Elrena

I can't say how much I thank you all for coming out tonight. The attendance has exceeded my expectations by as much as three times. I couldn't even see some of my fellow actors on stage because there was so many people in the area. Again, thank you. And the applause was the best of all. Now we know for certain that we'll be doing much more of these events in the days to come. Out next event will be a masquerade ball probably. Then we might do the Opera from Final Fantasy VI.

Don't forget everyone, the event takes place in less than 2 hours and 30 minutes!

Yup I believe we just found our Prince Schneider a minute ago But there's the off-chance that our Zenero won't show up so if any lalafell gladiators or marauders wanna step up as a replacement, it would definitely be more reassuring. At the current moment we seem to be filled up on roles but in the future we will probably need to ask others for help again. When that time comes, we'd love to have you participate. Also of course the Nymeia thing isn't an issue. I would certainly appreciate that! The bigger the audience we get, the more chance of our success.

I just updated the original post with the script we will be using. If you're a part of the cast, please download and study your lines. Also, make sure you read the entire thing. You need to at least understand the play. Also, I found that male roegadyn that I needed for King Leo. Now we just need somebody to play as Prince Schneider. It's the most minor role. Any takers?

I. Basic Info Characters: Elrena Zykis, Vynari Zykis Primary character: Elrena Zykis Linkshells: Roleplayers' Guild, LFRP, Coalition Primary RP linkshell: Roleplayers' Guild II. RP Style Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy): I used to run private RP servers for World of Warcraft, stretching from 2010 to 2013. During those days I probably RPed less than 30 times. It was all work, no play, and I eventually developed the fear of confronting strangers in-character. This has unfortunately translated to shyness and I usually don't RP with random people. So I would like to say that I'm light-medium, and could also use lots of improvements in my roleplaying techniques. But I hope to change all of that. Views on RP combat and injuries: Combat is best avoided but it can be fun at times. Screw all the /roll bullshit though. Random numbers do not define the true power of your character, and should therefore never be used to determine whether or not you lose a fight. Rather than playing it like Dungeons & Dragons, look at it like a game of chess. Make the right moves, strike at every opportune moment, and come out the victor. Just don't power-emote or god-mode in the process. And also, don't shoot to kill. But even more importantly, don't start the fight in the first place. No character should ever have to face death. Views on IC romance: Are we talking erotic or just intimacy between two characters? I happen to love doing both, actually. As for erotic, yes, I do it for the sake of doing it. But in the end it still fits into the storyline and helps shape the characters that participate. Either way it's all based on OOC consent between two adults so what's the big deal? And as for love, explicit or not, I think it's an extremely important part of roleplaying. Especially considering that this is Final Fantasy and almost every Final Fantasy game has some sort of love storyline. It's why I enjoy the series so much. Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc): I think this is a wonderful thing. My two main characters are actually sisters. Because of that, they can never be in the same place at once during roleplay. But that's just because I don't trust anyone else playing as either of them. In other cases where people are close friends and wanna do something like this, I think it can be an amazing experience. Views on lore: Lore is indisputable. If Square says it happened, then it happened. My motto on lore is, "You can bend it but you cannot break it." But even if Square doesn't mention something in lore, you should still question whether or not it sounds reasonable. Roleplaying unrealistically is probably my biggest pet peeve. You can't just swim in heavy armor. Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc): Generally /say is always IC but I don't use brackets when I'm saying things that are obviously OOC and I'm in an area where nobody is RPing. Also I think all linkshell and free company channels should be assumed to be OOC unless stated otherwise. Guild chat should never ever be IC. It disables our ability to properly communicate with eachother. III. Other Info Country: United States Timezone: Eastern Standard Time Contact info: PM or /tell

