Posing and Spoofing Workshop

Posing and Spoofing in Roleplaying Games

Artjom walks across the stage and sits upon one of the large leather chairs.
Artjom rises from the plush leather seat that his rests on the stage.
You say, "hey everyone"
Catalith says, "*speaking english, in a *Mild, Yorkshire accent* voice* hi hi"
Siken says, "*speaking english, in an a low, bass tone voice* herro"
Artjom exclaims, "Herro!"
Soulis says, "*speaking english, in a smooth and calming voice* Hello."
Artjom says, "Damn, he stole my joke"
Slither OOCly shouts, "anyone else want to join the 15 minute pose workshop?  xhelp now or forever hold your peace"
Catalith [to Siken]: ah i miss seeing that god damn brick wall thing xD
You step up to the podium and adjust the microphone.
Siken [to Catalith]: chingy chingy choooonnnngggggg
Siken says, "herrrrrroooooooooooo"
You say, "Okay everyone we are going to start.  Siken is going to help since he is quite a poser."
You chuckle softly.
Catalith chuckles softly.
You ask, "GET IT?"
Cinnamon laughs appropriately.
Soulis laughs loudly.
Cinnamon walks around the front of the rows of seats and picks one out to sit in, and lowers theirself into it.
Artjom absently minded gets out a Samsung Galaxy S2, looking at it as if surprised to find it in his pockets, then throws it in the next available recycling cute.
Siken says, "huehuehuehuehuehuehue"
You say, "Raise your hand if you've never tried to pose before and have no idea what it is.  if you don't know how to emote, you wont be able to raise your hand and instead just say you dont"
Catalith [to You]: to be honest i don't know the difference off the top of my head
Soulis says, "Same here."
Artjom dances around the stage
You say, "Okay."
You say, "Let me show you."
You walk over to Siken and slap him on the back.
[OOC: Slither says, ".walk over to Siken and .slap him on the back."]
[OOC: Slither says, "thats what I typed"]
[OOC: Slither says, "siken, please paste what you saw"]
[OOC: Siken says, "Slither walks over to you and slaps you on the back."]
[OOC: Slither says, "soulis plesae paste what you saw"]
[OOC: Soulis says, "Slither walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back."]
[OOC: Catalith says, "oh those yeh i used them for awhile but started getting abit fidgetty using them incase i typed it wrong"]
[OOC: Slither says, "and what I saw:"]
[OOC: Slither says, "You walk over to Siken and slap him on the back."]
[OOC: Slither says, "now"]
[OOC: Slither exclaims, "crap!"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "right"]
[OOC: Slither says, "anabelle hi we are going over pose"]
[OOC: Anabelle says, "yeah sorry, i was distracted xD"]
[OOC: Slither says, "and how it is different than emote"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "so poses are the . ones"]
You walk over to Siken and slap him on the back.
[OOC: Slither says, "thats what I did"]
[OOC: Slither says, ".walk over to Siken and .slap him on the back."]
[OOC: Catalith says, "an emote uses exactly what you type where a pose changes words to you"]
[OOC: Siken says, "We are going over the difference between 'posing' and 'emote'"]
Slither walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back.
[OOC: Slither says, "emote walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back."]
[OOC: Slither says, "I see: Slither walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back."]
[OOC: Slither asks, "what do you see Siken?"]
[OOC: Slither asks, "and you soulis?"]
[OOC: Siken says, "Slither walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back."]
[OOC: Soulis says, "Slither walks over to Siken and slaps him on the back."]
[OOC: Slither says, "so the difference with pose is that it actually matches the name you type"]
[OOC: Slither says, "anyone got a disguise"]
[OOC: Slither asks, "helmet or shroud or something?"]
Siken bunches up his evergreen hoodie, tugs the synth-cotton fabric down over his chest and adjusts the fit with a slight tug.  He pulls the hood over his head, letting it cast a shadow over his face.
[OOC: Soulis says, "yup"]
[OOC: Slither asks, "see how he is tall?"]
[OOC: Slither says, "everyone type .look at tall"]
Catalith looks at a hooded tall man.
Soulis looks at a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither says, "now everyone type .look at hooded"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Catalith looks at you."]
Artjom pokesses a hooded tall man in his right eye.
[OOC: Artjom says, "ah shit"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Artjom pokesses you in your right eye."]
Artjom pokes a hooded tall man in the eye.
