IV:MP - Friendly roleplay guide

[Mihail Junkovich]

Argonath RPG: IV:MP
Friendly roleplay guide

About roleplay


A roleplaying game is a game in which the players assume the roles of characters and create stories. Players determine the actions of their characters based on their characterisation 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 whole roleplay game.

There are a couple of commands you can use when roleplaying:

• /me [text] - This is used for actions that your character is doing at this moment (example: /me scratches his head).

• /em [text] - This is used to describe/ask out of character stuff (example: /me kicks the car, /em would the car get damaged?).

• /say [text] - This is used for normal speaking from character to character.

• /s [text] - This is used for shouting from character to character. An exclemation symbol ('!') will be added at the end. Cops use this alot to shout to criminals.

• /w [text] - This is used for whispering from character to character.

• /chatmode local - This is used to set default chatmode to local, so you don't have to type /say all the time.

• /dice - If both parties have a chance of winning, /dice may come in handy. The person who throws the highest, wins the roleplay scene (example: /me hits him on his head, /me avoids. highest /dice wins).

Note that a couple of roleplay rules apply to the server. You may not:

• Metagame - using external powers to involve with the game, such as /pm to call for backup or follow a 'blip' on the radar in a RP scene.

• Powergame - use superpowers to win every roleplay, such as continue running when a police officer roleplayed shooting you.

• Refuse/avoid roleplay - ignore any roleplay a player starts, want to go offline or go away from keyboard? Announce in public chat or PM the player about it.

• Use unrealistic actions - in a roleplay you cannot pull an automatic weapon out of your pocket, so roleplay grabbing one from your car for example.

• Use out of character chats - use /pm or public chat for roleplay purposes. This is a grey area since calling players from out of the game is allowed.

• Force roleplay - give other players a chance to respond, this is the same as powergaming (example: /me ties the person so they cannot go anywhere).

• Use out of character chats - use /pm or public chat for roleplay purposes. This is a grey area since calling players from out of the game is allowed.

Roleplay is as free as you can imagine. Want to roleplay a tree? Go for it. Maybe a prisoner? Sure. Just make sure the surroundings fit the roleplay you are working on and make sure other people understand it too. If you want to stick to building just your character, then you should act like that. No one will take you for serious if your interest is jumping all over the place. If you are switching from one role to other (cop & criminal), then you are falling under the line of a 'casual roleplayer'. Say for that example of criminal/copper, you are a player with criminal affiliation, not the badass gang member.

Whatever you roleplay, remember to have fun. Freely roaming around can be fun for just some time, after which it will become just a waste of time. Yes, waste of time in game, can it get lower than that?




Keeping it friendly


Note that administators are just normal players, with a couple of commands to help and keep the environment on the server friendly. They don't wear the title for fun. It carries a lot of responsibility, maturity, integrity as indifference. Wan't to make their job a little easier? Read about the following. Note that if you catch a rulebreaker ingame, take screenshots / videos and PM to any administrator. If you know the time and date, let them know aswell.

• Advertising
  If you are registering for the sole purpose of advertising your server, you might consider it again, as it is a waste space in our ban database. Posting an IP leads to a permanent ban.[/li

• Flaming and insulting
  Here, our dear Wikipedia will give us the basic picture:
  "Flaming (also known as bashing) is hostile and insulting interaction between internet users. Flaming usually occurs in the social context of a discussion board..."

• Spamming
  A player who is spamming obviously has some problems or likes to be a trouble. That doesn't not allow mini-modders to jump on him with "OMG stop spamming". You talk to him, yes, you use normal language in PM to ask him why he's spamming. An admin can also do this and its preferable that administration member does ask the player because we can depict him what will happen if he continues. One thing I hate is spammers who say they were boring at the time and they didn't know the seriousness of the situation.

• Flooding
  Repeating the same sentence over and over again is called flooding. Players tend to warn someone for spamming if he double posted his reply. Why? Check the players ping. Maybe he is experiencing issues with internet, and has chat lag or similar connection issues. You do not just on a player if he writes the same message twice. Three times or more is flooding. If a newcomer asks for a command or something and no one answers, he'll tend to ask it more then once or use PM. A player can also feel that he is not seen, so he floods. Be kind to him!

