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THREE EVENTS & TIPS YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY A QUICK GUIDE ON HOW TO SPICE UP YOUR EVENTS ♪♫♪ INTRODUCTION Hello friends, This post is here to help give you some ideas of possible simple yet fun events to create roleplay for your community. I wrote three events with examples, hoping it inspires someone to pursue event hosting or even encourages players to go to the next event. This is part one of many guides to come, enjoy! EVENT NUMBER ONE - TAVERN NIGHTS What’s a settlement/nation without a tavern? It’s the prime key to generating roleplay and keeping things pleasant. Or unpleasant if you watch a six hour crp fight go down in the middle of the night… QUESTIONS TO ASK FIRST Before we get into hosting tavern nights, we must discuss the interior/layout of the tavern Is the layout good for roleplay? Is the menu visible? Is there art? Is there another area for bigger events? Is there a fight pit? Is there a small store so people can buy drinks? Does it flow naturally? Do quiet emotes overlap? Are there different options for seating? These are important questions to ask when creating a tavern. Why? Because every detail will matter and create roleplay scenarios and opportunities. People will notice and praise the hard work you put into it. BRAINSTORMING IDEAS Now, the big question - what is a tavern night? It can be anything from a drinking game, or crp/pvp fights in the pit, or free drinks night. Mina or item prizes are a big bonus, who doesn’t want free mina or items? You need to create an event where it’ll engage players constantly, keep them entertained even if they leave mid event. EVENT NUMBER TWO - FESTIVALS A simple but yet a lighthearted event, creating tons of opportunity for roleplay. It can range from a snow festival to a fish one. Be as random as you can be with it, the more strange the better! QUESTIONS TO ASK FIRST Jumping onto the boat of festivals - we need to figure out a theme, ideas, etc If you have a theme, has it been done before? If yes, how could you make it different? If not, how could you make it super unique? Are there decorations matching the theme? What games will be hosted? CRP/PVP? Will there be small shops? Tents? Stalls? Is it an open area? If so, is there enough space where rp can flow well? If not, how can you make enough space for attendees and shops/etc? Hosting festivals can be a bit harder to host since you’ll need more people and help, more numbers the better. Don’t do this festival alone, it will be stressful. Trust me. However, the questions above can help you figure out how to sort it out. BRAINSTORMING IDEAS This is an opportunity to be as random as you can be (I’m not kidding). The funniest, strangest, wildest theme attracts more people. The reason for it is because people want to see something different - be different! For the games and stalls, reach out to people. Even from other nations (allied or not). It makes people feel included and appreciated, making them want to do more in the future. Two of my favorite festivals were the 100th year anniversary of Haense and one in Celia’nor. I got to be a part of it for both, selling items on my Kortrevich Countess. The reason why these two festivals stood out to me the most was because I got asked to be a part of it and was able to host some games - enjoying my time there! EVENT NUMBER THREE - BALLS Another simple but yet a lighthearted event. It’s something everyone looks forward to, it’s an easy way to get to know more people within the community. If you’re a new player, I highly recommend going to one of these. QUESTIONS TO ASK FIRST The questions are going to be similar to the ones from the festival section, with a bit of a twist. If you have a theme, has it been done before? If yes, how could you make it different? If not, how could you make it super unique? Are there decorations matching the theme? Is there a dress code? Is there a big open area for dancing to be allowed? Will there be players emoting music being played? How about food and drink items? Will that also be given out? Is there any special effects someone can do? Just like festivals, they are a bit difficult to host due to how big the event can be. Do ask for help, get a group of players to assist. BRAINSTORMING IDEAS My favorite thing about hosting balls is going out of the ordinary to do them. One of them was a part of a three day festival, another one was to celebrate the stars, and the other was for the social season. Don’t limit yourself to a basic theme, go further than that. Add activities to it, emote music and people serving drinks, give out party favors. Dress code is a big hit, allowing players to get creative with their skins and accessories. The small things like that make players feel more welcomed and comfortable. TIPS AND RESOURCES Here’s some links that could be helpful for your event If you need materials or other resources, here’s a guide to nodes By WestCarolina Almaris Resource Node Allocation If you need special fonts and characters, here’s some sites (note not all of them will work, you gotta figure which one works) Special Fonts Symbols Use signs to enhance the event and roleplay By E__V__O RP Signs Guide For organization, I highly recommend making another Google Account or using Google Drive to keep everything in a folder. Make a Google Doc for items, emotes, signs up, etc - it will help you in the long run! CLOSING THOUGHTS In the end, don’t feel limited. Be creative, go crazy with your event. If you have any questions or want to help out with the next post, please send me a message on the forums or on discord (dove#8701)!
