My role-playing etiquette

[Omni]

This was an interesting topic to go brought up on the chat which I've been thinking about. A lot of people stick to a very strict posting order kind of thing. But I thought I'd share my method.

When I feel like posting, I post. When the person I'm with feels like posting, they post. They can control my character and I can control theirs. This way when you're really feeling it </Shulk> you don't have to wait on someone else, and you don't feel like you're getting harangued to post when you really don't feel like it. Obviously it's great when you're on a vibe with someone(s) and bouncing off each other, but in the real world it doesn't always work out like that.

Of course, if someone drops out for absolutely months then eventually I'm going to cut them out of my thread. This is more for a week-to-week thing. I also think it's still good to communicate with people to make sure you aren't jacking up their character.

What do you guys think? What are your preferred methods?

[Yu Kanda]

Currently i am keeping to the post-in-order method. BUT if agreed upon this etiquette that all the people involved are free to post when they can / feel like it i would be totally up for that. Takes away allot of waiting / stress.

It's not fun for the other person to keep hearing the question : "when are you going to post" it pressures them and makes posting less fun.

So i'd say this is a nice thought

[Omni]

This is one of the reasons I tend to keep my groups small and tight. When there are lots of people who don't know each other's characters very well, it doesn't work. If it's me and Ganon, we can get very flexible and usually go at it a long time with no problems.

[Ganondorf]

It's because me and Omni both are like: "Eh... we'll post whenevs."

[Jim Raynor]

As my history can be seen, I tend to roleplay alone unless sagas or what not are going on. On the rare occasions when I do roleplay with others, it's usually because I've banged out a story in advance with them, and we tend to get it done. Of course stuff normally comes up, but I'm pretty happy as long as the other person keeps me in the loop if they haven't posted for a week or something. As long as there's communication, I'm all good.

[Kenjiro Masters]

Ehh..Not going to lie, I've never had to RP out someone else's character, and I'm often worried about not doing things justice, you know?

[Ganondorf]

I got that joke, Greg!

[Makoto Yuki]

Ehh..Not going to lie, I've never had to RP out someone else's character, and I'm often worried about not doing things justice, you know?

^^^THIS

I will if I have to, but will try to wait.

[Mickey Mouse]

RPing someone else's character is one of the coolest things about this Omniverse. Really it's nothing to be nervous about because it moves the story along and makes it in general a more dynamic read.

That said, it's always good to do your research. If you're going to be writing someone else, always extensively look at their roster. As an extra measure, I always PM my post to the other party the first few times so they can tell me if I'm on the right track. I also feel free to ask questions, like, "Would your character do this?"

[Thaal Sinestro]

I usually like to give people a chance to respond, if they want to. I just feel bad if I'm edging people out. I also would post at least two times a week, which might be a bit much for some writers, sometimes?

It also comes up when I know that there's an interaction between a few characters that I don't want to skip over or write FOR them, so that's another reason I might wait.

[Magus]

RPing someone else's character is one of the coolest things about this Omniverse. Really it's nothing to be nervous about because it moves the story along and makes it in general a more dynamic read.

That said, it's always good to do your research. If you're going to be writing someone else, always extensively look at their roster. As an extra measure, I always PM my post to the other party the first few times so they can tell me if I'm on the right track. I also feel free to ask questions, like, "Would your character do this?"

This. Nothing to be concerned about and mistakes do happen - people are usually pretty cool about it. I tend to avoid getting too in-depth with other people's characters unless I really know I have a good handle on them - in my fight w/ Caira and TBG, this is why I didn't try to frame much of the fight at all from their point of view. A little more dry/flat, sure, but at least I'm not butchering someone else's character that way.

I'm of the "post whenever you feel like it" etiquette as Omni is, so long as everyone's cool w/ it. Some things (like fights) need a more rigid post order (I guess) but other than that, I think it'd be more fun for most people involved to post at whatever pace they prefer.

[Mickey Mouse]

I decided to tack a post onto the end of my roster about my personal preferences so that people are more informed when they're RPing with me. Thought it might be a cool thing for people to try?

[Yu Kanda]

I decided to tack a post onto the end of my roster about my personal preferences so that people are more informed when they're RPing with me. Thought it might be a cool thing for people to try?

That is a great idea ! may i suggest more people do this ? I will write one up aswell

[Shulk]

One challenge I've had with writing Shulk is his visions. Because of the tedious way edits work, I want to double or quadruple check with people in a thread before I essentially write their character's death. Even though the whole gimmick is "this won't happen because teamwork," one slip up would ruin the moment because what happened in the vision didn't happen. I.E. Volvagia doesn't attack because we didn't get him as an NPC.

That, and I'm generally antsy about writing the dialogue of characters I don't know, and I'm worried that if I'm not clear enough I'd get accused of godmodding. Bit of a stressful power to write, all things considered.