Roleplay Advice

What is Roleplaying and How do I do it?
Good question, my friend!

Roleplay literally means playing as a role - in this case, that role is your character. The acronym 'RP' stands for Roleplay. Roleplay is done in third or first person and, while in roleplay, are expected to behave 'in character.'

In Character
'Being in character' means you're still playing as that role. You have become your character and are interacting with others in the way your character would. This is quite important while roleplaying, and how to do it well is talked about in this page.

Out of Character
Out of character means, well, you've stopped roleplaying to say something, make a remark, or have just ended the RP session. If you want to say something out of character, or OOC, you should always mark it or let people know by typing in brackets (put your joke here) or prefacing your message with OOC: put your joke here. It's polite to let people know whether or not what you've said is what your character said.

Basic Etiquette
Unspoken rules of roleplaying with others! Or, well, sometimes they're spoken, in the form of rules and guidelines, but you should be familiar with them anyway.

This one should be fairly obvious. You don't get to decide what other people do with their characters in the middle of roleplay. If it was planned out beforehand, that's another story, because they'll all be on the same page, but if you're IN RP, play as your character, nobody else's. This one goes along with the previous one. In fight scenes, people get hurt. That's to be expected. But don't affect someone else's character in a way that can't be repaired ''unless you have their express permission. ''It's very rude and very difficult to move on from there, and usually the roleplay will stop if you do something like this. If you're roleplaying with others, there's usually a loose plot or at least a vague idea of "these two meet," or "this happens." While roleplaying, bringing something in out of nowhere, like a fight, a meteor from space, or something else that affects other characters or the plot in a very jarring way, is not good manners. Go with what's happening! If they're in a dark, suspicious alley, THAT'S the time to bring out a surprise attack or ambush. If they're walking in the park, maybe not.
 * Only control your own character.
 * Don't kill or disable someone else's character.
 * Go with the flow or the planned event.