• Script abuse
  Say for example you are able to enter a car you are not supposed to enter. Report immediatly! If you are caught abusing the scripts, a ban may happen.

• Foreign languages
  Foreign languages are not forbidden on our server. However, they are forbidden in public chat. Beware, some administrators are polyglots and know many languages. Do not use this rule to flame or insult other. It will be dealt with swiftly and the perpetrator will receive a harsh punishment.

• Incorrect /report usage
  "OMG READ MY REPORT" and "/report /report /report /report" are things administrators do not like. You can see if an administrator handles your report so act like it.

• Trolling
  A troll is someone who talks rubbish, or plays the game to provoke other players. They are probably stressed or gone crazy of some game/life aspects. Best explanation I can give you is: Never say "Trolls were once nice people" because they are nice now, they just don't have that "niceness" surfaced out and we need to help them regain it. Best treatment against trolls is IGNORING. They will go from one victim to another, just like a parasite and yet many players claim they are here to escape from IRL. Yes, you are here to evade your RL situation but why can't you manage a troll and let him drive you around. Change the rhythm! Take the initiative! Beat him at his own game! Ignore him, he will just skip towards and if he sees his attempts are futile he'll just stay/go away or stop trolling as he wouldn't see it fun.

[Matt]

Cool post and can help newcomers
  

[Mark]

Since when in order to use "swearing words" in roleplay (a.k.a. in local chat and not main) you need to ask permission? 
Inb4: "Dear Sir can i please call you a faggot or a slut without you overreacting over roleplay?" ; If you can't see the difference between roleplaying and calling someone for names just to annoy him then why are you even bothering talking with him, what are you even doing in a roleplay server if you get offended for a "fuck you" or "you're a slut" which are completely related to the roleplay scenario you're in? probably stunting!

Alot of stuff changed since i registered here but this one is just another one that was added all of sudden (or at least it was changed so that it applies also to local chat which is where most of people like to get offended and report you), is it because some childrens get offended for the words that they already know and that they will use anyway one day? I can't bother going around looking for someone to interact with if at each word that contains a small bit of swearing or slang (e.g. NIGGA, FUCK, which are CHARACTER related if said in a roleplay context) i gotta ask him permission first or worse, get reported because he decides to play the weak and get away from roleplay.

ps: note that i'm speaking about LOCAL chat which is supposed to be used for roleplay most of times (am i really saying this? it's obvious) and not MAIN CHAT or PM or any other existing chat that is not part of your character.


About forcing roleplay, you should also add that if you're law breaking and get busted by the police (e.g. getting pulled over for speeding/reckless driving) you can't refuse to roleplay because you are "busy" or you don't want to. If you don't want to fuck around and get busted, drive in another island or log off. If you're not looking for roleplay, what are you even doing in-game all the time?
At least this was what i was told once by two people from the administration, both manager and division leader now.

[Mihail Junkovich]

Try to insult me straight out of a blue sky and I will for sure first suggest you not to do it and then call in administration if you continue. That's just common sense, a saying from my region "Nisam ja s' tobom ovce cuvao" would be really good here. It means that not anyone can just offer trash attitude while talking with you and expect you to roll with it. If I know you well, I will probably be okay with it. But if you are a random guy, hell not.

By my opinion, it is not butthurt, it is just that some people do not enjoy in it, and you must respect that. This way we are just telling to newcomers, and welp.. all other players, to be careful, not to go over the border..

It is all about acknowledging the other person as an individual. If I know what kind of RolePlay you do, and I don't like it, I will just avoid you. If I am okay with it, I will probably be okay with you hanging around me or going into RolePlay situations with you.

