Roleplay Tips

Or More Aptly, How Not to Roleplay Poorly
The definition for roleplay is as follows:

a: to represent in action
'The children began to role-play the characters from a book they had read.'

b: to translate into action
'He/She was willing to role-play the characters from a book.'

Here is a wonderful, helpful guide written by one of our players, Alisa.

1. Bob tells you 'Will you help me to level?'

OK, I realise that it’s mostly newbies that do this, but it is starting to happen a little too frequently.

* 'level' is an OOC term...try using words like 'train' or 'hunt' instead. * Saying please will get you a lot further with some people.
* Try introducing yourself first, and maybe strike up a bit of friendly chatter before asking.
* If your char is an evil loner, you'll just have to stick to leveling on your own unless you come up with a cunning excuse for pleading for help.

2. Bob tells you 'Hiya Alisa, this is [Bob's Alt (A Friend)]. Can you give me some equipment please?'

Very annoying. Players shouldn't expect people to help their characters just because they are friends with an alt. You wouldn't help a complete stranger unless that’s in your char's nature(Especially strange ones spouting jibberish about 'alts'!)

3. Don't stop RPing just because you want something, i.e. If your role is evil, but you don't think anyone will give you what you want unless you say please...tough!

4. Use emotes befitting your character. For example 'Bob the evil' won't go around 'smiling happily', even if he just won a fight. He would probably grin evilly to himself, or cackle etc. If your client allows aliases, try making a few of your own emotes, perhaps make some to replace the existing emotes.

Thanks to Alisa for this wonderful little guide!

Addendum:

One of the most common examples of poor roleplay is to reveal your own alts. If you're starting a new character and tell all your friends who your alts are in order to receive help or preferential treatment, that's poor RP. The same goes for using the same title or description as your past character and for transferring unique equipment from your old character to your new one (which is also a rules violation if you don't delete and remake with the same name)