I've found this to be helpful on some of my games, I just thought I would
share it with you.
JP
Role Playing Etiquette:
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Never use OOC information IC in any way. The best example I can give
is...just because you can see someone¡¯s name hanging over their head in the
game, your character wouldn¡¯t know that character¡¯s name unless someone had
told you in-game.
Never assume someone will react in a certain way just because you think they
should. Always give others the chance to react in their own way, and don¡¯t
get upset if the reaction isn¡¯t what you expected.
Any action you perform on someone else¡¯s character, no matter what the action
might be, should be phrased as an attempt. By making an attempt instead of
just doing it outright, you give the character¡¯s player the chance to consent
to the action or avoid it if it¡¯s something they¡¯d rather not have happen to
their character.
Don¡¯t try to be the center of attention all the time. Be polite and share
attention with other characters. You aren¡¯t the only one there to have fun,
give everyone their turn in the spotlight.
Give others time to react to you. One of the strangest things I¡¯ve noticed in
graphical online RPG¡¯s is impatience. People will walk up, say something,
wait about 0.0001 seconds and run off. The person they talked to would barely
have had enough time to read what they said, let alone respond to it. This
also happens in conversations. People will say something, wait a very short
amount of time, then keep going as if they think the person they were talking
to didn¡¯t hear them or isn¡¯t going to respond. In most cases, the other
person was going to respond but simply wasn¡¯t as fast as expected, and loses
the chance because the conversation has moved on without them. There¡¯s no
need to hurry so much, just relax and enjoy the interaction.
Avoid god-like abilities for your characters. Rping isn¡¯t about who can make
up the best super powers for their characters, it¡¯s about the personalities
of the characters. Any character that is ridiculously powerful or has a
perfect personality is going to be fairly boring to RP with and will end up
being mostly ignored by others.
Never include someone else¡¯s character in a written story that didn¡¯t
actually happen exactly as you wrote it without letting that character¡¯s
player proofread and approve the story before you post it.
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J. Danziger