For example, if you were to go to the Fredricksburg Civil War battle site, you would see people hired by the park who are playing roles as Civil War soldiers. You can sit down with them and talk to them and they will respond to you just as a real CW soldier would if they were back in the 1860s. Their roles include a fake name, a fake place of residence, etc. They play it to the hilt. And they stay very consistent within their roles. They don't say they came from Indiana and then the next sentence say they were born in Alabama.
This is why many people are not truly roleplaying. They don't have any idea of who there characters are, or else they have not fully developed them in their minds. As a result, too often the so-called roleplays come out contradictory or in just one big mishmosh of who knows what and you never really get a good idea of just who these characters are.
I personally roleplay people I have known in the past. It's fun for me to respond to people and situations according to how I believe they would respond in the given predicaments they find themselves in. Would they run, or would they fight? Would they laugh, would they cry, would they .. swear?
I have one wrestler modeled after someone who did a lot of swearing. I personally hate profanity and never use it. But if I were to be true to how this person acted, I have to place profanity in their roleplays. It is part of their personna. Part of their character. Could I get around it? Not if I wanted to capture the essence of that person.
For example, if you were to roleplay Richard Nixon, could you roleplay him in a Watergate movie without swearing? If you did, you wouldn't be capturing the essence of the man. It would be like roleplaying Madonna as the girl-next-door.
If I were roleplaying me, I would never swear or use profanity. But if I am roleplaying a particular person who used profanity a lot, it wouldn't be true to the role being played if there wasn't profanity somehow indicated, even if it's "sh*t" or something like that. It would be like roleplaying Scott Hall without his toothpick. Or Steve Austin without him talking about kicking someone's ass." - By Janis Johnson
1. SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION. Make sure you spell all of the words you use right. Go back and double check if needed, but just try to catch the spelling errors and typos as you write. Make sure oyu leave spaces between words, so DON'T write like these examples...
Bad Examples.
(1) "youre dead!ill bete you in the ring!big dammy!"
(2) "Your dead, I'll beat you in the ring on monday"
In (1), the main problem was it was written by someone who is obviously illiterate. No capital letters, no spaces, it was pathetic. That person would NEVER win a match, unless they were against someone that died and was unable to roleplay.
In (2), it was good except for two things. They spelled "Your" wrong, it should've been "You're" in that use of it. And at the end, there was no period. It's still possible to win like that... But you better have some good stuff in there if you spell your words wrong frequently.
2. DON'T MAKE YOUR WRESTLER SOUND LIKE A KID. If your wrestler sounds like a 13 year old, he'll have as much of a chance of winning as a 13 year old. Watch the WWF or WCW sometime, the wrestlers don't swear and if they do, it's edited out. Also, how many 25 year old wrestlers say "pussy" or "dick?" Not too many.
Bad Examples.
(1) "Hey shitface pussy breath!"
That just sounded stupid. It, quite frankly, sucked. Grown ups don't talk like that, so your wrestlers shouldn't either. If it was up to me, I'd probably kick someone like that out of the fed for being a moron.
3. DON'T TALK LIKE A SMART. If you watch the WWF or WCW, have you EVER heard them say "jobber" or "JTTS?" In all my years, I have never heard that come from a wrestler, announcer, or commentators mouth.
Bad Examples.
(1) "I'm going to kick your ass, you jobber!"
He insulted someone by calling them a "jobber," a word that wrestlers shouldn't know and have no business saying. I don't do that, some others do, but I wouldn't reccomend it. It's not as important as that spelling thing or sounding like a kid thing, but it could make your roleplays sound better.
4. WRITE IN PARAGRAPHS. Don't jumble everything together in one big 5K paragraph. It's a little bit harder to read and doesn't look very good. Write in mulitple paragraphs, it will definately help you out.
Bad Examples.
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Everything was jumbled together and it was all crammed. It's easier to read if you write in paragraphs and it looks much better.
5. DON'T PUSH THE LENGTH. Don't feel like you need to write an 11K roleplay every time. It will get boring for you and the reader and it will be obvious that you were just trying to get it to be really long. Just make your roleplays interesting and make sure they have quality, that's more important. But don't write 1K flashes either, because those are about 3 sentences and you can't get anything good done in three sentences. The average flash is about 3-5K with good quality. Don't make 11K or 1K flashes that are boring or pointless, it's just a waste of time. If you write the flash and it ends up to be 11K in the end, then it's okay because you weren't just trying to make it really long.
6. BE DESCRIPTIVE. Describe what your wrestler is wearing, how he is acting, what he is doing. Be very descriptive so the reader can picture it in their head.
Good Examples.
(1) ["Idolizer" Trace Michaels sits back on a black chair, reclining. He's wearing all green and red today. Some of the clothes he's featuring are a green t-shirt that says "Moo Krew" on it, green sweat pants with a red bandanna tied loosely around the left knee, and a red bandanna on his head, covering his long blonde hair. He looks towards the camera, stares at it for a second, then begins speaking.]
I told what he was wearing, where he was, and what he was looking at. So the reader knows that he's sitting in a chair and can picture it in their head. You don't have to be THAT descriptive, but at least give the reader an idea of what's going on.
7. DON'T BEG TO WIN. This has nothing to do with roleplaing, but... Don't e-mail the President of the league begging to win a match because it would really help you out and you need a win. It just gets the President mad at they will, most likely, job you in that match just because you asked to win. Instead of spending your time begging, write a good roleplay, you'll be more likely to win that way.
Bad Examples.
(1) Please let me win, it could really help my wrestler out and give him the push I need.
That's just obvious that your begging and it means the same as "Please let me win! I don't want to lose!" It's just pointless and will get you obsolutely nowhere.
8. DON'T USE ENDLESS PERIODS
Don't use a ton of ..........ing just to make your RP longer.
Bad Examples.
(1) I.........am.......coming...........for..........you.
Five words that look really stupid. I always use 3 periods when indicating a pause." - By Eric LaValle
Don't get me wrong, words like ass, bitch, and bastard are fine. No bleeps, nothing. But when you step into the range of the f*cks and shits and sexual references, try to use some control. Ask yourself, "If this were a real federation, would my promoter FIRE me over this interview?" Yes, I believe so. The fact of the matter is, you do NOT need swearing in roleplays to get heat. You could put an assorted [BLEEP] in an interview which is much much more effective than the actual word. At least it keeps the opponent guessing as to what you called them. :)
Just the plain fact is, a page of swearing is not a good roleplay. Not even a fairly good roleplay. I'm glad to see CWO taking it upon themselves to [BLEEP] out interviews. Just control the mouth. It isn't appreciated." - By Chris Quigley
The GCW decides who wins matches on quality of roleplays.The better your roleplays,the better your chances of winning. The more wrestlers we get,the more titles we'll have.Exe:want a tag team championship?send in tag-teams.Lightwight title?send in lightweights.All roleplays will be done on our Interview Room(lpage guestbook).
Rules
You must roleplay at least a 10 line roleplay at least once a week.1rst breaking of the rule,suspension,2nd,your fired.Simple as that pal.Thats basically it.Good Luck!