Simple Tips To Become a better RPer

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1) Write a story. It doesn't have to be on the first day, nor does it have to be 55000 words. It's a lot easier to get 'in character' if you have a character to get in.

2) Join a faction. You can be pirate, lawful, trader or independant. Indy is the hardest to RP properly imho, because you will always be asked by everyone 'who are you', but if they see Interspace in front of your name, they (should) know their alignment vis-a-vis that faction, and can behave accordingly.

3) Ship and Equipt. If you have an unusual combination, expect to be quizzed. If you have chosen that combination to give you the edge in a dogfight, expect grief and sanctions. Stick with the canon, die a coupla more times than you would on a PvP server, and have more fun playing than answering oorp interrogations.

4) Reps, ID's, and docking are like a hand in poker. To win, you gotta hold all the aces. If you have a corsair gunboat, with Liberty guns, a Rhineland Military ID and 'Zoner' in your name, why are you docking at a Blood dragon base?

5) Space is big. In fact, its bigger than big. You can float around Newcastle for hours, and the player list can show 5 other players in there, and you may not see them at all. So, when you do see someone, say 'Hi' in local. On one level, it's mere politeness. On another, it's called making friends. But better still, it will lead to DIALOGUE, without which, there is no RP.

6) Punctuation and grammar. 'Eats, shoots and leaves' = pvp whore. 'Eats shoots and leaves' = panda. Leet speak is NOT a language. If you write 'lol' in system chat, everyone in that system will be sighing over their keyboards, but if you write '*smiles*' then you will gain respect, and that respect will carry on after you have left the system.

7) Try to make someone's day, rather than ruin it. If you're a pirate, bring some RP to the situation, rather than '2mrdai'. If you're a trader, give the pirate a bit more to cover several runs. If you're a Lawful - try putting someone under arrest, rather than 'pew-pew-pew'.

8) If you are unlucky enough to get killed, say '//gf' and leave the system. There are plenty of other places to go. If you are lucky enough to tractor in someone's stuff - offer it back to them - for a ransom if you like.

9) Check the forums - especially the new character and the sanction threads. The guy that has shoddy/RP-less equipment may be new. The player that got sanctioned might have been doing stuff that you do.

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