User:Jaszon Maynard/Jaszons sandbox SWRP Intro

Welcome to Star Wars Role-Playing in Second Life! (SWRP)

The SWRP community is comprised of various sub-communities that have formed around common interests in various storylines, locations, regions, rules, etc.

The purpose of this intro is not to describe or advocate any sub-community (which come and go anyway), but to give some general ideas on how to get started in SWRP, as well as widely-accepted "good practices" in roleplay (RP). Hopefully as you get started in a particular community or region, that community or region offers more specific steps on how to get started with playing there.

WHERE ARE THE STAR WARS REGIONS

The easiest way to find a few is to go into SL's Search and search for "Star Wars" in Places and that will allow you to locate a few SW regions.

STYLES OF PLAY

PURE ACTION

While many people in SWRP point out that it's "role-play", and thus they would prefer everyone there actually play a role, for some people the SW regions are just about using SW weapons in a SW universe, and they'd rather treat it as a big shooting game.

If shooting is your only interest, be aware that some regions do not welcome random shooting, and violating their rules (which usually are automatically given to you on a Notecard before you enter a region) could get you banned from the region. However, you may find regions that allow "kill-on-sight" with little RP required, or you might attempt to RP yourself as a crazy person or a loner terrorist. Be aware though, in some regions this then means you will be treated as if you are crazy, or a terrorist, and that might not be fun. Or you can attempt to find regions or players or groups with similar interest and you guys can shoot each other with no repercussions (provided you don't break any of the region's rules).

Shooting is not a terribly "deep" game, so there's not much else needed in the way of introduction if this is your interest. You'll have to start visiting regions, checking their rules, or asking around for areas or players where heavy shooting action is allowed, and start doing your thing. Though the tips below on "Selecting a role" might help you do your initial investigation into regions easily without violating any region rules, and you may wish to read the section on "Combat systems".

ROLE-PLAYING (RP)

If what you'd like to do is "play a role", one good way to get started is to pick a role you'd like to try investing some time in for a while, pick a place (or several), and start playing. Once you begin to get your bearings, you might decide you want to try other places to see if you like someplace else better, or you may change your mind and decide that your initial role pick isn't going to be a good fit for you and you'd like to switch to a new character.

WHAT IT MEANS TO RP write about IC, OOC, avatars, metagaming, tags, etc

GETTING STARTED

SELECTING A ROLE

So, you need to pick a role to play. If you already know you want to be a Sith or a mechanic or whatever, you can skip this section. But if you don't know what you want...perhaps it would be helpful to you to wander a few regions, watch things, and talk with a few players. Eventually you can decide what role fits you and you'd like to invest time into.

Observing in some regions is very simple. Just head

observe, tour, ((I'm new, right now I just want to watch)) tag observe or OOC ((I'm new, I'm not going to RP right now, though if you can answer some questions in IM I'd like that)) ((I'm new, I'm not going to RP right now, though if you can give me a tour or introduction I'd like that))

clique establishing your new role

practices

combat systems, classes

SWRPer

re-classing

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