:40] aliantha Brezoianu: but we start somewhere
[11:41] aliantha Brezoianu: and we start with backstory
[11:41] aliantha Brezoianu: a back story is a story about your character
[11:41] aliantha Brezoianu: not a long one!
[11:41] aliantha Brezoianu: it just explains briefly about you
[11:41] aliantha Brezoianu: your character:42] aliantha Brezoianu: for example, i was an angel and now vampire:42] aliantha Brezoianu: my back story tells how i became angel, then vampire
[11:42] aliantha Brezoianu: moana's back story tells about her
:42] Moana Rayna: A backstory gives you context
:42] aliantha Brezoianu: her weakness' too
[11:43] aliantha Brezoianu: it sounds lame
[11:43] aliantha Brezoianu: but it helps your rp
[11:43] Moana Rayna: It explains who you are . . which is important . . but much more iimportant, it give you motivation . . it explains WHY you do the things you do
[11:43] Katia Segall is Online
[11:43] Kira Jiagu: it really does. just like in real life , you will be having more fun if you know who you are
[11:44] aliantha Brezoianu: So that was a year ago, me in CoLA, and here I am now: in Crossroads, a backwater in the assend of nowhere, and Athenea a concrete jungle. No longer angel, well … mostly not, now Tzimisce, yeah, a vampire. Don't laugh, it took me by surprise too. I'd like to say the change, or the 'turn' was calculated, a cunning master plan … but of course it wasn't, it was bloody lust, the heat of the moment … you can blame Moana, my sire, for that …
[11:44] aliantha Brezoianu: that is a little bit of mine
[11:44] aliantha Brezoianu: explaining a little
[11:44] aliantha Brezoianu: http://cowboysfromhell.wikidot.com/forum/t-200658/aliantha-brezoianu
[11:44] Moana Rayna: Mine is here http://cowboysfromhell.wikidot.com/forum/t-200572/moana-backstory
[11:44] aliantha Brezoianu: we have a cowboys website
[11:45] aliantha Brezoianu: you cana dd your backstory here
[11:45] aliantha Brezoianu: your backstory helps you with your rp
[11:45] Kira Jiagu: and i'd like it if you did
[11:45] Tilly Morgath: growls at the back of her throat
[11:45] aliantha Brezoianu: why you are who you are
[11:45] aliantha Brezoianu: who else has a backstory?
[11:45] Moana Rayna: It doesn't have to ba novel, but it's really good - good for you . . you understadn yuor own character, and good for others to get a better understanding og you
[11:46] Tilly Morgath: can i ask a question here?
[11:46] aliantha Brezoianu: please do
[11:47] aliantha Brezoianu: some angels are 'born' angel, ones like me ascended, was human, killed by demons, and went up to heaven
[11:47] Tilly Morgath: ok how many people have more than one back story going at once…this is what i find hard to juggle but also fun i guess…but how much of yourself do you take into each character…did thta make sense?
[11:47] aliantha Brezoianu: yes it does
[11:47] aliantha Brezoianu: some people are different in each sim
[11:47] aliantha Brezoianu: a vampire in one, angel in another
[11:48] Tilly Morgath: nods
[11:48] aliantha Brezoianu: i am the same
[11:48] aliantha Brezoianu: it's your choice
[11:48] aliantha Brezoianu: the thing to do is look at the web site
[11:48] aliantha Brezoianu: get an idea
[11:48] aliantha Brezoianu: think - why am i an angel or a lycan or ….
[11:48] Kira Jiagu: one of our friends was an Angel for longer than time. He seems to treat humanity as a fad.
