Time to learn to RP!!

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Okay then! I shall first begin teaching you the basics of Roleplaying lingo seeing as to the fact it takes forever to learn by yourself.

RP- Roleplay

OOC- out of character. When someone posts something that refers nothing whatsoever to the RP.

Despie- someone who is 'desperate for attention' and are making themselves seem pathetic in order to attract attention to themselves. The term Despie is derogatory. You DO NOT want to be a despie.

Godmoding, Godmode, GM, GMing- Making your character all powerful with no weaknesses at all. In order to avoid this you need to keep a realistic grip on the fact that you can't dodge everything and you aren't all powerful. DO NOT be a Godmoder

Mary Sue- a perfect character that never has any problems whatsoever. DO NOT be a Mary Sue.

Post- when you type in something for an RP and shows up all together, an example of this hard to describe term is this whole bunch of info that I've typed. All of it. This is a single post.

These are some of the basics of RP lingo as some may call it. A basic RP has several aspects here are the two most crucial.

A character- no DUH! Some people have several character but this is harder than RPing with a single character so it is advised to stick with only one. In your case Reed.

A setting- This is where the RP takes place. No RP can be done without a setting seeing as everything has to take place somewhere, whether it's in someone's mind, in a feild, in space, or in some abyssal void.


After this post I'll show you an example of a good RP post. Keep in mind the basic grammar rules take place here.

(*end of post* It is unnecessary to put end of post here, I just put it here to help you understand what a post is.)

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Akira walked into the room and looked over towards Reed, "I see you're here to learn, I guess that's good." She nodded and sat on the floor which was covered in woven tatami mats. The walls were made of paper and wooden framework- obviously the decor was Japanese. "Let's just hope Lizzy-Wa isn't late." She muttered under her breath as the cherry blossoms outside fell to the ground like rain as they were scattered by the wind off the branches of the trees.

"Oh Hayo Gozaimas!" Lizzy-Wa ghasped out as she stumbled into the room, her hair was medium length and a nice coppery red hue. Her eyes were a grayish green hue that were shadowed by the brim of her green leather messenger boy cap. She was dressed in a camoflauge dress with jeans and a jacket to match her hat. her feet were bare and her toenails were covered with chipped nail polish, her left toes had blue, the right red.

"Oh yeah! Describe yourself and forget me!" Akira whined, "Okay! That's it! I was not whining!" She stood up angrily. She couldn't believe how incorrectly Li-Wa was posting this all here.

"Forgot about that! Posting is -of course- the act of posting something" Lizzy-Wa nodded and she walked over to a wall that had a chalkboard that appeared out of nowhere.

((behold an example of a good starting RP post. There's a setting and characters. The setting doesn't have to be restated but someone can interact with the setting now since it exists. A starting post has to be the most definitive of the setting so that it's easier to respond to. Keep in mind as well that an RP post is in third person past tense. An outside point of veiw while using words to show that everything has already happened. Also, the parenthesis show that this whole parenthesis locked paragraph is OOC (out of character)))

[Reed]

The white haired boy raised a single brow at the two, and blinked slowly. 'Odd...' he thought, gently rocking back and forth on his feet.

When he was addressed, his eyes lit up "Oh- yeah." he said, his words coming out in a jumble. His two blue eyes fell onto the girl, who he figured was Lizzy-Wa's feet. 'That...?'

Interesting. Indeed, this was an odd kinda of school not the kind where there were just normal teenagers running around. At the mere thought of the school, his blue eyes burned into the ground below him. Flexing his muscles another wave of anger filled him. 'Stupid law!' he raged. If he could, he would of lashed out his whip that very instant and destroy the floor below him out of his rage.

It was all the laws fault he was here! Well, not really. If he would have been strong enough,or the boat hadn't flipped over...

'No.' he thought stubbornly, knowing he was being childish. 'It was the schools fault.' he smiled slightly knowing he was being foolish, maybe even stupid. But it felt good to blame his anger on something.
'Oh well... maybe I'll learn something here and have a bit of fun' He thought, with a touch of sarcasm.

"I hope to learn here." he said finally, after searching for the right words.

((Like this?))

[Señor Sunday Friday]

When he was addressed, his eyes lit up "Oh- yeah." he said, his words coming out in a jumble. His two blue eyes fell onto the girl, who he figured was Lizzy-Wa's feet. 'That...?'

This part of your post was a little off. Also I wanted to clarify that this RP type thing wasn't actually based in TMA, this is my own little place I made up on the spot! This is Lizzy-Wa's Dojo!!! Where you shall learn to RP, this has no place in TMA, that's why it's located here in the Spam board.

The only other problem I could find was that you don't want to RP as a really angsty character because like the whole despie situation it gets just a little bit annoying at times. Just a warning. Those were the only two problems I could find with your post actually- it was pretty good.

A reminder: Don't post too much action in one place because when you do it makes it awkward for the next person to post.

When he was addressed, his eyes lit up "Oh- yeah." he said, his words coming out in a jumble. His two blue eyes fell onto the girl, who he figured was Lizzy-Wa's feet. 'That...?'

This was worded funny so I'll show you a nicer way to put it that makes more sense.

When he was addressed his eyes lit up "Oh yeah." he muttered. He looked towards the person who had just entered, his eyes falling upon her feet, 'this must be Lizzy-Wa.' he thought to himself.

[Reed]

Alright!

I'd just imagine him a little upset being here, don't worry he'll get better. I see him opening up easily. Not too much action, got it. Sorry I didn't totally understand the setting ;;

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Let's put you to the test! You need to get started in the Ghost Shipyard. The setting's already there and everything.

Setting: A shipyard with creaking wooden planks and foggy air.

Simple setting. Also, you're character (Reed) should be there and awaiting his teacher to show up and take him to TMA.