I can't believe I just got educated on this.
Broke: Using asterisks for RP
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
fdbkr said:
Broke: Using asterisks for RP
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
Broke: Using asterisks for RP
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
With 5 line breaks per reply.
hot_sauce said:
Seriously, why do people use "*" to designate dialogue or physical action?
English as a 2nd, 3rd, nth langusge is no excuse. I am not aware of any culture that uses the asterisk in those ways.
Not a seasoned writer? You don't need to be. Just read a book of ANY grade level, newpaper, magazine, or whatever, and use those as examples of how to write.
it's because people talk when they text. they don't talk like i move to the room when texting a friend. They say oh yeah i'm moving to that room. So people were like HOLY SHIT!! we can use asterisks to signify physical stuff
Seriously, why do people use "*" to designate dialogue or physical action?
English as a 2nd, 3rd, nth langusge is no excuse. I am not aware of any culture that uses the asterisk in those ways.
Not a seasoned writer? You don't need to be. Just read a book of ANY grade level, newpaper, magazine, or whatever, and use those as examples of how to write.
Slaverino said:
Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
it's because it's the fucking type of forums engine that no one knows it. i just don't care to learn it.
Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
The answer is quite simple.
Using * allows for people to quickly & easily tell between Dialogue and Actions.
You could use other symbols for this, but since * is also sometimes used to Bold, or italicize text, it just makes it simpler. This is also why “” is used around Dialogue.
Example :
Hey is someone there?
Miriam said as she Slowly turned the handle of the door.
“Hey is someone there?”
*Miriam said as she Slowly turned the handle of the door.*
Using * allows for people to quickly & easily tell between Dialogue and Actions.
You could use other symbols for this, but since * is also sometimes used to Bold, or italicize text, it just makes it simpler. This is also why “” is used around Dialogue.
Example :
Hey is someone there?
Miriam said as she Slowly turned the handle of the door.
“Hey is someone there?”
*Miriam said as she Slowly turned the handle of the door.*
I like to use asterisks for actions and narration because I like to use standard text without quotation marks for dialogue. I feel that it makes it seem more personal if I can just transition naturally from initial messages into in-character dialogue. I think it creates a sense of continuity, as opposed to a sharp division between myself and the character I'm portraying. I don't care for the latter; I enjoy it more when I feel like I'm actually, y'know, playing the role, instead of like I'm describing what a person separate from myself is saying and doing.
Because quotation marks are confusing and harder to seperate. Why follow English rules when we can make up our own?
TheGentleQuartz said:
I like to use asterisks for actions and narration because I like to use standard text without quotation marks for dialogue. I feel that it makes it seem more personal if I can just transition naturally from initial messages into in-character dialogue. I think it creates a sense of continuity, as opposed to a sharp division between myself and the character I'm portraying. I don't care for the latter; I enjoy it more when I feel like I'm actually, y'know, playing the role, instead of like I'm describing what a person separate from myself is saying and doing.
I like to use asterisks for actions and narration because I like to use standard text without quotation marks for dialogue. I feel that it makes it seem more personal if I can just transition naturally from initial messages into in-character dialogue. I think it creates a sense of continuity, as opposed to a sharp division between myself and the character I'm portraying. I don't care for the latter; I enjoy it more when I feel like I'm actually, y'know, playing the role, instead of like I'm describing what a person separate from myself is saying and doing.
This is exactly the reason why I've been using asterisks too. I generally talk pretty flirty or in-character in messages anyway, so I like the ability of starting the action whenever I'd like by using an asterisk to denote it. Instead of making a hard break in a conversation where I have to go "aaaand scene starts now!"
Tbf I also just usually mirror what a partner is doing. I'm really not picky about formatting.
I have no big problem with people using * to emote. I've used it in the past and my first experience with putting actions between asterisks was in my days RPing in World of Warcraft.
Of course most of the time when people said something it would just be done in the normal "/say" channel and when people emoted it was done in the "/emote (/e or /me also worked)" channel. However, sometimes you wanted to do a minor action. For example, if you wanted to sigh mid sentence/between two short sentences it was easier to do it like this (just putting the /say there to know through what channel the message goes through):
/say Do you really think that would work. *sigh* Oh by the Light, what I have to deal with sometimes.
Similarly if people were going to say something small during an emote they'd just put what they said between ".
/emote Vardeck pointed his sword towards his opponent, a grin spreading across his lips. "Your move, kiddo."
