Tips for Roleplaying

You always hate being at bad roleplay right? This page can help yourself improve your skills and learn some handy tips! Remember to still check Rules of Yellowstone. to make sure you are still following the rules while roleplaying. GENERAL RP:

- Remember to always be fair. Not everything has to go your way. Let others give their imput.

- You could use quotes when talking in roleplay.

Example: "Well, well, well. We have a guest here."

- Make sure to try your best to include everyone in your roleplay!

- If you are annoyed or disturbed by someone in or out of roleplay, tell them to stop and maybe explain why they're annoying or disturbing you. If they continue ignore/avoid (void) them. Any further they go, you can report them on the Yellowstone discord.

- Godmodding is annoying, just don't do it. Godmodding is when an individual makes their character "Godlike." Examples include, invincibility, amazing strength and speed, beauty, the list continues... Another term for this is Mary Sue Character or Gary Stu character. FIGHTING:

- When fighting, do not powerplay.

Example: The male tackled the rouge pinning him down. (Wait for the person to come out with their move, do 1-2 attacks at a time.)

The rouge yelped, quickly trying to kick the male off itself. (Now that the person has spoken, you can do your move.)

- Do not swarm a person when fighting. To make it a fair fight, it could be a 2 vs. 1. Do not make the person you are fighting uncomfortable and do not be unfair to the other player. As stated above, wait for your turn.

- When fighting, aim at the neck and legs.

- Ask permission to kill or badly injure someone's character. Be respectful of their perspective.

- Excessive gore, abuse, and over board stuff is not allowed when fighting. OCs (Original characters)

- Do NOT STEAL others' characters, it can make them unhappy and it's just plain rude. No one likes a copy-cat. Be creative and make a unique character for a roleplay. Surprise others!

- Your character shouldn't be overpowered or astoundingly beautiful/handsome. It can have higher skill levels, but do not overpower yourself or else the roleplay will become unpleasant for everyone else. DRAMA (Rp Arguments & Sad Stuff):

- When in an argument, refrain from using caps lock and try to utilize the exclamation point. Most of the time, using all caps makes you appear crazy and people are less likely to take you seriously.

- Be fair and listen to the other side. You may not agree with the opposing side, but you should let them have the time of day to speak. Don't interrupt. It frustrates others and makes the situation worse than it needs to be. Be civil.

- If your character is sad/upset/depressed and someone asks you ''"What's wrong?" or "What's the matter?",'' and in the rp you tell them to leave you alone, don't get upset when they actually leave you alone. Don't say that they don't care about you, because you told them to leave you alone after they asked you. This would be considered hypocritical.

- When a character dies in the rp, please be respectful.

- Refrain from giving your character in the rp mental disorders. This is offensive to people who do suffer from mental disorders and many times characters with mental disorders poorly represent the actual disorder. Mental disorders are not embellishments that you can flaunt in a fictional rp character. Respect that. If you still feel that your character "has" to have a mental disorder, research the mental disorder in order to have an informed and accurate representation of the disorder in your fictional character.

- Also, refrain from giving your character terminal illness. For the same reasons as giving fictional rp characters mental disorders, giving a fictional rp character terminal illness is also exponentially offensive to the people who do suffer from terminal illness. If you still feel that your character "has" to have an illness, research the illness in order to have an informed and accurate representation of the illness in your fictional character.

- Tragic backstories for characters is also offensive. Keep the tragedies in a character's backstory to a minimum or keep the tragedies that they "experienced" ambiguous. Using tragic events as an embellishment for a character is offensive to individuals who actually have experienced tragedies in reality.

- Be reasonable. After all, its just a game. Try not to take it too seriously. After all, everyone is playing just to have a good time. Don't ruin it for others and just stay chill lol.