.-. Hai thar.
I've noticed a lot of OP godmoddy-type-screaming-things happen around these parts, mostly because it's very hard to establish a basic set of guidelines which everybody can understand. I've been RPing with a Kingdom Hearts website (>///> yeah) for three years, and have owned a Final Fantasy website myself for the same amount of time.

FIRST OFF---Benefitting the Grammatically Impaired:

"Benefiting the Grammatically Impaired"


Here are some links to help you when you are Rping.

www.dictionary.com

www.Thesaurus.com

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Just in case you are unfamiliar with what each of these is here is a brief explanation.

A Dictionary-This is where you can look up definitions for words you do not know. This way you can improve what you are writing and have a greater understanding of it.

A Thesaurus-This is what is used to help you sounds more sophisticated. You look up a word that you do know, and this gives you other words that mean the same thing. When you use this, you can sound more sophisticated and seem like a better Role Player. But this is suggested for using when you have a better understanding of Grammar usage.

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Homophones- (A Homophone is a word that sound the same but mean different things; I.E To, Too, Two) If you ever have a question on which means which you can use the Link that sends you to the dictionary that was written previously.

Also, something that can greatly benefit you is the usage of periods and commas. When you are writing a sentence you will use a comma to indicate a small pause or breath. When you use a period, it help shows a slightly longer pause or breath and also shows that the idea in that topic is done with. (Of course only dealing with that aspect of the subject, for paragraph you can write about the same thing but different aspects of it.) Using periods helps make your post easier to understand. Thus, more people will RP with you since they know what you are talking about and can read it more easily.

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Whenever writing a sentence don't put too much or too little into it. If you constantly put "and" or "also", you make it a run-on sentence (which is a sentence that keeps going on with too much information in it.)

Also if you include to little information in a single sentence it is known as a fragment. Fragments are better than a run-on because it doesn't go and confuse everybody, but it makes everything to vague and nondescriptive so it is hard for people to carry on and they will sometimes avoid you.

So overall, try to make it a decent sentence, with one "and" or "also" at most per sentence. This way, you won't have as many issues with anyone misinterpreting what you're saying in your posts.


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A Noun- If you aren't familiar with a noun then know that it is a person, place, thing, object, or idea. A noun is basically anything that has a name. (For example, Pinky stabs people. The noun would be Pinky since he is the person, and happens to be the object.

A Pronoun-A Pronoun is a word that takes place of a Noun. The Pronouns are He,She,His,Her,It,They and Them. You can use these to replace a Noun so it isn't always repetitive and boring. These can help spice up your rps a bit. But, before using one make sure that the noun is clear, you may think your using it right when in fact you could be using it incorrectly.

Example- Pinky stabbed his neck.

You could then say "It was then obliterated so it wasn't recognized any longer". You could be talking about one of three things, Pinky, Pinky's blade that he used to stab, or the neck, the thing that just happened to be stabbed. If the previous sentence has something like this be sure to follow up in the next sentence with the object you wish to discuss. That way, after that you can use the pronoun to replace the noun and everyone will still understand what you are talking about. Using this method will cause less confusion and less of a hassle on both sides.

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AKA: The Great Big Book of Ol' School RP.....word.


THIS IS PART 1 of 5.



This was retrieved by Vincent and passed on to me by Mike to repost. So yeah, credit were its due. This is a part of the original series.

Introductory Posts.

1. Describe surroundings. This is so everyone else in the topic gets a good feel for the area and so you can refer back to keep consistency this also saves people having to research the area or at least recognize the part your talking about just remember to keep it from your character POV

2. Explain why your there. Theres nothing more annoying then people who are just in places for the sake of being there. So make up a reason for it even if its a tad ludicrous its better then nothing. It also gives people an idea of how you plan for the topic to go.

3. Your thoughts on the current place. Potentially you can put your description of the place here and then just your characters opinion of it but it doesn't have to be blatant either subtlety is good and as you get past the first hurdle of RP'ing you can develop your skills further i'll go into this at a later date.

