Lesson #5: - "Simple Do's & Don't's"

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The views expressed in this thread do not reflect those of the staff or administrator here at Innovation:Wrestling. The purpose of these 'lessons' are for me to spread my knowledge of e-fedding over the years. In order to help others out who may be struggling or having a hard time. All views expressed are of my own. I'm doing this for the sole purpose of helping newcomers, and even throwing a few idea's out there for the 'vets'. Because at the end of the day? The learning experience never stops for no one.[/center]

What's up gang?

Today I'm gonna talk about some do's and some don't's in the world of roleplaying. Little things that most people don't stop to think about. Bad habits that need to be corrected that can overall, improve your skills and make your character more presentable when getting his/her's point across.

Little things, like spelling mistakes. This to me is one of the biggest issues I see that is a common problem. To me, in the whole grand scheme of things. There should be no excuse to not be able to spell a word correctly. That "Spell Check" button? By all mean's. Before you ever post anything. Use it to go over any type of mistakes that you've made. It's there for a reason folks.

Now I understand sometimes we get in a hurry and we may slip up on a word or two. I'm not talking about this, since even I am guilty of posting a roleplay. Then going back to see where I misspelled a word that I overlooked while proofreading What does get under my skin is seeing an entire roleplay being littered with spelling errors and poor grammar.

The vast majority of us are adults over the age of twenty. So I'd like to think we were all educated enough in school to not write at a third grade level.

However, its not just spelling mistakes. A lack of vocabulary is another huge problem I see constantly in every e-fed I've ever been in.

First off, lemme just say that if your gonna fill your roleplay full of nothing but cuss words and immature insults? Please... don't waste my time or anyone else's. Cussing doesn't make you look "cool", even if your gimmick calls upon you dropping you a few 'F bombs'.

Case in point. Read the example below in the quoted text:

Genesis - Wow ! Getting brave now are we little man ? And just for the record buddy boy. I don't need a Baseball Bat to kick you or anybody's ass !

Genesis tosses the baseball bat to the side of the ring.

Genesis - One question I need to ask you though. After I'm through slaughtering you tonight in this very ring. Do you think I should just send the dental records or your bling bling to the coroners to identify the body ? Because thats the only two ways anyone will be able to know who the hell you are !!!

And son, just for the record. Your little fists won't be enough stop me. If onlys fisticuffs took me out I wouldn't be here standing now would I ? But anyways jackass. Bring whatever you got to the ring to "help you" win tonight. None of them will work. I've heard the claims all before. Everybody has ran there mouths to me and have told me time and time and time again they were going to take me out and end my career. And you know what ? None of them succeed obviously. You are no different.

And besides this ring is reserved for winners. You my friend are a loser. So just do me and everybody else a favor and step off BITCH ! Cause I'm not afraid to start our match a little early right here right now. If you wanna a piece of me. Then take your best shot pal. Just remember one thing you jacked up little bitch ! If you dare lay a hand on me before the match. I will see to it that you are fined and suspended.

So with that being said lil' B. Whats your choice ? Fight me now and get suspended. Or come out here later tonight and get sent packing back home to the hood where your ass belongs anyway !

But look on the bright side "holmes". Once your back there. You can run and tell your mama and your gang buddies that you met AND got your ass kicked by the walking....talking....wrestling god ! Cause this true American Badass doesn't take shit from no one. Including your sorry punk ass !

Genesis lowers the microphone and takes a few steps back away from Williams. He looks at Wiliams with that ever so confident, cocky ass grin of his that we all know too well. Then, he hauls off and spits right in the face of Williams. Apparently in an attempt to get Williams to strike him. What will Brian do next ?

This would be an old roleplay of mine from early 2007 during my run in the now defunct XWA. Now why would I choose myself as the example? Well as you can see. I've certainly came a long way. As I look back on this today. Some five years later. I really don't know what possessed me to use as many cuss words as possible for a roleplay lol. Other then I was looking for attention, and for some weird reason. It seemed to work at the time. But in retrospect, I wouldn't recommend doing what I did back then.

Bottom line. Don't let your post have a cuss word in every sentence you type. Keep this at an absolute MINIMAL!

Besides that, your gonna make it easier for the other guy to read over your work and bury you. Nine times outta ten? You probably deserved it. Because if you were stupid enough to make careless mistakes like this? Then in my honest opinion, you deserve to get PWN'd.

As for stuff that can help you out in a roleplay? If at all possible. Add details such as pictures or video footage to enhance the message you're trying to convey to the readers. Small touches like this can go a long way.

Organizing your post is key too. I realize that most of us already know how to do this. But I'll be damned if I still run across people who don't know this simple basic use of using colors, different font types and styles to separate your actions from your words. Nothing is more frustrating then reading a wall of text with no separation between your character's words, and what they're doing as actions. As you'll see right below.

Mike Bradley vs. AJ Styles.
Can you say dream match?
It's one of those things you could only see in video games. One of those "what if" matches.
Hulk Hogan vs. John Cena.
Andre the Giant vs. The Big Show.
Randy Savage vs. Chris Jericho.
RVD vs. Jimmy Snuka.
Tommy Dreamer vs. The Original Sheik.
Now you can add me vs. AJ, one of the men who inspired me to get into wrestling in the first place to that list.
I can see it now - a high-octane, awe-inducing, adrenaline rush of a match. Both of us hitting each other with everything we can muster, the crowd on their feet chanting "This is awesome!" never wanting this thing to end. We're going to show the world chain wrestling, spotfests, hardcore, and defying gravity at its finest - and then some. I smell a classic.
AJ, you've seen it all, you've done it all, and you've been through it all. And I have too - but in a completely different way. In wrestling I'm not at your level yet, but against a legend like you, I'm going to continue to prove that I can get there.
This match is a tremendous opportunity and a dream come true for me, and it will be an honor and a privilege to step into that ring with you.
And kick.
Your.
Ass.
And if you don't know... now you know.

So with that being said. I'm out for this weeks lesson. Thanks for reading. As always, feel free to leave comments, suggestions and what have you. Everyone is more then welcome to do so. Keep things clean and respectful if you do.

Laters,
Brandon Ewing (aka "Genesis")

[Chris Lionheart]

Good-God, TNB's Brian Williams! I loved that character in his short run. So many people just got run-out of town by TNB's closure and the attempted migration into XWA. I guess there was just never the personal connection for some members once TNB closed.

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That's because XWA was an entirely different fed from TNB's. We had no freedom in that place. Everyone had to follow a strict set of guidelines and frankly, all the way around XWA just wasn't fun to be in.