Post by Revan on Oct 15, 2015 23:52:09 GMT
The Basics
Fair Fighting
Clear Writing
Avoiding Clichés
A few things you generally want to avoid are:
So, lets go over that. No controlling other peoples' characters unless you have their permission stated in a message or in OOC (out of character), no controlling things that your character has no control over, and every character must be kill-able one way or another.
1. Meta-gaming: Having your character react to something you only know in OOC.
2. God-modding: Controlling another character without the owner's consent.
3. Power-playing: Making your characters invincible. All characters must be kill-able in some way. Although characters cannot be killed without the owner's permission, that doesn't mean they're invincible.
2. God-modding: Controlling another character without the owner's consent.
3. Power-playing: Making your characters invincible. All characters must be kill-able in some way. Although characters cannot be killed without the owner's permission, that doesn't mean they're invincible.
So, lets go over that. No controlling other peoples' characters unless you have their permission stated in a message or in OOC (out of character), no controlling things that your character has no control over, and every character must be kill-able one way or another.
Fair Fighting
Know how to post in a way that's fair to everyone involved. No excessive dodging or auto-hitting, unless those involved have agreed to it.
A good way to tell if your post is fair is to ask yourself how you would feel if someone did that to you. If someone suddenly decided to kill your character without your permission, you wouldn't be very happy about it, now would you? The same goes for roleplay fights. The general rule for fights is that you cannot decide whether your attack hits or not. You wouldn't want someone else deciding what attacks hit your character, so don't do it to someone else.
With that in mind, try not to have your character dodge every single attack. If you could dodge every attack and your opponent could dodge every attack, it wouldn't be much of a fight, would it? It would be more like a dance.
A good way to tell if your post is fair is to ask yourself how you would feel if someone did that to you. If someone suddenly decided to kill your character without your permission, you wouldn't be very happy about it, now would you? The same goes for roleplay fights. The general rule for fights is that you cannot decide whether your attack hits or not. You wouldn't want someone else deciding what attacks hit your character, so don't do it to someone else.
With that in mind, try not to have your character dodge every single attack. If you could dodge every attack and your opponent could dodge every attack, it wouldn't be much of a fight, would it? It would be more like a dance.
Clear Writing
To keep people from getting confused, please make it clear in some way whether you are IC (In Character) or OOC (Out of Character). This will help keep your posts readable and make things less confusing.
It's generally a good idea to avoid chatspeak and use proper grammar when posting as well. If you need help with this, try running your post through a spellchecker.
It's generally a good idea to avoid chatspeak and use proper grammar when posting as well. If you need help with this, try running your post through a spellchecker.
Avoiding Clichés
The key to having an interesting character is avoiding clichés and overused tropes. Here are some character aspects you generally want to avoid in character creation:
Do be aware, just because you use a few or more of these doesn't mean you have a bad character. They're just overused ideas to be aware of, but any decent writer could implement one or two in a way that isn't annoying.
- Covered in scars for no real reason
- Plagued by nightmares
- Stupidly courageous
- Villainous with red eyes or otherwise evil appearance
- Does evil things just because
- Antisocial
- Depressed / angsty (especially with a tragic backstory)
- Whole family is dead
- Amnesiac
- Short-tempered
- Sole survivor of anything
- Lost their spouse / significant other
- Unkillable (or near to it) (see power-playing)
- Secretive to be mysterious
- Loner / 'lone wolf'
Do be aware, just because you use a few or more of these doesn't mean you have a bad character. They're just overused ideas to be aware of, but any decent writer could implement one or two in a way that isn't annoying.