4. Appearance. Describe your character this makes Rp for others easier as they then can refer to your post in order to describe you and if their good enough they'll reword your description so it's not just copy and paste. By providing others with the information to improve their own RP your topic will look better and more people will want to join.

5. Do something. Though speech is not necessary unless an NPC character is involved or your talking to yourself you can still run, jump or whatever. None of you seem to have a problem with this aspect merely the detail in which you describe your movements, remember the thesauruses are your best friend so use them and then dictionary to check the word you've found means what you want are. Whenever i'm stuck i always find the thesaurus and search for a good fitting word. A large vocabulary shows intelligence, we like intelligence.

6. Weather and time. Again there’s nothing more annoying then not knowing what time of day it is or the weather when you enter a topic. Is it sunny, is it dark? Is the sun beating down on your character bringing sweat to their brow or is the wind chilling the bone marrow itself evoking shivers from your characters body. Again there is more subtlety then " It was windy today". Remember description and setting make a RP people will appreciate you setting it out even if they don't voice it it can make their turn easier.

7. Grammar, punctuation and spelling It doesn't need to be absolutely perfect grammar wise but if you have firefox its worth using the spell check feature. Capital letters look pretty at the beginning of sentences and full stops tell us where to breathe, commas make sense of a sentence but apart from that anything else is ok.


The intro should be one of the longest posts in the topic, if all of the above are included it will lengthen your post substantially and the mods will like you more so your creations will be approved quicker generally.

I'm going to use these 3 as examples and i really don't care if they are yours and you get offended. Take it as constructive criticism.

Typical bad one



So whats wrong with this? Everything. Ok so he mentioned where it was. Thats about it. No description of the place, what it looks like and the like. No reason why he's there same case for this fox, no explanation why the hell that happened, where it came from and all that jazz. We have one opinion but no reason to back it up therefore it could be considered worthless.

Ok he 'smaped' his fingers, wow the sheer excitement that this evokes in me really can't be contained. Sarcasm.Is it night? Is it day? Maybe theres a snow storm coming in that i'm not aware of? Then the spelling is so awful that i wouldn't go near the topic with a 10ft barge pole.
An overall 1/ 14

Ok but not complete
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What you should aim for.
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PART 2:




General Posts

With this lot alot are repeated but not all needed. Across this little series you will see alot of the same thing simply because most hold the same aspects but how much you put in in the rest are up to you and merely list what you can add to make a post more successful.

1. Describe surroundings. By doing this it adds depth and shows the author that you have read their description and so you know what your doing. Making your surroundings detailed gives the RP a more realistic quality and your posts more purpose and respect.


So lets have an example;
Visibility was poor as snow flurried across the frosted landscape, a wall of purity barricaded one step from the next as the wanderer trudged through the white death. The going was hazardous as the white coated mountainous region concealed ledge ends, drops and holes with its ivory beauty making every step potentially the hooded figures last. Though the danger was high and the ability to see more then 2 metres ahead impossible it was nothing to what it would be when the moon awakened, the nights here were treacherous but fortunatly the traveler might just make it to shelter yet . The sunset a brilliant orange as it steadily began to sink sorrowfully behind the mountain peaks, the pine forest set ablaze by the colouration almost like a beacon of hope leading him to the cover from the bone chilling cold tearing through his very being.


We must remember to keep to the authors descriptions though not copy them the best way to do this is with a thesaurus. Lets take the words white, cold and dangerous and see what it comes up with at thesaurus.com .
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Just remember to check he words you don't know in a dictionary.

So now we know where to get a multitude of words from lets make our own version of the description.

Bob was poised, crouched, battered by the malignant glacial wind guised as innocence, of snow. Atop the treacherous ledge he overlooked the snow kissed scene simply beautiful as the tangerine light from the setting sun washed over the steady incline towards the mountain. THe cloaked figure shivered as the cold wracked his bones to the marrow, a sure sign he should get moving atleast to the cover of the evergreen forest up ahead before the night set in. The descent to the forest level would be perilous due to the limited visabilty and the icey conditions.

