RP-Critique/Support/Self Monitoring Club

[Xndar]

I've not really RPed with Felian at all, so I cannot render any sort of verdict on him, but I have obviously enjoyed roleplaying with Valandra. She succeeds in making her planar heritage clear and interesting without shoving it up the nose of every single passing bystander, which can be a fine line to walk at times. Great job and keep it up!

[Nomster]

Now's my turn in front of the inquisition. Felian Feyborn, manchild magnifique, And Valandra, stranger in a strange land. Feedback/Opinions?

I meant to reply before...

I have not interacted much at all with Valandra... but I find Felian to be a fun, quirky character. He has evolved quite a bit from the first time Telia met him and visibly grown in self-confidence. His madness is balanced just right in my opinion, it does not become obstructive to RP (as sometimes madness can become) but instead something fun. The weird stuff and nonsense he talks about sometimes are certainly ice breakers. You have put a lot of time to developing Felian's artistic side, I recall that very detailed book of the paintings. It was a great read which made me actually -see- the paintings. Not to mention the re-worked songs, made to fit the server setting perfectly.

I will be sad now that he will likely avoid Telia like the plague!

[TheKai]

I'd like to ask for a constructive critique for my character, Kaienrai Gaeava'ess and the way he is RP'd?

The poor poetry drive anyone crazy yet?

[Invoker]

I'd like to ask for a constructive critique for my character, Kaienrai Gaeava'ess and the way he is RP'd?

The poor poetry drive anyone crazy yet?

The poetry is excellent, I really enjoy reading your pieces and RPing with you.

Kai is a character that can really convey the emotions he would feel in the "hypothetical reality" of D&D and the Coast. He not only has a unique and recognizable personality, but also truly believable reactions to whatever the RP throws at you/him. It is a character I love to RP with, that adds tons of realism and immersion to every situation, from the simple "Adventure RP" to more complex ideological and sentimental matters like some great success, or the loss of a very dear friend.

In addition to all this, you as a player never overlook anyone's RP. I have never seen you fail to react to others' actions when we play together. It is something very important in my opinion, that happens rather frequently and is kind of a turn off for the RPer in question. Kai always has a word, an emote, an appropriate reaction for even the smallest action undertaken by the other characters around him. And this is a big, big player merit imho.

Well done. EDE is lucky to have you.

[Solaris]

I'd like to ask for a constructive critique for my character, Kaienrai Gaeava'ess and the way he is RP'd?

The poor poetry drive anyone crazy yet?

The poetry is excellent, I really enjoy reading your pieces and RPing with you.

Kai is a character that can really convey the emotions he would feel in the "hypothetical reality" of D&D and the Coast. He not only has a unique and recognizable personality, but also truly believable reactions to whatever the RP throws at you/him. It is a character I love to RP with, that adds tons of realism and immersion to every situation, from the simple "Adventure RP" to more complex ideological and sentimental matters like some great success, or the loss of a very dear friend.

In addition to all this, you as a player never overlook anyone's RP. I have never seen you fail to react to others' actions when we play together. It is something very important in my opinion, that happens rather frequently and is kind of a turn off for the RPer in question. Kai always has a word, an emote, an appropriate reaction for even the smallest action undertaken by the other characters around him. And this is a big, big player merit imho.

Well done. EDE is lucky to have you.

+ 1! I totally agree with this. A very interesting and well worked out character. Keep the poetry going! It really adds something extra And something Invoker also pointed out, you have a true eye for what the other RP's and the ability to react on it in a really good way!

[Rakosi]

I (as usual) have alt addiction so I normally have many alts I play regularly. Recently I've been playing:

Ruarn Rysto, the Jack of Spades.
Aaron De'Tallier, Scrivener of Doom.
Keylan Stormhart, Druid of Talos.
Chelsea Reyns, Pirate.

Any feedback for any of these would be great. I like to play characters with a lot of flavor and cultural capital in their concept, and I hope that comes across.

[Forgotten-Six]

I've listed here the different ways to emote, in order of what I find most aesthetically pleasing to least. What do you guys think?

Warrior:*Draws his blade*
Warrior: -Draws his blade-
Warrior:**Draws his blade**
Warrior: Draws his blade
Warrior: Draws his blade

Now these are just personal preference, and if you notice the harder it gets to actually make the emote, the less I like it. I'm interested to see what you guys think

edit: listed the ways I've seen emotes done, if I missed any let me know!

[bono_bob]

I've listed here the different ways to emote, in order of what I find most aesthetically pleasing to least. What do you guys think?

Warrior:*Draws his blade*
Warrior: -Draws his blade-
Warrior:**Draws his blade**
Warrior: Draws his blade
Warrior: Draws his blade

Now these are just personal preference, and if you notice the harder it gets to actually make the emote, the less I like it. I'm interested to see what you guys think

edit: listed the ways I've seen emotes done, if I missed any let me know!

