Role Play Formatting.

[jamstersaber14]

So when on the server last week I noticed how people worded their Rp in certain situations. For example I came across two Yanar speaking in the Yanar tongue like this:

John <Yanar>hello!

Steve <Yanar> hi. How are you?

Then I came across two daendroicien people speaking. One spoke like this;

<daendroic> good day.

And the other used actual irl Spanish.

There is also differences in how people word their actions.

Example:
Some people would say it like this:

John swings his sword

And other people say it like this:

John would swing his sword


My question is does massivecraft have set out guidelines on how you should word your RP?

what is the norm for using a language? Would you use <language> in a normal English sentence or actually use the language?

What is the norm for using 'would' in an action? Is it personal preference or is there rules for this?

 

[Billy_Rage]

For the language question, it is preferred if you use the IRL version of it, but some people do not wish to invest the time to learn the language and pick the lazy version. As for the actions, there is no rules on how you would do it as long as you don't god RP.

 

[Omnomivore]

There isn't a set guideline for how to word things.

Personally, I don't like saying "Selena would lay her head down" as it implies that she is going to in the future, not that it is a present action happening. "Selena lays her head down" is a more active and correct way to word it; but that's my personal preference.

When it comes to language, where common tongue isn't strong with your character, I prefer to intermingle the two languages so that anyone can get the message, even if it is mangled by a foreign tongue. For instance, common tongue may be "This is my little sister. Say hello, Eloisa." My character, IsaBella, whose primary tongue Daendroc Sardini [probably spelled that wrong] might say, "This is mia sorellina. Say ciao, Eloisa." Once again, that is a personal preference however.

 

[PinkAngel725]

Well , I think its mostly personal preference.

With the language thing though, I tend to use something along the lines of <Maiar> *insert sentence here*
Mainly because I don't know of anyone having made a written language for the species yet .

 

[LumosJared]

Speaking personally...

I prefer using Tolkien elvish, as it is what present day (in Aloria) elvish is based on. However, I do use <Orcish> when Silverhand is speaking in broken orcish (give him time, he's learning), simply because even I don't know what our orcish is based on, whether it be Tolkien or not.

I always use "The elf rushes forward, both his wickedly sharp scimitars stabbing forward toward the pregnant vampire's neck" because as Omnom said, it makes sense. If we write a guidelines for formatting of roleplay, I'll take all the shtuff here into account, but we generally have people do what they like.

 

[Billy_Rage]

Speaking personally...

I prefer using Tolkien elvish, as it is what present day (in Aloria) elvish is based on. However, I do use <Orcish> when Silverhand is speaking in broken orcish (give him time, he's learning), simply because even I don't know what our orcish is based on, whether it be Tolkien or not.

I always use "The elf rushes forward, both his wickedly sharp scimitars stabbing forward toward the pregnant vampire's neck" because as Omnom said, it makes sense. If we write a guidelines for formatting of roleplay, I'll take all the shtuff here into account, but we generally have people do what they like.

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I thought vampires couldn't get knocked up.

 

[jamstersaber14]

I thought vampires couldn't get knocked up.

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I think this was debated in another thread. From what I remember I think they might be able too. But don't quote me on that.

 

[Billy_Rage]

I think this was debated in another thread. From what I remember I think they might be able too. But don't quote me on that.

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Monmarty said they couldn't.

 

[Feykronos]

@Billy Rage @jamstersaber14 @Jared4242
Female vampires cannot be pregnant, however a male vampire can impregnate a human female while he is infected.

 

[Rinus]

I don't know Elvish for my characters, so i use a handy little phrasebook here. However, due to it not being Tolkien (i think), i have to say it's a different dialect

 

[Silent_Ruler]

@Billy Rage @jamstersaber14 @Jared4242
Female vampires cannot be pregnant, however a male vampire can impregnate a human female while he is infected.

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What would happen to the female and the child?

 

[Silent_Ruler]

@Billy Rage @jamstersaber14 @Jared4242
Female vampires cannot be pregnant, however a male vampire can impregnate a human female while he is infected.

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What would happen to the female and the child?

 

[Oxoman]

It is only the conditional tense that uses 'would,' and as such I would advise never using it in emote chat, considering emote chat denotes actions that actually take place. While some players may use 'would' in a stylistic way, I prefer to place accuracy over aesthetic. That said, I hold no problems with people who use 'would' as it is likely personal preference, not an accidental grammatical error.

 

[DankeeYankee]

The only time I use 'would' would be when I follow through with the first action:

Tevic brought his right hand up in a fist to punch towards Xalvador's left cheek, he would then go for a swift knee towards Xalvador's chest as he followed through with the punch.

 

[Feykronos]

What would happen to the female and the child?

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With the father being a vampire? Absolutely nothing, it would be a normal child.

 

[ravenwolfthorn]

I don't know Elvish for my characters, so i use a handy little phrasebook here. However, due to it not being Tolkien (i think), i have to say it's a different dialect

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That is the Tolkien elvish we use

 

[jamstersaber14]

The preference seems to be to use the actual dialect for languages that have determined irl languages such as tolkeins elvish and the daedroician, ithanian etc... And for languages that have no dialect set to be used in the <language/race> formatting. And for the action the general consensus is to use just the action, not the 'would'.

 

[Rinus]

That is the Tolkien elvish we use

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Oh okays. I thought it was some other thing because of the spells

 

[LumosJared]

@Billy Rage @jamstersaber14 @Jared4242
Female vampires cannot be pregnant, however a male vampire can impregnate a human female while he is infected.

