Post by dogzrock on Mar 1, 2015 4:21:36 GMT -7
General Terms
RP
RP is a very simple term used as an abbreviation for RolePlay. Roleplaying is the act of playing a role, or pretending in a sense. It can be described as writing a story or even acting.
RPG
RPG is an abbreviation for Roleplaying Game. RPGs are usually websites dedicated solely to roleplaying and interacting with other roleplayers.
Account/Profile
Your account is what you use to log into the website, it's yours and yours alone. A profile is where you go to fill out information about yourself that other players can see such as your age, name, location etc. To modify your profile, click the profile link at the top of this page.
Player
A player is a member of the roleplay website.
Character
A character is what the player roleplays. Roleplaying a myriad of characters helps us to explore our creativity and have fun at the same time. Also called "chars" or "charries" informally.
Forum
Forum is another word for Message Board. This website is a forum. A forum is a website used to interact with other people via messages.
Board
Boards are what make up forums. They are the areas in which you post.
Thread
Threads are within Boards. They are a collection of posts and replies. They have titles that the creator chose for them. When making a new thread, name it something creative that gets your point across. Also if you want the thread to only include you and one other player roleplaying, title it and put 'private' after the title. If you want to signal to other players that anyone is free to join, put 'open' after the title.
Post
Posting is the written message you submit into the thread in which you are roleplaying. You can modify your own post in case you want to change what you said or if you made grammatical errors that you want to fix.
Reply
A reply is the same thing as a post, but is a response to someone else's post.
Bump
If a thread has become inactive, one player will bump the thread with a simple reply such as (bump) in order to remind other players to respond.
Double Posting
Double posting is posting twice in a row in the same thread. In case of accidental double posting, such as if you accidentally press the post button twice and your post gets duplicated, you can click the "delete" button in the top right hand corner of your post to delete the copy. If you make a post and then realize later that you forgot to mention something, or have something to add, you can use the "modify" button in the top right hand corner of your post to modify it and add the new information. There's no need to post twice in a row.
Modify
A handy little button that let's you edit your posts so you don't have to post a second time. The modify button is located in the top right-hand corner of all of your own posts. If a staff member tells you to fix something in your post, or you just want to go back and add something to your post that you forgot, you can use this function to do so.
Spam
Spamming is posting a lot of small, useless posts in a short period of time. It is discouraged both OOC and IC.
Chatspeak
In this day and age many people communicate through instant messaging or texting and to get the message across faster, people use chatspeak. Examples include 'u' instead of 'you' or 'r' instead of 'are' also using phrases such as 'lol' and 'rofl'. This is a literate website so please refrain from using chatspeak while posting in character. If you feel the need to use chatspeak in Out Of Character threads, feel free, although it's usually frowned upon.
IC:
Short for "in character." It is a prefix that distinguishes a player's role-play voice from their normal voice. When a player is "IC" they are narrating their character's story rather than speaking in their own voice. It is usually only required if an out-of-character comment has been made before it and it is necessary to denote that the post is now in character again.
Example:
OOC: Hey, does anyone remember what season it is?
IC: Song looked out of her nest into the depths of the forest surrounding her. The beauty of the world overwhelming her.
OOC:
Out of character. This is a prefix to a player's normal voice, when they are asking a question or making a comment about their role-play. Excessive OOC is discouraged in IC posts, as it breaks the flow of the RP. If a lengthy discussion about the RP is required, you may instead wish to PM the members involved or make a thread in the Plot board.
Power-playing (PPing)
Power-Playing is often used as a general term to describe the actions of a player that gives their character an unfair advantage. It is usually used to describe the instance of the player controlling the thoughts or actions of another player's character. Power-playing includes stating that someone else's character says something, does something, thinks something, or that their character is injured by yours without that player's consent.
Example:
Power-playing: Battle leaped at Nameless, sinking his talons into her back. Nameless screeched in pain.
Not Power-playing: Battle leaped at Nameless, aiming for the back and waiting to hear a satisfying screech of pain from his rival.
God-moding
A form of Power-Playing (see above). Specifically god-moding is having an unrealistically fast, strong, intelligent or otherwise "godlike" character.
Example:
Swift flew the whole length of the mountain range in ten minutes to reach her nest, where she single-handedly annihilated the pack of 100 evil bats that had invaded the forest.
Metagaming
A form of Power-Playing (see above). Metagaming is when a player gives their character knowledge of the plot or environment that the character would have had no other way of finding out about.
Examples:
-Mike knows that there is going to be a sudden flood, so he has his character warn the flock about it a week in advance.
