(08-18-2013, 08:55 AM)Rock Sandbourne Wrote: Ah Freelance answered? Well hell I have nothing to add then, lol
Honestly you couldn't ask for a better mentor. Freelance is the Rolls Royce of rpers and of rp etiquette, like seriously.
Geez, you're inflating my ego.
(08-18-2013, 10:18 AM)katattax Wrote: Reading the responses here, I've got a question of my own. I'm used to rather fast paced RP. If I spend time typing a long emote, it will often be superseded by someone else's actions or not even noticed at all in the flurry of speech scrolling past. My emotes therefore tend to be less detailed and to the point, instead using dialogue to bring life to my characters. However, this doesn't seem to be the case with many people here on the RPC.
Should I try to use more detailed emotes in this game? I'm rather out of practise to be honest after years of keeping them short and sweet but I don't want anyone to write me off as "less of an RPer" because I don't do lengthy emotes. Not that I think most people from the RPC will do that of course, as you all seem quite friendly and open, but it's an attitude I've come across from some RPers in other games before.
I'd just go with what you prefer. A good RPer isn't going to take offense or write someone off because their emote style differs -- in much the same way that one wouldn't write someone off because they're a poor speller, a slow typist, or an inept grammarian. Basically, someone who would assume you're a poor or less capable RPer based on your style of emote is a jerk and a bad RPer, and you wouldn't want to play with them anyway.
That said, yes, if the action is flying fast and furious, I'll usually switch to a "quicker" emote style using standard emotes in between short lines of text. I usually use this style at events where there's a lot of participants to keep the scene moving quickly.
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