Can someone explain to me what the basic rules are for playing

DarkAngel · 10-21-2002, 01:38 PM

i have tried to start a game and, it turned out rubbish.i tried to make a story that was relevent to the game(by using the kind of scenarios in the game) and it didnt really work. people just sat out. could someone point out what i have not noticed, and explain about the basic character stats in here, what the chances of it killing things are e.t.c. could someone tell how i could make a decent character up without ubering? and the kind of scenarios people introduce into their games, making it interesting, without makeing it unbelievable.
i just really need some pointers as i am new to this online stuff,(and dont want to upset anyone)

Morgeruat · 10-21-2002, 02:57 PM

check out here it has some guidelines that should help, as to your specific thread, try to do a little less, and only run one or two characters (giving other people a chance to act and not destroying everything in your path instantly) it makes a difference when people are looking in to see if they are interested, and see only extremely powerful characters slaughtering everything in sight, in PnP it can make a nice diversion to let a high level party smash some weak enemies for a while, but it gets old quick, remember your characters CAN'T do it all, and will need help from others, this is what encourages parties of adventurers, the mage is going to get mauled in melee, so he hires out some fighters to get hit, the fighters will eventually die of their wounds,or spend so much time in the infirmary that they'll be all but unplayable, so bring in a cleric, the cleric is going to get splattered across the walls by traps if he walks into that monsters lair, so bring a thief, etc...

just some advice, you don't have to follow it, but it may help

[ 10-21-2002, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]

Larry_OHF · 10-21-2002, 03:33 PM

The way I have found success in the games I participate in and create is that you already have to have a membership base formed...let me explain it this way...

Most of the people that frequent this forum are regulars. People who are here all the time. These people are probably already involved in three or four games. I made a poll the other day that proved that the magority of players are in at least two games. So, it would be kinda hard for them to particiapate in another. I personally have killed off one of my own players to make time to play in another game before. So, catching the attention of these players can be hard.

One of my successes is that I have a perferred list of players I play with. These are people I know, trust, respect, love and admire. They can play with me on any game at any time, and we will always be happy. That makes alot of difference. How did I begin? I showed people that I could play their game...not my own. I mean...I showed people that I could die if I had to...or I could write tremendous stories when I was called upon to do so...that created a rich world that can be more seen than read. Also...people fear me, as I am the Forum God...but we won't go into that... j/k

Aside from that, there is little else to tell. You need to have a few friends that you trust, assigned to play with you. Then, invite one new person. Get to know that person very well...personally and publically. Know how he/she acts and thinks. Them when you start a new game,.,,that person is now in your "clan"...your preferred list of players. See what I mean? After doing that a while, there will be many games that you call successes...because you and your "friends" are sharing time together, creating wonderful stories.

RevRuby · 10-21-2002, 03:52 PM

these are both wonderful peices of advice. (gotta suck up to the hubby (morgie) and the mod!) i just jumped in but when i felt uncomfy my character walked away. i try to not be the only one talking/posting and i have yet to gain the balls to attck another pc. i know it will happen to me,a nd i will probably ask nathan for advice, as i do get attached to my characters, and will hate to see one killed off. but i plan to stay calm when it happens, and either lurk the rest of the story, or find a new way to join. anyway i'm babbling now.....

Morgeruat · 10-21-2002, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by RevRuby:
these are both wonderful peices of advice. (gotta suck up to the hubby (morgie) and the mod!) i just jumped in but when i felt uncomfy my character walked away. i try to not be the only one talking/posting and i have yet to gain the balls to attck another pc. i know it will happen to me,a nd i will probably ask nathan for advice, as i do get attached to my characters, and will hate to see one killed off. but i plan to stay calm when it happens, and either lurk the rest of the story, or find a new way to join. anyway i'm babbling now.....

PK-ing is hard to deal with, it's best to not take it personally, and flow with the story, even though it's often more satisfying to call "foul" you can often persuade the offender to change his post if you really don't want to die, but as long as you work it out with the poerson before hand and agree on how the character should die it can lead to some great stories, as well as aid you in establishing yourself as a good roleplayer, and helping to get on peoples good list, like Larry mentioned, it's best if you are allowed to write your own heroic, and horrific, death scene. remember, don't take it personally, unless the person killing you is being viscious and intentionally being an @$$, and then I would just leave the thread and not look back rather than start something and get a mod breathing down my neck. [img]smile.gif[/img] *waves at larry*

Morgeruat · 10-21-2002, 04:41 PM

also forgive me for quoting www.dragonmount.com 's (the Wheel of Time website) new user FAQ but it does have some good advice.

