McManus

OK.

I have started to show up in Gemini Park and have gotten into some conversations in character. Now I think I have managed to offend someone entirely by accident. In-person role-playing relies greatly on non-verbal modes of communications, modes that are poor or nonexistent in the Game. How does one avoid miscommunications leading to embarrassment or offence?

Or perhaps the player was not offended but was playing the character as such. One advantage the game has over face-to-face encounters is that you do not see the man behind the curtain. You only see the character. So it is very problematic to determine if some response is character, player, or both.

Sigh. Someone help a (surprised to be a) neophyte get a clue.

Thank you for this guide.

I had a very odd experience that, for a time, turned me off to RPing in COH. I am a longtime role player with years of tabletop experience. And I have always been excited by the possibility of active role playing in City of Heroes. But the one time I had a character try to join a RPing super group, I was criticized for my spelling/typing. I found that highly offensive. I’m not a particularly good typist. As a matter of fact I am using voice dictation to write this. But that’s not an option in City of Heroes. So I have to rely on my admittedly meager typing skills.

How common is this sort of criticism likely to be? If I take myself to the park, am I likely to be shunned for a simple transposition of letters, or am I doomed to role playing dyslexics with speech impediments? In the end it becomes down to this - I can type well, or I can type fast, I cannot do both. And in the interests of conversational speed I usually choose to type fast. What is the consensus of the RP community when dealing with proper spelling and grammar?