Neat Article From Look Robot

[DungeonmasterCal]

11 Ways To Be A Better Roleplayer

[Ivan Rûski]

Looks interesting. Will read later; off to bed now.

[Freehold DM]

Damn but this is good.

[Kalshane]

Thanks for sharing.

The follow-up is good, too: http://lookrobot.co.uk/2013/06/23/stanislavski-vs-brecht-in-tabletop-rolepl aying/

[kmal2t]

Out of all that rambling I saw two tidbits of actual good roleplaying advice.

-Remember your character's backstory is worthless if you don't integrate it into gameplay. This seems obvious, but how often do people forget about it and it just sits there idle on the back of your char sheet?

-Embrace failure. I do this all the time. If I or someone botches I usually come up with a reason of why it happened or I might describe it. It makes the game much more entertaining than just letting a failure be nothing.

[Hama]

I wouldn't call that rambling. I agree with everything he said. Pretty much my thoughts put to 'paper'.

[kmal2t]

A lot of just swearing, yelling, and saying obvious things that aren't incredibly insightful minus the two things I mentioned.

[Hama]

I don't see anything wrong with using swear words to accentuate something. Also I don't find people who use swear words to be lacking in the sheer amount of words they know. Also, most people who swear when they talk are more honest.

You'd be surprised how many people would find most of the things he said incredibly insightful.
I know most of the stuff he said and agree with it. But i know people who don't know about that stuff. This might be a revelation they need to play better.

[kmal2t]

I swear a lot and have no issue with swearing. It seemed more like a venting rant about stuff he doesn't like than giving good insightful advice.

[Terquem]

•Always remember the four basic points of highly successful writing

1)Drastically oversimplified explanations of complex problems.
2)Technologically utopian solutions to said complex problems.
3)Unconventional (and unconvincing) explanations of the origins of said complex problems.
4)Staggeringly obvious observations presented as mind-blowing new insights

[Hama]

kmal2t wrote:

I swear a lot and have no issue with swearing. It seemed more like a venting rant about stuff he doesn't like than giving good insightful advice.

It does seem like he is venting. Though, I deem most of the stuff he said (when you pick out the ranting), pretty useful, specifically for new players.

[doctor_wu]

Good rant that can be productive.

[DungeonmasterCal]

G&*(^*^*_)%$&$dammit, Mo*%$()_)++(&*&$^$%@ers! Get back on track!

;)

[Mark Hoover]

*casts thread res*

I just found this thread and through it the article. I really liked the advice. I agree that some of it was kind of obvious but then again in the preamble he says it perfectly. There's all kinds of advice on how to run, but no one ever says out loud or writes down how to play. Sure there's rules to follow on HOW to play a specific game, but not how to be a player.

I think more folks should read this. At least one piece of advice applies to every player at my table, including me. I ramble incessantly (as if you couldn't tell) and I need to learn how to keep it short and sweet.

[DungeonmasterCal]

I completely forgot I posted this.

[ngc7293]

I like the last one Embrace Failure.
It reminds me of the game Traveller (the original), where you could die before your character was finished being created!