Author Topic: Serious Roleplaying Guide (Read 1855 times)

Statua · « **on:** April 08, 2013, 01:18:53 AM »

Serious OCRP Roleplaying Guide

This is a guide I made for the Orange Cosmos community way back when. It might be a bit dusty but its effective. I cleaned it up a bit and changed a few things to fit the present times.

I know the server is only semi-serious but that doesn't stop you from being allowed to roleplay serious. Now, rewind to Summer 2010.

Alright so I said in my return thread that I would make an advanced roleplay guide (for those who wanna be top serious roleplayers but don't know how, or those who wanna learn more) to get people to roleplay better. I take that everyone has read Smtea's guide to serious roleplay so you know all abot ooc and using /me. I may go a bit more into depth on these but ou won't understand UNLESS you read his guide.

OOC, LOOC, /pm and IC

-If you've got an important message or question you want to broadcast to the entire server, use ooc. Other than that, use the next two forms of chat:
>If the person you're talking ooc to is within range of you, use LOOC. You can discuss anything yo like
>If the person you want to talk to is somewhere else, use /pm name to talk to them. Again, any discussion aloud.
>Do not use IC or Mic for LOOC conversations UNLESS confronted by an administrator.

So that gets the chat types out of the way, let's go into the IC chat. Now the basic way to talk ic would be:

Statua: hey what are you selling?
Ok that's the lazy way. If you have an accent for your player such as a southwestern, make it look like it.

Statua: Hay! Wut are ya sellin?
Use proper puncuation as it helps express your words more. If you're paniking or nervous, look like you are

Statua: don't shoot please
NO! No expression there

Statua: D-don't shoot me pu-pu-please!
Good expression there.

Another thing is train of thought. People think hard when they talk which can cause delays so:

Statua: Its over there.
Ok but that's boring

Statua: Its uhh.. over there.You won't beleive how many times you say uhh in a day.

Ok so we got IC covered. Let's move into Actions (/me).
Hardly anyone uses /me in ocrp serious which bothers me cause it opens multiple doors for roleplaying

Let's say a bartender put a can if beer on the table cause you bought it.

Statua drinks the beer.
Ok so you missed a ton of stuff here. Didn't even open the can.

Statua opens the beer and drinks it.
Now did you pick it up?

Statua picks up the beer, opens it, and drinks it.
Add more details to give it more depth.

Statua reaches for the can of beer and picks it up. He pulls the tab and opens the beer. He then drinks it happily.
Good. Now if you need to, add some ic chat.

Statua reaches for the can of beer and picks it up. He pulls the tab to open it. He then drinks the beer happily. 'Ahh thanks for the beer bro. It's good."
Now you got a story there not interrupted by any ooc or ic chat and its in depth.

Ok so now we'll get into something called injury rp. Injury rp is something you should use when hurt obviously. It could be a laceration to a blown off arm.

Injury RP in a nutshell:

Spoiler for Good injury rp guidelines:

Let's do the laceration. Someone
sliced your arm with a knife.

Statua: hey don't hit me with your knife.
Lolwut? Your not the hulk, shit hurts.

Statua: Ow fuck you. Don't slash me.
Add depth to it with /me

Statua grabs the spot on his arm where the knife hit. It bleeds quickly. He squints his eyes and moans loudly.
Statua: GAHHH! Fuck you asshole! ARRGH that fucking hurts!
Statua continues to hold his arm, the blood dripping on the floor.
Excellent. Lots of depth and emotions there.

Now you pull out your gun and point it at him.
Not gonna work, unless you're left handed, that arm is unusable for the most part. The knife probably damaged muscle and even moving it is unbearable pain. Sorry, can't do that. Get your friend to point a gun at him. If you ain't got one, your starting to lose the rp situation.

Ok so let's say you were working with explosives and one of them blew up.

Statua: Oh shit. That hurt.
Hah funny...

Statua: Wh.. What the fuc..? AGHH! Fuck my hand!
Ok but it probably hurts more.

