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Forum Lingo; strange words and phrases
Topic Started: Apr 13 2017, 05:30 PM (38 Views)
Evolhiem
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The Slang of the Role-playing World

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There are more than just a few words that pop up in the tutorials, posts and various interactions in the site.
Hopefully, this list of definitions will help you understand questionable symbols and words!

If you can't find what you're looking for, you can either send a PM to a Wotcher or make a post in the Questions thread!



Use ctrl + F to look up a specific word!
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Avatar
the fantasy persona you have designed. also called character, or OC

Character/Original Character
the fantasy persona you have designed. also called an avatar, or OC

OC
abbreviation for original character

RP
abbreviation for role-play

Role-play
role-playing is a practice in empathy; you design an original character, and through imagining how they think and feel, you write out their story

Thread
each time you create a a 'new topic', you create a new thread. every roleplay takes place in a thread

Post
the paragraph(s) you write for a thread

[J]
a job tag, this symbol means that this persons thread or post is apart of trying to complete a job

[M]
a mature tag, this symbol should be in the title of every role-play wherein the content becomes more suited for members that are 18+

[ST]
a studying tag, this symbol is for those characters that are enrolled in one of the schools or guilds, showing that the role-play is focused on learning a skill

[P]
a private tag, this symbol means that this role-play is private! if you haven't gotten an invitation to join, then you cannot post
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