Roleplaying Club- Come and Improve Your Skills

[Jake the Sage]

Fake might as well have dropped a piano on me . . . a very BIG piano by the way I reacted. It was almost like the comical movements people in anime do, but what he had said completely took me aback. Standing back up I looked at him with a worried, an a bit emberrassed, grin, "What do you mean 'what is the Advancedd Clause'?! Everybody who roleplays here knows what the Advanced Clause is! There was even a war over it's creation and acceptance that a lot of people still freshly remember . . ."

"Sir you must remember he is new to YCMaker and, thus, is unaware of such history," someone with glasses said lowering his book and looking up from a reading couch. Andrew was right that Fake was new, so he probably had't heard of the Advanced Clause like everyone else. [i]"Okay so maybe I overreacted,"[/i] I thought to myself before readdressing Fake, "The Advanced Clause is a major rule, one of the most enforced in fact, off all the roleplaying rules next to Godmodding and the like. To wit, it simply states that every post within a Roleplay has to be a minimum of four lines; however some roleplay owners can increase this number to their own desires. Failure to comply with this rule can get you banned from a roleplay, get the roleplay locked, or if you are a repeat offender get you banned from YCMaker completely."

"It is a very serious rule," Andrew added in with a nod, "That is why there was an Advanced Clause War to begin with . . . but then against YCMaker has a war over something every now and then."

"Yeah but this was a BIG war that nearly matched the Fake-type Knight War," I added in, "But do you understand Fake?"

[Fake]

"Yeah, four lines should be piece o' cake though It'll be difficult at the moment as I mentioned before, sir" I had been chewing on my pen for a while but stopped as I noticed everyones eyes was fixed on me. " Please continue, sir" I said in an attempt to remove all the attention from me.

[Jake the Sage]

"Very well," I responded taking a step out into the room and gaining everyone's attention," As every here [i]should[/i] know I have a personal pet peeve against speech which is within the other words of a paragraph/post/whatever-you-will. Now why do I hate this so much?"

"Because of your obsesive cumpulsive disorder," Andrew cracked without looking from his book, his joke making some people in the group start laughing under their breath. Well needless to say it got on my nerves, always saying I have OCD when I don't . . . at least not officially diagnosed, "Ahem . . . no it's because the only way to tell speech is with the quotation marks and most often I find that those who put speech in the middle tend to forget one of all of the quotation marks."

"So does it make reading it difficult?" a student asked not bothering to raise her hand.

"Yes it makes it increasingly more difficult the more you do not pay attention to this rule. While you [i]could[/i] read speech in the middle if it is in both quotations, it becomes harder and harder if there is only one or worse none at all. That is why, to make reading simpler for yourself and others, speech should always go before or after a paragraph. It is also the OFFICIAL way real writters do it . . ."

"Yeah and we're [i]all[/i] 'official writters' here aren't we?" Andrew harked but was silenced with a well placed chair to the head.

[Fake]

"I see" I nodded and began/begun chewing on my pens bottom half once again, showing interest and willing to learn. "So what's the next step ?" I asked trying to act cool but I could hear my entusiasm got the better of me.

[Jake the Sage]

"First off, stop doing that," I said pointing to a read out on a digital screen which recorded everyone's speech as if they typed it themselves. Looking at it a lot of people could tell Fake was having some descriptions after his last bit of speech. Obviously this could be a mistake, but it was still in breach of the Speech Rule and thus needed to be worked on.

"As you can see he is really obsessed about this," Andrew said as Fake looked at the board.

[Fake]

"Uhm.. I'm sorry.. can you please say it again..?" I had been so eager to continue I hadn't actually been paying to much attention too everthing that had been said. [i]Once again I'm making a fool out of myself[/i] I thought as I proceeded to listen to the magister

[Jake the Sage]

"I was saying you need to work a bit on having ALL of your speech at the beginning or end of each paragraph," I stated again with a bit of annoyance in my tone. Sometimes students can get so excited they stop paying attention, lost in fantasies of becoming a better roleplayer or the best one there ever was, and it would be okay if it was just one. Nope, there is a good group who continue to do so and it never fails.

[Lust the Lascivious]

jake-dono is it okay for me and at-kun to do the practice fighting now?

[Jake the Sage]

Uh yeah . . . sure

[Fake]

" Oh so that's how it is! Does that include thinking too ? " I said with the same entusiasm as before, this time almost chewing on my pen a bit to hard. I realized after a brief moment that I sounded like a little kid begging his parents for ice cream and I felt how everyones gazes once again penetrated me.

Gotta go but I'll be up around this time tomorrow with my computer, which means the crappy lines will be fixed.

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow had been walking around the campus for a while, minding his own business and keeping himself separate from others for a time. After a while, he decided to stop by the training hall and noticed that Jake was teaching a new student in the ways of the Advanced Clause and proper speech, the latter of which Shadow had had some trouble with himself from time to time. He walked over to a couch that wasn't all that far from where Andrew was and hear him making cracks at Jake, which eventually warned him a chair to the head, and he couldn't help but make a crack of his own. Gee Jake, wouldn't it have been more fitting if you actually used the reference properly by throwing a giant boot?"