It was mostly a way to not flood the chat with too many entries, especially in busy scenes it was easy for your text to get lost if you did separate it. Also if you gave in too many entries in a short time you could get muted for a minute which was inconvenient during RP.
Now, I think why people use it here is because there's just not many clear ways to formal your text here. Sure, you can put stuff in italic. However, the site never actually gives us any idea about chat commands at all and it's chat features are as bare bones as it can get.
Now I don't use asterisks. I just type my actions normal and then "what I say is done like this". I type blind and the asterisks while certainly feasible and easy to type, I find that reaching the " is just much easier and faster for me personally. However, I find it kinda silly to worry about how people format their text. Well, I guess everyone got their own preferences and most of us got one or two things we dislike that others would find silly!
Just establish the rules beforehand and if people don't keep to them just move on. Lingering on problems like this is pointless!
Of course most of the time when people said something it would just be done in the normal "/say" channel and when people emoted it was done in the "/emote (/e or /me also worked)" channel. However, sometimes you wanted to do a minor action. For example, if you wanted to sigh mid sentence/between two short sentences it was easier to do it like this (just putting the /say there to know through what channel the message goes through):
/say Do you really think that would work. *sigh* Oh by the Light, what I have to deal with sometimes.
Similarly if people were going to say something small during an emote they'd just put what they said between ".
/emote Vardeck pointed his sword towards his opponent, a grin spreading across his lips. "Your move, kiddo."
It was mostly a way to not flood the chat with too many entries, especially in busy scenes it was easy for your text to get lost if you did separate it. Also if you gave in too many entries in a short time you could get muted for a minute which was inconvenient during RP.
Now, I think why people use it here is because there's just not many clear ways to formal your text here. Sure, you can put stuff in italic. However, the site never actually gives us any idea about chat commands at all and it's chat features are as bare bones as it can get.
Now I don't use asterisks. I just type my actions normal and then "what I say is done like this". I type blind and the asterisks while certainly feasible and easy to type, I find that reaching the " is just much easier and faster for me personally. However, I find it kinda silly to worry about how people format their text. Well, I guess everyone got their own preferences and most of us got one or two things we dislike that others would find silly!
Just establish the rules beforehand and if people don't keep to them just move on. Lingering on problems like this is pointless!
fdbkr said:
Broke: Using asterisks for RP
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
We Bespoke on this day
Broke: Using asterisks for RP
Woke: Quotes for dialogue and standard text for action
Bespoke: Roleplaying but the font is in Webdings
Fdawer said:
Slaverino said:
Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
it's because it's the fucking type of forums engine that no one knows it. i just don't care to learn it.Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
Going on a limb and guessing it's BBCode.
So one would use [ i ] and close with [ /i ]
Been a while since I interacted with such a forum, however.
iuseitforporn said:
Going on a limb and guessing it's BBCode.
So one would use [ i ] and close with [ /i ]
Been a while since I interacted with such a forum, however.
Fdawer said:
Slaverino said:
Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
it's because it's the fucking type of forums engine that no one knows it. i just don't care to learn it.Yeah it's a shame you can't do regular italic text.
Going on a limb and guessing it's BBCode.
So one would use [ i ] and close with [ /i ]
Been a while since I interacted with such a forum, however.
I think I'd only have the patient to type that on a porper keyboard.
hot_sauce said:
I'm a grammar hall monitor at best, maybe private security guard.
GaggedMage said:
Good, then let them be stubborn. If it really bothers you, you shouldn't need to compromise.
hot_sauce said:
Oh, I do. Twice, they called me a grammar Nazi and left.
DarkShadow12 said:
I don't recall if any of the people I rp with use that. I use "text here" (quotation marks) for when I speak in a rp and (text here.) or <text here.> for actions. Though if you don't like them using that then tell them. Communication in a rp is key.
I don't recall if any of the people I rp with use that. I use "text here" (quotation marks) for when I speak in a rp and (text here.) or <text here.> for actions. Though if you don't like them using that then tell them. Communication in a rp is key.
Oh, I do. Twice, they called me a grammar Nazi and left.
Good, then let them be stubborn. If it really bothers you, you shouldn't need to compromise.
I'm a grammar hall monitor at best, maybe private security guard.
Honestly, why care so long as the rest of the grammar is sound?
*...I slide my dick inside you* Holy fuck, you’re tight!
Is the same as
...I slide my dick inside you. “Holy fuck, you’re tight!”
I’ll usually start with one of the two techniques and switch to whatever my partner is using after their first reply. If someone didn’t like it I’d rather they told me so I could address it.
