Roleplaying Club- Come and Improve Your Skills

[Sploda]

Creator caught the cannon gracefully and attached it to his back. It was about three times his size and six times as heavy but he carried it as if it was nothing more than a half empty backpack. "Trust me Proto, when this is all said and done, we'll be laughing our bottoms off. The gun is just so I can end things with a bang." Creator then returned what little attention he had given to Proto back to his opponent, who was no doubt baffled by the size of the cannon. However he never had time to think about it as a rush of wind hit him and forced him back a step. He then heard something go thunk as if it had hit his cannon.

[i]That was a bad move...[/i] The one thing you never do to Creator is damage his gun...

Creator quickly summoned up several mirror images of his opponent each equipped with a blade of energy and a small laser pistol. He gave them one instinct, that was to eliminate his opponent. Meanwhile Creator reached back and flipped a switch to turn the gun on...

[Ice.]

Ice walked in the are, light shining on his visor. He started to sip his coffee, admiring the test. Once ready, he took a deep breath as he held out his coffee cup. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON I'M LOST."

No, seriously.

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow saw that there were several mirror images of himself and groaned inwardly. [i]This could get messy.[/i] Deciding not to let it get to him, Shadow summoned four more battle chips, three drill arms and a paralysis support chip, all merging into one. "Program Advance: Giga Drill Storm!" Several mini drills appeared at Shadows knees, elbows, and shoulders, firing off only to be replaced and fired again. This continued for about five seconds, and at the same time Shadow used a body enhancement spell on himself called Rauzaruku, and each and every one of the mini drills fired off went screaming towards the image clones and Creator with incredible speed.

[The Warden]

I'll join as a Teacher, my knowledge would be invaluable.

If you didn't see this, I'll use my plot for Mushroom Dimentia.

[spoiler=Submission]
‘Look at your Mushroom Kingdom, now look at mine. Now back at your Mushroom Kingdom now back to mine. Sadly that Mushroom Kingdom is not mine. But if you stopped with all the Bowser invasions and switched to an original storyline your Mushroom Kingdom COULD be like mine. Look up, back down where are you? You are a minor character who has to think for themself for once. What’s that over there, back at me. I have, it is a Mushroom Kingdom RPG. Look again, our characters are usually useless characters. Anything is possible in my Mushroom Kingdom and not any old one. I am on a horse’.

*Shoves random person out of the way* Sorry, a Youtube Meme freak hi-jacked the opening paragraph…lord knows how he got in here. Blech, anywho, the Mushroom Kingdom. Pretty nice pad, subject to the random invasion every so often and possessing some of the most warped geography outside of a Pokemon game. The Mushroom Kingdom is ruled by Princess Peach, a hot babe with a kidnap fetish. Her kidnapper is the Koopa King, King Bowser, a turtle…dragon…thing. The important thing is that he satisfies Peach’s kidnap fetish. Now, there are the Mario Bros, whose main brother is Mario and his younger, weedy, cowardly, bedwetting, pansy-ass brother Lugi. Wait, Mario is his first and last name? So it’s Mario Mario and Luigi Mario? *awkward silence* Right…well, Mario and Luigi go on random adventures to save Peach except that one game where Peach rescued them, I think the creators were high. Anywho, during the night, a mysterious purple fog seeped into the Mushroom Kingdom FROM OUTER SPACE! *cue space noises* This fog drove anyone of meritable value insane, kinda sucks since now the Mushroom Kingdom is under attack, again. So, with Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser all completely AWOL, it’s up to the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom to save the world and our crazy heroes. We are so completely boned.[/spoiler]

[Twig]

Umm...What's bad about first person and present tense?

[Proto]

[quote name='Twig' timestamp='1289187994' post='4770954']
Umm...What's bad about first person and present tense?
[/quote]
It's frowned apon in common roleplaying.

How much literature have you read in present tense and first person?

[Twig]

[quote name='ProtoMachineEmperor' timestamp='1289188094' post='4770958']
It's frowned apon in common roleplaying.

How much literature have you read in present tense and first person?
[/quote]

I've read a lot of first persons.

I've read three present tenses: The Hunger Games Trilogy.

[CrystalCyae]

Obsidan walked slowly into the school. "Finally here!" She exclaimed, delighted. She looked around, entranced by the layout and furniture of the school. Forgetting her reason to be here, she walked thurther inside, glancing at large bookcases full of roleplays. "Wow!" She gasped, noticing famous and really long roleplays stacked in high piles all over the place. Remembering why she was here, she sighed, grabbing a small note from her bag. It read;
[i]Obsidan.
You have been accepted to the Roleplay School, and have been placed into the Decent Roleplayer section.
Please enjoy your stay.[/i]
She smiled. "To be placed in Decent was rather an achievement. Now I can be taught how to be a pro one!" She fantasized happily. She looked around. "I wonder where everyone else is...."

[Jake the Sage]

First I think that you could write in any style as long as it fits. Minnie, for instance, writes in first person and actually does a passable job at it; never seen anyone do an rpg in past tense though.