Shadow couldn't help but chuckle at his own little joke, although he quickly stopped and mentally prepared to dodge, feeling that he might be the next person getting a chair to the head if he continued.

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[quote name='MiniMandy' timestamp='1291933984' post='4840378']
jake-dono is it okay for me and at-kun to do the practice fighting now?
[/quote]

Please call me Atman.

My full name is Atman. It's not the word 'at' and 'man' put together, it's all one word.

You can post in IC first.

[Jake the Sage]

"Shadow you just gave me a good example of 'not having the entire quotes' I was talking about earlier," I said pointing to the screen wher eit was obvious that Shadow had left out the begining quotation to show he was begining to speak. If I hadn't been so used to the way Shadow is I might've thought he was thinking it other than saying it. Eyeing him I could see him tense up readying to dodge whatever I threw at him, but I didn't ahev teh time, [i]"Minnie is going to be taking a test soon . . . best not waist time."[/i] Yet I still had to answer Fake before he left, "Thought can go anywhere in the paragraph though that has it's own rules. It also requires quotations but also it must be obvioiusly different from speech. Many way can be used to achieve this, by any of these."

Stepping aside the screen displayed the various ways thoughts/thinking can be differincized from speech. The symbols where:
*
( )
[ ]
[i]Italics[/i]

[Sploda]

"A head on attack, you obviously don't know who your dealing with...Mimo Stanza 7: Divide and Conquer." Creator stated calmly as he split into eight different versions of himself, each one an exact copy. They quickly moved out of the way and surrounded Atman and proceeded to open fire with various Spells such as Fireballs, Frostbolts, even a few Firaga spells. Each one kept their blade at the ready as by dividing his power was also divided but he had to hope Atman couldn't sense this.

[Lust the Lascivious]

''o-okay Atman-kun'' i replied nervious and stepped out into the training area. I wasnt sure how good id do but i had to impress jake-dono and get a passing grade. changing the way i was standing i got ready for him to come at me with full force ... jake-dono always did and just said it would help me later on.

[Jake the Sage]

Creator what are you doing [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz255/Jake-the-Sage/Misc/OnionHeadAngry.gif[/IMG]
this is a private match [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz255/Jake-the-Sage/Misc/nonono.gif[/IMG]

[Sploda]

@Jake
OOC: Atman and I started before this private match.

So don't give me your emoticons.

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Actually, I was fighting with him earlier. But, how about a break so I can spar wth Mandy?

[Jake the Sage]

Creator you shoulda said so in the first place

And what's wrong with my emoticons? [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz255/Jake-the-Sage/Misc/phattra.gif[/IMG]

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Don't worry about it, Jake.

Now then...

IC: "Okay then, Mandy," Atman said, pulling out a purple lance, and getting into battle position. "You first? Or should I?"

[Sploda]

@Jake
I don't need them.

@Atman

Creator noticed Mandy wanting to spar with his opponent. He reformed and decided to let her have at it. [i]Just means that I get to find something else to do...[/i] Creator thought to himself annoyed by the interruption.

[Lust the Lascivious]

''you first'' i answer moving back a wee bit. but when i glance over at jake-dono i stop. he told me never to back down from my opponnent ... it only gives them room to fill in so it puts me at an advantage. looking at the purple lance i think about how long its reach could be and if atman-kun is good at using it. he obviously must be if he is using it ... right?

[Jake the Sage]

"Well whatever Creator," Jake replies waving him off. He didn't understand at all the reason he had brought up the emoticons in the first place, but it dind't matter. He liked them and that was all that mattered. But more important at the moment was his pupils first test fight, [i]"She's learned,"[/i] he thinks spotting Minnie resisting the urge to move back and give her opponent more space. Raising his hand Jake let it fall through the air and yelled, "BEGIN!"

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[quote name='MiniMandy' timestamp='1291935658' post='4840441']
''you first'' i answer moving back a wee bit. but when i glance over at jake-dono i stop. he told me never to back down from my opponnent ... it only gives them room to fill in so it puts me at an advantage. looking at the purple lance i think about how long its reach could be and if atman-kun is good at using it. [b]he obviously must be if he is using it ... right?[/b]

[i][b]Big time.[/b][/i]
[/quote]

Atman smirked at Mandy's apparent diffidence. He rushed at her at a blinding speed, and jabbed the now glowing lance into her chest. After a small moment where time seemed to stop, the lance glowed brighter and brighter where it pierced Mandy's skin. A burst of magical fire erupted from the end of the lance and would send Mandy flying back.

[Lust the Lascivious]

[what on earth?!] was the only thing i managed to even think since the attack was so fast i never actually could open my mouth and flew off. halfway in my fall my brain got unfizzled and i righted myself to i could land on my feet. looking down at my chest i see that the chest part of my shirt has been burnt off and i give a loud scream ''jake-dono!! my fav shirt!!''