[11:49] aliantha Brezoianu: it helps you think about your rp
[11:49] aliantha Brezoianu: and one thing
[11:49] aliantha Brezoianu: there is no rule that says you must rp as your ccs race
[11:49] Moana Rayna: My backstory has parts of me in it . . but I am nothing like Moana. It's a good question though. You need to decide if your rp character is basically 'you' or maybe the total opposite of you, or somewhere in the middle. The important thng is to decide
[11:49] aliantha Brezoianu: or your gender
[11:49] aliantha Brezoianu: nods at moana
[11:50] aliantha Brezoianu: so the back story is the task for enxt week, write something an dpost on the forum
[11:50] aliantha Brezoianu: now i mentioned rp
[11:50] aliantha Brezoianu: role play
[11:50] aliantha Brezoianu: role play is playing a role
[11:50] aliantha Brezoianu: the key thing about playing a role si to have fun
[11:51] Moana Rayna: This is like acting in a hollywood film. You create the character .. one that you think would be fun to play. You get to write the script, build the chracter, and then play it
[11:51] aliantha Brezoianu: in role play we distinguish between in chractter (IC) and out of character (OOC)
[11:52] aliantha Brezoianu: your backstory will help your rp
[11:52] aliantha Brezoianu: it will make you think
[11:52] aliantha Brezoianu: at the basic level IC means being your chacter
[11:53] aliantha Brezoianu: for me that means being a vampire who is madly in love with her sire (Moana) and will do anything for her family and thinks everyone else are scum
[11:53] aliantha Brezoianu: scum that should die
[11:53] aliantha Brezoianu: ooc - the real me is not a vampire and has never met moana
[11:54] Moana Rayna: Oh, and your backstory changes too . . you evolve, your character evolves. That's totally cool. A nice little faerie one day, may suddenly become posessed and evil. A friendly neko walking through town may become the obsession of a vampire and end up sired - a vampire too. Alliances get built and broken. This is all part of RP and well.. life, you could say.
[11:54] aliantha Brezoianu: in many sims, there is no ooc below 350m
[11:54] aliantha Brezoianu: it is all ic
[11:54] aliantha Brezoianu: distinguishing between the two, and keeping them sepearate is very important
[11:54] aliantha Brezoianu: ooc leads to drama
[11:55] aliantha Brezoianu: so when we rp we are ic
[11:55] aliantha Brezoianu: i am very very bad at keeping them separate, moana is very good, and keeps me in line, as doeskira
[11:56] aliantha Brezoianu: i do, and get very upset when some one captures and tortures moana
[11:56] aliantha Brezoianu: and get angry ooc when i shouldn't
[11:56] Acelex Taurus: yeah i am the same when some one does it to my wife
[11:56] Tilly Morgath: yes hard sometimes to keep real emotion out
[11:57] toon Zapatero: wel be honest me to
[11:57] aliantha Brezoianu: when we rp, we keep ooc in brackets, like this)
[11:57] aliantha Brezoianu: very hard
[11:57] Kira Jiagu: if i'm angry ooc, i don't play CCS
[11:57] aliantha Brezoianu: i can't
[11:57] Moana Rayna: ICly, everyone in Crossroads hates ali and I. OOCly. we are lovely people. The really tricky bit is getting your head around the difference. Hating Moana's guts is totally cool. Hating the person behind the av (The real me) is a mistake. I am lovely. Hating the real me just casues drama. The key is understanding that I am just playing a role when I slice your balls off and crush then under my feet
[11:57] aliantha Brezoianu: hehe, and that's why ali loves her!
