Written by Keira and edited for use on SOTARP.org
Role Play (aka. rp; roleplay)
Taking on a part, much like you would in a play but inside a chat-room or chat system in a video game. You don’t have a script of lines to memorize nor a director telling you where to stand and what to do. In essence, you’ve stepped into another person’s shoes and you’re pretending to be that person/being/creature/whatever.
The blog “From Horror to Daily Life: Creative Writer and Academic” had an interesting article last year on Role Playing that I just stumbled upon. We will soon be some publishing some of our own articles on this subject, but I felt this article had a lot of insight and suggestions that were worthy to share as well. It focuses mostly on chat or forum based RP yet these principles still resonate across other mediums as well.
A Roleplayer’s Guide to Roleplaying, or “What I learnt from being countless other people.”
To continue celebrating the launch of our new site, we are proud to provide a signature template for members to create their own SOTA RP signatures!
Basically this is a large PNG image that contains elements from the SOTARP.org logo and site. Cut out your favorite pieces with your graphic editor of choice. Paste them into your own awesome original signatures. Show your Role Playing pride!
