Roleplay Etiquette
Skoldungar is a role play immersion sim. The means that role play takes precedence over raiding and metered combat. At Skoldungar, creative, fun and interactive story lines between the players as well as between the sims, is encouraged.
Here are a few guidelines to follow::
♢PLAY FAIR
Role play is consensual interaction between your character and another persons character. Every physical interaction must be posted as an ATTEMPT towards the other player. This gives the other player the flexibility and change to either accept or deflect the action that your character is ATTEMPTING to do to them.
♢RESPECT THE PLAYERS
Not all people who break the rules and conduct of role play are bad role players but rather are inexperienced role players. Most people who commit errors role play etiquette are simply inexperienced role players.It is sometimes difficult to overlook inexperience errors but here are some guidelines to help:
1. Do not overreact in any manner.
Don't overreact and respond with poor conduct, IC or OOC. Keep cool and collected and politely message them to explain the error they've made.
2. Respect the Author and the Player.
There is nothing worse that creating bad blood between players due to inexperienced role players or even a deliberate slight. The moment you lose sight of the fact that each character is driven by an actual human is the moment things get out of hand.
3. Lead by Example.
We ALL make mistakes. We ALL want to develop our stories and our characters. Make it a general rule to show other role players how things are done by doing them yourself.
4. Celebrate the difference between IC and OOC
Even though it is difficult at times, you MUST keep your IC and OOC feelings completely separate from your role play. Do not get mad at something valid going on in role play and then take those feelings OOCly and use them to cause drama.
♢ROLE PLAY ETIQUETTE
Everyone has their own style of role play, be they paragraph role players or one line role players. Since we are all different in our styles but we all desire to be a part of the story, take into consideration the following:
1. Posting Order:
Just because it takes you five seconds as opposed to the other person who takes 5 minutes does not mean that you get impatient and skip their 'turn' to react and respond to the role play. Be patient and take turns using the appropriate posting order.
2. JOIN a Scene
Join into a scene that you have walked in on by waiting until everyone involved has made ONE post and then post accordingly. Do not walk in and post before anything has been typed and assume you have a clue as to what has been transpiring.
It is considered bad form to walk into a group of people who are active role playing and say 'Tal everyone' or something to that affect when you don't even know what you have walked in to.
3, Don't Assume
If you walk up to someone and greet and they don't immediately respond, do not ASSUME that they are deliberately ignoring you. Some people take longer than others to type out their response. Don't approach someone, fire off two words in your post, then walk off.
If you're going to engage someone in roleplay, even if it's as simple as greeting one another, you must give them ample enough time to respond and engage. If you don't have the time to be considerate to your fellow role players, then don't engage them.
4. Set Your Meter
If you are available for role play, be certain you set your meter to RP or COMBAT mode so that others are aware you are approachable for role play. If you are going to go AFK, move AWAY from active role play areas and set your meter to AFK.
5. Role Play Areas
Do not teleport people in and do not teleport out of an active role play area. Do not use teleporting as a way to avoid being seen in the village or being questioned. This interrupts the flow of roleplay and the development of stories.
6. Fade to Black (FTB)
There are certain incidents and scenes that some people are not comfortable with and we can not force them to go through the details of them such as rape, torture, or any other difficult situation. These characters have the right to Fade to Black
which means not role playing out the scene with the details but STILL having to acknowledge that the incident DID happen to their characters.
♢THE FOLLOWING ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED♢
♢POWERGAMING
Performing impossible actions and scenarios in order to maximize the positive outcome for your character without the consideration to story telling, role play, or negative affects it may have on other players and their stories..
♢METAGAMING
The use of information that you have only obtained through OOC means rather than through IC character development and methods is called METAGAMING. This includes but is not limited to tag reading, knowing a characters name without IC introduction, or using OOC information provided in a players 'PICKS' tab in their profiles.
♢GODMODDING
Taking control of another persons character by dictating their reactions and actions is called GODMODDING.
♢NEGATIVE THOUGHT EMOTES
A thought that deliberately causes insult to another player or character which is not physically voiced by your character and therefore, can not be responded to. DO NOT use thought emotes for the sake of insulting someone and avoiding the consequences.The other player has the right to take your negative thoughts and bring them out into the open air of role play so that you must face your actions. If it is something you are not willing to say verbally for everyone in the scene to hear, then it is something you should not be thinking either.