Soulis looks at a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Artjom says, "I fucked up"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Artjom pokes you in the eye."]
[OOC: Slither says, "type .look at hooded tall man"]
Soulis looks at a hooded tall man a hooded tall man a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither says, "only one pronoun is needed"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Soulis looks at you you you."]
Catalith looks at a hooded tall man a hooded tall man a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither says, "using more is bad"]
[OOC: Slither says, "@titles do NOT count"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Heh, that is one thing I always screw up."]
[OOC: Catalith asks, "is that because there three keywords for him and it activated all 3?"]
[OOC: Slither says, "so you couldn't do .look over at Mr."]
Artjom pokes a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither says, "or .look at Judge"]
Anabelle looks at a hooded tall man.
Artjom pokes a hooded tall man.
Anabelle glaresses at a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither asks, "now, what does the period do?"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "ah, it works with "hooded", "tall" and "man" "]
[OOC: Slither says, "it adds an s or es where applicable when it moves what you say from 1st to 3rd"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Anabelle glaresses at you."]
Catalith strokes a hooded tall man.
[OOC: Slither says, "you write pose in the first person"]
[OOC: Slither says, "and put periods in front of words that need s or es when they are in the third person"]
[OOC: Soulis says, "Oh ok."]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "It's a bit odd, at first, but gets much easier and more efficient compared to 'emote'."]
Artjom gets out his flashlight.
[OOC: Slither says, ".look around and .take a step toward Siken before halting and eyeing Soulis, I .raise a hand and .fling lightning at Soulis."]
You look around and take a step toward a hooded tall man before halting and eyeing Soulis, you raise a hand and fling lightning at Soulis.
You explode for being un-themely.
[OOC: Slither says, ".explode for being un-themely."]
Artjom punchs himself into the face with his flashlight, hard.
[OOC: Artjom exclaims, "IT WORKS!"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "You see, Artjom, you did it correctly, BUT"]
[OOC: Slither says, "now certain things get wonky going from third to 1st person"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "This is where it can get odd with 'pose'..."]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Instead of .punch"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "you would need to put .punche"]
[OOC: Slither says, "if you ever want to TEST you can type @tutorials and go into the tutorial room which has a mirror"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "argh"]
[OOC: Slither says, "huh"]
Artjom punches himself into the face with his flashlight, hard.
[OOC: Slither says, "i didn't even know that"]
[OOC: Slither says, "nice catch siken"]
[OOC: Slither says, "who has questions"]
[OOC: Artjom asks, "can we do that other thing... the ! thing?"]
[OOC: Slither says, "if you can, try asking your questions in the form of a pose"]
[OOC: Slither asks, "spoofing?"]
[OOC: Slither says, "sure"]
[OOC: Cinnamon asks, "What is the point when I can 'emote punches herself in the face'?"]
[OOC: Slither says, "let me get a player bit to use"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "i love spoofing it's so nice"]
Seven is summoned in by Slither.
[OOC: Seven says, "so"]
[OOC: Seven says, "you need to use your name in a spoof"]
[OOC: Seven says, "or it will get added at the end"]
Wind blows dust motes through the air. --Seven Ecks
Wind blows dust motes through the air, swirling around Seven Ecks and then on toward the edge of the room.
[OOC: Seven says, "!Wind blows dust motes through the air."]
A loud toot from the ishii horn signals all boarding participants to board the ishii train. Siken toots the horn again. --a hooded tall man
[OOC: Seven says, "!Wind blows dust motes through the air, swirling around Seven Ecks and then on toward the edge of the room."]
[OOC: Seven says, "doing it while shrouded is tough"]
Blood drips onto the floor as Arjtom's nose starts to bleed. --Artjom
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "Hm..."]
[OOC: Seven says, "try 'a hooded tall man'"]
A loud toot from the ishii horn signals all boarding participants to board the ishii train. man toots the horn again. --a hooded tall man
[OOC: Seven says, "instead of siken"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "Wait... what. I used my name"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "when spoofing you need to add @titles aswell don't you"]
[OOC: Seven says, "artjom you can't use 's on it"]
A loud toot from the ishii horn signals all boarding participants to board the ishii train. a hooded tall man toots the horn again.
[OOC: Seven says, "yes and titles need to be included"]
Beging to differ, Cinnamon's uses apostrophe's in the wrong spot's.