Any of these is fine to me. What bothers me, which is because of my lacking not the other player, is when people emote with that offwhite/grey text. Essentially I have to spend more time 're reading what you wrote because I'm colour blind enough that it looks like the same color of text of what your character is saying.

[VitalTouch]

Warrior:*Draws his blade*
Warrior: -Draws his blade-
Warrior:**Draws his blade**
Warrior: Draws his blade
Warrior: Draws his blade

*seems to prefer the first choice*

Its the way I have always done my emotes and although the coloured and italics is ok for me I prefer old skool imo its just clearer and there is no room for error on what is ICly said and what a character is doing via emotes.

I do hate narrative emotes though, *clearly thinks he should crawl back under his rock* I prefer that emotes stick to exactly what other characters can see, not some sort of mind reading metagamy bs

Just my 50p worth.

[bono_bob]

Warrior:*Draws his blade*
Warrior: -Draws his blade-
Warrior:**Draws his blade**
Warrior: Draws his blade
Warrior: Draws his blade

*seems to prefer the first choice*

Its the way I have always done my emotes and although the coloured and italics is ok for me I prefer old skool imo its just clearer and there is no room for error on what is ICly said and what a character is doing via emotes.

I do hate narrative emotes though, *clearly thinks he should crawl back under his rock* I prefer that emotes stick to exactly what other characters can see, not some sort of mind reading metagamy bs

Just my 50p worth.

That was the rule of emotes, only what your character was actually doing one the servers I use to play on. To be honest, this can make it difficult sometimes though for certain characters, but it Can be done. My favourite emote style, which I'm afraid to do because I see nobody using it, is block brackets: [the goblin lunges forward with his blade] I'll kill you!

It requires no use of the shift key, so less prone to mistakes, and is smoother than *the goblin lunges forward with his blade*

[Hoihe]

Warrior:*Draws his blade*
Warrior: -Draws his blade-
Warrior:**Draws his blade**
Warrior: Draws his blade
Warrior: Draws his blade

*seems to prefer the first choice*

Its the way I have always done my emotes and although the coloured and italics is ok for me I prefer old skool imo its just clearer and there is no room for error on what is ICly said and what a character is doing via emotes.

I do hate narrative emotes though, *clearly thinks he should crawl back under his rock* I prefer that emotes stick to exactly what other characters can see, not some sort of mind reading metagamy bs

Just my 50p worth.

That was the rule of emotes, only what your character was actually doing one the servers I use to play on. To be honest, this can make it difficult sometimes though for certain characters, but it Can be done. My favourite emote style, which I'm afraid to do because I see nobody using it, is block brackets: [the goblin lunges forward with his blade] I'll kill you!

It requires no use of the shift key, so less prone to mistakes, and is smoother than *the goblin lunges forward with his blade*

Not on all keyboards. Some require alt gr + 8/9.

Others require alt gr + f/g.

[Passiflora]

I personally prefer this kind:

Warrior: The warrior draws his blade. "It was your last breath. I hope you enjoyed."

[Hitman Hard]

I absoloutely agree, dialogue-driven RP leads to more RP. I have a bad habit of emoting too damn much and a wise man named "Atlas" once said: writting about your characters thoughts instead of jumping into the action is lazy RP and unopposedly true.

[Hoihe]

I have to disagree, Hitman.

Many times you can convey a lot more with generous use of emotes than without. The Thayans of Infernal Dave's time stand as testament to this. There is also Karl.

Too much, random dialogue makes no sense, unless character is talkitive.
However, this can create uncomfortable pauses. Players won't know if the other is AFK, typing something very long or just ICly silent.

When you want to make it a point that your character remains silent more than he talks.. emote. If you just stay silent without any visible input... I'm going to assume you went AFK or are typing something lengthy.

[NegInfinity]

I absoloutely agree, dialogue-driven RP leads to more RP. I have a bad habit of emoting too damn much and a wise man named "Atlas" once said: writting about your characters thoughts instead of jumping into the action is lazy RP and unopposedly true.

It doesn't, playing convincing character leads to more rp. You don't have to talk to be convincing. Try playing a mute.

When people chat too much, their characters sometimes start falling apart, unless players try hard to maintain illusion of that character - accents, emotes, etc. Basically, if char says "hi", that could be char speaking, or player speaking, I won't ever know a difference. Saying "Hi!", "Hello", "Hullo", "Hello there *grins*" or "*annoyed* What is it?" is quite different. In this case there's hint of character/personality....

It is true that instead of broadcasting character's thought you should act on them, but it doesn't mean you need to say anything....