Hi there community i wanted to ask you as a whole what you want to see in terms of your characters ; do you seek to expand your horizons beyond the arena im sure theres good players out there. To me roleplay is something I consider sacred and mixing it with dungeons and dragons are two things i find facinating and explorative.

Can you imagine when Micheal Angelo painted the Mona Lisa that it would have been nothing but carefull precision ; day after day until he finished his Masterpiece. What im trying to Metaphorically express in the form of Analogy is the Art of Roleplay how much dedication does one take to their Plays ....are we trying to paint carefully or make harsh brush strokes ; would love some feedback.

RP your character.

Have fun doing it.

I think roleplay can be more compared to acting than painting. As do real actors, roleplayers do have their good and bad days of performance, it simply cannot be helped. Sometimes characters portrayal accidentally suffer due to it, sometimes it gives more depth to them. I try to take it sort of like method acting, its an interesting challenge to try to react, as the character would do different situation.

However most of all it is a co-operative effort, unlike a painting you can finish by yourself, your end result depends on the other actors as well.

Wyric I think roleplay can be more compared to acting than painting. As do real actors, roleplayers do have their good and bad days of performance, it simply cannot be helped. Sometimes characters portrayal accidentally suffer due to it, sometimes it gives more depth to them. I try to take it sort of like method acting, its an interesting challenge to try to react, as the character would do in different situations.

However most of all it is a co-operative effort, unlike a painting you can finish by yourself, your end result depends on the other actors as well.

It seems you have misunderstood the metaphor and the concept of an extended metaphor ..this is all encompassed within my analogy ; acting is a different concept to roleplay as scripts are involved and is written by a writer. Where as ..roleplay in this particular instance in our world of EFU is based upon a first person perspective ; interaction with other characters is part of this process and envelops us within the persona of the character as we venture in each of our chosen stories or mindsets.

Portrayal of a character can only have a downside depending on how one views it there are many aspects that surround a good strong ..background with research and enigmatic colour for ones persona. Bewildering as it may seem one can derive much from the colour of creativety and not be short sighted in ones reach for diversity ; ergo the more foundations that are put in place will strengthen ones character .

Beyond the reaches of simplicity commonly found within acting per sae .. where as one is directed where in roleplay one is the master of his or her own destiny ; sure there is acting involved just on a different level and train of thought.

The other element I forgot to mention ..lord knows why but one must also be enjoying things or having "fun" ; sad to say im not any more and ive a world to be concerned with in real life ..but it has been stimulating here for a time *nods once* have fun as beggar says .

And yes the would be the part where i would ask a dm to obliterate my characters from the server under account -Vizier- .

Ka Keti Anu EFU

Greymalkin

It seems you have misunderstood the metaphor and the concept of an extended metaphor ..this is all encompassed within my analogy ; acting is a different concept to roleplay as scripts are involved and is written by a writer.

Perhaps I am offering my own view, and not so much misunderstanding yours?

I would still consider roleplaying to be more akin to acting. It's just an extreme form of Ad-Lib acting where the narrator/script writer ((or friendly DM's + AI in this case)) must adhere somewhat to the choices we, as characters, make.

To me Roleplaying is far more difficult than acting ..though can produce far more enjoyable moments.

As to precision. i feel that the more you try to 'force'something into a perfect state, there worse off it will become. Human uniquness and beauty come from the minor imperfections that distinguish us all from our fellow man

I like to portray my charactah as a bad boy pimpin' dawg, who keeps it real by rollin' with the ladies and bustin' a few caps in the monstahs.

-SaRF

Because I don't like to read a wall of text, I pretty much skipped your whole enite parpagraphs of semi-hard words.

I've learned this much from roleplaying;

-Play one role, not two. Unless your character's crazy or has gone crazy and has multiple personaliities. If your character does, your awesome, but if not, stop playing two roles! Example: Rotgut had wierd personalities. One minute he was smart and noble, the other he was grovelling and arrogant. And he wasn't crazy.

-Remember to walk. SHIFT+Click is always good, and if you're not a dumb Elf, you can use the Detect Mode-but watch out for things to run from. Example: Well... Not a big example to show here.

-Don't reveal your a Cyrist or Banite Example: Arc Van Cyr? Remember him? No? Because he's dead.

-Truly roleplay your character. Praying to your god, doing a habit, or something else your character does will earn you valuable experience. Example: Rotgut singing the Goblin Song. Easy 25 XP!

-Make sure you know about your race and deities. Example: Rakanishu not knowing about Maglubiyet. Talk about embarresing.

There you have it. Help from a novice.

Cheers, The Ace Of Blades

It seems you have misunderstood the metaphor and the concept of an extended metaphor ..this is all encompassed within my analogy

This may be a problem inherent to your metaphor actually. When a metaphor is devised, the author completely understands what he wants to convey while the reader is left to contemplate. Leaving gaps in a metaphor, however benign, can lead to people being unable to make the logical leaps needed to capture what you meant.

In the end though, I'm really not certain what you were trying to convey, or ask. If you were attempting to relate painting styles to RP styles I would offer that whatever style you persue that you in the end make good art.

I would basically have to agree that role-playing is ad-lib acting, and like all art forms, what is or isn't considered "good" is open to interpretation. So as Beggar said, RP and have fun.

[for educational purposes only]: Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.

Squall and Rinoa Forever I like to portray my charactah as a bad boy pimpin' dawg, who keeps it real by rollin' with the ladies and bustin' a few caps in the monstahs.

-SaRF

. . .

:evil:

*slapslap*

As Wyric said, I consider RPing more like spontaneous method acting. In fact, when I type, I often say what I'm typing out loud, quietly, just to hear if it sounds natural. As you can guess, this upgrades me to supah-dork status, thank you very much.

He left by the way, Replies are kinda useless. He was an oddball, and I mean by definition, anything can become 'art' and people play this game for different reasons -obviously-...

I could have made a similar topic into how much energy does one put into NwN, into your breakfast, into cooking, into dating.. whatever... :mrgreen:

99% of my energy goes into dealing with the ladies, yo yo. Got to keep givin' 'em what they want from their big pimp daddy.

Dude Bane gets pissed if you don't reveal you're a Banite read teh Dogma. Cyric however is sneaky...like a halfling or spiteful woman who is waiting to poison her butthead husband or somthing.

Greymalkin

Can you imagine when Micheal Angelo painted the Mona Lisa that it would

Pity he was not the painter of the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinci painted that work of art, and did not consider it a masterpiece from what I have heard. In fact, he might have meant it as a joke.

Oroborous Victory.

Oroborous wins.

Oroborous is one pimpin' playa, and he does not lose, ya hear? He busts some caps in those playas who think they can roll with him, yo yo.

Culture barbarians.

Looking at the face structure of 'Mona Lisa' and comparing it to the structure of LDV's would show that they match perfectly, which results widely to speculation that he painted himself as a woman as some prank.

Back to you, Jones.

Pup [for educational purposes only]: Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.

Oroborous

Greymalkin

Can you imagine when Micheal Angelo painted the Mona Lisa that it would

Pity he was not the painter of the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinci painted that work of art, and did not consider it a masterpiece from what I have heard. In fact, he might have meant it as a joke.

Thanks for the back up, though. :lol: