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Common Roleplaying Misconceptions!

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Here's a list of some common RP-related misconceptions!

 

Do I have to walk everywhere now?

Nope! While it is true that when roleplaying, we usually walk (because people don't usually just run everywhere in life), but while we're out of character we run just like normal people. Also, if you meant waypoints - they're canon. So even if you were in-character full-time, you could use them. Although some roleplayers have different interpretations of how canon they are, but that's a whole other can(on) of worms.

 

Roleplaying is that thing where people pretend their characters have sex, right?

You're thinking of RP's awkward cousin - ERP. ERPers are usually people who are either goofing around or covering for the fact they're actually having cyber sex, and they're usually not interested in other storylines, and are not a part of the roleplaying community. Generally, most roleplaying plots revolve around life in Tyria, parties, plotting, drama, adventure, and the like. While it is inevitable that occasionally some people might feel a certain way for each other, usually roleplayers don't play those scenarios out, and if they do, they usually do it in private. Public ERPing is frowned upon in the roleplaying community and it's also just inappropriate. This is a PG-13 game, people!

 

Roleplayers are just a bunch of guys pretending to be girls.

Roleplaying isn't about deception or "pretending" to be someone, it's about creating a compelling character and a story. Players shouldn't feel the need to be gender-locked, and there are a lot of men out there who like the idea of playing a female character. There are just as many female players who roleplay male characters. It's like an improv play, or a film, or story. Think of it this way: every word that Arya Stark has ever said was written by George R R Martin. He is Arya. An author "plays" the character s/he writes. It's the same in roleplay.

There is, of course, a large amount of men who play female characters just to be naked with them, but they fall under the above category of ERPers, and generally aren't considered a part of the roleplaying community.

 

Do I have to talk all old-timey like?

Not really. Some roleplayers choose to, because it helps with their immersion and minimizes the amount of slip-ups by using modern words. But if you played any of the living story, you can hear that most of the new Destiny's Edge speak in quite modern lingo for the most part.

 

Do I have to know all the lore before I can try roleplaying?

Not at all! Just knowing the basics is fine, if there's anything you don't know about the world you can look it up on the spot, ask a player out-of-character (by whispering them), or better yet - make it so your character doesn't know it either! Characters don't know everything, and if your character is a peasant from a random hut in Queensdale, they don't have to know everything.

 

Roleplayers don't know how to PvE/PvP/WvW/play their class/play the game

*5 minute fart noise*

 

Add your own if you've encountered some! Or share your experiences with the ones mentioned here :D

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