Roleplaying

[pez]

I've never really roleplayed before.

*looks around* Damn, I think people heard me.

Was just looking at br_tenipuri, and I have no real idea what's going on, except everybody who plays has to get a new account for their character... but how does it work? Do people just like, post on those journals? Like, write the continuation of the story? Or do they have to agree with each other what's going to happen? They do things in turns? o_o What? Or do they all do something at the agreed time? (but doesn't that mean everybody has to be at their computers at the same time...)

I have absolutely no idea what goes on in RP, for all these years knowing people who RP like mad. I feel like a newbie in fandom. XD

Comments

[arithion.livejournal.com]

well I'm an rpg'er from way back, you know... pen and paper rpg's lol.
From what I can gather in anime roleplays, you create a premise for the rpg to be created upon and start the story on that basis. In LJ rpg's you usually have a semi-valid reason why everyone has an LJ lol, and it goes from there.

Each player needs to make a different roleplay lj, simply because it would get damn confusing to constantly be posting from your own, when you are, in effect, playing someone else. You then proceed to keep that LJ as if you were in fact that character.
If you have interactions outside of that LJ, they usually, as far as I can tell, take place in AIM. These can then be transposed into fics which are then posted for the benefit of those who are tracking the rpg... kind of as a more solid view of how the world of that particular rpg is progressing.

Did I make sense?

I hope so...because I've been toying with the idea of setting up an rpg for the pure reason that I have this NEED to play Fuji lol... and he's always the first to go *pout*

anyhu... typing out smile 6 atm... *grins*