Roleplay



To roleplay, on a general scale, is to assume a role of any entity (a creature or object) and apply its behavior to a fictional situation. Such events, commonly known as "scenes", are depicted alongside other players.

As a genre, Roleplay games have become increasingly popular with the releases of various titles including Robloxaville, After The Flash, and Kingdom Life. Roleplaying games on ROBLOX have been known to generally have more overall scripting, along with well-designed and hand-crafted landscapes in them, compared to any other genre in ROBLOX.

Roleplaying is a form of improvisational acting, and actions and quotes are generated on-cue. At most, it is never depicted to be real nor true, unless it is a re-enactment (which is very rare in roleplaying). As an example, a difficult scene to act out where multiple players are real friends and work together is when their "characters" are opposed or on different teams; insults, comebacks, and other negative comments must be thought out well before applying them, as any wrong move or misinterpretation could break the roleplay and potentially the relationship.

Conflicts
Roleplaying can often be halted or broken by a number of factors, including lack of detailed environment pieces, unfinished or later-conflicting character development, or a player's misuse of grammatically correct messaging.

Godmodding
Godmodding refers to the action of a player giving his character an elevated level of control and power not normally allowed in a typical session. Many rules have been given against godmodding, which is not confined to a limited set.


 * In most cases, a player cannot jump into a roleplay conversation without expectation and doing so may break the session, or another player will try to divert the perpetrator.


 * A player is not allowed to kill another player instantaneously, and many games have the option to toggle health. For example, a player can say (His health decreases from the tackle) but he cannot say (He dies because he has a heart attack).

Online Dating
Online Dating, compared to Roleplaying, has many different aspects that separate the terms sparingly. A couple engaging in Online Dating will be formally in a relationship through the internet, using communication mediums such as ROBLOX and/or Skype and, depending on the player's preferences, would depict inappropriate actions not typically seen in a normal Roleplay session.

Go-Getting
A Go-Getter is a roleplayer who prefers to do his/her roleplaying alone, or in very small groups hinting limited to no contact with larger groups/factions. It is not generally a problem in the roleplaying sense, however story and plot points can become broken and mislead, resulting in various discussions and breaking the roleplay session.

Roleplaying Actions
A roleplay conversation can also include these actions: player1 Hand me a water bottle please. player2 *Gives water bottle* player1 (Not that bottle, the other one.)

Roleplayer 1: What kind if bread should I get?

Roleplayer 2: *Hands out black bread*

Roleplayer 1: (No, the white bread).

It is uncommon to insert quotations for characters to speak, however players can see them typically in people who use correct grammar more often. The */asterisk symbol (captalization for the number 8 on the keyboard) is put around a sentence to indicate an action by words. For example, if a player would be pick up any object off a table in a table, the player would simply type '*picks up item off table*'. Parentheses are placed around sentences that go outside of the roleplay session and talk generally about what may be going on inside or outside of the session. The parentheses can be used to remind participating roleplayers of any situation that can be outside of the actual roleplaying, such as the interference of a roleplaying session by a player, and if a roleplayer would want to go out of the roleplaying session for any reasons in real life, such as to work on any homework, having fun, or to go to sleep.

List of Notable Roleplay Games

 * Not all roleplaying games on ROBLOX are included in the list; you are welcome to include any major roleplaying games, but please do not include any minor roleplaying games.


 * Lakeside, by Playrobot
 * Robloxaville, by Playrobot
 * Welcome to the Town of Robloxia, by 1dev2
 * The Complex, by Spyro372
 * Roblox Jr High School by Jjsword
 * Welcome to the Neighborhood of Robloxia, by testin423
 * Robloxity by 1dev3
 * After The Flash (may be an adventure and roleplay itself.), by ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * After The Flash: Japan, by ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * After The Flash: Sandstorm (this includes the full version), by ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * After The Flash: Snowstorm, by  ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * After The Flash: Darkness, by  ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * After The Flash: Rain, (formerly known as Isle), by  ChadTheCreator, aka chadthedestroyer2
 * Kingdom Life I &amp; II, by Boopbot (The new version is made by thelolguy301)
 * Medieval Roleplay, by TecmagDiams
 * -22 and Dropping (has multiple games and spin-offs), by RedneckBricksmith
 * Darkened Dawn, by chris046
 * Warrior Cats New Lake Territory, by Mandaka
 * Sonictopia(tm), by ShadowTheHedgehog05
 * Sonictopia: Harinezumi Kakumei, by StarAcer
 * The Ultimate Crossover RPG, by asuperluigifan
 * Vampire Kingdom, by StarforJesus
 * Paper Sonictopia the ultimate, by sonicthewerehog124
 * Be a Pet or Adopt One!, by Lizzie915
 * Universe Adventure Crossover RPG by freiza567
 * Hospital Roleplay, by passion4peace
 * (Sonic RP) Neo Arcadia, by K30
 * The Walking Dead, by ExterminatorCES
 * Beach House Roleplay, by DizzyPurple
 * Pilgrims Islands Reborn, by Maelstronomer

Criticism
Users such as XiaoXiaoMan have stated in numerous videos that Roleplaying and ROBLOX don't mix, and that they don't work out at all.

There has also been some criticism in Roblox that many ODers, or online daters, would frequently go to these types of places and supposedly find a person to virtually date.