[11:58] aliantha Brezoianu: it is very hard, i won't pretend it isn't
[11:58] toon Zapatero: spit tilly wet paper on her nose
[11:58] aliantha Brezoianu: so ooc in brackets, or best in im's
[11:58] Acelex Taurus: only thing that pushes my buttons is attacks on my mate, or ooc insults
[11:58] aliantha Brezoianu: yes
[11:58] aliantha Brezoianu: it is very common to pass ooc off as ic
[11:58] Kira Jiagu: IN character, Kira just thinks Moana is another silly vampire. Out of character I know Moana is awesome
[11:59] aliantha Brezoianu: when we are ic, and rp'ing we use speech and emotes
[11:59] aliantha Brezoianu: "Speech is in speech marks like this"
[11:59] aliantha Brezoianu: "This way we know it is speech,a nd not thinking"
[12:00] aliantha Brezoianu: "If I speak like this you can hear me"
[12:00] aliantha Brezoianu: "Perhaps"
[12:00] aliantha Brezoianu: "If I don't want to have people hear me ….. I do this"
[12:00] aliantha Brezoianu whispers in Moana's ear "Hello sexy"
[12:01] aliantha Brezoianu: "But sime people are still fucking super hero's and can hear whispers 15m away"
[12:01] aliantha Brezoianu: some*
[12:01] Moana Rayna shivers slightly and smiles, but says nothing
[12:01] Acelex Taurus: yeah i cant lie i did it to some one who constantly whispered about killing me
[12:01] Acelex Taurus: couldnt contain myself but to respond
[12:02] aliantha Brezoianu: "so speech is in speech amrks, it is perfectly fine to rp with just speech"
[12:02] aliantha Brezoianu: "But you can add to your rp with emotes"
[12:02] Acelex Taurus nods " mhm "
[12:02] aliantha Brezoianu: "Emotes are actiosn, behaviour, feelings, etc"
[12:03] Moana Rayna: RP without emotes is boring. Roleplaying is a lot like writing a book. You need to write actions, feelings, and words
[12:03] aliantha Brezoianu looks around to see who is paying attention, and extends her right leg, kicking off ehr shoe and runs her toe sensuously along moana's shin
[12:03] aliantha Brezoianu: "that was an emote"
[12:03] Tilly Morgath: wonders what the funny smell is she has suddenly noticed
[12:03] Acelex Taurus looks over wondering whether or not his digital camera would come in hand " oh snap.."
[12:03] aliantha Brezoianu: "I din't speak it out loud"
[12:03] Kira Jiagu: Kira sneaks around a lot. Mostly because she's a cat. So i have to emote her trying to pass by without being noticed. So basically i have to tell everyone i'm sneaking
[12:04] aliantha Brezoianu: nods at kira
[12:04] aliantha Brezoianu: now this is the hard bit
[12:04] Moana Rayna: The one thing to be casreful with is not to emote insults
[12:04] aliantha Brezoianu: if someone has gone to the trouble to write an emote, we should respond
[12:04] Acelex Taurus: omg. i was jus gonna ask u about htat
[12:04] Acelex Taurus: that*
[12:04] aliantha Brezoianu looks at xxxx who is a complete wanker
[12:04] Moana Rayna walks into the pub and notices Kira, the stupid fat slut, and froms at her
[12:05] aliantha Brezoianu: that is very very bad
[12:05] Acelex Taurus: so they cannot do that right?
[12:05] Acelex Taurus: some one said somthin glike i was trashy..my girl was ugly and faction was stupid
[12:05] Tilly Morgath: tries not to laugh 'sorry i know i shouldnt'
[12:05] Moana Rayna: It's not fair . . becasue they cannot respond
[12:05] Acelex Taurus: in an emote
[12:05] aliantha Brezoianu: that is an officalw anring at the very least
[12:05] Moana Rayna: They can't read your mind
[12:05] Acelex Taurus: how do you go about this if they continue to insult in emotes?
[12:06] aliantha Brezoianu: call a gm in group channell
[12:06] Acelex Taurus nods " gotcha" :D
[12:06] Tilly Morgath: perosnally i would ignore them unless it was part of a rp already started
[12:06] aliantha Brezoianu: that leads us nicely to god moding
[12:06] : Moana Rayna OOC : tell then to stop first, oocly
[12:07] aliantha Brezoianu: who knows what god moding is?
[12:07] : Moana Rayna OOC : and then call a GM, only if they don;t stop
[12:07] Acelex Taurus: i think i know
[12:07] aliantha Brezoianu: go on
[12:07] Acelex Taurus: is it like lets say.
[12:07] Acelex Taurus puches toon watching him fly back 100 feet…as he dies
[12:07] aliantha Brezoianu: yes!
