Pagliaccio (2015-06-20 10:15:46)

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Roleplaying is a great way to take control of your literary skills. Exploring the roleplaying community can open your eyes to an expanding and fascinating realm composed by creative authors. It is also, or rather can be, a strict art form. Many are not intellectually inclined for this level of Roleplay: demanding of the plot, characters, relatable disciplines and, above all, a keen eye. So, I have decided to compile a sort of guide/lore in the hope that I can be the one to educate and give the proper tools to members of the roleplaying community, and that this will prepare them to advance in this art form.


The Underlying Action-Method-Condition Postulate Theory (Too Long; Did not Read! : You either can or can't even.)

When some action occurs within Roleplay, the action is not necessarily defined as by what it just is. Rather, actions set conditions for basic and abstract objects in the natural world. These conditions can be either Boolean truths or abstract measurements, and the conditions that actions can observe or set are infinite in range.
Methods allow us to set and observe conditions. Whatever method an action invokes defines the conditions that action can potentially set or observe. It is the action that decides what is done.

When one "lifts" their arm, they are really describing the very process of having to move that mass of arm. If expressed in the Action-Method-Condition Postulate, "she lifts her arm" can be stated precisely as "the 'mass' defined as 'her arm' is set to be moving at a set velocity, about a point of rotation known as 'her shoulder' which will terminate when a point of interest is defined as being in a specific region of space." We know that the methods: the arm, movement type, and speed. We also know one condition: the action ends when something is in a certain position--maybe a ring on a finger must be a over her head. Of course, this is much more wordy than just stating the obvious.

The Action-Method-Condition Postulate is important, because it determines the validity of every post. Conditions are not always easily manipulated. Let us say that a condition exists where a solid object is preventing a person from lifting their arm because it is "intangible" to the method invoked by the action. The action must invoke a different method to set a desired condition, as once the action observes the condition it cannot realize the method. What this means, simply, is that the object can't be affected by that person lifting their arm how they want. They would have to do something else, like /raise/ their arm.

Another thing to understand is that some actions are implied by other actions when certain conditions are met. If one "jabs at a piece of paper," it would be expected that, given no observed conditions obstruct the method, the paper would "rip" to some degree. "I rip a piece of paper" is more accurately defined as "I set up the conditions to where the paper rips."


Conjugative Logic (Too Long; Did not Read! : Just because you can even, doesn't mean you will.)

We know an action is being done when someone uses a verb. "I jump" is different from "I jumped," from "I have jumped," or from "I will have jumped." Each defines a region of time in the story arc, but only one is able to "do." The present form is the only verb form that does anything, so each other form can only be used to pass information. That being said, what verbs are used in the present tense play a crucial role in deciding the validity of a post.

Consider the different between "stabs with his sword" and "strikes at so and so with his sword." "Strikes at" implies an open ended action, in that other actions /can/ rise from the conditions set forth by "striking at so and so." "Stabs," though, seems to define a condition outside of its method.

How do we know this? "Stab" implies a "completing" action--one which gives rise to other actions the same post it is initiated in. A better way of understanding this is that it appears the stab is an attack that assumes it is successful. This is because a stab is an act of causing damage, which itself is an action that can be done once a stabbing motion method sets the correct conditions, but whose conditions the stab itself cannot set. Does the fire burn, or does the heat generated burn?

Now you might say that wounding is the action and stabbing is the method. This is completely valid, as I explained just above, however in this case we are forced to consider that the method will not be realized in the same post it is invoked.

Specifying that an action is being attempted can help keep the post valid, just make sure to provide method. It makes no more sense to say "I try to wound him" if you do not attach a method to it.


Story Logic (Too Long; Did not Read!? You shouldn't RP then.)

Going back to the Action-Method-Condition Postulate, story logic refers to the effect conditions have on methods. In Post A an opponent attempts a block. In post B, you attempt an attack, and this is where Post B's method is realized. We can now say he is blocking. In Post C, your method is realized, but the conditions you were after (the opponent being wounded somehow) were intangible because he was blocking.

It's as simple as that. Just follow the proper order of things. There really isn't much to say about it. Pay attention to the conditions your action will observe.


Assuming (Too Long; Did not Read! : Do it right the first time.)

When someone fails to define a method accurately, we can assume it for them so long as it satisfies the given methods. If one "attacks with their sword," we get the method of employment but not of force, or aim, etc. We can assume all this, and give the opponent a huge disadvantage. We cannot, however, change the weapon method to a mace, or axe, and such.

This post has been edited one or more times, the last time was:
2015-06-20 10:16:49

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Destroiya (2015-06-20 21:40:02)

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To;dr
Jk jk jk. Although these guides are pretty repetitive.

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epicpwner2003 (2015-07-22 15:15:00)

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What.

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PANZERFAUST (2015-10-28 09:26:55)

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This isn't long at all. How ing short are your guys' attention spans?

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Clair (2015-10-28 16:42:28)

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+1

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Destroiya (2015-10-30 02:22:21)

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^^ A.D.D.

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ImtehwolfieRP (2015-11-03 00:48:53)

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This however is a snow poff.

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PrinceMurphy (2015-11-24 21:23:04)

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Nice.

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ArrowVGod (2015-12-29 14:01:52)

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A gigantic post with boring info. .-.

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Destroiya (2015-12-29 15:11:15)

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It's pretty much redundant now.

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WD66Gaster (2016-01-24 05:22:17)

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Lemme convert the rules in a simple sentence: As long as it makes Ano the strongest Character, it's good

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CharaDreemurr (2016-01-24 06:17:27)

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Ah,now I see.This guy is an Ano follower,which is why the rules are all in Ano's favor. Nice try,fag,that's not how it works here. Also, I agree with ^.

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DedEye (2016-01-26 02:10:58)

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Chara, that is Ano

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