Huskerdust 625 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I have a BRAND NEW roleplayer on my forum and I really want to help her get comfortable with roleplay. Luckily she is starting with a pretty chill group as my members have been Incredibly patient with her. As a brand new player, what should I make sure she knows? I don’t want her to just know my game. I’d love her to be able to branch out when she’s comfortable doing so. So far she knows the concept of play bys. She is still learning the difference between her account and her character account. She’s never been on a forum before at all so she’s new to that as well. Reality is an illusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadling 14 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I am a new member/community admin on my SW forum, and in order to aid new members I implemented quite a few thing. I have a guide for EVERYTHING. That includes what some of the basic RP abbreviations mean like IC and OOC, how role play forums work, how to post, how to edit posts, where to post, what factions we have, etc. I find it actually really helps and brings in a lot players. I also have an automatic PM that's short, much shorter than the guide, but it links to the guide. 1 1 The Myst of Avsolom is a medieval high fantasy role play forum set in an original world. It has an easily digestible Lore & Plot Overview page to help new members learn about the setting and jump in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid 5 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I agree, guides for everything seem to be the way to go. If I run a site and I personally see a person somewhat struggling, I'd also try to take on a sort of 'mentor' role and personally PM the player just to check in and ask if they have any questions, and let them know that I'm totally happy to help if they need anything. Sometimes people feel more likely to open up and put forth the effort into learning something new if they feel like they have a friend, or someone to rely on when they need it. 1 Something once lost can never be returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeflamehead 21 Share Posted June 11, 2019 From my experiences, I try to have myself (or other admins) be the first ones to RP with them, so you can guide them through the process, and answer any questions/concerns. Communicating through Discord or a messenger during those first few steps I think is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiie 40 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Have her read some of Forum Roleplay's Basic Roleplay guides! These are really helpful reading, which I recommend to everyone I can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix3495 16 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I actually had a really new member a couple of months ago. They had never roleplayed before and I'm not going to lie, it was a bit of a struggle at first to help them to get their first character up and running, but after the first character, they were nearly a pro. You wouldn't have even guessed we were their first site. They asked tons of questions and were willing to learn about everything. We have an extensive amount of lore that's pretty specific and they were very deer in head lights about. Definitely don't expect them to retain it all really quickly. I like to think that even though all site write their own lore with their own twists, we are all kind of pulling from similar stuff on the internet. Like a werewolf is a werewolf, it just might be a bit different one every site. So if they don't get the lore right every time just gently correct them. It'll take some time. Once everybody in the server knew how new to roleplay this person was, it was kind of a team effort in helping them. So I think if your members know and all pitch in to help your new person out, there might be a good chance they will feel more welcomed. 2 1 Will you be another face in the night? 18+ | 333 Rating | No Word Count | No Activity Check | Diverse Species Home | Plot | Rules | Species | Claims | Site Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorem 219 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Maybe ask them what length of post they are comfortable writing, and try to match that length for a start, so they aren't discouraged/intimidated. Make sure they're clear about the things that universally peeve almost everyone, like taking control of other characters without their permission. Give her some helpful tips that help to avoid doing this, such as building up to an open-ended scenario at the end of the post, using NPCs, whatever it may be. Strategies on how to make a post interesting without resorting to that. That's all I can think of from the top of my head. 🙂 1 ☩ FORGE - GUNPOWDER FANTASY ☩ ☢ VECTOR - CYBERPUNK / SPACE WESTERN ☢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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