dreamwidth rp Q&A

[swagu]

First of all, welcome to Dreamwidth-based roleplay!

I'm opening up this posts to general questions about roleplaying on this site because after seeing some newer players come into this format, I realized that there are a lot of things I take for granted and just assume everyone knows even though that's not always the case! We're a very unique format with our own standards, lingo, and what have you, and it's often difficult to jump into unless you have someone holding your hand along the way. There are a lot of resources out there to get you started, but at the same time, there's always something better about asking a person directly when you have a question instead of hunting for an answer in something that's already been written and may not even apply!

Just to give you a little background about me, since I'll be answering the questions, my name is Christy! I actually started out on journal-based roleplaying on Livejournal in 2006 more or less on a whim, and I've been continuously playing ever since. I've played a wide variety of characters in an even wider variety of games, and I've both created games from scratch and run them and helped mod ones that other people have made. So as such, you can ask questions about RP from the perspective of a player, but also from the perspective of a mod.

And of course, as a disclaimer, all answers I give are purely from my experience and my opinions! You might find that other people have different opinions or answers to questions, and I of course encourage people to jump in and answer questions as they see fit. This post is open to any kinds of questions at all, and if I don't have an answer for you off the top of my head, I'll do my best to try and find one for you. There's no such thing as a stupid question, so ask whatever you want! Even if it seems like the most basic, inane thing, I'm still happy to answer.

So go ahead! Ask any questions you'd like, and I'll answer them as quickly as I can. ♥

Comments

[mikii]

HI CHRISTY it's jasper, I'm just over here because I'm a little nervous about asking these since... I FEEL LIKE THESE QUESTIONS ARE A LITTLE DUMB but these are also things I've been curious about for a long time, so!

1. After the whole intro log of acceptances, etc, as lame as this question sounds, what do you do... after that? I’ve seen where people make opens/closeds just generally based on the setting of the group (and about the event if there's an event going on), and post it into one of the game’s journals (usually the main one). Is that how tagging typically works, post-intro log?

2. Will we (new dw rpers) eventually get used to keeping track of all of the games’ journals with time? I’m not used to keeping up with a (game name)mod journal, and then the (game name)ooc journal, and then this journal and that journal, and right now, it’s all a little overwhelming... So I’m just wondering if this is something that’ll eventually sink in!

3. This one's just about setting up DW accounts as well as your personal opinion on this, since there's a lot of settings and I do get lost sometimes. Do you have any account settings that you personally favor changing/unchecking/etc. every time you create a DW account? Such as, for example, unchecking the box that allows posts to be shown in DW's skin, and so forth...

4. And the biggest question: How long did it take for you to get the hang of boomeranging?

These are all the questions I have for now! Thank you in advance, and If I think of more, I'll ask them.

[fists]

This post is so cute.

How do I stop being a flake, Christy... How do I choose one character and stick to it...