Actually a lot of people have been requesting that we record it and post to YouTube. If anyone wants to do so, you're perfectly welcome. I however can't record with fraps due to insufficient computer specs.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2r73shs.jpg[/img] Roleplayers' Guild, a troupe of actors and performers based in Gridania, proudly announces its premiere play event featuring I Want to Be Your Canary, a famous play written by Lord Avon in Final Fantasy IX. Speaking on OOC terms, this is our first of many public community events, and we sincerely hope that you can attend to help support our community-building cause. Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? The play will be performed at Mih Khetto's Ampitheatre in Old Gridania at 6:00 PM EST on Sunday the 15th. If attending, please arrive ten minutes early so that you may claim your seat before we begin. We'll have a small introduction beforehand. Our purpose with this play is to bring roleplayers together and create a fun meet/greet environment and also to entertain. We hope to make this a fun experience for not only your character, but for you as well. We will be including the sword fight with Zidane and Blank as well as a classical Final Fantasy turn-based battle scene where King Leo and his lackeys clash with the play's heroes. Using emotes and animated buff spells, we hope to make it as flashy and entertaining as we possibly can. During the main event our actors will be heard in the /yell chat. This means you may talk in /say and /emote all you want during the performance. It won't bother us. Below is an image of the location with the /yell distance radius colored in blue. Anywhere outside that, you won't be able to hear us. Therefore we do ask that you stay within this area during the event. http://oi44.tinypic.com/2hp57ox.jpg[/img] Unfortunately we still need more help before we can perform. Most of our roles are filled but we need a male roegadyn to play as King Leo, and another character to play as Prince Schneider. If you can help us with this, we greatly appreciate it. The entire play will be scripted and all of our actors are going to receive a copy of the script that they can either memorize or copy/paste. Though be aware that if we don't have enough actors or if someone doesn't show up, we can't perform the play. Hope to see everyone there! I'll be playing as Princess Cornelia for those who want to know Also there will be a meet and greet after the play so feel free to hang around and talk to us/others. Oh and lastly, if you're wondering how your character knows about the event, it has been posted on signs all around Grid. And it is also to be assumed that the play occurs during the night, around 9 PM, regardless of server time or the day/night cycle. I Want to Be Your Canary.zip

@Drunken, I contacted you, though to answer the question for everyone else, there currently is no special joining process.

@Desmond, That sounds like a great idea, though perhaps a little bit hard to pull off seamlessly. @Faedil, Aww I think I would feel bad asking for money. Still a good idea so maybe we can do something like that.

@Lizzo, Oh you're Parker? Oria told me about you before leaving us to join Wulver's Den Nice to meet you 1) We will be primarily based in Gridania due to the convenience of Mih Khetto's Ampitheatre. However, being a theatre troupe, I believe it would also be fun to tour to different places around Eorzea. Basically anywhere that has a stage. 2) We don't really seem to have many positions as this is a guild rather than a company or a structured organization. People join as members and contribute in whichever ways they can. We definitely need actors though.

Thank you all for taking the time to read through the info. I appreciate your comments @Asyria, Unfortunately we're mostly an FC. We also have a linkshell that goes by the same name however it was initially decided that we will use that for IC purposes. I suppose things could change in the future though. Glad you're interested. @Rock, Actually FFVI was one of the few main-series Final Fantasy games that I never completed. I was unaware it featured a play. If it's possible, it will be done. Anything to get more FF content in and cause mass nostalgia. Hehe :3 @Remis, Aww sorry to disappoint you =P I didn't think I'd fit in with a world of level 50s. Starting fresh is better for me. Oh also, I should probably mention that none of this can possibly happen in our guild's current condition. We don't have nearly enough members to start performing these plays. But that's the whole reason I posted this. We'll have enough soon, I hope.

