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Post by babclayman on Jul 30, 2009 15:55:03 GMT -5
Yeah. I support this idea. But I think 7-8 lines is WAAAAAAAAAY too much. I've rped with people and their rp posts are at least three sentences. However when i rp with DS on msn; she makes at least THREE posts to finish her side which is 400 characters each, meaning she has got 1200 characters in one post. It's better to write a fanfiction if we write 7 sentences a post.
Good idea and i would agree to doing it but Like Nemo and Race said, keep it to about 2-5 sentences.
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Post by Belchic on Jul 30, 2009 18:24:05 GMT -5
Admittingly, I don't like to read. But still, I think the idea of doing roleplay in 3rd person sounds like an idiotic idea. I mean, that would be like if Peter Jackson was making "Lord of the Rings", and instead of giving his actors scripts, he gave them the book. Could you imagine trying to make a movie or play by doing it that way? I mean, 3rd person works for fanfiction because it's like reading a story. Roleplays, however, are more like doing a play. We're supposed to be acting out what's going on, not writing a story. That's why I think script format would work better for roleplaying.
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Post by Tic-Tac on Jul 30, 2009 21:20:12 GMT -5
Admittingly, I don't like to read. But still, I think the idea of doing roleplay in 3rd person sounds like an idiotic idea. I mean, that would be like if Peter Jackson was making "Lord of the Rings", and instead of giving his actors scripts, he gave them the book. Could you imagine trying to make a movie or play by doing it that way? I mean, 3rd person works for fanfiction because it's like reading a story. Roleplays, however, are more like doing a play. We're supposed to be acting out what's going on, not writing a story. That's why I think script format would work better for roleplaying. YOU DON'T LIKE TO READ?! NO WAY?! STOP THE ****ING PRESSES!! Belchic, the concept that YOU of all people have the nerve to call something idiotic, just...it hurts. It hurts. Shhhh. The grown ups are talking, ok? Why don't you go and find a ball to bounce, hmmm?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2009 21:43:38 GMT -5
lol Tac
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Post by dragonologystudent on Jul 31, 2009 1:12:34 GMT -5
Yeah. I support this idea. But I think 7-8 lines is WAAAAAAAAAY too much. I've rped with people and their rp posts are at least three sentences. However when i rp with DS on msn; she makes at least THREE posts to finish her side which is 400 characters each, meaning she has got 1200 characters in one post. It's better to write a fanfiction if we write 7 sentences a post. Good idea and i would agree to doing it but Like Nemo and Race said, keep it to about 2-5 sentences. I think you will be surprised then at how much some people write in role-plays. I have recently joined a role play forum called Canine Controversy, which is about stray dogs in a fictional city of Cairoco, which appears to be abandoned so the dogs have to look after themselves. Here is the opening of a role-play titled The Calm: Finally. Relaxation. She was no longer freaking out about the canines that bustled about or the humans or the millions of scents. Nor was she freaking out about the constant rumble of her stomach. No, right now everything was perfect. She had found something to eat recently and she had found a place to relax where it was just like being at home in her backyard. Oh how she missed her backyard. It was huge and the grass was unbelievably green and cut to the comfiest length. She missed it. She missed the smell of home and her friends back home and the easiness of it all. But then she shook her head and blinked back the tears daring to pour down. That part of her life was over. She had many more years left and there were going to be spent here. In Cairoco City. Free. Free from being told what to do, free from being scolded, free from everything. Everything would be good. Or at least that's what she told herself. Everything would work out.
After confirming this to herself, she let her mind wander to different things. It ended up just lingering on the fact of how relaxed she felt. She was laying underneath the shade of a tree. The weather was nice; there was a mild breeze and the weather wasn't too hot nor was it humid. The grass smelled wonderful and in the distance the giggling of this springs' pups could be heard. From right here, everything seemed peaceful. And Adella Rei could really believe that everything was going to be okay. She would survive. Look at all the canines that did it! Look at those tiny puppies, playing without a care in the world who would survive and grow up and who knew! maybe one day they would become big, well-known names in the city! The life of a stray was so unpredictable, while the life of a pet was so... average. Adella could be anything she wanted! All she had to do was work. And with realizing that the whole city was at her disposal, right there in Hatley Park did Adella Rei decide that she would do something with her life. She would be popular! She would be well-known! And she would be looked up to. She had to. She was given this freedom for a reason. And she was going to use it.
