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Post by mitnestep on Nov 15, 2010 14:41:31 GMT -5
My basic RP skills I got from years of DnD and now I got 4yrs of RP on furcadia. I am not a good speller sadly. I need help with a better vocab if at all possible. I like AWW and am thinking of staying.
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kenny.
Fiesty Pup
it's not how long you live, but what your morals say.
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Post by kenny. on Feb 8, 2012 1:40:41 GMT -5
honestly, the "good" roleplayers now'a'days don't care about vocab, length. it matters that you understand what you're doing, and you roleplay without being completely random, and being fair. a post like "Shuga growls at the other wolf menacingly, warning the other wolf off. Her tail raised, and her hears lay against her skull, showing both aggression and dominance over the other wolf." something like that, i'd usually do longer posts, and then if you'd reply with "Mitnestep prances through flowers and barks at the other wolf, happy to see her!" or even something like "Mitnestep growls at the other wolf and runs away quickly!"... we don't like that.
if you /do/ want to get fancy, do NOT use wolf-speak. people don't like it! i mean you can but it's not as used as much as it was. i use thesaurus to make my posts pretty /if/ i feel like it. usually i just sort of type whatever, keep the post flowing and long using descriptive words but still with words that most people use and not fancy words.
really, just do whatever. if you want to make it fancy, use thesaurus.com or dictionary.com or something, but if you just want to keep your paragraphs long and flow, use whatever words you want, they don't have to be big (: ..
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Rant
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Post by Rant on Feb 9, 2012 16:11:40 GMT -5
I agree with Kenny completely. The standards of role-play has seemed to decrease from the lack of role-play. So most days finding someone who can just write a coherent post is exciting. Wolf-speak and thesaurus beaters are frowned upon. There is nothing wrong with improving your vocab, as long as it is reasonable. As any writer, think about who your audience age is. If they can't understand you, what's the point?
If you wish to expand your vocab, I would suggest just hitting up some where like Dictionary.com or any where that has a word of the day, and what ever word it is try using it in a role-play or even casual conversation to learn it. You cannot memorize and learn everything in a short time.
Or you can even take the common words you use and look up their synonyms, then use and learn some of them. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as you remain realistic of which words to use. There isn't a point of using the ones that no one can even pronounce, let alone know the meaning without looking it up.
If you wish to practice using new words in role-play, you can always whisper me on Rant and I have no problem being a practice dummy and helping you improve.
Edit: Oops, sorry Zae. I looked at the yesterday post without looking at the original date on the first one. That is a no no on my part. Apologies.
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Post by Zae on Feb 9, 2012 16:33:17 GMT -5
It's true, the standards of accepted roleplay vary from place to place. My motto is, It's not the length of the word that matters, its how well you use it. ... and way to revive a dead thread, guys.
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