The first and most common element is that the example is written in third person. First-person writing ("I went to buy a sword, because every Warder should have one.") might seem easier, but is often very confusing for other people to read, as they won’t usually have a good idea who your "I" is, and the "I" would switch every time someone new wrote a post. As well, the sample post is written in the past tense. Although this would not cause as much confusion if it were changed, it still is easier to read a series of posts when the style remains the same between them. The third major suggestion for writing role-playing posts is to make sure to use paragraphs; again, this is for the ease of other people reading your posts. While it might be easy to write your post as a single large block of text, breaking it into paragraphs will help you to control the flow of the text, as well as prevent people from having their eyes glaze over as they try to read it.

Other elements such as proper grammar and spelling are useful, just ask your English teacher. However, because Dragonmount has an international user-base, we ask for a little tolerance. Someone for whom English is quite foreign may have written that poorly written post that you just read. On the other hand, some of the best writers at Dragonmount aren’t working in their native language. All we ask is that you do your best, and if you’re in doubt, a good word-processing program can often be quite helpful.

The other thing to keep in mind while role-playing is that you are playing with other people. In the example above, the Aes Sedai from whom Eban was hiding would likely have been other people’s characters. While it isn’t too difficult to imagine that the Aes Sedai would have walked towards him while he was hiding, if Eban had written about bursting out of hiding and frightening them into running, that might have been too much. Actually killing the Aes Sedai, someone else’s character, would be not only in poor taste, but would almost certainly be against the rules if the Aes Sedai had not already consented to this happening. Thus, when role-playing, you need to remember the roles of other characters, and not act for them. When role-playing with someone else, especially at first, you should always make sure that all of the people involved have some idea of what is going to happen, before you do anything overly elaborate. If you have any doubts, it’s always best to ask. On the other hand, everyone should be open to suggestions about where the role-play is going, and what happens with their characters: a simple sneeze shouldn’t be cause for complaint, even if you didn’t expect your character to sneeze there.

The last important thing to remember is that your character is not a god. Eban is an Asha’man, so he can channel. That doesn’t mean that he could weave Balefire and destroy the Aes Sedai, or open a Gateway for a quick escape. A Child of the Light, though handy with a sword, probably isn’t a match for a whole Fist of Trollocs, at least not by himself. If nothing else, a character that does everything perfectly isn’t too likely to find anyone else who wants to role-play with them.

10-21-2002, 01:38 PM	#1
DarkAngel Manshoon Join Date: March 9, 2002 Location: darkness Age: 37 Posts: 196	i have tried to start a game and, it turned out rubbish.i tried to make a story that was relevent to the game(by using the kind of scenarios in the game) and it didnt really work. people just sat out. could someone point out what i have not noticed, and explain about the basic character stats in here, what the chances of it killing things are e.t.c. could someone tell how i could make a decent character up without ubering? and the kind of scenarios people introduce into their games, making it interesting, without makeing it unbelievable. i just really need some pointers as i am new to this online stuff,(and dont want to upset anyone) __________________ the greatest flaw in the whole of the universe is time itself

10-21-2002, 02:57 PM	#2
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 44 Posts: 5,421	check out here it has some guidelines that should help, as to your specific thread, try to do a little less, and only run one or two characters (giving other people a chance to act and not destroying everything in your path instantly) it makes a difference when people are looking in to see if they are interested, and see only extremely powerful characters slaughtering everything in sight, in PnP it can make a nice diversion to let a high level party smash some weak enemies for a while, but it gets old quick, remember your characters CAN'T do it all, and will need help from others, this is what encourages parties of adventurers, the mage is going to get mauled in melee, so he hires out some fighters to get hit, the fighters will eventually die of their wounds,or spend so much time in the infirmary that they'll be all but unplayable, so bring in a cleric, the cleric is going to get splattered across the walls by traps if he walks into that monsters lair, so bring a thief, etc... just some advice, you don't have to follow it, but it may help [ 10-21-2002, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ] __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