[OOC: Seven says, "if you are shrouded you can spoof using your entire name it seems"]
[OOC: Seven says, "cin"]
[OOC: Seven says, "you are an admin"]
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Something went wonky with artjom."]
[OOC: Seven says, "that's why i am on this bit"]
[OOC: Seven says, "admin dont need there names in the spoof"]
Blam  --Slither
A low sobbing can be heard from the room as Catalith holds her face in her hands
[OOC: Slither says, "...."]
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Yes, but I spoof my name on my player-bit all the time with 's and it works fine."]
[OOC: Slither leaves in shame.]
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Something is wonky with artjom :P"]
[OOC: A hooded tall man says, "huehuuhehe"]
a hooded tall man reaches a hand up and grips his evergreen hoodie, struggling for a moment before tugging off the synth-cotton material.
[OOC: Slither says, "artjom try !Wind whips Artjom's hair."]
[OOC: Siken asks, "With !, is it okay for players to somewhat conduct the area around them as long as it isn't anything TOO game changing?"]
[OOC: Siken says, "For example"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "I'm perfectly fine" as he slowly starts to undress.]
[OOC: Artjom says, "Nothing wrong with me"]
A street vendor mutters to herself as Siken waits for Artjom to get off the phone.
Wind whips Artjom's hair.
[OOC: Catalith says, "i normally just use ! when i want to emote something without my name at the front"]
Artjom says, "oi"
After ashing his cigarette, Soulis takes another drag.
[OOC: Slither says, "yes, you can spoof, but it really should be uninvasive to the extreme -- remember that not everyone views each room the same way.  spoof is good to add ambience but make sure that ambience is invasive"]
[OOC: Seven says, "since i'm seven ecks"]
[OOC: Seven says, "i tend to spoof people bumping into me and then backing down when i glare at them"]
[OOC: Seven says, "i find that is themely in so far as I am on Snake turf / can expect the people around me to know who i am"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "spoof is nice if you give someone a rp prop like a closed bag and they look inside it"]
This is a bad example --  Cinnamon walks through the room, and a dude walks up to Siken and mugs him because he's a puny jerk. -- It's bad because I have forced RP onto you.
[OOC: Artjom says, "swiggedyswag, what's in the bag"]
[OOC: Seven says, "the same rules that apply to pose and emote apply here."]
Seven walks up to Siken and knocks him the fuck out.
[OOC: Seven says, "is never okay"]
Crying and sobbing as he falls into the fetal position, Siken cries for TERRA but no one seems to listen.
Seven walks up to Siken and bottles him.
[OOC: Seven says, "is not okay"]
Seven walks up to Siken and swings a bottle at his head, clearly aiming to knock him out with one hit.
[OOC: Seven says, "it perfect"]
[OOC: Seven says, "as long as you are cool with "]
Seven dodges out of the way, baka!
Laughter fills the air as Catalith looks down upon the crying siken
[OOC: Seven says, "on sindome"]
Taking the bullet -- Err...bottle -- Cinnamon protects Siken with admin powers. "Stop bullying people in OOC areas, jerk."
[OOC: Seven says, "i've seen combat RP'd out"]
[OOC: Seven says, "training sessions, etc"]
Seven sprinkles system magic on Siken and he returns to peak health.
A pink unicorn flys down from the sky, it's majestic wings flutter twice giving a large gust of air around the area before it says in a monotone voice down toward the helpless Siken. "I will assist you, Citizen."
[OOC: Seven says, "the reason we make you include your name"]
[OOC: Seven says, "is so players and admin can hold the correct people responsible for meta crap"]
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Just to clarify, a good exception of the rule would be if you are in combat, and you smash someone with a bottle in the face, you could ".smashe Siken in the face with a bottle, yelling in triumph.""]
[OOC: Catalith says, "when rping combat out though you have to be wary of your own stats because someone with a bad agility and fighting skill wouldn't really be able to dodge someone well trained in the arts"]
[OOC: Siken says, "Ahhhh, I have a question..."]
[OOC: Siken says, "Say if ICly you beat the shit out of someone."]
[OOC: Seven says, "RPing combat without using the combat system should only be done by very experienced players with admin permission and over sight"]
Anabelle's body goes limp as she slumps to the ground unconscious.
[OOC: Siken says, "They are barely clinging to life, and they are unable to move anywhere due to fatigue."]
Anabelle hauls herself to her feet, rubbing her eyes.