Statua flies back from the explosion. His hand gets vaporized in the explosion. His head hits the wall and he is out cold.
That's probably more probable than you freeking out. Continue

Statua wakes up moments later and looks around dazed. "whu...?"
Statua moans loudly. "AUGH Fuck my hand!"
Statua looks down where his hand used to be.
Statua: Oh m.. M-m-my hand. It-it's... GONE!
Statua begins to cry out loudly and painfully. He falls to his side holding his arm, screaming.
Statua: AHHHHH! FUUUUUCK!

That's excellent. Now you'll probably be in this state for a good hour (rp time wise). You may pass in and ot of concioisness during the excrutiating pain and agony.

Remember, your hand is fucking gone. As soon as a medic heals you, you're not magicaly better. It still is sore and you don't have a hand so you can't use anything that requires two hands till it heals enough to get a prosthetic hand.

Also remember the fact that even though you're not unconscious script wise, you can still rp it and die from it. Good medics should rp this bringing in the next topic.

Medicrp

You don't have go be a medic to do this. You can be an average civilian helping someone in need.
One thing you need to remember is people can only healrp as good as the person doing the medicrp so be serious. Make sure you know what injury the person has. You can't fix a gash with a band-aid. Life doesn't work that way.

Medical supplies can be found in first aid kits. All cars are mandatory to have a basic kit. You could also have one in your bag or purse. You can find different things such as band aids, gauze, polysporn, ethanol alcohol (rubbing alcohol), Cotton balls, surgical scissors, various disinfectant powders and goo, steri strips, (used for closing up gashes and lacerations), and some other things.

You need to know what does what. Use a disinfectant such as polysporn or ethanol alcohol to clean a wound before doing anything. Next, you need to stop the bleeding. Applying pressure with gauze can help this (note that serious bleeding cannot be stopped this way but definitely slowed) once it has slowed enough, you need to patch it up. Use steri strips to tighten up a laceration and keep it closed (steri strips are basically sterilizes mini duct tape strips that do an amazing job of holding skin together) and put some gauze over top to keep it clean and from bleeding all over the place. If the laceration is too big to use this option, just grab a big chunk of gauze, old it over the wound tightly, and transport the person to hospital. 3 people may be needed if using a car.

Remember to use /me here like:

Statua takes out a piece of gauze and applies pressure on the wound with it. He takes out the medical tape and tapes it down onto Kings leg.
What if the person injuryrp is unconscious? If you know first aid IC, then you can keep them alive until paramedics arrive. First, get someone to call 911, telling the dispatcher the condition he is in. Eg:

Statua: King! Call 911 and let them know this man is unconscious and bleeding.
King (911): We need medical help outside of the bank! There's an unconscious man on the ground and he's bleeding.

Now the medics should come. Keep helping the man. Get your someone to hold pressure on the wound (if there is one) with gauze or even a shirt. You should check ABC. This stands for Airway, Breathing, and Circulation. Check to make sure they're breathing by watching the chest or feeling for air from the nose.

Statua leans in and listens to see if the man is breathing. He uses the back of his hand to feel for any air movement.
If that's good, stand beside the man and watch over him till paramedics arrive. If he's not breathing, check his airways.

Statua opens up the mans mouth and looks for anything blocking his airway such as blood or an object.
If you see something, remove it. If it's blood, roll the man over and let it drain. If nothing is there and he is unconscious, go to Circulation.

Statua feels for a pulse on the mans wrist and his neck. He feels nothing and begins CPR.
Keep with the CPR until the medics arrive.

So that covers the medical side of rp. Let's go into FearRp. Everyone hates this because they lose. That's mostly cause they don't understand the concept of it. If you're staring down the barrel of a loaded gun be it a glock or a shotgun, you'll be shitting your pants no doubt. Even if it's a glock and you have an ak47, you don't have it ready, he does. You make one false move, you're dead.

King places the barrel of the glock on statua's forehead.
You can't move here or your dead. You're also not a ninja, if you duck he will probably point down and shoot you.

Statua freezes. A look of nervousness flushes over his body.
King: Let me see your wallet. *He holds out his hand.*
You're nervous and scared shitless now even though you have a shotgun.