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Hey I'm a new player and I've been having a really fun time so far, however I find it difficult to start new personal roleplay. When I say personal roleplay, I define it as roleplay more personalised to your individual character between groups of 2-10 I would say. As an example I would put beginning a conversation, adventure, journey with someone I have never met and have only run into in town squares, passing on the road, etc. If anyone is interested in roleplaying at some point, I am very extremely down. however, the purpose of this post is to garner advice on beginning roleplay with someone I have no OOC reason to interact with. So far my only real roleplay experiences have been community run/organised. This is fun, but infrequent and I would like to rp more often. - a lost player P.S If anyone has advice on improving forum posts, I would love to hear. P.P.S If anyone has advice on places to hangout to get into more rp I will be there :D P.P.P.S Btw what's the procedure for messaging people (in game) about rp opportunities, for example if you've been offered a job) P.P.P.P.S If anyone has other advice I would love to hear. (final P.S I promise)
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*Whilst wandering about you stumble upon a modest black tome bearing no hints of identifiable qualities, do you care to pry open the pages and seek what it bears within?* How to be Evil [Vol. I] An authentic book penned in the tone of Roleplay!
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Greetings Fellow Roleplayers! Today I shall be giving you my top 5 ways of improving your roleplay so that both you, and those around you get to enjoy and fun role playing experience. So let's begin! Tip 5: Lower the use of LOOC as much as possible. When role playing, you don't want yours, nor other peoples chat spammed with Local Out Of Character arguing about who stabbed who in what place and "Oh he's power gaming" etc. Make your role playing decent enough so that there won't need to be any LOOC arguing. Tip 4: Be unique. Toe be unique, one does not need to become a fire Mage from a distant land who can breathe fire like a dragon. One must be completely unique in their own little way. Of course everybody is unique in real life, and it would be annoying if you copied an elf called Steve, and you followed his every move, using all of Steve's traits as your own. The slightest things, such as having an obsession with mushrooms, or fluent in elvish when being a human are all things that make your character stand out that little bit more. Make your character different to everybody else's, but not dramatically. Tip 3: Variety. Variety in roleplay is very important, because if your character does exactly the same thing, at exactly the same time in the same place every single day, then it will just get boring and people won't roleplay with you. Travel, maybe try something that thou has never done. For example if your character is a good boy and doesn't drink, try letting him try going into a tavern and ordering a pint of Emberhard's finest. Or even something as simple as, speaking with different races. If you mostly roleplay with elves or humans, try role playing with some orcs, or halflings! (Halflings are small and usual neglected so do try and roleplay with us some more, thank you ;) ) Tip 2: Develop your character. This is also a very important part of your RP experience. People develop over time in real life, so why shouldn't they in Anthos? Your character should change over a period of time, maybe becoming stronger physically, or mentally. Things that may be inflicted on your character may change how they view things. Just anything, especially the small things. A character that stays exactly the same from the moment they are born, to the moment when they die, is not as interesting as a character that develops and becomes perhaps weaker or more friendly towards high elves or whatever. Tip1: Be prepared to lose. I have seen this personally, there are two types of players on LoTC. There is Type 1, who are the people who are in it for the roleplay experience, and don't care about what they lose or gain, they just let it develop their character. Then there is Type 2, who will do anything to avoid losing their precious items, and even power game/meta game to avoid it. Realistically, everybody loses possessions, and losing is part of life. When you lose, it provides the necessary thought to try and win next time, and losing helps to develop your character and your level of skill in role playing. If you are fighting, let the roleplay run it's course, and if you lose, so what? You have improved your level of role playing skill by being able to lose. Don't get competitive OOC for something that is IC. So that's my top 5 tips for improving your LoTC Roleplay experience. I hope you use these in game, so as to better yourselves. Feedback is welcome and have anything that you feel is more important? Let me know below! I may not use it in my list, but I look forward to seeing your ideas and responses! Thank you for reading! -Hammy