2. Explain why your there. This is one of the most important aspects of your intro. Theres nothing more annoying then people who are just in places for the sake of being there. So make up a reason for it even if its a tad ludicrous its better then nothing. Aslong as it makes sense you should be ok but remember to read the author intro carefully for ideas.

3. Your thoughts on the current place. Potentially you can put your description of the place here and then just your characters opinion of it but it doesn't have to be blatant either subtlety is good and as you get past the first hurdle of RP'ing you can develop your skills further i'll go into this at a later date. This isn't a hugely important part but adding it in will lengthen your post and give you something else to write about. Use the authors descriptions to be certain your having an opinion for something that exists in the scene.

4. Appearance. Describe your character this makes Rp for others easier as they then can refer to your post in order to describe you and if their good enough they'll reword your description so it's not just copy and paste. By providing others with the information to improve their own RP the topic will look better and more people will want to join.This is nearly as important as your reason simply because this will be the basis other RP'ers in the thread will use to describe you in their own posts, exaggerate things if you must but don't repeat the same words over and over. If your stuck use a thesaurus but remember make sure you don't sound like mr/mrs perfect the author will not like it if you upstage them.

5. Do something. Though speech is not necessary unless an NPC character is involved or your talking to yourself you can still run, jump or whatever. None of you seem to have a problem with this aspect merely the detail in which you describe your movements, remember thesauruses and then dictionary to check the word you've found means what you want are your best friend. Whenever i'm stuck i always find the thesaurus and search for a good fitting word. A large vocabulary shows intelligence, we like intelligence. Plus it will help your English in school.

At this stage you might observe the author or another character here if they aren't hidden observation is a good thing to put in an intro as it shows you've taken account of the other people in the thread but be careful to use only what they've described themselves with and only the actions they have executed themselves. I personally hate when people make assumptions of my character based on something i've put in thoughts but with no physical suggestion of it so do take care to read through their post and observe and react accurately.

6. Weather and time.
Again like the surrounding description this follows the same kind of thing though i included it within my description its easy to slot in anywhere just don't make the mistake of the author making it a light snow and you saying its a blizzard for example.

7. Grammer, punctuation and spelling It doesn't need to be absolutely perfect grammer wise but if you have firefox its worth using the spell check feature. Capital letters look pretty at the beginning of sentences and full stops tell us where to breathe, commas make sense of a sentence but apart from that anything else is ok.

8. Watch out for excessive action. This is when some people use chain upon chain of actions to make up for lack of detail to build line count. Its incredibly annoying and can be confusing at times for example;



There is another mistake in here, can anyone spot it?


Bob, he, bob, he.
Another annoying thing that can be seen in the above example is using he excessively or the characters name. A good way to combat this habit is by using your characters traits. For example my own character is half demon so i can use a variation of Celox, she, the hybrid, the demoness, the half demon, the female, teen. By using a variety of them will improve your sentences greatly making your post more interesting.

Theres lots of things that have already been covered about developing your posts to a greater length without losing any of the detail that makes a good post great but heres a few more.

Prep posts
This is a post that has been partially made up before the person you are RP'ing with has posted. In a way these can be quite difficult to construct because you don't know how your opponent is going to react but these are best for situations were your not in direct contact with each other between posts as when you are it makes it quite difficult to slip them in. Never the less its not impossible. Hell one or two of my posts are completely prep ones, you see these when my opponent hasn't posted yet but theres alot of activity around. eg.
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Like if we take one of my posts as an example i'll show you which part was constructed before hand thats not an entire prep.
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You can also try and predict your opponents actions and make up several courses of action and show these as character thoughts on possible decisions to make and the like.

By making a prep part of your post it makes use of some of the time wasted waiting for your opponent to post. If you can't find nothing more to add leave it aside and add bits now and again so by the time your opponent has posted your already well on your way to completing your post.