-Killer knows that Genie's character is secretly a spy, so he has his own character confront her about it even though there was no reason for them to be suspicious.
Mary Sue
Mary-Sues are female characters that are perfect in almost every way. They sometimes combine Power-playing, God-Modding or Metagaming to have some kind of advantage over other characters.Mary-Sues are not disallowed (unless they powerplay, god-mode, or metagame, which are disallowed) but they are frowned upon. No character is perfect, they all have flaws. A character may be perfectly polite, but may lack in other personality traits. Giving your character personality flaws is one of the best ways to make them interesting, unique, and memorable.
Gary Stu
See Mary-Sue. Gary-Stus are the male equivalent.
Liquid Time
Liquid time is a mechanism that allows a character to be active in more than one thread at a time. This can sometimes cause confusion when organizing the order of events. There is no liquid time in Awake the Stars, which means a character may only be in one thread at any given time.
n00b
A n00b is a term used for players who are purposely idiotic, rude or disrespectful. A n00b is not necessarily new to RPing, but they generally refuse to listen to advice when it is given and are very set in their ways. n00bs tend to break many rules, and due to their lack of respect, issued official warnings that may result in a suspension or ban.
Newbie/Newb
A newbie or newb is NOT a n00b. A Newbie is a new player who has either recently joined the site or who might even be new to role-playing. Newbs tend to be respectful of the rules, and staff are more than wiling to help a newb should they have questions or need assistance with something. WWM loves newbies/newbs, since they are the life's blood of the site.
Administrator/Admin
An administrator is the highest level of staff who as well as maintaining the site, organizes the moderators and makes critical decisions with the help of his or her fellow admins. An admin is someone who either founded the game, or has been a member for a long time. The admins were moderators before being promoted, and generally have far too much time or effort to put into the site.
Moderator/mod
A moderator/mod is a player who has been adopted into the staff and who has the duty of seeing to the general running of the site and helping members with problems. A player is made into a moderator if they have been an exemplary member and the staff require some extra help.
Bird Terms and others
Nestling
A chick who has no feathers or has only down
Fledgling
A chick who is growing feathers.
Branchling
A chick who is fully feathered and has started branching.
Branching
A process of learning to fly in which a Branchling glides from one branch to another and flap its wings a lot.
Islet
(eye-let)
A small island.
RP
RP is a very simple term used as an abbreviation for RolePlay. Roleplaying is the act of playing a role, or pretending in a sense. It can be described as writing a story or even acting.
RPG
RPG is an abbreviation for Roleplaying Game. RPGs are usually websites dedicated solely to roleplaying and interacting with other roleplayers.
Account/Profile
Your account is what you use to log into the website, it's yours and yours alone. A profile is where you go to fill out information about yourself that other players can see such as your age, name, location etc. To modify your profile, click the profile link at the top of this page.
Player
A player is a member of the roleplay website.
Character
A character is what the player roleplays. Roleplaying a myriad of characters helps us to explore our creativity and have fun at the same time. Also called "chars" or "charries" informally.
Forum
Forum is another word for Message Board. This website is a forum. A forum is a website used to interact with other people via messages.
Board
Boards are what make up forums. They are the areas in which you post.
Thread
Threads are within Boards. They are a collection of posts and replies. They have titles that the creator chose for them. When making a new thread, name it something creative that gets your point across. Also if you want the thread to only include you and one other player roleplaying, title it and put 'private' after the title. If you want to signal to other players that anyone is free to join, put 'open' after the title.
Post
Posting is the written message you submit into the thread in which you are roleplaying. You can modify your own post in case you want to change what you said or if you made grammatical errors that you want to fix.
Reply
A reply is the same thing as a post, but is a response to someone else's post.
Bump
If a thread has become inactive, one player will bump the thread with a simple reply such as (bump) in order to remind other players to respond.
Double Posting
Double posting is posting twice in a row in the same thread. In case of accidental double posting, such as if you accidentally press the post button twice and your post gets duplicated, you can click the "delete" button in the top right hand corner of your post to delete the copy. If you make a post and then realize later that you forgot to mention something, or have something to add, you can use the "modify" button in the top right hand corner of your post to modify it and add the new information. There's no need to post twice in a row.
Modify
A handy little button that let's you edit your posts so you don't have to post a second time. The modify button is located in the top right-hand corner of all of your own posts. If a staff member tells you to fix something in your post, or you just want to go back and add something to your post that you forgot, you can use this function to do so.
Spam
Spamming is posting a lot of small, useless posts in a short period of time. It is discouraged both OOC and IC.