[OOC: Seven says, "sparring is 100% cool via emote as long as it's two people in agreement about it"]
Artjom shouts loudly, "SHE'S DEAD. OH NO"
Artjom says, "Oh wait, she's back"
[OOC: Siken asks, "Is it ICly acceptable for you to man handle them?"]
[OOC: Siken asks, "Such as grappling someone's neck and holding them up?"]
Anabelle [to Artjom]: you wish
Anabelle chuckles softly.
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "If you succesffully grapple them, yes."]
[OOC: Seven says, "is it icly acceptable for you to RP torturing someone for info"]
[OOC: Seven says, "sure, if everyone is cool with the Rp"]
[OOC: Siken says, "It would make sense, since they are beaten to shit and tired."]
[OOC: Seven says, "if the other person prefers you only use coded methods and leave the emotes about what is happening to them, to them, then you should respect that"]
[OOC: Siken says, "They wouldn't be able to do much to retaliate."]
[OOC: Artjom asks, "Will grappling automatically make 2 people enter combat?"]
[OOC: Seven says, "no it will not"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "no it doesn't"]
[OOC: Catalith says, "people use grapple alot to pretend to be aiding there drunk friend"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "Ah. I wondered about that for ages."]
[OOC: Seven [to Siken]: your question is not a clear yes or no, it's a situational thing.  you know the people you are RPing with usually, use your best judgement and give people an out ICly or OOCly in case they are uncomfortable with it.]
[OOC: Artjom says, "We always @trusted first"]
[OOC: Siken [to Seven]: Gotcha.]
[OOC: Slither [to Seven]: Quiet.]
Seven has been removed from the IC world by admin. Please 'xhelp' if this requires an explanation.
[OOC: Slither says, "hehe"]
[OOC: Slither asks, "questions?"]
[OOC: Artjom says, "I had someone standing in the cube I just rented once, but he was unresponsive and looked scary. So I left him and slept in a coffin."]
[OOC: Catalith says, "i need an explanation! why was he removed ! xD"]
[OOC: Slither says, "he's me"]
[OOC: Siken says, "PROVE IT"]
[OOC: Slither says, "it was redundant"]
[OOC: Siken says, "I NEED WJF PROOF"]
Artjom puts his flashlight away.
Artjom grabs hold of you and drags you from your seat.
Anabelle chuckles softly.
[OOC: Slither says, "interesting that you can even do that"]
Artjom laughs manically.
Siken charges Artjom aside before locking you in a powerful hold.
Siken says, "GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
You brush yourself off.
Siken says, "NOW I HAVE HIM HOSTAGE"
Anabelle exclaims, "he's attacking slither!"
Soulis chuckles softly.
Artjom shouts loudly, "HE OURS TODAY"
Artjom shouts loudly, "ANARCHY"
Catalith [to Siken]: keep him i don't like the look of that hostage, he has shifty eyes
Siken shouts loudly, "AS MY FIRST DEMAND TO KEEP SLITHER ALIVE"
The crowds sigh as everyone falls off topic together.
Siken shouts loudly, "I DEMAND THAT ALL WJF MUST WEAR TINY PINK HATS"
Siken shouts loudly, "CODED BY TOMORROW MORNING"
Catalith shouts loudly, "SIKEN FOR MAYOR OF WITHMORE"
Artjom shouts loudly, "AND HAND OUT CANDY TO CHUMS"
Siken shouts loudly, "OR ELSE THE GM GETS IT"
You teleport ZMI XM196 minigun.
[OOC: You're now using ZMI XM196 minigun as your weapon. @options weapon]
You get out your ZMI XM196 minigun.
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Any real questions? :P"]
Siken says, "Uh..."
You say, "So."
Artjom shouts loudly, "SHIIIIIIET"
Siken releases his grip on you.
You ask, "Any questions?"
Siken wipes your suit off, "Well.. uh.. sorry.. uh.. nice suit.."
Siken eyes his surroundings warily.
You chuckle softly.
Catalith eyes Siken warily.
[OOC: Siken asks, "When is emote best used?"]
Anabelle giggles.
Cinnamon [to You]: *speaking english* Good job, you even grabbed a loaded one.
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "Emote's are great when you want to make sure your line says something very specific."]
[OOC: Cinnamon says, "However, they don't address people like a pose does, so they're almost worthless on the street."]
*expels everyone*
[OOC: Slither exclaims, "okay!  thanks for participating.  make sure you pay this info forward and help newbies or middlebes learn the benefits of pose!"]