Be courteous. Online people can tend to forget their manners, become very rude and act like they would never
act if you were standing face to face. Unless your character is supposed to be rude and/or obnoxious, try not
to act that way while out of character.
Make storylines that suit your character, however do not make all of the storyline arcs, ask others to make
their own too. Respect people's choices, don't say that yours is all that and a bag of chips and that everyone
else's sucks. That's not cool, and it won't get the storylines going.
Don't use text talk. Y u no like me? G2G. IDK. Yeah, don't do that, you are creating a story, not texting. Try to
use good grammar, full sentences, punctuation, spell check and please, please, please try not to constantly use
elipses to break apart your sentences .... (yeah, those dots there).
Don't one-line (unless it's a preference with someone you're role playing with). Most people
prefer at least a single paragraph, but some others allow, or prefer, one-liners. Just make sure you check the
other person's preference before trying to role play with others.
Don't steal anything from anyone, ever. This includes, but is not limited to, storylines, already done role
play, pictures, aka avatars, display names, biographies, rules, room designs, etc. Don't be afraid to ask if
you can copy something, most of the time the other person will say yes, as long as you give them credit for it.
Drama. Drama in role play is good, it's what we are all looking for, outside of role play, that's not
what we are striving for here. Do not bring real life drama into the room/role play for attention, this annoys
people. Don't be that person who sends a million messages, or posts them to the message boards about your real
life issues. Don't post a bunch of threads to the boards, or make them in the rooms saying how annoying your
partner/parent/life is, etc. If you have a problem in real life, talk it out with a friend, in private. Everybody
else doesn't need to know your dirty laundry. However, this doesn't mean people do not care, please let
others know if you must limit your time/activity/etc due to a death in the family, school/work, general life problems,
etc. Just don't go overboard.
Also, please do not constantly say you are leaving/retiring/hanging up your character, then turn around and say oh
wait, nevermind, it's annoying. Also, changing characters every other day also gets annoying, so please,
don't do that either. It's hard to keep a storyline going if you are constantly changing the characters.
Be the nice guy/girl. Accept constructive criticism, be nice, don't take things said in role play personally,
make friends, chat up, etc. Be easy to get along with, and great role playing opportunities shall come your way.
God Mode, sometimes called power-play. God-modding is basically being impenetrable and indestructible in every
possible way. Don't do this, even if you are role playing a God of some sort. Remember: if your character
gets killed in a particular storyline, you do not have to declare early retirement and kill off your character
completely. Also, power-play, or force posting, is when you try to hit someone and they somehow "always hit without
missing." This can also be called character controlling, controlling other characters, etc. It's insulting to
the other roleplayer if you suddenly -throw a tomahawk at them with no chance of escaping- because it's pointless.
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
respond to the action or avoid it if it's something they'd rather not have happen to their character.
Never use OOC information IC in any way. For example, just because you the player knows another character's
name, that doesn't mean your CHARACTER know it, unless they have been introduced. This is called meta gaming.
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
respond to the action or avoid it if it's something they'd rather not have happen to their character. Be
considerate of the role-playing mood of others.
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. There's no need to hurry so much, just relax and enjoy the interaction.
It is generally considered rude to just up and attack someone out of the blue.
Never, ever post personal information in the room. This cannot be stressed enough.