A Noob's Guide for Noobs, Written by a Noob

[Vaynth 2965]

Remember you’re playing Minecraft

Now I know what you’re thinking; “Who even are you?” And that’s how I feel about most of you too. I’m nobody for now, but I’m sure in the future I can get acquainted with all of you better. This is the same for everyone on the server. We all have to start somewhere, and that’s why I have created this guide for the newest of the newcomers on LOTC to help them through their first few weeks of the game.

 

Before I begin talking about the specifics of this role-play server, I would like to draw attention to the fact that you should at minimum learn the basic controls of Minecraft before you choose to divulge yourself into the RP side of it. While playing LOTC doesn’t feel at all like playing normal Minecraft, the main differences are the structured lore, nations, characters, and emote system. The game itself if almost exactly the same.

 

When I made my first character, I found myself constantly drowning and falling off ladders. After not playing Minecraft in two years I dis-remembered a large majority of the controls. I eventually got used to it, but just try to spare yourself the embarrassment of having to ask someone how to turn off auto-jump or create a work bench. And remember Google can be your best friend.



Read the lore

I cannot put enough emphasis on this but I’ll try. PLEASE AT LEAST READ THE LORE FOR YOUR SPECIFIC RACE. I know it can be a lot to take in at once, but it’s good to put the extra effort into taking this important step. It doesn’t have to be memorized all at once, as you can always go back and look again.. Role-play is all about reading and writing anyways!

 

When joining, I personally made a huge mistake of going into the server not knowing anything about my own character’s background. I ended up RPing that she has amnesia for about a week and followed a High Elven mage around like a lost puppy after physically bumping into him and breaking his golden eggs. I was very relieved when I finally searched in the forums for Wood Elven lore and began to create an actual story line for my character involving the Aspects rather than just following others around in a confused manner.

 

It’s also a good idea to look at your appearance guide. I’ve seen plenty of pure wood elves walking around with pale white skin, but that doesn’t just naturally occur in the world of LOTC. Race for a character is often very dependent on the appearance of your skin. Mixed races tend to have more leniency in this category. If appropriate to their background they could have the coal colored skin of a Mali’ker while simultaneously having the gem colored eyes and blonde hair of a Mali’aheral.

 

You may also want to ensure you’re properly dressed for the nation you’ll be living in. For instance, in some nations any off-the-shoulder shirts are deemed sultry and highly inappropriate. Also know that mixed races are not welcome by some, and will indefinitely lead to your character being called “impure” at least once in your RP experience. Leaving this topic on a more positive note, you will have much more to role-play about when you understand what’s happening around you.


Learn the emote system

One of the most difficult things for new players to grasp the concept of is the emote system. I’ve been very active on LOTC for about two months now and I still completely mess up my emotes occasionally. Normally I end up having to void the entire text and rewrite it. I will do my best to explain how it works here.

Example 1

What was written-

How it translated when entered-

Problem: The speech and action are switched.This is a more common mistake than you would think.
Solution: If you are writing an action first, place an asterisk before you begin



Example 2
What was written-

How it translated when entered-

Problem: Repeated name.
Solution: Your character’s name will already be at the beginning of whatever you type. There's no need to write it in at the beginning.



Example 3

What was written-

How it translated when entered-

Problem: This one’s not too worrisome, but the asterisk is showing at the beginning on the action.
Solution: This is an easy fix. If the action is after the speech, you don’t need an asterisk at all.



Some other helpful tips on emoting-
If something you’re typing doesn’t fit on a single line, you can put a dash at the end as a continuation, as long as you start the next line with another dash. If you’re going onto a new word, do a dash and then a space at the second line so that the two words don’t merge together.
Line one

Line two

Completed sentence


This is just a suggestion, but I highly recommend that you try your best not to emote thoughts. It could lead to potentially lead to meta-gaming. The other character’s shouldn’t be able to know what’s on your character’s mind.
 

What not to do:

This is okay!:


One last thing I wanted to bring to attention is that there are different settings you can use to determine how close people have to be in order to read your emotes.

You can either apply these before the emote for one time use, or type in the command and enter to set it to that distance until it’s manually changed.

/rp Is the default setting. It can be heard through walls and 20 blocks away.

/q Can’t be heard through walls. The distance is approximately 8 blocks.

/w Is the whisper setting. It can only be heard up to two blocks away.

/s Allows others to hear your emotes about 48 blocks from your location.


Basic tips for getting into RP
 

• So this isn’t a rule at all, but something I found extremely helpful was starting my character at the beginning of a new map. Technically I joined LOTC seven months ago, but I wasn’t able become invested in it do to being the only person walking around confused and unsure of what to do or where to go. At least if you start at the release of a new map, you won’t be the only one wandering lost and alone. This is also the time the server is most active; therefore much easier to find others to RP with. Keep in mind the map resets every year!

 

 

• Hungry and can’t find food? Do /bread to save your life

 

 

• Still confused? Type /h for help chat.

 

 

• Interact with those around you. The best part of RP is creating story lines with other characters. If you’re inexperienced at role-playing in general, watch the way others emote their character’s feelings and movements. You may learn a thing or two.

 

 

• Pick up a couple skills. People will go to you for materials or favors and that creates more RP and more things to do. You might even get a few minas out of it.

That’s about all I have for now, but I may update this in the future if I think of other important topics to add. I created this purely because I want to help new players on the server who have too many questions to answer at once. May this guide.. Guide you!

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

 

[Mr. Etan 2839]

 

[WuHanXianShi14 0]

I moved this to the whitelist section for you, so new applicants will be able to see this post better :)

[ShameJax 1391]

A wonderful job!

[garentoft 8352]

This is overall a fantastic post, it'll be a lovely help for the new players.

 

Also thanks to Leo for moving it to the whitelist apps section.

[Nekkore 641]

Great guide

[Argontum 153]

Very nice