Good example


Seeing as a couple of you have been bugging me for a new one.
So lets take a quick reminder of content that fills up a post nicely:

Surroundings: Plenty of opportunity for detail here.

Reason for being in there: Shows other your not just popping in here and there for post count and if you are well it's less obvious.

Thoughts: Gives an insight to your character.

Action: Adds interest to the scene and something for the next person to go on.

Weather and Time: More opportunity for detail.

Just remember when your starting to topic all of the above are essential.

Todays lesson: Over powering.

How to fight a person above you in abilities without:
a) Getting your ass thoroughly kicked
b) Looking like an over powering

No one likes to look like they're getting their ass handed to them. This is why a lot of you over power, even though if we were realistic you would be getting your ass kicked by a veteran you either want to seem powerful and impress them or are too stubborn to take a hit you OP'ing . Hehe.

Please note. When you try to keep up with us by miraculously evading everything we throw it pisses us off. They tend to be much better then you in combat and you should be taking hits left right and centre with the difference there is between the top 6 characters and those that joined in 08. Are you ever going to do that? Hell no. Maybe when hell freezes over. So the point of this issue is taking hits and knowing your place without allowing your pride to suffer as a consequence.

Your much more likely to gain the respect of those higher then you in the food chain by accepting your not quite the dogs bollocks and taking hits from someone higher in skill level then overpowering and dodging all of them to make you look better. Correction. You look like a noob.

Right so how do you manage this?

Simple.

By taking a hit it doesn't necessarily mean that their punch hits you dead on the nose, shattering the cartilage in a spray of blood as you go flying into a wall before sliding down it pitifully. Ok. So maybe you might want a serious hit as the battle wears on but for simple attacks were not out to smash your faces in...much. Hehe. Instead you can take a lot smaller repercussions of that assault.

Heres an example:



Here we can:

a)
Over Power - Somehow a much faster opponent's strike has been defended against with even more speed. Very wrong move.



b)
Minimal damage – A strike but limited


c)
Deflection strike – Damage elsewhere therefore no longer lethal



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Both b and c are good ways of avoiding,defending against an attack or taking a hit. Without appearing to have your ass kicked. Where b says: “ I acknowledge that you are better then me but It doesn't mean i'm not going down without a fight.” c says “ I'm letting you hit me on my terms.” whatever the way your pride swings they are both effective methods. A is just annoying and a definite no, no.

But what if your on the same level? Use either b or c. Just remember as a principle of RP if your partner allows a hit you should show them the courtesy of taking a hit in return. One for one. If your roughly the same level the severity of the hit should be the same whereas if there is a huge difference in level a direct hit can be balanced with a nick of clothing or some kind of disadvantage to your character, your opponents fault or not.

Remember a good RP'er has a good sense of ability, judging correctly their own level compared to those around them. Length of time here is a factor in that ability and not by magic standards Chances are if you've been here less time then the person your fighting you are weaker so you must take that into account even if you think your a good Rp'er if you can't abide by that your still a noob. Of course many variables apply like activity but the concept is basically the same.

Let's talk Stats:

Stats, or "statistics" are used to represent how strong a character is. Stats are represented by numbers and are used in engagements to determine how much damage a character takes by an opponent, or deals to an opponent. There are several kinds of stats which you can use to make your character more customizable.

THERE'S NO NUMBER SYSTEMS DETERMINING DAMAGE OR NEGATION AND STUFF.

For example:


BUT, since this is a website forum, and there's no way to really determine damage, stuff like that really can't be decided on. This is just placed on here so that you can fully take advantage of how to really customize your character, and it helps the staff figure out if you're being a little god moddy with your stats as well.

[center]List 'O stats:[/center]


Attack/Strength Power: This tells you how strong your character is. The higher this stat is, the harder you will hit and the more damage your enemy will take.

Defense: Defense power tells you how well your character can block attacks. Those with higher defense usually take a lot less damage than those with lower.

