*chuckles lightly* He WAS right about me quoting you twice, though.

Besides, juicy, it's okay; everybody can't be a "genious".

Bumping this, at least the FIRST post/original post because I completely agree with it and I'd absolutely love it if more people followed those rules. I'm just going to disregard the entire argument above.

For the record, my personal preference in RP is to have everything written like a novel in third person. Actions are in normal text, dialogue is in quotes, no 'signs'.

Edit: EVERYONE knows how books are written, so it shouldn't be a hard concept. :3

Papaya ponders why 'signs' are such a big deal to some people. In her opinion, separating actions and narration shouldn't be necessary. Books are written as one continuous thread of detail, thoughts, actions, and speech. They are read and written fluently by using the simple and beloved concept of 'punctuation' and because of this concept, people rarely get confused by what is speech and what is thought. Punctuation is an important part of English grammar that's been used for years and years. EVERYONE who can read and write in English has learned how to use punctuation, it's like a tradition.

Sentences are capped with periods, longer sentences are broken up with commas to elicit a short pause. We use question marks to signal a question, quotes to signal dialogue, "What else do you need?" Papaya says to herself, ignoring the mocking voice of her conscience telling her how much of a nerd she is for writing about grammar. The more obscure forms of punctuation aren't as well known but they still have a specific purpose that has been put in place. THAT is their purpose, THAT is the tradition.

Papaya lets out a soft sigh as her thoughts come to a close, she has been rambling for longer than most care to listen, but for some inexplicable reason this subject is important to her. She loves roleplay. Her writing has never been the best but something about playing out a 'role' is appealing to her. In fact, she always considered roleplay to be like writing a story collaboratively, it's a fun way to spend time with others and a simplistic form of entertainment. Even so, it's STILL writing so why change the rules? Why break the tradition?

cuz they horny

I'd just like the common courtesy of someone letting me know when they have to go. It really gets to you after a while when it happens multiple times with different people. It makes me feel like I'm a terrible RPer, and I don't want to be that guy spamming them saying, "Hey where'd ya go!"

I certainly know that feeling... or if someone roleplays once with you, then they dissapear suddenly when you try to start a new one.

Exactly.

But... I'm horny like, a lot, so why don't I ever use things like asterisks for actions and stuff? :P

Eh...would you like the good excuse or bad excuse?

if youre RPing, even in real time, DONT GIVE A HALF ASS ONE LINE REPLY OR JUST TYPE SHIT LIKE "oh fuck me harder" i for one pretty much flat out refuse to rp people that do that

Agreed, 100%

And people that do, are much more likely to be sought than me.
Meh.

Do read this.

Do not necro this.

I don't think it's unpopular either. It's absolutely true. I've been fortunate enough to play with a few people who really are talented and courteous. Just hoping that these suggested guidelines help those who want to RP but are confused about how it works or just need to be reminded about etiquette and such.

I have a tricky habit of switching between active present tense and past tense within my -=narration=- symbols. -=I suck your cock=- versus -=she sucked his cock=- (referring to my character in the first or third person) for example. When I'm in an RP, it doesn't get to me too much if the tense used by the other player(s) doesn't match mine. If you have a thing about that, see if you and your co-player can agree on a tense you want to use.