Q&A for How to Roleplay Online

Show him this article! Then just answer any questions he might have, and be supportive while he's learning. Try not to get frustrated if he makes "mistakes."

It all depends on what kind of roleplay you are seeking. Facebook has thousands of groups, pages, and individuals dedicated to it, F-List, RoleplayChat, and RoleplayHaven are some. There are hundreds of other chat sites, forums, and more floating around the web. Type in Roleplay, roleplay chat, or roleplay forums.

Go to your house, go to another world, make a private game for you and your friend, or even RP in chat!

Tell your partner, or partners, that you have a problem, and what it is. Hopefully they'll help you. Take your time while starting the roleplay, and hopefully, soon, you'll be socializing with lots of people in no time.

Just do you and let your partner do them. If you two click well. it should be interesting.

When I roleplay and want to end it nicely, I simply say to the other person, "Can we pause it there for now and continue another time?" or "Can we end it here and start again later?"

If the people are particularly invested in the story or characters, then it could easily go on that long. Or perhaps the sessions are short or far between, causing less story to be told spread across the years.

In a sense, yes. Although it is a lot more fun, as you have to be on your toes whenever the other person responds, because they can do anything and you don't have very much control over it.

You can be anyone, it does not need to be your favorite character.

Yandere is a Japanese word, commonly used in fandoms, to describe a character/person who is possessive of another character/person to the point of being psychotic. Traits typically seen in yandere characters include extreme jealousy and possessiveness, as well as anger management issues and homicidal tendencies (at times), which can cause the yandere to harm or kill other people out of jealousy and rage.

Use your creativity! If your roleplay gets boring, try adding an exciting new action or bringing a twist into the situation. This depends on your particular roleplay session, but you can have your character do something bold and daring, for example.

You should look at the source material again, find dialogue between that character and others. If you need help, a wiki of the source will likely have the characters' appearances in a section of the character's page (Ex. Gravity Falls wiki might tell you that Wendy doesn't talk much in the first episode, while the MSPA wiki would tell you exactly which pesterlogs Lil Hal participates in). You can use this to find exactly which episodes/pages/movies to check for how your character acts. It's okay to be occasionally out of character, though, it happens to everybody.

The speech is good, but some people get confused with saying 'She/He would..'. Check the rules. Some people do it like this instead: '(Name1) charged at (Name2), attempting to knock him/her over.' But, it is all a matter of preference, so do what you want!

There will always be some people who will not follow the rules. You can either try a strike system, where they have 3 chances to obey the rules, and when they get all three strikes, they are literally out, and will not be able to roleplay, or their character is deleted. Or, you can try the same thing except instant ban. Or, you can embrace their fun-loving silliness and relegate them to village idiot, dumbfounded time traveler or local eccentric; not everything is worth taking to extremes of seriousness, a little fun makes it enjoyable for everyone and allows your humor-driven friends to stay interested.

Explain calmly to them that roleplaying isn't harmful, and that you are playing on a limited site.

This means on average that one person has to use a single character, while the other person must use 2 characters.

One of the best ways to include others while is to greet them. Invite them to events and games to have them become involved.

A lot of people like to use Discord for roleplay! You can find servers on advertisement sites like Disboards, or websites like Reddit have communities to advertise servers. You can join an existing one or make your own!

Yes, there are plenty! You can make your own or join an existing one. Websites like Disboards have sections to advertise your servers, and there are many communities on sites like Reddit where people post their servers and ask people to join.