Chatspeak
In this day and age many people communicate through instant messaging or texting and to get the message across faster, people use chatspeak. Examples include 'u' instead of 'you' or 'r' instead of 'are' also using phrases such as 'lol' and 'rofl'. This is a literate website so please refrain from using chatspeak while posting in character. If you feel the need to use chatspeak in Out Of Character threads, feel free, although it's usually frowned upon.
IC:
Short for "in character." It is a prefix that distinguishes a player's role-play voice from their normal voice. When a player is "IC" they are narrating their character's story rather than speaking in their own voice. It is usually only required if an out-of-character comment has been made before it and it is necessary to denote that the post is now in character again.
Example:
OOC: Hey, does anyone remember what season it is?
IC: Song looked out of her nest into the depths of the forest surrounding her. The beauty of the world overwhelming her.
OOC:
Out of character. This is a prefix to a player's normal voice, when they are asking a question or making a comment about their role-play. Excessive OOC is discouraged in IC posts, as it breaks the flow of the RP. If a lengthy discussion about the RP is required, you may instead wish to PM the members involved or make a thread in the Plot board.
Power-playing (PPing)
Power-Playing is often used as a general term to describe the actions of a player that gives their character an unfair advantage. It is usually used to describe the instance of the player controlling the thoughts or actions of another player's character. Power-playing includes stating that someone else's character says something, does something, thinks something, or that their character is injured by yours without that player's consent.
Example:
Power-playing: Battle leaped at Nameless, sinking his talons into her back. Nameless screeched in pain.
Not Power-playing: Battle leaped at Nameless, aiming for the back and waiting to hear a satisfying screech of pain from his rival.
God-moding
A form of Power-Playing (see above). Specifically god-moding is having an unrealistically fast, strong, intelligent or otherwise "godlike" character.
Example:
Swift flew the whole length of the mountain range in ten minutes to reach her nest, where she single-handedly annihilated the pack of 100 evil bats that had invaded the forest.
Metagaming
A form of Power-Playing (see above). Metagaming is when a player gives their character knowledge of the plot or environment that the character would have had no other way of finding out about.
Examples:
-Mike knows that there is going to be a sudden flood, so he has his character warn the flock about it a week in advance.
-Killer knows that Genie's character is secretly a spy, so he has his own character confront her about it even though there was no reason for them to be suspicious.
Mary Sue
Mary-Sues are female characters that are perfect in almost every way. They sometimes combine Power-playing, God-Modding or Metagaming to have some kind of advantage over other characters.Mary-Sues are not disallowed (unless they powerplay, god-mode, or metagame, which are disallowed) but they are frowned upon. No character is perfect, they all have flaws. A character may be perfectly polite, but may lack in other personality traits. Giving your character personality flaws is one of the best ways to make them interesting, unique, and memorable.
Gary Stu
See Mary-Sue. Gary-Stus are the male equivalent.
Liquid Time
Liquid time is a mechanism that allows a character to be active in more than one thread at a time. This can sometimes cause confusion when organizing the order of events. There is no liquid time in Awake the Stars, which means a character may only be in one thread at any given time.
n00b
A n00b is a term used for players who are purposely idiotic, rude or disrespectful. A n00b is not necessarily new to RPing, but they generally refuse to listen to advice when it is given and are very set in their ways. n00bs tend to break many rules, and due to their lack of respect, issued official warnings that may result in a suspension or ban.
Newbie/Newb
A newbie or newb is NOT a n00b. A Newbie is a new player who has either recently joined the site or who might even be new to role-playing. Newbs tend to be respectful of the rules, and staff are more than wiling to help a newb should they have questions or need assistance with something. WWM loves newbies/newbs, since they are the life's blood of the site.
Administrator/Admin
An administrator is the highest level of staff who as well as maintaining the site, organizes the moderators and makes critical decisions with the help of his or her fellow admins. An admin is someone who either founded the game, or has been a member for a long time. The admins were moderators before being promoted, and generally have far too much time or effort to put into the site.
Moderator/mod
A moderator/mod is a player who has been adopted into the staff and who has the duty of seeing to the general running of the site and helping members with problems. A player is made into a moderator if they have been an exemplary member and the staff require some extra help.
Bird Terms and others
Nestling
A chick who has no feathers or has only down
Fledgling
A chick who is growing feathers.
Branchling
A chick who is fully feathered and has started branching.
Branching
A process of learning to fly in which a Branchling glides from one branch to another and flap its wings a lot.
Islet
(eye-let)
A small island.