Secondly, to Broken, I see that more as satire than azctual writting. I couldn't stop laughing at it so I am not sure I can take it seriously as a sample a teacher would give.

FINALLY! I think the Roleplay School has finally kicked off the proper way X]

"They're in the training room or running around [i]somewhere[/i] in the castle my dear," a man said from a chair as he closed the book held in his hands. Looking up the glasses on his face slid down a bit, causing him to push them back up, and he set the roleplay book titled 'Struggle of Powers' down on the coffee table. Rising to his feet he walked over to Obsidian and politely nodded to her, "My name is Andrew . . . I am a character of Jake's who assist him whenever he needs it. If you would I can lead you to the training room."

[The Warden]

Tish and pish Jake, it WAS satire, I would have been more serious if it wasn't. I made an RPG whilst simultaneously taking the piss out of it and the Mushroom Kingdom. Not every teacher is a conventional one.

[Jake the Sage]

[quote name='Professor Layton' timestamp='1289182487' post='4770689']
Layton came walking indoors from the garden area into the Training Room. He always preferred to practice there, as he had a home field advantage in nature. He noticed Creator was preparing to fight with a new entree, or so he supposed. It was certainly no one he had seen around. He quickly made his way over to Jake, and tapped him on the shoulder. "Jake, who is the new person, why is Creator fighting him, and is he about to die? We don't want to have too many people die in here too early, right?"
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"You remember Shadow don't you?" I reply answering the first of the questions. The explosions within the training hall were so vast that you'd think any moment the entire walls would give out and the ceiling would come crashing down; but thankfully this place is beyond breaking completely and any minor damage would eb self repaired. Nodding as I watch the first both are doing good, [i]"Shadow has definately improved on being a balanced roleplay fighter. Slightly influencing his opponent without fully taking over for Auto-hits and even taking damage instead of pulling off Ass-Moves."[/i] I think to myself before addressing the other questions. A sigh as a shockwave moves past us I answer, "As for why he is fighting Creator they needed to see how much he improved . . . and no he isn't going to die- Shadow Speech goes at the begining or end d*mn it!"

@Broken: Yeah I get what you mean. Guess you can be the "crazy" teacher XD

[The Warden]

That's what I was gunning for anyways.

In a brilliant cloud of smoke, Broken appeared next to Jake. He coughed a little from his cheap special effect. 'Darn it, I knew I used to many smoke bombs there' he choked and wafted the smoke away. He readjusted his glasses and tunic before regarding where he was. 'Oh, a training hall, how very.......ordinary' he commented, before realizing who he was next to. 'Ah yes, Jake, hey there. I thought I'd make a flashy entrance for my first day, but, ehhhhh' he added, slacking his shoulders. He didn't say anything else, but observed the battle. He didn't even care about interupting Jake's previous conversation.

[Blake]

@Twig: Everything. RPers are supposed to speak in the past person 3rd tense. We are not doing a journal-esque story.

[Sploda]

[i]This is child's play. I think I'll have some fun while the Cannon charges...[/i] Creator was deep in thought while he fluidly dodged the incoming drills thanks to a hastily cast haste spell. he then summoned up a Zweihander and a thin rapier. "Lets see how you do against my sword style!" Creator said covering the floor of the room in water somehow. He then began to run at his opponent.

[i]Attico di Squalo...Mimo di lanza...[/i] Creator tossed the Rapier into the air and conjured up a large black spear of energy and lobbed it at his enemy. As soon as it touched something it would detonate and engulf the entire room. At the same time Creator hit himself on the chest with the Zweihander, numbing his body for a short time. He then threw up a wall of water before himself before losing complete feeling in his body. [i]Shigure Soen Ryu: Sakamaku Ame; Rolling Rain[/i]

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow moved to the side to avoid the Lanza and thrust a hand upwards, clenching it and causing the water around him to rise from beneath Creator so as to ensnare him. It was then countered by Creator's rolling rain attack and sliced into droplets. During the rolling rain attack, Shadow caused the water to rise above creator, forming a dome around him. He then raised his arms, causing the dome of water to rise into the air. with Creator trapped inside, he would have no way to escape. Shadow clenched his fists, causing the dome to turn into an orb and shrink, getting rid of the air space inside as more water was added to the ground. Shadow then caused part of the water to freeze and form spikes, making them move directly for the moonstone cannon so as to irreparably damage it. "You should never hand your enemy a weapon. Now there's no escape, you might as well give up."

As Shadow spoke, he caused the shadow energy that was still around him to rise behind him and at his sides, forming a shield with a pointed edge at the back so as to cause the explosion that he knew was to come to be parted to the sides and keep from hurting him.

[Twig]

[quote name='Fading Black' timestamp='1289245320' post='4771940']
@Twig: Everything. RPers are supposed to speak in the past person 3rd tense. We are not doing a journal-esque story.
[/quote]

I'd like to see the official rulebook.

[Blake]

It's common practice. If an RP is like a journal, then first person is fine. But each person is NOT the center of the story, so first person is bad.