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Post by babclayman on Jul 31, 2009 2:37:18 GMT -5
THAT'S ONE POST IN AN RP DS!?
That looks RIDICULOUSLY LONG and more like a NOVEL!! Serious! With that, it's better to write a fan fiction. At least with 2-5 sentences posts, we can allow people to easily catch up on it.
Also Belchic. Let's put it this way. With Script format, Let me tell you why it is ok in plays.......CAUSE WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON! When you read, we don't have any direct images to look at which is why DESCRIPTIVE writing is needed, so we are able to build an image ourselves in our head. You know; IMAGINATION.
And when Peter Jackson made "Lord of the Rings", have you ever considered...HE READ THE ORIGINAL NOVELS BEFORE MAKING THE MOVIE!!!? You know, SO HE CAN BUILD AND IMAGINE A WORLD IN HIS HEAD FOR THE SCRIPT TO GO BY!?
Seriously Belchic, if you don't like to read, who are you to harshley say that descriptive writing is "IDIOTIC"?
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Post by Riptastik on Jul 31, 2009 5:56:34 GMT -5
I've seen an RP post that takes up all the character spaces on a forum. It was normal for that particular site.
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Post by babclayman on Jul 31, 2009 17:02:05 GMT -5
You mean there are single rp posts out there that are longer than the fanfiction we post in this site? o.O
Ok....
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Post by Drake on Aug 1, 2009 10:01:24 GMT -5
Don't you love it when normal people like us and not so normal people like Belchic there talk and argue about things? Serious Belchic, have you not heard of the words "describing your suroundings" before? You know, to do with writing a story, I mean, it is how normal people role play after all by describing their actions, not being short, simple and to the point. I mean, for example, I for one am part of some role playing groups in Yahoo where some can be a few paragraphs long, while others are shorter in nature, but it's all in proper story mode style, not the scripted form, I mean, we're not making a TV show or a movie after all, so, we need not to type like that. Besides, reading is good, you should really try it some time
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 10:19:02 GMT -5
Don't you love it when normal people like us and not so normal people like Belchic there talk and argue about things? I have no clue what yall are talking about honestly but I just wanna say that this is what I love about you Drake still the funny smart ass(and when I say smart ass I mean it in a VERRY GOOD WAY
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Post by Tic-Tac on Aug 1, 2009 20:39:23 GMT -5
... *Sigh* I'm all for deep, long paragraphs and explination. I'm a writer, it's what I do. Script format is for writing plays and being on stage, where props and actions can describe what's going on.This is not a stage. This is not a place for scripts.
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Post by Nemo on Aug 1, 2009 20:47:48 GMT -5
... *Sigh* I'm all for deep, long paragraphs and explination. I'm a writer, it's what I do. Script format is for writing plays and being on stage, where props and actions can describe what's going on.This is not a stage. This is not a place for scripts. Exactly! And yeah, I don't see a stage anywhere near here.
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Post by babclayman on Aug 2, 2009 9:15:55 GMT -5
... *Sigh* I'm all for deep, long paragraphs and explination. I'm a writer, it's what I do. Script format is for writing plays and being on stage, where props and actions can describe what's going on.This is not a stage. This is not a place for scripts. Exactly! And yeah, I don't see a stage anywhere near here. Exactly what i say too. =D In a play, WE CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. Can we see what is going on in written text? No. Which is why descriptive writing is needed. So images can be built in our head. So we can use these clues the description gives us to make our own visual image of the story. I believe this thing is called... Imagination. Let's put it this way. Imagine that you are blind and you want to go see a movie. Since you are blind you can't see what is going on the screen. Thankfully, there are either care workers or a special system in the cinema or dvd which describes what is going on. Which is exactly the same to descriptive writing. See how descriptive writing is better than Scripts everyone? =P If we just wanted to hear the audio only with no description on what the character was doing other than noises, we might as well listen to a radio drama.
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