Roleplaying quick guide
Hi, new to Ao ?
Welcome how very nice to see you *smiles*
Since you are new here and interrested in RolePlaying you might find this quick guide interresting.
Roleplaying in Anarchy Online is active and exists on both servers and within all fractions, so you can be Atlantean ( Rk1 ) or Rimor ( Rk2 ) Clan, Omni or Neutral, it really doesn´t matter, it´s all up to you !
To find organisations that are into RolePlaying just click the name of the server you are playing on and you will instantly come to a place where you can find a list of organisations you might like to get in touch with.
Atlantan
Rimor
To get a grip on what is going on in the Major Rolpaying situations and in AO in general regarding RP I reccomend you vist the Editor News . For direct info on what players are up to on your server look at "the Buzz" for the server you are playing on.
To make it easy for you, you can find Atlantean Buzz here and Rimor Buzz here. Please keep in mind that all postings there should be made in Character or IC as it is called in short. If you have to leave an Out of Character remark in you post or OOC as it is called in short [OOC: Text ].
Please use this so all can easily and fast see that you are speaking OOC. The syntax vary from player to player but that kind of syntax shown here will be understood by most everyone.
Of course there is a official story to, but that is not situatet on the forums but you can find it here.
To read up on story line related names Aovault has made a good collection of them. divided into Story Characters and Player Profiles. They are not 100% complete but still a very nice place to get up to speed on names.
Story Characters are played by ARK so they have green names. Note that no event / story related person have ARK infront or after their name, the green name issue causes a lot of confusion, but look at the name and you will soon see if it is Ark at work or Story line based. If they have ARK in thier overhead name they are working in the major ARK departmen that handel petitions and support player issues. If they have a green name tag and don´t have ARK in their name they are a part of the story line and wil not handel petiotions / player issues and will only talk in character , that is role play.
What is RolePlay ?
Role Play or Rp for short is when you set up and act as a person who acually is real. A kind of theater act where you have a role.
The fun part is that other that Rp also acta accordingly to their character´s story. So you get a challange there to interact and develop your story and your character.
By interacting you develp your own and others story and maby just maby you are a part of changing the major story
Why do you RolePlay ?
Well, there is not single reason for everyone as to why they roleplay, all I can really say is why I do. I roleplay to create an extra depth to the game, something more than run, shoot and camp.
I always try to RP with goal of having fun in mind, so I tend to avoid RP that has a sole person as it's target and prefer those that more people, if not everyone can be involved with.
Important to remember is the roleplaying is just acting, when I roleplay it as my character, with other characters, there is nothing personally directed at the players behind the characters. It is just a game and it's just for fun, always remember that.
So go out there and get as involved in RP as you want to be.
Creating your character
When it comes to creating your character I can only give you the basic I use my self.
To start of I try to remeber that Im not one of the first settlers but rather a child of someone, thus I have grown up on Rubi-Ka and should have some basic info about the conflicts that tear my home planet.
Next I get a pice of paper and a pen ans write down some key words for the personality I like my toon to have.
The could sound something like, stubborn, intense in feelings, loyal and rarley see anything as Black or white.
To you who think you see who those key words are for, Im pretty sure you are right
Oh and remeber keep the RP fun, not just for your sake but for the ones you RP with as well.
These key words are used by me as the basic for this toon, a place to start off from and fall back to when I get to out of line from where Id like to see him develop. Remeber thou that your toon will grow with time, so the key words might / will change over time.
The littel extra you can add to you Char,
You can allways add extra "****e" by using yourspelling like Fhinn gives exampels of furter down , and or maby throw in a repetative use of a word or a studder ? Anyhow, you should create him / her / it ( Atrox ? ) as you feel comfertable with. A tip is to creat something you can easly adept to like a second nature. To make an advanced chart as your first char might be well a bit to andvaced, keep it to a level you feel comfertable with and move from there
Fraction ?
Yes there are Fractions out there Clan, Omni and the non sided Neutrals. There used to be a contious fight between Omni and Clan how it started depends on who you talk to, who the evli is.. huumm well that depends on who you aks.
However now with the launch of Alien Invasion there might be a littel bit of troops between Clan and Omni. who know´s..
If you like to read more about Neutral / Omni / Clan please read thru the info under the offcial story and then "the Buzz" links for the server you pick to play on.
I do not wish to taint this with to much info since it will how ever much I try not to , risk being tainted by my own oppinions.
When do I RP ?
Ah, yes a wery good question indeed.
You can Rp all the time if you like in all chat chanels, but I don´t reccomed you do just that.
You have some chanels that are marked as OOC and to try and Rp in there is not a good Idea.
In tells, vicinity and even org and temp group chanels sure why not. It can be hard at times , for instance when standing in town and talking about different weapons and items things like that. use the [ooc: txt ] if you get stuck or have to say something so that peopel understand that you are rp´ing.
The callenge to rp is a wery nice thing in deed and surely can add something extra to the game experience. Don´t worry if you seem to make misstakes now and then, we all do and we all get better over time. Practice is a key word in this
So to sum this up for now, you can RP all the time every where, just dont wear your self out and remeber even thou you rp keep your toon on a levle that makes the game ejoyable for all the peopel around you, respect the peopel you meet.
How do I RP ?
RP works mainly thru Chatt in game, using the vicinity / tell chatt chanels. You Rp by saying things, and just folloing the flow that you and others create. Remeber just because the person next to you like it iIC It dosn´t mean you have to like it IC. It´s really realy hard to explain. I recommend you head out into game and try insteadIf I think of more to add here I will.
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