:ROLEPLAY GUIDE:

Many of past and present handlers have asked many times "What do I need to do to improve my roleplays?" The AWF staff is willing to work with everyone on how to improve their roleplays, but alot of the time it's one area or another. So we decided to come up with a detailed synopsis of each catagory and what it is you need to do to produce better rps and do better in the fed. If you read these and follow by them, you'll see yourself improving. And it's always a good thing to ask your fellow mates for some advice as well.

Match Talk:
Alright, of course, this is probably one of the most important parts of your roleplay because it’s actually marked towards your opponent. But at the same time, you don’t want your character coming out saying the exact same thing every week, otherwise, it gets old really quick and you’ll pretty much see yourself going nowhere after. Try to completely read your opponent to the point where you know that you absolutely put the sock in their mouth. I always tell everyone to “never shoot all your bullets at once, but always leave with a bang every time.” The main object of the match talking is to read your opponent and try to completely turn around everything that they say towards you in your favor, giving you the advantage in your match. If your character just comes out and says the same routine over and over again, then you obviously have left yourself open to get completely bombed by your opponent. This part shouldn’t be really short, but at the same time, it shouldn’t be like you’re writing a bible, okay?

Character Development/Creativity:
This part of the roleplay is important because this is what great writers can really build their characters on. A lot of veterans in efedding will have their characters in different settings and scenarios so that you not only get to see them “in the ring”, but also helps to really build a character that a lot can relate to. Putting them in different settings and scenarios gets to show that they don’t just have one emotion and that they are human outside of the sport, which will somewhat start a story about your character and how he/she came to be the person that they are today or how they came up with the ease to portray the character that they are today. If you write the same routine every single week or don’t even try to develop on your character outside of his/her gimmick, then you’re pretty much stuck with a character that’s heading nowhere but towards a losing streak. In the efedding industry, a lot of small feds don’t really build on characters because they either have their results ran on a simulator or they try to impersonate a lot of the characters that we see on TV. Writing a roleplay every single week where your character is continuously coming out to a “house show” and says a paragraph’s worth of match talk is NOT developing your character and therefore starts to get old really quick when done habitually because it does not show creativity in your character. Connect the character development with the emotion coming from your character in the match talk promos and you’ve got one solid piece of work. However, do not make your roleplays completely character development with just a little bit of match talk, otherwise, that roleplay isn’t going to get you an advantage in your match.

Overall Quality:
This includes everything else from grammar, spelling, presentation, as well as description. Don’t make everything so simple. Let us know what is going on around the area. When is the event going on? What’s happening around your character? Who is there with your character? What does your character feel when he/she does something? At the same time, from what I’ve seen over the past few weeks, a number of roleplays that I’ve seen have either had numerous spelling errors, incorrect grammar usage, complete disorganization, as well as pictures posted to no end on the roleplays. First off, posting pictures all over the roleplays are going to get you nowhere but into major trouble because those are copyrighted pictures from other sites. DO NOT use them. Posting pictures all over your roleplays is not showing your writing skills, so you pretty much end up losing points in the end. Also, make sure to use the spell check before posting any roleplays. There is a reason it was invented, ladies and gentlemen. Use it to your advantage. I can see if it was common modern day jargon like “gonna” or “wanna” or anything like that, but if they are all over the map, you’re gonna lose points on your roleplay, so try to make sure to check your spelling and grammar before posting it.

Relevance to Current Events/Match:
Okay, this may seem weird to you, but the time’s gotta flow together. If you post a roleplay that takes place on the other side of the United States or in the UK and the match is happening in a day or two in Las Vegas or Toronto or something, then you’ve got trouble in your hands. Try to make the time flow together. Also, do NOT use all of your roleplay to concentrate on someone else if you have a different opponent that week. You’re marking a big red bullseye on your bottom if you sit and completely concentrate on another character or match that isn’t gonna happen that week or anytime soon. Make sure you are concentrating on your opponent.