(08-24-2016, 10:29 PM)Ari Kagon Wrote: ..you make the physical actions in real life corresponding to the actions you do in game just to make sure you're describing it correctly.
...you research "*insert trope* role play" on google to try and pick some ideas from other places.
...you spend hours looking for the right character theme to play during role play so you can properly get into that roles mindset.
...you spend 5+ minutes after someone's dialogue during role play just thinking "How would my character word what I want to say?"
..you stay awake for several hours after you're supposed to go to bed because you have this awesome idea for a story and don't want to forget it. (Never mind that you have work the next day)
...you make macros of witty/ interesting things you want to make sure you do/say during an RP session in the hopes that the other person will notice that it's witty/interesting.
This thread has highlighted how neurotic and particular I really am about RP...I have some problems.
Definitely guilty of the bolded. I'll also add that I personally say what my character does (and mimic -how- they say), at times, to make sure it sounds "natural."
