RP Check
Time to check in and take the pulse of your RP. Is it happening? Is it dead? On Hiatus? Is it Thriving? Is it booming? Is it political? Is it personal? Fill us IN!
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Archive for the Tag 'World of Warcraft'
Open Thread: This is How it Ends
Wrath ended with a bang: By killing Arthas. It is far too early in Cata’s to accurately predict how this expac will end (though I think we all have an idea), but to be fair, those of us at WTTRP care about the overarching plot of WoW in how it relates to our own stories. [...]
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Rising Above
Part of character development has to do with how a character addresses their challenges. The context of the challenge–the what, the why, the where, and how–matters as much as the character being challenged. Clearly, rising to fight The Big Bad of the Expansion is an example of rising to the challenge. Blizzard has focused (with [...]
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Wednesday Spotlight: The Cats of the Pig and Whistle
Drooped over the railings and bannisters and barely underneath the stairs, one can see the shapes of a number of large cats. Some have the traditional markings of the Druids of the Claw. Some turn and watch you approach. Others appear to nap through your visit. Your guide, a burly dwarf carrying a cask of [...]
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Open Thread: The Shattering
The Shattering has occurred: How has this affected your RP? Did you see how Azeroth has changed? Are people “missing” since the Shattering? Fill us in!
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Spotlight: Tarquin
Tarquin ap Danwyrith by *JRinaldi on deviantART The Pig and Whistle is full of people tonight: A Northern music session is drawing a crowd to the loft, while the back tables are full of smoke and schemers. Bricu is sitting to the right of the head of the table. The chair is empty, of course, [...]
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Spotlight: Arrens Caltrains
Arrens Caltrains is the Headmaster/Guildmaster of Stormwind University. He’s prim and proper, with a definite sense of what is proper. He’s certainly not stupid, but he is not quick on the uptake of slang or innuendo. This stems not from lack of travel or understanding, but a combination of his trusting nature and his rigid [...]
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Affect And RP
One of the comments from the previous posts was on how to RP affect. A flat affect simply means that a person does not display emotions. For a visual example, may I present Mr. Steven Wright: This is not to say that Steven Wright has Antisocial Personality Disorder. All Steven is demonstrating is a flat [...]
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Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Antisocial Personality 3: Implications
Talking about Mental Health issues in WoW–be it for RP or how to work with your guildies–is akin to walking on eggshells. You have to tread carefully. Despite this concern, I’ve spent the past two days breaking down a few of the key traits of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorders for RP purposes. While I [...]
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Open Thread: RealID
Today we’re going to focus on RealID, and our own Yva brought it up yesterday. Here are some current Blogs to read on the topic: Too Many Annas Righteous Orbs Quaunaut Stoppable Force Panzercow Please express your thoughts here. Keep them civil, or we’ll disemvowel.
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