Magic/Mana Power: This determines how much damage magical attacks will do. **THIS DOES NOT AFFECT HOW MUCH SPELLS COST**

Magic/Mana Defense: Pretty much the same as normal defense, this stat tells you how well your character fends off magically enhanced attacks.

Speed: This tells you how fast your character can move and react to attacks. It also can determine how fast your attacks will land. **THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS AGILITY**

Accuracy: This stat shows you how often your attacks will land. Those with higher accuracy will have better chances with those in high speed and evasion.

Evasion/Agility: **NOT THE SAME AS SPEED** This stat tells you how agile your character is. Characters with higher agility may be able to perform rolls, flips, etc. without using so much energy and tiring themselves out. Some (with the proper spell) can even run across walls, etc.

Luck/Chance: This is really a tricky stat, and I guess it can affect a lot of things, depending on your character. High luck could actually affect some lower status effects your character might have.
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Vitality/balance: This stat tells us how well your character can take a hit. It also tells you how much damage they can take without passing out! People with higher vitality might be able to kinda..."shrug off" the damage, but still be hurt....like this:







=====~Levels of Stats~====

There are several levels of stats which a person can place. Starting from LOWEST to HIGHEST.....

Low
Below Average
Slightly Below Average
Average
Slightly above Average
Above Average
Strong
Masterful

NOW HERE'S THE DEAL!: Obviously, you have to have at LEAST one weakness. Those who have been up longer on the website will usually not have "Low" on any of their attributes, because they're obviously seasoned fighters.
However, there will only be at the MOST, two masterfuls on ANY fighter, to include myself. Some kinds of builds, like a Jack-of-all-trades, will have Slightly Above Average on everything, although this isn't recommended if you're going up against, say, a tank. You'll never master anything, or get beyond slightly above average if you happen to choose that kind of build.

Builds will be introduced in the post below this one.

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Character Building 101:


1:The Fight-you-with-a-sword-or-some-other-weapon guy/chick
People who do a LOT of close up, melee combat should get high strength, speed, agility, and perhaps a little bit of luck. It wouldn't hurt to put a little on defense either.

2:The Tank
Tanks have high defense, both magical and physical, high strength, and usually high agility, or even vitality. It wouldn't kill you to add a little to speed, though most tanks will be very slow to hit.

3:The Caster
Now, a caster can be any class that relies heavily on magic, from mages to summoners. They should have high magical attack and defense, and speed and accuracy. It wouldn't kill you to put in physical defenses, just in case something goes wrong.

4:The I'm-super-fast guy/chick
Gathered that anybody can be fast, fast is good, people like fast, obviously speed is a major asset. Accuracy and Strength, as well as agility might work to your advantage. You should also attribute something to your luck as well.

5:The jack-of-all-trades
Possibly the single most annoying build a person can fight against, though not recommended for those fighting against most of the other builds. Jacks have a balanced level on each and every stat, not being much higher than average, though.

6:The sniper
Snipers, those who shoot things from distances (or just shoot them period) should focus mostly on accuracy and speed, and if a foe gets too close, agility is your best bet. Luck wouldn't kill you, but it's not as recommended as something like physical or magical defense.



Now, you don't HAVE to use these builds. This is just an ideal example of what you might want on a specific character. ((Example: Sephiroth would be one of those fight-you-with-a-sword people, and would focus mostly on strength and speed.))
Stats will not only give you an opportunity to focus on your strengths and weaknesses as a character, but will also help you find flaws in your foes as well! Remember, use your builds wisely!



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3--NO GODMODING:
Here is an example…..

**Zack Fair slices Sephiroth’s arms off with his Buster Sword**
OR
**Sephiroth slices Zack Fair’s head off with his Masamune**

See? Not cool. DON'T DO IT!



4--NO AUTO-HITTING:
Auto hitting is when you hit someone, without allowing them to react in any shape or form....
Here’s an example with Bob and his friend...who's name was changed so he would not be Zexion'd....