The clarification of that rule would be:

"You can not use constant insulting/swearing/slang if the other player does not agree to it. Players have to have their choice, if they will interact that way or not."


btw for forcing.. I would like to add somehow for couple of situations, but it would be too much of text xD

[Mark]

I'm not saying that coming to you and shouting: FUCK YOU MIHAIL, YOU ARE A SLUT is acceptable or "entertaining" on a roleplay server. What i'm saying is that if you know that you are in a roleplay situation where things are getting a bit difficult for the CHARACTERS (e.g. kidnapper against the victim) and i'm swearing and using an offensive slang (which i repeat, it is only meant in RP) you can't really pretend to report me and get away with the roleplay, that's really poor, perhaps you could let me know first through PM about it.
I think that being too much strict on what words are allowed and which not won't do any good thing, right now every guy you try to interact with, would report you for calling him an idiot in roleplay (e.g. two cars bump into each other, one of the drivers gets upset and the other one gets offended as soon he says it, because the rules say you can't call someone an idiot unless he approves it) if that roleplay puts him in a position where he is "losing" or is tied with some actions. Let me be clear about it, i do not like direct usage of swearing if there isn't a real reason for it but i also disapprove people who simply report you for being offensive in roleplay when:
 
1. You weren't aware that the guy was so sensible before talking to him;
2. The guy who feels in danger reports you instead of talking back with good manners and letting you know that they did not like that, in that case i could even avoid giving more "intense" to my character and switch back to a good samaritan;
3. The other guy doesn't attempt to solve it in a roleplay way.

What i'm trying to say is that this thing is a bit pointless (in some cases) in the world we're living today, this ain't no damn 500 before Christ, you're on the net, you see those words everyday, it's about how you use them and in which contexts that should be verified. If i say "oh shit, the cops" as mistake on the main chat (/cb fails mostly) i would bet that at least 3 guys would yell at me saying "Please don't swear, read /rules blablabla...wannabemod random warning).
Jeez guys, take it easy with the strictness on these words, let people have fun, you just make them run away with their knowledge which could be really useful to teach newbies (i'm talking about ROLEPLAY terms and other stuff before y'all jump to conclusions like: omg he feels superior cuz he is a regular!11!).
Probably this will sound boring for most of you but like always i want to say my opinion and this is it. Stressing too much those who go out of boundaries in rp brings nothing good since most of people use it as an excuse to avoid roleplay...which once was enforced more than now..


You can put those forcing roleplay examples in a spoiler =)

Spoiler for Hiden:

plz sir stop saying bad words

[Mihail Junkovich]

Generally, you repeated what I already wrote

I know there is too much butt hurt on the internet about some, let's say.. common things for the era in which we are now living. But.
But..

Rules are there to be followed and we must adapt to them. You know that our server relatively spins around just that one boulevard on the island known as Dukes/Broker, and that lots of different players pass through there. If you do something like that there, it will for sure leave a markk to players around. They might acknowledge it as something "okay" and start randomly using it even when it's not allowed or should be stopped. That is something everyone would like to avoid :P

And besides, you can easily adapt to rules yourself, for example..

If you rammed a newcomer, you probably should avoid interacting in such way, but if you rammed me.. then you could try it out :P

Even if someone reports you straight away, I am pretty sure administration will not mind it if you just say "I have tried to RolePlay. I am sorry.."


If ya have anymore suggestions, please write ;p

[Mark]

I'm talking about regulars and people who are here for more than 7 days man, new comers are just novices who still need to find their reason to stay around!
That's why i also said that it's about how you use them and in which context that should be verified, sure using that slang in every damn scenario gets boring after a while and shows that the guy simply doesn't have or want to use his imagination.

[Killanic]

You don't necessarily have to ask the player whether you're allowed to swear at them or not. If you're just genuinely role-playing then sure go ahead and curse at them all you want. What you shouldn't do though, is to continue doing so even AFTER the player mentions they're not okay with that. Usually when such report comes in, I just casually tell the reporter to inform the reported player that they aren't okay with it. No biggie. Then from there on you can easily tell whether the reported person is intentionally swearing to piss the player off or not, if they continue. Which I see happen in a lot of instances

[frensh ham]

nice post ^^

[Hernandez]

Wrong Post, should ve been in another topic.

[frensh ham]

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