Back to Basics

Posted on Fri Feb 26th, 2021 @ 8:13pm by Captain Aurther Winters

Greetings All...

I know I sound like a broken record, but I wanted to make sure that each of these announcements was separate from each other to make sure for ease of reading and understanding.

The Chuck Norris was founded as a "Open Sim" using the "Prose & Script" styles for your post. Now I know some of you are still new to simming and may not understand what that means. I will take these excerpts directly from the IDF website.

What is open role playing?

"Open role playing differs in that everyone writes for everyone. All characters are at your disposal for use with every post. While this is uncommon in the role playing community, you’ll see a higher number of open role playing sims in Independence Fleet. Here’s an article from Ongoing Worlds that explains open role playing in more detail."

http://www.ongoingworlds.com/blog/2014/03/what-is-open-role-playing/


What does prose and script mean?

That’s simply the style of writing used for the particular game. Prose means it’s written in regular language like you would find in a novel or short story. Script refers to a specific role playing syntax:

{Location}

Character: (Thoughts.) ::action:: “Dialogue.” =/\=Communicator dialogue.=/\=

Still don’t get it? Here’s the same line written in each format:

{Planet’s Surface}

John picked the communicator up from the table. He wasn’t sure what to do. “Here goes nothing,” he muttered before speaking into the device. “Bridge, this is John.”

{Planet’s Surface}

John: ::picks up communicator from the table:: (I’m not sure what to do.) “Here goes nothing.” =/\=Bridge, this is John.=/\=

As you can see, the {Location} tag is frequently used in both formats. Also, the exact syntax will likely vary from sim to sim.

Hopefully with this understanding, we can get back to basics. That means you don't need to necessarily do joint posts with other people to include their characters. You still can, if you want, but it is not needed as in a "Traditional Sim".
If you confused or are not comfortable with this style of Simming, please let me know.

Thank you,

Justin/Winters

 

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