The Hall of Shame
by Avalon BennetNow, I would like to begin this article with a disclaimer. I am not going to claim any responsibility for anything, for any hurt feelings, etc. You posted your role-play and therefore I am free to mock and/or praise it. If you have a problem, I would say to take it up with me...but as I am writing it under a fake name, I fear that is impossible. v Role-playing is an art, and as an art, there are certain key standards that need to be upheld. For example, let us examine the art of one-lining--and by "art," I mean it in the way math is an art. Mainly, that it is not. Let us examine a few examples of these.
"lets try.!!" she said with determination. she grabed her carte and began to push. She signal Jasmine to fellow
First, we can see the horrid spelling; ‘fellow,’ ‘grabed’, ‘carte.’ After we manage to discern the meaning, we notice a few things – lack of capitalizing, excessive punctuating, incorrect quoting, as well as confusing tenses; mind you, this is barely pushing one line of text.
The response:
"Ihope this doesnt hurt"said jasmine worried
Spacing issues become apparent here, as well as a shocking lack of capitalization or punctuation. The grammar nerd in me begins to wither slightly.
Also included in this role-play is a lovely anime photo. And by lovely, I mean scarring and horrific. Please, no anime photos. No one-liners, and even if you must one line, try to take a moment to spell/punctuate correctly. Please.
And now, onto another role-play, entitled ‘That’s Not Possible.’ This is a good role-play – surpassing fifteen pages with absolutely no one lining and paragraphs of well-written text in each post.
Here’s a short excerpt from one post by liona_black.
“A bark like laughter erupted next to him. Remus turned to see James clutching his side and pointing at Sirius. Moony turned his head in time to see Sirius standing up again and making his way back to them. Padfoot shook his head. “I was so close to falling in that bloody lake,” he said laughing.”
In the first line, I almost died of shock. A metaphor! Tense agreement! Correct quoting! It’s clear, concise and lovely. Yes, not everyone is on this level, but we can all strive for something. Now, imagine if I wrote this article like the first role-play.
roleplayin is inpporta nd stuff so yes and do it well. its was good idea!!
See my point? So try. And perhaps next time, your role-play can be quoted in the Hall of Fame…or the Hall of Shame.