[align=center]Roleplayers' Guild «RP»[/align] [align=center]The roleplaying company where we roleplay as roleplayers[/align] Well met, ladies and gentlemen! Before we begin, I would like to clear up any confusion you may have. Some people often wonder, "Ew why such an OOC name for an RP company?" Well truth is, we're quite literal about it. Roleplaying, as the dictionary suggests, is synonymous with acting. We thought it would be an interesting idea to take this term in-character, and roleplay as roleplayers upon a stage for all of our audiences to enjoy. That being said, we're a 100% community-oriented company. Our greatest goal here is to keep the RP community thriving. We hope to become well-known for hosting many public RP events such as theatrical plays and masquerade balls. [align=justify] [/align] [align=center]8BCDdmpI11U [/align] [align=center]And so we begin our great tale... upon the whimsical stage of Eorzea[/align] The Roleplayers' Guild is not much different from say, the Gladiators' Guild; or perhaps the Conjurers' Guild. Each of our members at one point in their lives expressed interest in the theatrical arts, so they sought out the Roleplayers' Guild to improve themselves and have fun. Just like your class guilds, you're not required to attend ours either. As long as you had the interest, and you signed the papers, you're considered a member here until you die or withdraw. This feature has been introduced to allow players to join our ranks without ever being pressured to do something that they're uncomfortable with. We love having plenty of great people in our small little community, and we know that many people have incompatible characters when it comes to performing on stage. We assure you that it will never be a requirement, though it will be strongly urged and much appreciated. We will definitely need lots of help to perform. So how exactly does this all work? Basically, we have adopted Mih Khetto's Ampitheatre in Old Gridania as our main stage, where many if not all of our theatrical events will take place. On this stage we hope to perform lots of plays such as I Want to Be Your Canary from Final Fantasy IX and the silly Evil Dragon King play from Final Fantasy VII. We may even write our own plays, or perform some from Shakespeare such as Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet. Everything is up to our members decisions. Unfortunately due to us not actually being actors in the real world, most of our plays will be mostly copy & pasting scripts. However if you're hardcore enough to memorize your lines, I believe that would be a wonderful and very immersive experience. It certainly isn't as challenging as it sounds, especially on our Final Fantasy IX and VII plays. This of course means that we will be doing plenty of IC rehearsals as well so that we can get some addition RP time and also practice a little bit. We will definitely have to tinker around with macros and emotes to make the plays more immersive and entertaining for our audience. It's definitely going to require a little bit of innovation and creativity. Also, in addition to our plays, we'll also be hosting plenty of masquerade balls as mentioned earlier. Characters will attend wearing all sorts of different colored masks and will gather to make new friends. These events probably won't be exclusive to Gridania but we'll see in the upcoming future. Also, there's the idea that we may do some flash acting as I would call it. Breaking into character out of the blue, and causing a scene to gain publicity for whoever needs it. Oh, and lastly but not least, there will be a good amount of fence-like swordplay practicing and special effects magic. Will there be any PvE or PvP coverage? Absolutely, but probably much more PvE than PvP but it all depends on what our members choose to do. Right now it's still pretty early so things are mostly unestablished, but I would like to think our ideal ratio of content will be: 50% RP, 30% PvE, 20% PvP. Though we can't forget about other game activities such as crafting. Again, it all depends. What is the backstory for the company? This is not currently established however we do have plans of being more than meets the eye. There's definitely something major going on "behind the scenes" but we haven't decided yet. Maybe there's a darker side to RPG. But for now, considering that we're merely a group of performers there's not really many choices for a backstory. Awesome, so how does one join this guild? We believe that quality is far better than quantity, so we are a bit selective with our recruitment. Everyone who joins will be required to abide by the universal laws of roleplaying. Those laws are, as you might imagine: no power-emoting, no meta-gaming, and no god-moding. In addition, we also require that you RP realistically. Above all, we would like you to remain kind and respectful to all other players. And yes, we are LGBT-friendly. But despite our slightly elitist rules, we're mostly a laid-back group. We just wanna roleplay, chat, and play some Final Fantasy. If you fit in all of the above criteria then we welcome you to join. You can get your invitation without any hassle by responding to this thread, messaging me, or sending a tell to one of our inviters in-game. Since our members are constantly changing, I ask that you visit our guild page to find our in-game contacts. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/freecompany/9232238498621163120/member/ (only Journeymen and up can invite new members)