Seven Virtues of Roleplaying
Chastity:
Be naive. Be nervous. Be things other than sexually confident.
Restrict yourself to one relationship per 50 forum pages, or one relationship per two weeks.
Restrict yourself to one relationship per 50 forum pages, or one relationship per two weeks.
Temperance:
Do everything in moderation, including posting. Too many posts= stress.
Let others have a turn in everything.
Let others have a turn in everything.
Charity:
Be helpful, especially to newbies.
Be considerate. We all have real lives and might need a little help now and then.
Be understanding. Not everyone is perfect.
Be considerate. We all have real lives and might need a little help now and then.
Be understanding. Not everyone is perfect.
Diligence:
Stay updated as much as possible.
Make an effort to have interesting characters, make interesting posts, and use good grammar and spelling.
Make an effort to have interesting characters, make interesting posts, and use good grammar and spelling.
Patience:
Chances are, other players are in different time zones. Respect this. Don't whine.
Never double post.
Allow extra time for other players to make well constructed posts.
Never double post.
Allow extra time for other players to make well constructed posts.
Kindness:
Always be polite.
Always use kind language when arguing. Never curse; it makes you sound silly.
Never be condescending or obnoxious.
Always use kind language when arguing. Never curse; it makes you sound silly.
Never be condescending or obnoxious.
Humility:
Take praise, but don't brag. A simple thank you will suffice.
Always compliment back if complimented.
Always compliment back if complimented.
The Eight Virtue: Integrity
(Courtesy of Silvereye. )
Online Integrity:
Online integrity is your online reputation. For instance, Elemental is known for being honest, kind, and generally a very good individual. A lot of newbies do things in roleplays that they just don't understand what they did, and so their reputation goes down because they fight with the more experienced people over what they did. However, if you take older roleplayer's criticism with humility and you don't fight them, then your integrity actually goes up, because it tells those people you're a person who knows they're still learning. Even those people are still learning, even those that have roleplayed since five years ago.
Online Integrity:
Online integrity is your online reputation. For instance, Elemental is known for being honest, kind, and generally a very good individual. A lot of newbies do things in roleplays that they just don't understand what they did, and so their reputation goes down because they fight with the more experienced people over what they did. However, if you take older roleplayer's criticism with humility and you don't fight them, then your integrity actually goes up, because it tells those people you're a person who knows they're still learning. Even those people are still learning, even those that have roleplayed since five years ago.