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That was a joke. Pregnant vampires are the epitome of non lore compliancy. >.<

 

[jamstersaber14]

That was a joke. Pregnant vampires are the epitome of non lore compliancy. >.<

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Can we then assume that pregnant women's child/Children who are vampired while pregnant lose their child? Or do they come out normal?

 

[jamstersaber14]

Just thinking out loud here. If there was a guide line out in place for this i think it would improve role-play to some extent. It would make role play more strait forward by adding a set of easy to follow rules for speech and actions making role play simpler and easier to pick up. When I first joined the server It took me some time to work out how you role played properly as people would format their speech differently and I eventually ended up using a mash up of different teqniques used by other players. This almost put me off the servers role playing side as I spent at least 2 days doing this.

 

[Ryciera]

That was a joke. Pregnant vampires are the epitome of non lore compliancy. >.<

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Pregnant vampires who bear the Archdemon and have mastered every magic. >w> <w<

 

[Mycin]

@Billy Rage @jamstersaber14 @Jared4242
Female vampires cannot be pregnant, however a male vampire can impregnate a human female while he is infected.

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Sorry that this is off topic, but I would like to contradict that statement. Vampires, being dead, do not have a bloodflow. Therefore, their *Cough Cough* cannot be used to impregnate another.

 

[Mostlyhuman]

Sorry that this is off topic, but I would like to contradict that statement. Vampires, being dead, do not have a bloodflow. Therefore, their *Cough Cough* cannot be used to impregnate another.

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...Erm. Well. Ahm...How to say this....They're not dead in the lore....just diseased humans. So, yeh, they still have blood flow, and can bleed out, and..yes...

 

[Shayin]

Sometimes I'll let slide <Elvish> or <Orcish>, because people are too lazy to learn the language. I however will go full on Tolkien Elvish, and use these two sites if I am unsure.
http://www.angelfire.com/empire2/angora5/Translator.html
http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm#greetings

However, if it's like Daendroque or D'Ithanae, don't do <Daendroque> or <D'Ithanae>. Learn the language, because if your character is speaking that language, it means they must have lived in that culture. If you can't actually speak the language, I feel like you are missing out on the culture aspect of Roleplaying and you don't fully understand the character's background. Not saying that you're playing your character wrong, but you aren't playing it to it's full potential and thus aren't being the best Roleplayer you can be.

As with the <Yanar> thing, there is no such thing as a Yanar language nor do I expect there to be. I'd politely call it out next time you see it. A Yanar would speak either A. Elvish, B. Common, or C. Nothing at all. The languages are Tolkien Dwarvish, Tolkien Elvish, Tolkien Orcish and War of Warcraft Orcish (A mix because the Orcish language is so ugly and mixed up), Common (English), Northerne and Alt- Regalisch, (Which are like German/ Swedish/ Northern European Languages, [[I think, I always get those mixed up]]), Daendroque and it's subcultures which are Spanish and Southern American languages, as well as Portugese and Italian. Finally, there's... Uhm... Qadiri I believe is some African language, and D'Ithanae, Last and certainly least P), which is French. Ohh and Nagan/ Chi'i/ Wulong which are all Asian languages, which is completely acceptable if you do <Chinese> for because of all the weird symbols and wacky stuff. Yeah.

I don't think I missed anything.
Gosh... My head hurts.

As for the 'would' thing, that is a pet peeve of mine. Would implies that they would have done that but something interfered, which is nearly never the case when people use it. If, situationally, it was appropriate it would be fine but... Ewie. I dun liek.

 

[Feykronos]

Sorry that this is off topic, but I would like to contradict that statement. Vampires, being dead, do not have a bloodflow. Therefore, their *Cough Cough* cannot be used to impregnate another.

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Vampires aren't dead in lore. Please double check your facts before trying to correct, as it can mislead other players. ^^

 

[TheFinitePeach]

For the part about whether to use 'would' when performing an action. I'm not sure if this is correct but when performing an action its good etiquette to essentially use something called the Immediate future tense. Basically the action starts happening immediately after you type it. (That's just the feeling I've gotten from it..)

 

[jamstersaber14]

Using the would formatting would imply that the charicter is not actually doing the action. instead they are stateing what their charicter would do in that situation. Not actualy doing it.

 

[Absorbius]

@Shayin​

I will point out that Thylans should also have a language. It is specifically written on the wiki that they use word of mouth rather than a written language, therefore they have a language. So, would it be acceptable to use '<Thylan>' in this circumstance?

I am currently working on creating an actual written language for the Thylan race, which has made a significant amount of progress since it's conception. I am hoping to get it made 'official', although I am quite sure that not a single person would use it without a proper translator, which I am also working on coding. I do have a thread for this language, but it is severely outdated, and I must get around to fixing it soon. Other than that, do you think that it would be possible for this language to be made official after editing and additions?

Thank you for your time.

 

[DankeeYankee]

Using the would formatting would imply that the charicter is not actually doing the action. instead they are stateing what their charicter would do in that situation. Not actualy doing it.

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As one of the posts above said, using 'would' would be like a future tense, as they would being doing this action in the near future.

 

[LeoTheBootyful]

Put it like this. When you're retelling an experience, say a mugging, you wouldn't use would. For example:

I would go to pick up the money, but then he would snatch it from my hand and would attempt to run!

I pick up the money, but then he snatches it from my hand and runs!

 

[jamstersaber14]

It's a past tense thing whereas it should be in present tense. I know using 'would' is a recent thing because I spent three months away and it was non existent when I was on 3 months ago.