Roleplay Help

 

Are you having some problems in getting into a Federation because you can't RolePlay long enough? Or are Presidents not letting you in because the way you RolePlay isn't the best strategy? Well here is where I can do my best to try and help you guys improve, now with some people lets face it they just suck but in my 1 year in E-Wrestling I have been able to help a lot of people including myself. This is the page where you will learn what makes a good roleplay and what makes a bad one, well, at least in this fed. Of course everyone has different opinions.....

 

 

First of all this is a given, when anyone starts out RolePlaying lets face it they suck. The reason for that is because they don't even know how they are suppose to RolePlay. If you have just started E-Wrestling and are in a Federation you are not going to be great that's pretty obvious, but when starting out the key is to try and remain in that Federation and improve with each RolePlay you ever do

Whenever you RolePlay it is extremely important for you at all costs to keep the reader excited. However, I know sometimes it is hard to think of ideas for your RolePlays but no matter what you must RolePlay whether the ideas are flowing in or not. If you don't, you have the chance of being fired from the Federation for lack of RolePlaying, below I will list a few examples of what NOT to do in your RolePlays. Then below that I will list some examples of what you should do in your RolePlays

 

Bad RolePlays

• "hay u fucking moran, fight me on monday for the belt cos im gonna kick your fucking ass"
• "i hate ur guts so we need to fight so get in the ring where i can beat you"

Good RolePlays

• "You want to know why I challenged you to a Falls Count Anywhere match? Well its simple, a normal match would obviously favour you because you could win by disqualification and say that you truly won. Don't worry, this match has nothing to do with luck, odds, or games for that matter. This match has everything to do with ability, and in ring ability. In my legendary past I have proven time and time again why I main event every card, and every PPV, and why I am always the one who receives all the challenges. What you must understand is that to me you are just my first opponent and my example, in fact I wouldn't consider this match crucial, I don't have to think of it as important either because I know that I'll win easily....very easily!"
• "Tomorrow Night I am going to walk down to the ring with determination and intention to defeat you. I'm done talking about it, we've had all week to do that. Right now it boils down to who can backup all the shit they talked during the week and I will prove to you that I am the real deal!"

 

Analysis

Alright the first 2 examples I gave were at best horrible. Barely any punctuation, horrible spelling, it looks like the RolePlayer gave absolutely no thought whatsoever to the match and got in a 2 line sentence before he had to leave or something like that. Want to know something funny? I have seen World Champions RolePlay like that, isn't that sad? This should be very clear but NEVER do a RolePlay like the horrible first 2 examples I gave.

Alright now onto the 2 good RolePlays I gave, both are very well thought through you can tell that immediately. Both of these RolePlayers obviously spent a good amount of time on their RolePlay and thought about their match. While these 2 were good as always there are many things missing for examples a Introduction, and descriptions are missing from this RolePlay. With RolePlays like this it is almost guaranteed that you will win 80-85 % of the time

Involving The Reader

Involving the reader is an integral part of any roleplay. Making the reader feel as if they are there or giving them a good feel for the setting, the atmosphere, the mood of your character etc.
Set the scene by giving a detailed description of the opening sequence and then carry on from there. It is a good idea to increase the intensity of the roleplay as you go through, before ending it in style. The best roleplayers can pull this off regularly and, if carried out effectively, it can turn an average roleplay into a good one.

Entertaining The Reader

This doesn't necessarily mean you need to write a comedy sketch, just amuse the reader and keep them interested.
There is nothing worse than reading a boring roleplay. This usually occurs either when the writer has continually gone over the same point two or three times, dragged out a point for too long or just blabbered on with what ever has come into their head. Write a roleplay along those lines and the reader shall soon become bored. Try and avoid any of this and you should be alright.

Originality

Please be as original as possible. Using a phrase such as 'I am the game' is a total rip-off and will be discredited. Everything must be your own material. Don't copy stuff from other e-wrestlers at other sites. We emphasise creativity, imagination and originality. So that's basically what being original means. Also being unoriginal means constantly setting your roleplays in the ring or constantly using the same type of roleplay, talking about your opponent all the time. Please try and avoid this.