See? Bob didn't even get a chance to defend himself or anything, but he was a fair sport, and took the hits anyways. ((Pinky's too nice. I would have God-Modded them back.)) But just because Bob is a sweetie, don't think I won't crack down on you. I WILL. And if I’m not here to catch someone doing it, someone else from the staff will.

There's also another type of auto-hitting, which is stupider than most. It goes something like this:



Pinky set herself up to be hit! That's dumb! Sure, it makes things more interesting, but come on! Don't do that guys! It all only requires a bit of common sense, but also FAIR PLAY. And don’t expect to get away with dodging *everything* thrown at you. Again, simple FAIR PLAY is all it takes.



5--Controlling other People's Characters:

Please, don't try and control other people's characters! An EXAMPLE is given here:
Example:


Not only was that Controlling another person's Character, it was also Modding.

THIS IS OKAY:

Example:


That is good, you're fine.

O_O Holy Crap!

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Please don't talk grammar here.

The entire rest of this guide seems like it was first written and then attacked by a thesaurus. Which, surprisingly, doesn't make you sound more sophisticated, it makes you sound merely ignorant and uneducated.

I honestly can't believe you suggested using a thesaurus. Dictionaries and thesauruses don't fix stupid or illiterate posts. That's because, unfortunately, you can't fix stupid as it's innate.

Thank you, and good day.

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I can deal with it! I roll with 8ad 8r8ks all the time. No 8iggie!

Alright, this is like the third time I've seen someone post up a guide on this site and seen it attacked, so I just want to say this:

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND BEING A JERK. THINKING BACK TO LANDER'S [locked] MAFIA GUIDE AND SOME DISCUSSION CONCERNING A DEBATE FORUM GUIDE, THIS HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN. Please, I don't want to see these get locked anymore. I want to see them editted, if the problems are really that bad (they generally aren't).

Pinky, thank you so much. I hosted an rp around a year ago with no idea what I was doing, and it died after only a couple months. I'm currently hosting DnD games here for the first time, and I'll probably be referencing this guide from time to time.

The one thing I've gotta agree with Tsukasa about is grammar. In general, this site is full of grammar nazis. I make mistakes and run on sentences, but I generally try to do a round of proofreading before I post anything. It's a good reminder in the guide, but it can probably be cut down a little to save space.

EDIT: I guess Lander's guide wasn't locked. huh. Well anyway, these things tend to turn into flame battles.

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Interested in playing Dungeons and Dragons playtesting paper and pencil rpgs playing Dungeons and Dragons with your fellow villagers? Drop me Eadwulf me a pm!

It's not like the guide is going to be published and sold for real money or anything so it's pointless to complain about it on something like this.

The guide is for the most part constructive and can honestly help a lot of people be more descriptive.

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"The good warrior knows when to fight, and when to withdraw."
- Sun Tzu

I'll smith anything up to 93 smithing if you have the material for me to make it with
My Story, Horrors of Myron County
RV's Drawing archive topic, post yours or comment on others

Attacking back now.

@Quan--Will do. I was just getting this down so I didn't have to retype it.

EDIT-- Meh, screw it.

Yeah, great way to make a first impression on the village.

Also a great way for village vets to prove they are immature to insult someone who spent a great amount of time to type up a guide I.e AG and Tsukasa. But you know anyone who has hypocrisy written all over them i tend to stay away from

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I can deal with it! I roll with 8ad 8r8ks all the time. No 8iggie!

<.< I don't care to comment AoB.

First up to bat-- Tsukasa
Dictionaries and thesauruses aren't there to make you sound more sophisticated. I said that incorrectly. They're there to keep you from sounding like a COMPLETE idiot.

OBJECTION!
Ignorant:
–adjective
1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
3. uninformed; unaware.
4. due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.

You're mislead. An IGNORANT person DOESN'T use a thesaurus. A learned person will give you the effort to at least try to use it so they don't sound like a complete moron.
You're also incorrect about stupidity being "innate"

in·nate   
[ih-neyt, in-eyt]
–adjective
1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
2. inherent in the essential character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis.
3. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil.

