Posts Tagged “World of Warcraft”

Spotlight: Tarquin

By | November 23, 2010

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

By | November 22, 2010

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

By | November 18, 2010

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

By | November 17, 2010

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

By | July 7, 2010

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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Lessons from Wrathgate

By | June 23, 2010

So you have this epic plot idea based around an in-game event. How do you handle it? The Wrathgate Project was one way of dealing with it: Organized fiction. There is, of course, another way: Organize an RP session after the In Game Event. This would be a one shot, In Game RP event that [...]

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Open Thread: What Are You Missing?

By | April 22, 2010

Fellow RPers, writers, lore nerds or work-procrastinators, answer me this: What is your RP missing? Do you feel like your toon is missing out on Romance stories, action stories or real character development? Are you at a loss as to how to end a particular Arc? Are you missing a hook for a particular thread? [...]

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Arguing Part 3: The Aftermath

By | April 15, 2010

Three weeks ago, we started a discussion on arguing in RP by talking about the factors that lead up to an argument. Last week, we talked about the ins and outs of arguing in game. This week, we hit the heart of the matter: What happens after the argument. For some individuals an exchange of [...]

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Open Thread: The Fall of Arthas

By | April 12, 2010

Maybe your guild has killed Arthas, maybe you’re making steady progress in ICC or maybe your main RP toon isn’t even in a raid: The end of the Lich King is coming (if it hasn’t already happened). We’ve discussed some of this before, but not in any great detail. I believe with all the Cataclysm [...]

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Rules of Engagement: Arguing in RP (2/3)

By | April 8, 2010

Two weeks ago, we started to discuss arguing in RP. Not everyone enjoys this kind of RP. To be fair, if this is all the RP you ever get to engage in, it gets old fast. Arguments, even fictitious ones, can be stressful events. While I maintain that regular arguments are healthy (both in real [...]

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