Post by Serenitystar on Aug 6, 2010 20:33:40 GMT -5
001. No powerplaying [PP]. It's annoying and it doesn't give the other person a chance.
[Good] Brownfoot lunged out and attacked his enemy, aiming a blow that would hopefully hit.
[Bad]Brownfoot lunged out and attacked his enemy, aiming a blow and hitting the other cat.
Whoever roleplayed Brownfoot was powerplaying the other cat in the second sentence, because the person did not give the other cat a chance to choose whether he was hit or not.
002. No godmodeling [GM]. It's very unrealistic and annoying.
[Good] Sunstripe looked around, seeing two cats charging toward him. A brown tom reached him first, and Sunstripe dodged, looking around for the other, but he was already hit.
[Bad]Sunstripe looked around, seeing two cats charging toward him. A brown tom reached him first, and Sunstripe dodged, looking around for the other cat, seeing and dodging him, too, then aiming a counter attack that hit immediately.
It's not fair if Sunstripe dodges every attack and perfectly aims a blow that hits. It's nearly impossible to do so, though a senior warrior versus two apprentices might stand a chance. Try to make it as realistic as possible.
003. No chatspeak during roleplaying. It's hard to understand and if you do use chatspeak, other members get the impression you're lazy.
[Good] Darktail looked around the ravaged clearing. It was torn to shreds, and blood lay around the camp. He heard tiny mew coming from the nursery, and quickly rushed in. "StarClan! What happened here?" he asked the cowering kits that were plastered to the walls in fear. He glared at them, waiting for an answer.
[Bad]darktal lookd ar0un teh cleering. it wuz trn 2 shrds, nd blod 1ay aron ze cam. he herd t1ny m3wz cumin frm teh nursry, an qu1ckly rshed 1n. "omg!!! wat hap3nd heer??" he asc3d teh c0w3rin kitz tht wer plstrd 2 teh walz 1n feer. hee glard @ thm watin fr an answ3r.
Do not make a post like that one -pokes bad post- You will receive a warning [and possibly suspension for a day.] and your post will be modified.
004. Please use proper grammar. It's annoying when you don't, and it make your post hard to understand.
[Good] Gingerflame looked about the forest, sniffing out prey and carefully pinpointing it.
[Bad]gingerflame looking about the forest! sniffed out prey and carefully pinpoints it.
Proper grammar includes punctuation, capitalization, and proper suffixes and prefixes.
005. Try not to misspell words. I understand typos, but if every other word is misspelled, you will receive a warning and your post will be modified. If you are unsure about one word's proper spelling, use the Spell Check button.
[Good] Tangledfur looked up at the gigantic trees looming above him. He wondered what it would be like to climb one of the trees someday, when he was leader.
[Bad]Tangedfur looked u at teh gigantic trees loming above him. He wondere what it woul be like too climb one of the trees, when he was ledaer.
006. Please use third person, not first, not second.
[Good] Flameleap limped toward the medicine cat den, wincing in pain as he tried to put weight on his back leg. "Place of No Starso, Songriver. I have a thorn in my paw. Will you pull it out?" he asked the tortoisesPlace of No Stars she-cat.
[Bad]I limped toward the medicine cat den, wincing in pain as I tried to put weight on my back leg. "Place of No Starso, Songriver. I have a thorn in my paw. Will you pull it out?" I asked the tortoisesPlace of No Stars she-cat.
It gets a little annoying when you do use first person. You will receive a warning.
007. Use some form of OOC.
There is difference in how you talk in character and out of character, but sometimes its hard to tell. You must use some type of OOC[out of character; when talking to someone not in rp], or BIC [back in character]; when talking to another character coming back from ooc. OOC can be ooc:, ||, () or something along those lines, but make sure its there.