[12:07] toon Zapatero: heee
[12:07] Acelex Taurus: XD
[12:07] Acelex Taurus: woot
[12:07] toon Zapatero: wy me
[12:07] aliantha Brezoianu: why is that god moding?
[12:07] Acelex Taurus: cuz your my homie
[12:08] Acelex Taurus: because it suggest a forceful action
[12:08] Acelex Taurus: that the person didnt agree to?
[12:08] aliantha Brezoianu: and?
[12:08] Kira Jiagu: that works if you IM Toon beforehand and ask if you can
[12:08] aliantha Brezoianu: you are not giving toon the ability to respo
[12:08] Acelex Taurus: ahh! * face palms*
[12:08] aliantha Brezoianu: so with emoting insults, you are not giving the player the ability to respond
[12:08] Moana Rayna: Sometimes I insult oocly by mistake - it's an easy mistake to make …If you do it, then fix it yourself /me walks into the pub and sees all the bimbos standing in a corner …is bad, but easily fixed by saying on the next line "Good Afternoon Bimbos"
[12:10] aliantha Brezoianu: similarly if I "Bend xxx over the table, ram myself into her, and take her forcefully, not stopping until i~'ve draine dmyself dry, then leave her broken and exhausted,a nd walk away happy" I've basically given the player no way to respond to what I ahve done
[12:10] aliantha Brezoianu: You must always give the player the ability to respond
[12:11] Moana Rayna: although she probably had a lovely time anyway , , but ummm
[12:11] Moana Rayna: examples of Godmodding in action " /me swings a punch and knocks aliantha to the floor. Four of her teeth fall out" or " /me takes aliantha's sword and snaps it in two"
Much better alternatives are " /me swings her fist at aliantha, hoping to knock her to the floor" and " /me grabs at aliantha's sword, trying to take it so that she can snap it in two"
In the second examples you give the other person the chance to play along with your rp, or to defend themselves. You give them the choice.
[12:11] aliantha Brezoianu: i wa shtinking rp combat next week)
[12:11] Moana Rayna: Oh, ummmm, ok
[12:11] aliantha Brezoianu: i have seen much god moding in our ccs fights
[12:12] Moana Rayna makes a zipper motion across her lips and giggles
[12:12] aliantha Brezoianu: when you tie up someone, take their weapons and carry them away, you are god moding
[12:12] Acelex Taurus: what if they are defeated?
[12:13] Acelex Taurus: are you still aloud to tie them uP?
[12:13] Syn Ormega: not if they are defeated
[12:13] aliantha Brezoianu: you should still give them some way to respond
[12:13] Kira Jiagu: you still have to RP with them, even if they are defeated. That's why i only really attack people i think are fun
[12:13] Moana Rayna: In the end, if they are defeated, they have to agree . . but you still have to rp correctly
[12:13] Acelex Taurus waves to his vamp lover…and flips to the seat next to her and winks " hi baby "
[12:13] Syn Ormega: hi bae
[12:13] aliantha Brezoianu: saying you take all their weapons is lame if they have spent weeks rp;ing have arazorbalde in a condom hidden up their jacksy so that they can escape
[12:14] Acelex Taurus: yes true
[12:14] aliantha Brezoianu: a razor blade*
[12:14] aliantha Brezoianu: so the word 'would' is useful
[12:14] Moana Rayna: and the word 'trys'
[12:15] Tilly Morgath: feels the hairs on the back of her neck rise
[12:15] Acelex Taurus: so basically there still at your mercy although you can try to make it fun for every one by trying and stuff
[12:15] aliantha Brezoianu would search Moana carefully for weapons, running my hands under her arms, along her waist, between her legs, in her hair, and search her mouth, and would then bind her as best as she can
[12:16] aliantha Brezoianu: this way moana can try and outsmart me
[12:16] Moana Rayna: Concentrate on the action, not the result /me thrusts her dagger towards William. Or /me searches the body for weapons
[12:16] Acelex Taurus: yeah i see that alot in giant group fights even me…
[12:17] Syn Ormega: but technicaly according to cola rules arnt they at your mercy once you defeat them?