[Twig]

[quote name='Fading Black' timestamp='1289260563' post='4772695']
It's common practice. If an RP is like a journal, then first person is fine. But each person is NOT the center of the story, so first person is bad.
[/quote]

ITT: Writing something in first-person automatically makes it a journal.
ITT: Talking in a point of view where YOU are the character(coughroleplayingcough) is bad.
ITT: Every actor in a movie is the center of the story.

And what about present tense?

[Blake]

You actually proved absolutely nothing with your ITTs, other than the first.

In Roleplaying, you are writing a story. You are not just becoming a character. Especially when people use multiple characters. You can;t call them both I, now can you?
Think about a book. It is written from 1 person;s perspective. I recently read a book where, when it was in Toma (The main character's) perspective, he said I, but when it was in the lead female's perspective, it was in third person, past tense.

As for present tense, I have never seen a book with present tense. Plust, past tense looks more proffessional.

[Sploda]

[i]You fool, this ends here...[/i] Just as the spikes pierced the Cannon the Lanza exploded. The Water and ice were swept away from the area leaving just Creator and his opponent. Creator checked his watch and there was a green light. "This fight is over... I win." Creator said as he pulled the cannon off his back. He pointed it directly at his opponent. He put his finger over the trigger and slowly pulled back. The last words he spoke were these:

"Banweapon: MoonStone Cannon, Fire."

With that a Large blast of Purple energy shot forth from the cannon's muzzle. It quickly hit his enemy square in the chest and erupted into a pure explosion of unrivaled proportions. When the dust settled his opponent lay unconscious across from him.

Creator grinned, "Alright, we'll call it a draw." Creator then collapsed himself onto the training ground.

[Shadow Zero]

Shadows eyes went wide as the blast hit him in the chest. The Shadow Shield he had raised protected him from the explosion that had resulted from Creator using a lanza, but it appeared that Shadow would now have no chance to retaliate. Just as he was about to slip into unconsciousness he smiled ruefully, thinking to himself that he should have caused the water to turn to ice so that Creator could not move. [i]Damn, and I was so close too.[/i] As Shadow hit the ground, his shadow shield disappeared, although it mattered little as it had served its intended purpose. He was no longer conscious, so he would not notice that Creator fell to the ground as well, thus causing the duel to be ended in a draw.

[Twig]

[quote name='Fading Black' timestamp='1289261333' post='4772735']
You actually proved absolutely nothing with your ITTs, other than the first.

In Roleplaying, you are writing a story. You are not just becoming a character.

[b]Dictionary definition of roleplaying: 1. to act out a role of 2. to represent in action

In play-by-post roleplaying, you are writing a story from a point of view of a character. It's not against anything to become the character.[/b]

Especially when people use multiple characters. You can;t call them both I, now can you?

[b]There's a way. It's not impossible. Rick Riordan did it in his book [u]The Red Pyramid[/u]. He doesn't call both characters "I" at the same time. Rick Riordan changes perspectives every chapter. You just have to let the characters "take turns."[/b]

As for present tense, I have never seen a book with present tense. Plust, past tense looks more proffessional.

[b]Look up this book called the Hunger Games. It's one of the most popular trilogies today, and it's written in present tense. It's not bad to write in present tense. It's just rare.[/b]
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[Blake]

Impossible. Roleplaying is not a word. Spellcheck does not recognize it. Plus, Roleplaying, not on a forum, is, essentially, acting.

No, you are controlling the character. This is not acting, it is text based RPing, not LARPing. In text based, you are writing a story.

It seems unproffessional.

[Sploda]

[quote name='Fading Black' timestamp='1289262339' post='4772797']
Impossible. Roleplaying is not a word. Spellcheck does not recognize it. Plus, Roleplaying, not on a forum, is, essentially, acting.

No, you are controlling the character. This is not acting, it is text based RPing, not LARPing. In text based, you are writing a story.

It seems unproffessional.
[/quote]

@Black and Twig
You can RP as either or both. 1st person RPing isn't unheard of, in fact I've done it several times. Black you probably have never run into someone who was good at it or have never had to do an entire RP in 1st person.

However based on the RPs done by the group of people gathered here, 1st Person RPing is not recommended. If others were doing so for the duration of the RP then it could work but most likely not.

So both of you stop this, your both right and wrong.

It depends on the situation.

Now new topic.

[Twig]

[quote name='Fading Black' timestamp='1289262339' post='4772797']
Impossible. Roleplaying is not a word. Spellcheck does not recognize it.

[b]Merriam-webster online and dictionary.com says otherwise. Doh is a word recently added to the dictionary in honor of the Simpsons *Insertbignumberhere*th anniversary, but spellcheck doesn't recognize it. It's not impossible for new words to be added.[/b]

Plus, Roleplaying, not on a forum, is, essentially, acting. No, you are controlling the character. This is not acting, it is text based RPing, not LARPing. In text based, you are writing a story.

[b]That's true, but that doesn't forbid anyone from using first person.[/b]

It seems unproffessional.

[b]The key word here is seems.[/b]
[/quote]

@Creator: Why wouldn't it work? First person is just another way of telling a story.