
03-02-2006, 07:47 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: CT, USA
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Well, since it was requested, I suppose I'll do a segment on emoting. I am not an expert on this subject so I've been reading some other sources to make sure I get it right, if I misinterpreted what was meant, just tell me and I'll do a rewrite. But here we go, segment 3, emoting.
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Seeing as Kingdoms is a mostly text based game, and that as of now there is no K-Mode and no really in depth gani system for RPing, text is how you're going to do most of your emoting.
Some clarification, emoting is pretty simply the way in which you portray your character and your character's emotions. Finding ways to do this creatively, and in a way that keeps your character true, unconfusing, and unchanging can sometimes be a bit of a challenge.
Obviously your first step is to have a well though out and developed character, we've covered that already in earlier sections. Now decide what your characters goals. Are you looking for love, strength, power, revenge? After this, get yourself in tune with the combination of your character's traits and goals. Together, these facts will make up how your character emotes.
Is your character a womanizer looking for love or lust, or is he uncaring for women and a sexist bastard? Depending which of these is true will greatly effect how your character will emote in relation to women.
Now the secondary definition of emoting is using text to describe actions. As I said earlier, Kingdoms doesn't have a complex battle system for kingdom battles or a wide variety of ganis in which to express yourself. There are many different ways to show actions through text, the classic one that I used to use many years ago was to place the actions within double colons.
::Balls up fists in rage::
In recent years I've moved towards encasing the action in stars.
*Smiles subtly in the hope of catching her attentions*
It really doesn't matter what you do as long as its obvious that you're trying to portray an action.
Using these methods to portray your character through words or actions can enrich your character and allow you to more easily fit into the world around you. |
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A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.
Robert Frost
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