[12:17] aliantha Brezoianu: We use a gesture in cowboys which takes weapons away, ties up, and does something else in 3 lines, which i'd say was godmoding as a gm
[12:17] aliantha Brezoianu: sort of syn
[12:17] aliantha Brezoianu: godmoding is often thrown about
[12:18] Moana Rayna: A god roleplayer wil cooperate and will not produce the magical razorblade or whatever other bullshit thing . . but you still have to give them the chance. If you don't they feel like they are being fucked in the arse and won't play nice
[12:18] aliantha Brezoianu: it's a tricky balance
[12:18] Moana Rayna: good, not god*
[12:18] aliantha Brezoianu: very tricky,a nd difficult to gm too
[12:19] Moana Rayna: It's only words. . but in rp words are important
[12:19] aliantha Brezoianu: but think about giving the player the ability to respond
[12:19] aliantha Brezoianu: this way you avoid gm calls
[12:19] aliantha Brezoianu: one way to avoid is to im first
[12:19] Acelex Taurus: if there not asses in ooc that is
[12:19] aliantha Brezoianu: so i would im moana, explain what i want to do and aska greement
[12:20] aliantha Brezoianu: that way in open chat i just do it!
[12:20] Moana Rayna: and I trust ali so I basically give her permission to godmode as much as she likes . .
[12:20] Moana Rayna: but asking is important
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: sowe have godmoding
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: and meatgaming
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: fuck
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: a new word!
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: metagaming*
[12:21] Moana Rayna: If someone doesn't ask, I still play along - within reason - but I get oocly annoyed and make a note to not bother with this person in future
[12:21] aliantha Brezoianu: metagaming sux, what is it?
[12:22] toon Zapatero: tag reading
[12:22] Acelex Taurus: reading there profile factions as well
[12:22] Syn Ormega: when someone uses info such as your tag or profile info ic that they wouldnt know of ic
[12:22] aliantha Brezoianu: yes
[12:22] aliantha Brezoianu: it blows
[12:22] Moana Rayna: Knowing their name
[12:22] aliantha Brezoianu: hard to manage
[12:22] aliantha Brezoianu: at a basic level it is reading your tag
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: i know syn is hellwicked from her tag
[12:23] Moana Rayna: Knowing their CCS level . . that's the hardest . .
[12:23] Syn Ormega: or finding you on the map
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: as a drak, i know she is enemy
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: i look at her ccs profile
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: see she race, class, level
[12:23] toon Zapatero: i do all the time imao
[12:23] Acelex Taurus: loll toon
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: we all do it
[12:23] aliantha Brezoianu: but can't use it
[12:24] Moana Rayna: Everyone does it . .everyone knows it. The hard bit is not to use it
[12:24] aliantha Brezoianu: even if she is my enmy, and her clan just tortured my firend
[12:24] Acelex Taurus: instead use clues icly
[12:24] aliantha Brezoianu: if i met her in the street i treat as stranger
[12:25] aliantha Brezoianu: but if she rp's as being loopy loo, and a meber of no clan
[12:25] aliantha Brezoianu: then i have to go with it
[12:25] aliantha Brezoianu: or i can try and get clues
[12:26] aliantha Brezoianu: "You smell of xxxx"
[12:26] toon Zapatero: i have ones insult ppl to get friend out of rp
[12:26] toon Zapatero: there cal admin so end of rp
[12:26] aliantha Brezoianu: nods
[12:26] aliantha Brezoianu: metagamin gis rife
[12:27] aliantha Brezoianu: that is why suz took levels out of ccs sheets
[12:27] Acelex Taurus: should probrbly take health and skills out as well lol ))
[12:27] Acelex Taurus: cuz thats all i would look at
[12:27] Moana Rayna: . . within reason. I get very annoyed when I am in disguise as a pretty little fae. People are mean to me becasue they hate Moana, but I am in disguise. Everyone metagames. It's really really hard not to. But its important to try
[12:28] Moana Rayna: ..everyone, almost everyone