Stupidity derives itself from those who we are around being too ignorant to teach us anything other than stupidity. Stupidity is a learned behavior. If you want to get technical, we're all stupid from birth, but that would be further proving your point instead of mine.
STUPIDITY may be only in a certain category of subjects. For example, I could call you stupid in the matter of Star Wars if you couldn't recite the entire dialogue of the Death Star scene from Revenge of the Sith. I could be considered stupid in the subject of Runescape, since I haven't been a member nor have I played in over three years. AoB could be considered stupid in the subject of any fruit other than bananas, since he isn't the Archbishop of the fruit basket, but merely the banana section. Does that make the people in these examples stupid in general? I think not.

Stupidity all depends on the subject at hand, and what is being stated, not so much the action itself. Stupidity can be cured. It has indeed happened. That's what this is there for.
Do I use these tools to make myself seem more intelligent or sophisticated? No; I am intelligent. I don't need to "seem" intelligent because I am. Perhaps not sophisticated, although I have to admit that being in Europe and having experienced many things while growing up makes me more worldly aware; but intelligent yes...and this is me being rather modest.
I don't use them, because I've used them so much in the past to perfect my writing, that I don't even need it. Practice makes semi-decent-enough-to-evade-the-grammar-nazi.

Second to bat--AG

Not everybody pays attention in English class. Not everybody is completely competent. Your argument is absolutely flawed on that part.
My defending that point doesn't mean I myself haven't paid any attention to the subject. I've long since finished my AP Lit courses.

HAD I been writing it for your entertainment, I would have put pretty pictures and colorful unicorns to keep your attention span at least a couple inches off the ground. I hate to insult your intelligence, but anything you say can and will be used against you if you're trying to make a valid argument with me. I do hate being told that things I put effort into are pointless.

You argue that none of these things contribute to RPing. YOU ARE MISLEAD.
poke.

Walls of gar8age? You're incorrect. Of course there are errors here in this topic. Many of these people come there to begin learning how to properly RP. I myself learned how to properly type after three years of instruction there. (You will notice that my character is VERY similar to the one I used in the recent RP. Mayhap because I don't change her, save for a few details here and there? Even those changes depend on which forum I RP on at the moment.) Believe me when I say, I didn't type like <--this--> a while ago. I even do it in Instant Messaging. Ask AoB.

'Serious' RPers read the whole post before they make calls on how to react. Really 'serious' RPers will WRITE walls of text to make people bored so they skip vital points of damage, or points which are made in that wall of text which they were too lazy to read, proving to be their downfall. (See, there's strategy to these sorts of things. Spooky, isn't it?)
The walls of text not only allow the people READING them to envision the surroundings, but it gives people who come after that wall of text more to work with. It makes things more interesting than:




The examples, yes, they are pointless walls of text. Of course they are! They're not my examples! You didn't think I was going to fix that? You're mistaken. I'm more than aware there's a whole shiitake mushrooms' worth of "your" and "there" in those phrases. ....You also probably have no right to be speaking about pointless grammar and walls of text when you're replacing the letter "b" with the number "8". Perhaps a little hypocritical? Of course you're doing it on purpose...but again, anything you say can and will be against you.

Had it occurred to you that possibly I was going to come back and repair these things? Of course I knew there were flaws here; do you think me that blind?

I find it rather rude and highly insulting that this is how your 'veterans' treat people. If this is how constructive criticism is dealt, (not even constructive, but rather rude and blatantly insulting, particularly since your words suggest I don't know how to either spell or construct a proper sentence;) I don't believe I want to return to fix these things at all, let alone return to this particular section.

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I can deal with it! I roll with 8ad 8r8ks all the time. No 8iggie!

Don't judge the RPers on this board by what arachnidsGrip and AoB say
as far as I've seen they really don't RP much if ever.

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I can deal with it! I roll with 8ad 8r8ks all the time. No 8iggie!