Post by Brittany on Apr 9, 2012 21:00:21 GMT -6
As many of you know, there are many different terms when talking about roleplaying. So I'm here to show you the most common terms.
Backchannel(ing): The practice of chatting and plotting in private e-mail, messages or IM, instead of public view on the forum.
Canon: The original source material, e.g. the book, manga, cartoon, TV show, video game, etc. where the characters and/or world came from.
Closed Thread(s): A thread that has been marked as being for a particular character/group of characters.
Fade to Black: The ending of a scene as written by the players, but when IC action is presumed to continue – sometimes the thread picks up again after a certain point. Is most generally used when characters are about to mate or give birth, although it can be used for other reasons.
Fanon: Something that has been used by fans for so long or so much that it is generally accepted as almost as true as canon.
Gary-Stu: Male version of a Mary-Sue
Godmodding: Where a character does something they are not capable of/do not have permission to do to another character, like killing someone else's character. Also, characters that always dodge attacks, can never die, and bite other characters are all examples of godmodding.
IC Actions = IC Consequences (ICA=ICC): What happens after a character makes an action, be it good (helping a stranger and being rewarded) or bad (mouthing off to a teacher and getting punished). A sign of Mary-Sueing is twisting things around to avoid the negative side of ICA=ICC.
IC/OOC Line: The line between 'in character' and 'out of character'. Players are not their characters, are not necessarily even like their characters, and vice versa.
In Character (IC): Anything that occurs in/relates to what happens in the roleplay to/by the characters.
Mary-Sue: A female character that defies the 'rules' of the setting, is incredibly accomplished for no reason, can do things that no other can reasonably do, seeks to make themselves the focus, has no flaws, is best at everything, etc.
Metagaming: Bringing OOC knowledge into an IC situation, e.g. knowing that a character likes something, when it has never been mentioned, and your character has no basis for knowing this fact.
Non-Joined Character (NJC): A character that is more fully developed than an NPC, but belongs to one player and is most likely recurring for a plot/specific events. Examples include spouses and children of PCs, who make appearances but are not the focus.
Non-Player Character (NPC): A character that is not important to be created, able to be used by any player, and generally only for a situation e.g. the waitress serving a group at dinner, the student a person bumps into while waiting in line.
Open Thread(s): A thread that is open to any character that has a reason to be there.
Original Canon Character (OCC): Not quite the same as an OC, but very similar. A character who has a basis in canon, but is little more than a name (often only mentioned), thus requiring the player to build on that framework extensively.
Original Character (OC): A character who was created does not appear in the canon source, but was created from scratch by a player.
Out of Character (OOC): Anything that occurs/relates to things out of the game, e.g. OOC knowledge (you know a character is evil, but your own character does not).
Role-Playing (role-play, RP, RPing): The concept where one plays games with others by assuming a 'role'.
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Backchannel(ing): The practice of chatting and plotting in private e-mail, messages or IM, instead of public view on the forum.
Canon: The original source material, e.g. the book, manga, cartoon, TV show, video game, etc. where the characters and/or world came from.
Closed Thread(s): A thread that has been marked as being for a particular character/group of characters.
Fade to Black: The ending of a scene as written by the players, but when IC action is presumed to continue – sometimes the thread picks up again after a certain point. Is most generally used when characters are about to mate or give birth, although it can be used for other reasons.
Fanon: Something that has been used by fans for so long or so much that it is generally accepted as almost as true as canon.
Gary-Stu: Male version of a Mary-Sue
Godmodding: Where a character does something they are not capable of/do not have permission to do to another character, like killing someone else's character. Also, characters that always dodge attacks, can never die, and bite other characters are all examples of godmodding.
IC Actions = IC Consequences (ICA=ICC): What happens after a character makes an action, be it good (helping a stranger and being rewarded) or bad (mouthing off to a teacher and getting punished). A sign of Mary-Sueing is twisting things around to avoid the negative side of ICA=ICC.
IC/OOC Line: The line between 'in character' and 'out of character'. Players are not their characters, are not necessarily even like their characters, and vice versa.
In Character (IC): Anything that occurs in/relates to what happens in the roleplay to/by the characters.
Mary-Sue: A female character that defies the 'rules' of the setting, is incredibly accomplished for no reason, can do things that no other can reasonably do, seeks to make themselves the focus, has no flaws, is best at everything, etc.
Metagaming: Bringing OOC knowledge into an IC situation, e.g. knowing that a character likes something, when it has never been mentioned, and your character has no basis for knowing this fact.
Non-Joined Character (NJC): A character that is more fully developed than an NPC, but belongs to one player and is most likely recurring for a plot/specific events. Examples include spouses and children of PCs, who make appearances but are not the focus.
Non-Player Character (NPC): A character that is not important to be created, able to be used by any player, and generally only for a situation e.g. the waitress serving a group at dinner, the student a person bumps into while waiting in line.
Open Thread(s): A thread that is open to any character that has a reason to be there.
Original Canon Character (OCC): Not quite the same as an OC, but very similar. A character who has a basis in canon, but is little more than a name (often only mentioned), thus requiring the player to build on that framework extensively.
Original Character (OC): A character who was created does not appear in the canon source, but was created from scratch by a player.
Out of Character (OOC): Anything that occurs/relates to things out of the game, e.g. OOC knowledge (you know a character is evil, but your own character does not).
Role-Playing (role-play, RP, RPing): The concept where one plays games with others by assuming a 'role'.
Terms © to www.roleplaygateway.com/rpg-terms-glossary-t4220.html