There are RP moderators on sim that will always be willing to resolve a conflict you might face. However we encourage you to find a solution ICly before contacting a moderator.
Here are a few guidelines to follow::
♢PLAY FAIR
Role play is consensual interaction between your character and another persons character. Every physical interaction must be posted as an ATTEMPT towards the other player. This gives the other player the flexibility and change to either accept or deflect the action that your character is ATTEMPTING to do to them.
♢RESPECT THE PLAYERS
Not all people who break the rules and conduct of role play are bad role players but rather are inexperienced role players. Most people who commit errors role play etiquette are simply inexperienced role players.It is sometimes difficult to overlook inexperience errors but here are some guidelines to help:
1. Do not overreact in any manner.
Don't overreact and respond with poor conduct, IC or OOC. Keep cool and collected and politely message them to explain the error they've made.
2. Respect the Author and the Player.
There is nothing worse that creating bad blood between players due to inexperienced role players or even a deliberate slight. The moment you lose sight of the fact that each character is driven by an actual human is the moment things get out of hand.
3. Lead by Example.
We ALL make mistakes. We ALL want to develop our stories and our characters. Make it a general rule to show other role players how things are done by doing them yourself.
4. Celebrate the difference between IC and OOC
Even though it is difficult at times, you MUST keep your IC and OOC feelings completely separate from your role play. Do not get mad at something valid going on in role play and then take those feelings OOCly and use them to cause drama.
♢ROLE PLAY ETIQUETTE
Everyone has their own style of role play, be they paragraph role players or one line role players. Since we are all different in our styles but we all desire to be a part of the story, take into consideration the following:
1. Posting Order:
Just because it takes you five seconds as opposed to the other person who takes 5 minutes does not mean that you get impatient and skip their 'turn' to react and respond to the role play. Be patient and take turns using the appropriate posting order.
2. JOIN a Scene
Join into a scene that you have walked in on by waiting until everyone involved has made ONE post and then post accordingly. Do not walk in and post before anything has been typed and assume you have a clue as to what has been transpiring.
It is considered bad form to walk into a group of people who are active role playing and say 'Tal everyone' or something to that affect when you don't even know what you have walked in to.
3, Don't Assume
If you walk up to someone and greet and they don't immediately respond, do not ASSUME that they are deliberately ignoring you. Some people take longer than others to type out their response. Don't approach someone, fire off two words in your post, then walk off.
If you're going to engage someone in roleplay, even if it's as simple as greeting one another, you must give them ample enough time to respond and engage. If you don't have the time to be considerate to your fellow role players, then don't engage them.
4. Set Your Meter
If you are available for role play, be certain you set your meter to RP or COMBAT mode so that others are aware you are approachable for role play. If you are going to go AFK, move AWAY from active role play areas and set your meter to AFK.
5. Role Play Areas
Do not teleport people in and do not teleport out of an active role play area. Do not use teleporting as a way to avoid being seen in the village or being questioned. This interrupts the flow of roleplay and the development of stories.
6. Fade to Black (FTB)
There are certain incidents and scenes that some people are not comfortable with and we can not force them to go through the details of them such as rape, torture, or any other difficult situation. These characters have the right to Fade to Black
which means not role playing out the scene with the details but STILL having to acknowledge that the incident DID happen to their characters.
♢THE FOLLOWING ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED♢
♢POWERGAMING
Performing impossible actions and scenarios in order to maximize the positive outcome for your character without the consideration to story telling, role play, or negative affects it may have on other players and their stories..
♢METAGAMING
The use of information that you have only obtained through OOC means rather than through IC character development and methods is called METAGAMING. This includes but is not limited to tag reading, knowing a characters name without IC introduction, or using OOC information provided in a players 'PICKS' tab in their profiles.
♢GODMODDING
Taking control of another persons character by dictating their reactions and actions is called GODMODDING.
♢NEGATIVE THOUGHT EMOTES
A thought that deliberately causes insult to another player or character which is not physically voiced by your character and therefore, can not be responded to. DO NOT use thought emotes for the sake of insulting someone and avoiding the consequences.The other player has the right to take your negative thoughts and bring them out into the open air of role play so that you must face your actions. If it is something you are not willing to say verbally for everyone in the scene to hear, then it is something you should not be thinking either.
There are RP moderators on sim that will always be willing to resolve a conflict you might face. However we encourage you to find a solution ICly before contacting a moderator.