Adopt an RP Newbie!

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Hey guys! Are you new to RPing and a little confused about what to do, or maybe where to begin? Look no further!​

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Here, new roleplayers can sign up and be assigned a "mentor" of sorts. A mentor is someone who feels comfortable enough with their roleplaying to show someone the ropes. ​

Concerning when a student "graduates", that is entirely up to them. If they feel like they understand RPing and are ready to start on their own, then they can just tell me or Fal, and their mentor! ​

This can also serve as a thread for small questions, like if you are confused as to where to put a certain thread or such.​

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Rules:
1.) All forum rules apply.
2.) The forums rules mention this, but please be respectful. This is a place for people to help each other, not to bash or flame anyone.
3.) There may be more mentors than students or students than mentors. Please be patient! Everything will be worked out.
4.) Mentoring will be done through PMs.

Mentor Rules - Please read if you want to be a mentor!:
1.) You must have at least 5 posts to be a mentor.
2.) I realize English is a tricky language, but a little grammar never hurts anyone. Try your best and you'll be fine!
3.) You must be active.

And in typical roleplay fashion, the forms! Just delete anything in parentheses.
Mentor:

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I would like to be a mentor!
Username:
Specialization (Is there anything you would feel more confident teaching?):
Timezone:

Student:

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I would like to be a student!
Username:
Would like to know more about (Just one thing, or are you entirely new to roleplaying?):
Timezone:

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction, Rules, Forms
2. Mentors and Students
3. Roleplaying Language, Roleplay Do and Don'ts
4. Saved
5. Saved

 

Mentors:

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Username: Karzarill
Specialization: Umm, not really
Timezone: UTC +1:00
Student: brsajo

Username: FallenVanguard
Specialization: Character creation and characterization (portraying the character effectively)
Timezone: EST -5:00

Students:

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Username: brsajo
Would like to know more about: I've never been very good at character creation and help with things like backstory would be appreciated.
Timezone: (Western Australia) AWST (UTC+8h)
Mentor: Karzarill

Username: Sofusninja
What would I like to learn more about? Roleplaying in general. I'm very new to this stuff.
Timezone: GMT +1:00
Mentor: Pariah

 

Roleplaying Language

RP - Roleplay
Adv/Lit - Advanced/Literate
Bunnying/Bunny Posting - One person posting every other post in a public roleplay. Generally this is frowned upon.

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Ex.

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Person A: Post
Person B: Post
Person A: Post
Person C: Post
Person A: Post
Person B: Post
Person A: Post
And so on.

PP/Power Playing* - Not allowing the other player a chance to react with their character. You want to avoid this.

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Person A: Bob lunged towards Joe, connecting a fist to the latter's face with a sickening crunch.
Person A did not give Joe's roleplayer a chance to react.

GM/Godmodding* - Controlling someone else's character without their permission. This is also frowned upon. You do not want to do this.

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Person A: Bob picks up an apple.
Person B: Bob eats the apple.
Person B controls Bob even though Bob is Person A's character.

Mary Sue/Gary Stu - Having a character who can do anything and solve any problems. Have to get across a dangerous chasm 100ft wide? Don't worry, X can jump across AND carry everyone on their back. You want to avoid having a character like this.
IC/OOC - In character/out of character. In character is when someone posts what their character is doing, and out of character is talking, usually to someone, as the writer and not the character. OOC usually uses []{}() around what they want to say to separate it from the post.

*Godmodding and power playing get mixed up a lot. But both are things you should avoid doing in a roleplay, so if you know what they are and how to avoid them you will be fine.

Roleplay Do and Don'ts

Don't
-Power play. Give your partner a chance to react. On the other hand, don't make your character suddenly be able to dodge all the attacks.
-Godmod. No one likes a godmodder. If they're not your character don't play them.
-Make a Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu. It's no fun if there's a perfect character that can do everything.
-Bunnypost. Generally there are rules against it, like x posts should be made until you can post again.
-Be rude. No one likes roleplaying with someone who's going to snap at them all the time.

Do
-Follow rules. The rules are there for a reason!
-Be (somewhat) realistic. If someone's fatally wounded and nobody notices, that character's probably not going to somehow crawl to a hospital and make it out alive.
-Communicate with each other! Come up with ideas or plot twists or kill off characters, but always be sure to tell the other person/people if it's something big, such as killing someone's character off.
-Have fun! It's the most important thing about roleplaying. c:

 

Saved.

 

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Added you Karz!

 

Added you! I'll see if there are any more people post sometime soon, but if not, I'll assign you your mentor! c:

@[member="Karzarill"] @[member="WroughtIronX"]
Karzarill you'll be WroughtIron's mentor! c:

 

Hahahaha, I do! Fixed now. xD

 

Thank you, and added! c:

 

You can, but not necessarily! Being a student would mean that you would be paired up with a mentor who would show you the ropes if you're new to forum roleplaying, or roleplaying in general. We're working on picking up the activity in the Institute, and it's going well, but we are not a roleplay-centered community. c:

 

Added, thank you!

 

Thanks Kitsune! I'll add you in when I get home. ^.^