Spelling & Grammar

Ahh, the old spelling and grammar. Yep, we don't like to read roleplays where we have to guess what words mean. Please check over all your roleplays for mistakes and, if possible, we advise doing roleplays on Microsoft Word or any program that has a spell checker. Don't be disheartened by this area if you're not a particularly great speller, it's not going to be be the end of the world, it's just more professional. Do your best, that's all we ask.

Angles/Rivalries

Come on, it happens to all of us now and then. You run out of ideas for a roleplay. Don't be discouraged, it happens to the best. However, the best way to get round this is by involving yourself in those angles and rivalries. Try to come up with your own angles and themes and then portray them in your roleplays. In my opinion, angles make feds exciting, more than anything else. Do your best to be creative and original in this area, but please don't just come up with an angle for the sake of it. Do it for a reason.

Detail

A good amount of relevant detail is required in your roleplays, otherwise you will gain few marks. However, having said this, I would rather read a 50 line roleplay that is relevant and entertaining, than read a 200 liner that just goes on about nothing. Though a 50 liner probably won't have enough detail to entertain the reader for a substantial period of time to gain any real credit. Please try and get somewhere in between and you should be fine.

Design/Layout

Now you don't have to be a graphic designer to create a successful roleplay, but it's far easier and relaxing to read a neat looking one than a distorted one that is all over the place and makes it difficult to get through. Using html is the most productive way of ensuring this. Please do your best to use html as well as anything else such as images, logos etc to make you roleplay look as good as possible.

Your Character

Alright now we get to your own personal character. First of all something that really pisses a President off, me included is when people say "you're a jobber". Now I have been watching wrestling for a short 4 years which means basially every Monday Night and in that span of time I have heard a wrestler use the word "jobber" MAYBE once or twice. In my 1 year of RolePlaying or E-Fed experience I have never used that word in a RolePlay, come on people it doesn't take very much common sense to figure out that it sounds really stupid.

Another thing that will get to me is when RolePlayers use E-Wrestling terms in their RolePlays. For example DO NOT use the word "bad roleplayer" in your RolePlay, like "jobber" it is just plain stupid. Call your opponent a bad Interviewer or something along those lines. There are more terms like that, don't use the word "E-Fed" call it a Federation, once again this doesn't belong in a RolePlay.

You think The Rock walks out to the ring every night not knowing what he is going to do? No of course not it is all planned out and that's what you have to do. All The Rock is doing is filling out his role. What is a role? If you ask me that question I will fire you from my Federation and ask you to quit E-Wrestling because you are really clueless if you don't know what a role is.

Conclusion

Now this isn't really something that I am really big on but a lot of Federation Presidents are. About how much cussing goes on Wrestling shows? Alright granted some does but not every other sentence. I don't got a problem with some swearing that's fine but every other sentence is freakin' ridiculous. You should know how much is enough so don't go over that.

Here are a list of things that you definetly do NOT want to do in E-Wrestling. They're really annoying.

• Do not ever….post 2-3 line roleplays, even if you only want to get one small point across, these will be deleted and your future in the WWRF may be come insecure.
• Do not ever type in ALL CAPS, it is considered "yelling" and is rather hard to read and will get the reader very uninterested. You can use all caps now and then if you are trying to prove a point but never in the entire RolePlay or post or whatever.
• Don't overuse pictures! I along with some others have a 56.6k modem if you have got pictures all over the place I am immediately going to be displeased with your RolePlay. Anymore than 2 is beyond enough in my opinion.
• Please don't challenge the same guy 5 million times in a row. If you haven't beat him in your first 2 or maybe 3 times let it rest, the guy either is better than you or has got your number let it drop. Feuds are good yeah but feuds after a long time get REALLY boring, just look at HHH VS The Rock, is anyone else bored of that feud? I certainly am, damn they've fought more than Hogan/Flair!
• Don't be an OOC asshole. There are some people in E-Wrestling who will just make annoying OOC comments to annoy people, its dumb and will earn you a pinkslip.
• Don't ever under or over RolePlay. Sometimes people will do this because they either think of too much or think of too little. This will earn you a loss 95 % of the time.

Ok I hope that helped you to understand the world of roleplaying that little bit better, now you should be ready for the WWRF and any other feds you wish to be in.

 

Below is the second part of the Roleplay Guide telling you about HTML etc!!!