A shove in the right direction of Roleplaying correctly.

[Fatboy_Rob]

Here is a shove in the right direction to correct and fun Roleplaying, not just GTA, but all games.

Here are some tips on developing your roleplay-ability also

**-Role-playing-**
In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the role of characters, or parts, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. Roleplaying is like being in an improvisational drama or free-form theatre, in which the participants are the actors who are playing parts, and the audience.
A role-playing game is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, they may improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games.

**-In Character-**
In roleplaying games, In Character (or IC) refers to the world of the characters, rather than the world of the players. That is, a character talking to another character is an IC interaction, set within the IC world, while two players talking about a football game or their real lives is an Out of Character ('OOC') interaction.
Most online role-playing communities make allowances for the intrusion of "RL" (real life) by introducing standards of communication, such as insisting that all "OOC" comments are placed inside brackets, or given some prefix. For example, "(OOC) Blast, the phone's ringing again, I'll go and pull it out of the wall."

**-Out Of Character-**
Out of Character (OOC) is a roleplaying term, referring to the world of the players, rather than the world of the characters. Actions in the game that are described from the point of view of the assumed character are referred to as In Character (IC). Actions or discussion of the character from the player's point of view are OOC. and also, widely known as Main chat, which is OOC chat, and is used for chit-chatting also.

PLEASE STOP DOING THESE THINGS
Meta-gaming
Meta-gaming is using Out of Character knowledge and applying it to an In Character situation. A common example of such is reading the name tag above a players head and saying their name in the In Character chat to gain their attention. You, the player, have seen the name on the screen, but your character does not know the person's name.

Power-gaming
Power-gaming is a term used to describe anything that is an unfeasible or non-realistic situation, or performing an action without allowing any other players to contest this action and come up with a suitable reaction. An example of such would be giving your character super-human strengths that allows it to break out of Police handcuffs or using a /me command to say that you knock someone out in one punch. Whenever an action is performed, it must always be an attempt. This allows the other player to react to this action. Hence Newton's Third Law - To every action, there is a reaction.

Prime Example of powergaming Via MSN:
Ûž[TCL]HaydenÛž  goes up and knocks him out in 1 punch and injects him with a sedative and takes his wallet

Prime Example of Metagaming Via MSN:
Ûž[TCL]HaydenÛž says: hey MrEcks! come over here! i wanna talk with you.
When your character does not even know his name.

Prime Example of OOC IC:
(( Hayden:  hey Wata, wanna go to chilliad and grow some weed? ))
(( Wata: Yea man, meet you there in 5 minutes ))
Cops are all there setup with guns & stuff, 4 minutes before Hayden & wata reach destination.
STOP USING OOC IN IC ITS METAGAMING

If your gonna use OOC in IC use (( <text> ))
like /l (( Hey where are we really going anyways? ))

Some Wise Comments from Gandalf ~

- If a player regularly meets the same character, he can recognize him. There for calling the name is not meta-gaming, it can be that the person is recognized. Same goes for people with some 'public function'.

- Use of the /ad command often leads to discussion.

/ad I am selling drugs
Cops: /suspect selling drugs

This IS good RP, because if in real life if you advertise to sell drugs you can expect the cops to pay attention.


5 step program to RPing good
1. Have common sense
2. Dont power/metagame
3. read what i posted up above
4. Have fun
5. dont make shit RP cause others will react to it

Note: i didnt make alot of this, i used some stuff from other RP sites
-Hayden

[ODSTHelljumper89]

 Nice, and ye if one person is trying to kidnap you with 1 punch to knockout it isn't going to happen, now if 3 or more were trying to kidnap without guns and you have no gun then yes what ever happens to you there is no chance to escape.

[Fatboy_Rob]

Yes, and if you have any scenario's that you need professional help on, you can ask here and ill help you.

:ps: yes, i know i just called myself a Pro RPer.

-Hayden

[[R]yan]

Great guide, I do the name thing a lot its a habbit but lately I don't do it much which is good. I'm trying my best to RP well. And Its comin along great.

[BlackBird]

i agree entirely mate
this is getting out of hand, you should request a forum Mod to make this topic sticky

[Fatboy_Rob]

Request sticky please

:ps: Info added

-Hayden

[Omri]

Nice Hayden . Im sure it will help some people





Omri

[Knoothead]

Nice!

[sRy]

Nice Mate im sure this can help a lot of player out

[Gandalf]

Some comments.

- If a player regularly meets the same character, he can recognize him. There for calling the name is not meta-gaming, it can be that the person is recognized. Same goes for people with some 'public function'.

- Use of the /ad command often leads to discussion.

/ad I am selling drugs
Cops: /suspect selling drugs

This IS good RP, because if in real life if you advertise to sell drugs you can expect the cops to pay attention.

[lionz]

Yes Gandalf, but the enforcement needs some sort of physical proof, maybe set up a drug deal going on, or spy on the dealer to see what he is really doing. Police need to get down and dirty :bow:

[Gandalf]

Yes Gandalf, but the enforcement needs some sort of physical proof, maybe set up a drug deal going on, or spy on the dealer to see what he is really doing. Police need to get down and dirty :bow:

Well put an ad in your local newspaper IRL that you sell drugs and see what happens  :devroll:

[Knoothead]

Yes Gandalf, but the enforcement needs some sort of physical proof, maybe set up a drug deal going on, or spy on the dealer to see what he is really doing. Police need to get down and dirty :bow:

Yeah but its impossible to spy, because when they see a cop on minimap they will act like they are selling donuts or something :S

Delete the cop markers again!

or do a command like /spy and the marker dissapear and /spy again and it comes again..

Srry for a bit offtopic

[Gandalf]

Yeah but its impossible to spy, because when they see a cop on minimap they will act like they are selling donuts or something :S

Delete the cop markers again!

or do a command like /spy and the marker dissapear and /spy again and it comes again..

Srry for a bit offtopic

That is meta-gaming.... as if the cop is not in sight they could not spot the uniform.

[Prometheus[NL]]

Wel goodluck getting players here to not say yor name etc ...or to even use /p as ooc and /l as icc

And I believe it was you (rob ) who once said Argo is a FUN rp server and you like it this way btw This is the definition of metagaming

Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game.

So saying the players name isnt Metagaming , the names were left in by the devs and are thus usable also there is no rule against me saying 'hey Hayden hows it hangin' when I am rp ing a cop. So it may be Laming in a n RP enviroment but its not Metagaming
Posted on: December 06, 2007, 12:57:05 PMAbout the cops I think there should be A detective class , plain clothed officers who have all cop commands but look white on the map and have civilian clothes on . this would be verry nice to have undercover cops etc .