QUESTION #3: How do you roleplay?
ANSWER: Once you've developed a character (or if you're in a real-wrestler fed, chosen your character, like The Rock), you normally read the roleplay board and read other roleplays. Once you've decided on an opponent or you've discussed with someone to run an angle with you, then you roleplay. You basically start off by setting the scene. In many e-feds, the most original scene is "Ice Cold's music plays and he walks down to the ring." But in the SWF, setting a scene is far more important. Your wrestler could be at a McDonalds or if he's a spooky guy he could be in a graveyard. Anywhere you could possibly think of. After you set the scene, you write a few paragraphs addressing certain issues from your character's point of view. Occasionally you can use scene-blocks to break up what could be a monotonous roleplay.
QUESTION #5: What makes a good character?
ANSWER: YOU! Simply put. When you're making a character, you NORMALLY make a character that you will enjoy using. If in real life you're a bit of a smart-ass, a bit of a Jericho-type person, you MAY want to make a wrestler with a smart-ass gimmick. Or you may want to create a wrestler who is nothing like you, like a big scary dude. But the MOST important thing is to be able to stay in-gimmick all the time.
QUESTION #6: Okay, I've roleplayed, now what?
ANSWER: Okay, if you've addressed someone, they MIGHT reply. If you're a rookie and you've INSTANTLY challanged a big-name, that's a no-no. You gotta work your way up the fantasy ladder, beating other rookies and jobbers along the way. But if you've addressed another rookie, he may reply. Then you can reply to his reply and so on and so on. You and your adversary may then be put on a card, with the victor being the best roleplayer between you two for the week. You may also send in a "strategy" or "strat" to help your cause, thought it is not required.
QUESTION #7: First off, what's a card?
ANSWER: A card is a sanctioned event. It's a WWF Raw or a WCW Nitro; it's the show your e-fed puts on. If you are scheduled to be on a card, you normally roleplay against the adversary on the card. Normally a good e-fed will have a upcoming cards or schedule section where you can check it out. But your roleplaying (rp'ing) doesn't go wasted because an e-fed like SWF will write out ENTERTAINING results so you get to read a full and descriptive match against the opponent. Also, you could see if your strats were used!
QUESTION #8: Strat?! What the!?
ANSWER: A strat is ANYTHING you want to happen on a card. The President(s) of a fed will decide if they want to use it; normal strats are moves to debut or show or a in-ring interview/promo. You know how in the WWF, there's about 30 minutes of talking before a match gets underway? That's an in-ring promo. You can do that with a strat, you just write it out like a normal roleplay and the Prez may include it in the show. Also, you may want to debut a move. You can write out a whole sequence of how the move takes place OR you could just say "Could you please have my character do a moonsault off the titantron?".
QUESTION #9: A strat seems to good to be true! Can I write an ending for my matchup?
ANSWER: Yes and No. You can write an ending to a matchup and the Prez may include it, but that doesn't mean you're going to win. Normally, it's not a good idea to write an ending, but it is a good idea to write out the moves. You may want to include in-depth and desciptive to the point descriptions so the Prez doesn't have to edit it; he can just past it straight into the results.
QUESTION #10: Okay, I've just browsed around my e-fed's webpage. There's many interesting features. So what's an OOC board?
ANSWER: An OOC board means Out of Character board. At an OOC board you don't RP, and you're not IC (In character). What you are, however, is YOU. At an OOC board you talk with the other handlers in the fed about everything and anything, just like most "real" wrestlers are friends outside the ring, in "e-wrestling" most of the people are friends backstage. It's normally good to get to know other handlers OOC and thus you may want to plan exciting angles for the future!!
QUESTION #11: Sorry to sound stupid, but what's an angle?
ANSWER: An angle is just like a "real" wrestling angle. Stone Cold vs Vince is an angle. In an e-fed, you and an adversary may want to be enemies for ages, creating a really great fued that will never be forgotten... and then at the end you'll team up and storm through the ranks of the tag-team division. That's an angle; you discuss them OOC AWAY from the OOC board, maybe by e-mail or by an Instant Messanger (AIM, ICQ, Y!M, MSM) program. Once you've planned an angle out with someone, you then discuss it with the Prez of the fed so he knows what's going on.
QUESTION #13: This sounds all too confusing! I don't think I want to be in an e-fed anymore. :-( What do you think?
ANSWER: All beginners face the same problem, but most e-feds contain handlers that are really helpful. Take your time in choosing a fed; you don't want to join one where the Prez is also a wrestler, making the fed results biased and corrupt. It's no fun. All you gotta do is try, that's all that matters... it'll come, believe me. And you'll be having some of the most fun you could dream of!
VP BISC LIMPKIT