10-21-2002, 03:52 PM	#4
RevRuby Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Limbo Age: 45 Posts: 1,720	these are both wonderful peices of advice. (gotta suck up to the hubby (morgie) and the mod!) i just jumped in but when i felt uncomfy my character walked away. i try to not be the only one talking/posting and i have yet to gain the balls to attck another pc. i know it will happen to me,a nd i will probably ask nathan for advice, as i do get attached to my characters, and will hate to see one killed off. but i plan to stay calm when it happens, and either lurk the rest of the story, or find a new way to join. anyway i'm babbling now..... __________________ peek-a-boo

10-21-2002, 04:41 PM	#6
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 44 Posts: 5,421	also forgive me for quoting www.dragonmount.com 's (the Wheel of Time website) new user FAQ but it does have some good advice. The first and most common element is that the example is written in third person. First-person writing ("I went to buy a sword, because every Warder should have one.") might seem easier, but is often very confusing for other people to read, as they won’t usually have a good idea who your "I" is, and the "I" would switch every time someone new wrote a post. As well, the sample post is written in the past tense. Although this would not cause as much confusion if it were changed, it still is easier to read a series of posts when the style remains the same between them. The third major suggestion for writing role-playing posts is to make sure to use paragraphs; again, this is for the ease of other people reading your posts. While it might be easy to write your post as a single large block of text, breaking it into paragraphs will help you to control the flow of the text, as well as prevent people from having their eyes glaze over as they try to read it. Other elements such as proper grammar and spelling are useful, just ask your English teacher. However, because Dragonmount has an international user-base, we ask for a little tolerance. Someone for whom English is quite foreign may have written that poorly written post that you just read. On the other hand, some of the best writers at Dragonmount aren’t working in their native language. All we ask is that you do your best, and if you’re in doubt, a good word-processing program can often be quite helpful. The other thing to keep in mind while role-playing is that you are playing with other people. In the example above, the Aes Sedai from whom Eban was hiding would likely have been other people’s characters. While it isn’t too difficult to imagine that the Aes Sedai would have walked towards him while he was hiding, if Eban had written about bursting out of hiding and frightening them into running, that might have been too much. Actually killing the Aes Sedai, someone else’s character, would be not only in poor taste, but would almost certainly be against the rules if the Aes Sedai had not already consented to this happening. Thus, when role-playing, you need to remember the roles of other characters, and not act for them. When role-playing with someone else, especially at first, you should always make sure that all of the people involved have some idea of what is going to happen, before you do anything overly elaborate. If you have any doubts, it’s always best to ask. On the other hand, everyone should be open to suggestions about where the role-play is going, and what happens with their characters: a simple sneeze shouldn’t be cause for complaint, even if you didn’t expect your character to sneeze there. The last important thing to remember is that your character is not a god. Eban is an Asha’man, so he can channel. That doesn’t mean that he could weave Balefire and destroy the Aes Sedai, or open a Gateway for a quick escape. A Child of the Light, though handy with a sword, probably isn’t a match for a whole Fist of Trollocs, at least not by himself. If nothing else, a character that does everything perfectly isn’t too likely to find anyone else who wants to role-play with them. __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

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10-21-2002, 03:33 PM	#3
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	The way I have found success in the games I participate in and create is that you already have to have a membership base formed...let me explain it this way... Most of the people that frequent this forum are regulars. People who are here all the time. These people are probably already involved in three or four games. I made a poll the other day that proved that the magority of players are in at least two games. So, it would be kinda hard for them to particiapate in another. I personally have killed off one of my own players to make time to play in another game before. So, catching the attention of these players can be hard. One of my successes is that I have a perferred list of players I play with. These are people I know, trust, respect, love and admire. They can play with me on any game at any time, and we will always be happy. That makes alot of difference. How did I begin? I showed people that I could play their game...not my own. I mean...I showed people that I could die if I had to...or I could write tremendous stories when I was called upon to do so...that created a rich world that can be more seen than read. Also...people fear me, as I am the Forum God...but we won't go into that... j/k Aside from that, there is little else to tell. You need to have a few friends that you trust, assigned to play with you. Then, invite one new person. Get to know that person very well...personally and publically. Know how he/she acts and thinks. Them when you start a new game,.,,that person is now in your "clan"...your preferred list of players. See what I mean? After doing that a while, there will be many games that you call successes...because you and your "friends" are sharing time together, creating wonderful stories.

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