Statua puts his left hand up and reaches into his pocket with his right.
Don't pull out a kinife cause if you stab him, He'll probably pull the trigger.
Statua takes out his wallet and puts it in kings hand. He puts his right hand up too.
Statua: He-here. Take it j-just don't sh-shoot me.
King takes the wallet and opens it.
He obviously needs two hands to do this.

Statua looks at the glock now lowered and shoots both hands at it, he tries to grab the gun.
Now this is risky. If the other person isn't paying attention, he could easily loose the gun but if he's watching:

King notices statua going for the gun and pulls it away, dropping the wallet. He points it back at statua, this time, pissed off.
King: Tell me why I shouldn't shoot you for that.
Statua backs off and puts his hands back up. He is now very nervous.
Statua: I-I-I Dont know. Please please don't shoot me. I don't want to d-die.
King: You tried to kill me. Didn't you?
Statua: No. I'm sorry I-I didn't mean to. Honestly!
King: Liar! You'll pay for this!
King points down at Statua's Stomach and fires two shots.
So now you have to injury rp which we won't go into at this time.

That's how fear rp works. If you're lucky, you win. If not, you lose and may lose more than you think.

Let's say you have a friend with you. The two of you have desert eagles but the crook doesn't know.

King points a 5-7 at Statua's head. "Gimme yo wallet bitch! Do it now!"
Statua puts his hands up.
vizioN notices king getting ready to shoot statua. He take out his deagle and points it at king.
vizioN: You shoot him you die.

Now king is the one who has to fear rp.

King nervously looks at vizioN and the deagle.
vizioN: Give me the gun. *He holds out his hand*
King: Aww fuck man. Not like theis! *he puts one hand up and hands over the 5-7"
vizioN: Now beat it.
King holding both hands up now steps back a few times, turns around, and runs away.

That's how you get countered. If you manage to get the gun alone, you can do the same thing.

If confronted by a gun in a car, you can't drive off.

King sticks the deagle through the window. "Get out of the car."
Statua puts one hand up and undoes his seatbelt. He opens the door and steps out.
Statua: Fuck you.
King pushes statua aside and gets in the car.

You can't whip out your gun and shoot at your car now cause you'll cause more damage you have to pay for to it. If he doesn't push you away, you can however take out a weapon and confront him before he gets in or you can take his gun and pull him out with it. I won't go into detail on this for now.

Some things you should remember when roleplaying.

-always watch for the "player is typing" thing and don't continue if the person is in fact typing. Wait for them to finish.
-never shoot someone without them having a chance to avoid being shot (unless shooting them when they are not paying attention)
-never shoot someone if you don't need to (if you're just mugging them there's no need to kill them. That's a waste of ammo and puts you at higher risk)
-don't try to hold a gun on someone where others can see you as someone else may do the same on you.
-if someone says they have a gun, believe it and take it seriously. If they do, your life may be over...
-try to follow laws most of the time. Not everyone in this world is a criminal
-drive properly and park properly
-don't run everywhere without a valad reason.
-don't jump over things unless you absolutely must. If someone is in the way, ask them to move.
-if you even bump your car into someone elses, treat it as an accident cause your nice paint job is now fucked as well as a dent in your fender
-even though a car accident won't hurt you or won't hurt you lots, it's gmod, injuryrp the accident!
-if you see an accident or someone hurt, don't be a dick, call 911 and help them!!!

Some useful console commands for rp

Player Animations
act dance = Partay
act muscle = You're sexy and you know it
act wave = Greetings!
(will finish the act list later)

The following cannot be bound to a key. If they are, they wont work as toggles.
+duck = toggles duck so you can sit or type
-duck = same as above but turns it off
+forward = walk and talk
-forward = stop walking
+jump = park brake
-jump = drive gear

That's all I know for now.

I hope you have enjoyed this guide. Its a bit old but in my opinion, is the best way to Serious RP on OCRP. Dispite what people thin, it is possible and its a hella fun too!