally disagree with the use of "third-person perspective" in real-time RP. I can see where you're coming from by thinking about it from a "novel-writing" POV, which I think works great for short stories or other out-of-game RP, but what happens when you do it in real-time is that you're constantly beaming your character's innermost thoughts into other peoples' heads as you're interacting with them. While most experienced RPers are typically able to ignore that sort of stuff when it happens, it can be immersion-breaking and somewhat frustrating to be continuously bombarded by it and having to keep ignoring it. It also slows down the pace of the RP by having lots of stuff get written out that is essentially irrelevant as it pertains to the interaction that's actively happening. It can be interesting from an OOC perspective to learn more about your character, but generally when I want to do that, it's outside of the game (or in an OOC channel), and not while I'm actively trying to interact with someone.

I don't want to tell you that your style is "wrong" or that you're bad for doing it, but in my experience most of the FFXIV RP community doesn't typically do that sort of thing, so you may experience some pushback about it. I figured it'd be better to do it in a forum setting rather than having someone else bring it up in the game itself.