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Hey-oh. It's Ford here! After coming back to LotC from a several month break, I've noticed the amount of RP has rose! However, it's quality has gone down significantly! So, I've decided to make this guide just because why not. To begin, know this is completely based on my opinion of how role-play should be...So, le's do dis. 1. Never. EVER. Emote your thoughts. This is the one thing that I've noticed happening more often. There's no point in emoting your thoughts, because no one else can even hear you. The point of emotes are to express your characters actions, whether they be simple or complex. Emoting your thoughts doesn't move role-play forward whatsoever. Not only that, but it clutters the chat and creates gaps between actual physical emotes, which makes it slightly more irritating. Refrain from emoting your thoughts, as said above. 2. Don't be afraid to die. I've seen a few new players who get into fights that either they did or didn't start and they never want to die even though the current situation that there in practically states they should be dead by now. Do NOT be afraid to die during a battle. You will be teleported back to the monks and healed, however you will lose only 30 minutes of your memory, which isn't that bad. If you value your new character so much to the point where you can't possibly let them take a stab, then you need to rethink some things.Also, when fighting, you don't always have to be a fighting master. Sometimes being inexperienced in close-combat fights makes for better role-play. Don't be afraid to lose. 3. You CAN be detailed when making your emotes. Many times I've seen newbies who rush their emotes to try and be one step ahead of their opponent or fellow role-players, but their action is somewhat vague and can create confusion. Detailed emotes really do add feeling to role-play, and trust me: Short emotes can be detailed. Take your time. And when someone rushes you, simply continue typing until you're finished. 4. Fighting isn't the only fun thing in Anthos. Though fighting is fun, there's absolutely no need to make that the only "fun" thing to do on LotC when there's still so much that you can do to have fun. If you only consider fighting fun, then that's just your character and I understand, but just realize that there are other ways of having fun. 5. Relax. That's a big one. There are people that get angry over games, and they're usually immature, but it's definitely much more immature to get angry over some Minecraft fantasy role-play with pixel characters. There's no need to get upset over a little role-play that doesn't go your way. However, if you realize that this is unfair and you feel that it's ruining your experience, tell someone. Call for a staff member, take screenshots, show how you were wronged, but ALWAYS try to smooth out the situation with whoever wronged you first. Never get frustrated over a role-playing server. Stemming onto this, if you do develop real-life frustration over some role-play, try as hard as you can to not bring it back into the game world. It has happened before, and it ends up in chaos. If you're really that upset, just turn your computer off and step away. 6. Don't use OOC for silly things like saying "Hehe, I like pie too!" Tells and messages to other players can be used for that. It becomes annoying when used near a scene where real role-play is happening. OOC also, once again, clutters the chat and adds unneeded gaps between emotes and dialogue. Just remember that instead of using OOC, you can do /msg and then /r and type in your message to someone. An inordinate amount of times have I seen back-to-back dialogue over pointless things between two people in OOC that ruin role-play nearby. Just take it to /msg's. One more thing is that the best time to use OOC is when you want to explain a certain emote or action to many around you who may not understand what you just did. OOC can also be used to correct spelling errors or grammatical errors. Use OOC wisely and rarely 7. Quoted by AlpineAl himself, a veteran player, comes another great tip. "Don't try to get out of things with OOC. Voiding RP is a last resort." 8. Try showing fear where it's needed. I can understand if you want to be a total bad-ass, but when everyone else is running away and cowering in fear, you don't ALWAYS have to be the hero that stands up to the big baddie without a single hint of fear. Showing fear and surprise is a good thing, and likewise being traumatized by little itsy-bitsy events shouldn't be role-played too much either. I'll add more. Depends on how popular this gets. Probably not too popular, though...
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