Post by Black Acid on Jun 4, 2007 22:30:26 GMT -5
-Class One W/ Raven-
-Description-
"Raven is one of the greatest minds in the wrestling buisness through out the world, and has been teaching the art of wrestling through out multiple locker rooms of companies and things, and this just his latest at WCW. After countless hours of paper work built out through Eric Bischoff, finally WCW has it's own teachers of this 'class.' Here you are, the students of WCW, countless individuals such as Paul Burchill, Devon Storm, Tyler Black, David Flair, Brock Lesnar, etc. Set down in front of a podium, where Eric Bischoff stands wearing a usual suit, and this time glasses, as everyone arrives, it begins..."
{::Eric Bischoff::}
"First, I'd like to thank you guys for your attendance. As you many know, WCW Saturday Night is your chance to shine the spotlight you carry. Not only that, but steal the spotlight guys like this man who on his own time decided to help you guys step up to a much larger game.. Personally I think you should enjoy his speech, and it should really help you jump from Saturday Night, to a 'Main Event' type enviroment.. Anyway, without further ado, I'll let Raven take it away."
Raven slowly stands as he wears a black dress shirt, which is only buttoned through out the middle, black shoes, and black leather pants. As the rest of this 'class' begins to clap out of some sort of respect out towards Raven. Eric himself claps, as Raven with his hands in his pockets, walks towards the podium. Taking his hands out of his pockets now at the podium, he raises his right hand, as he shakes Eric's hand. Now Eric walks to Raven's seat, and sits down, Raven now at the podium, as the clapping stops, now to silence as he begins. ||
{::Raven::}
"Let me ask you before I begin, what do you think a wrestler 'should do?'"
Tyler Black, a young kid that just recently signed a contract with WCW, and is soon to show on Saturday Night raises his hand and answers..
{::Tyler Black::}
"To put on a good match?"
Raven smirks, as he responds quickly.
{::Raven::}
"Good guess, but no. A wrestler's job is NOT to be a 'spot monkey.' I don't care if you know 1000 moves, or 1004 moves in Jericho's case..."
The class laughs, as Raven smirks himself as he continues.
{::Raven::}
"But your job as a wrestler is to put asses in the seats. Sell tickets anyway possible. Don't get me wrong, if you know multiple variations of an arm drag, use that to get your crowd. If you can realize this guy's, you'll know more than most of the other wrestler's in the world. Not many realize this, but that's all we have to do. If you can't do that, you might as well leave now. And that's the reason in the past the Cruiserweight Division never worked. Cause they made good matches, but they never could sell tickets. And if you want to go far, become a World Champion like I have, become a 9 time champion like Triple H.. Learn what we had to. I'm not the best guy in the ring, I can't do a 340 from the top rope into a leg drop. But I can sell tickets, and that's all I.. No, that's all we are here for. And if you can do 30 spots, but there's only say 400 people in a building that holds over 5,000, then you're not having a good a match as you think you are anyway. And again, if you guy's can grasp this concept, you'll get more jobs than many will in the buisness. And I wanted to prove this point with a tape I have, I asked Eric to provide a television for this.."
Eric nods, as from the back of the room some of the WCW staff come in rolling in a television on a trolly, with a VCR / DVD player on the second tear of it. They roll it to behind Raven to the left, as they leave, and Raven puts in the tape he wishes for these individuals to watch..
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{::Raven::}
"Here is a tape from 1983, we have Andre vs. Hogan in Japan. First thing I want to point out here is this, Andre makes 2 classic moves for a heel here, that you should follow, first acting like he doesn't want to do the match, it got some heel heat. Then throwing chairs around, throwing a fit, it's a good move for some people who play heel. Another thing here, Hogan and Andre are selling EVERYTHING! I see all the time these guys do all these spots over and over again. Not selling it hurt them pretty much. For example, Sabu and Rob Van Dam, the guys are amazing atheletes don't get me wrong by any means, but when they faced each other back in ECW... Well, it was like Van Daminator here, flip there.. All these good spots, but they wouldn't stop. It wasn't telling a story. Which isn't something anyone should do. It's in fact retarded to do. I know a lot of you guys watch a match of mine, or whatever, and if not that's fine. But in my matches, I try to do a redefining, controlled type eviroment.. For example, I know a lot of guys do ten chair shots, before they'll sell it. I just did one. And everyone I worked with questioned me about that, and I still say, do one. Why? Because it's not like people will go, 'well he took ten chair shots.. Raven only took one..' It's BETTER! To sell what you're working with, than do more and sell it less. It takes away from what I was saying earlier, and you don't get your crowd like that. And it drives me insane when no one sells anymore.. Well I know it drives Eric mad too on occasions, but I'm saying like, many of you, I know Paul we had this conversation once, where I complimented you on selling Triple H's 'fame' with the crowd, and doing what you did when you was at Nitro. But, what I'm saying, no one sells anymore, and for example, I was at a promotion based in Phili somewhere, anyway, this kid, wouldn't sell our entire match, so after it when we went into the back.. I always use movie connections for this, but I asked him if he's ever seen 24. He told me yeah, and I used this metaphor, saying well he's Jack Bower. He just got stabbed in the shoulder blade, and he's acting kool for the next twenty minutes before he just falls over dead.. And that's pretty much how it is with a lot of guys, instead of selling the knife in the shoulder blade, you're just walking around smiling, then falling over dead, no selling in between. Try to be like ya know Russell Crow from Gladiators, where he's gutted by that dude near the end, he comes out selling it. If it was one of the many guy's who seem to never sell, it would've ruined the movie."
There's a few in the class chuckling, but most are serious. Eric nodding himself in approval, as Raven stops for a moment, takes a breath, as one of the WCW staff in the back of the room run to Raven, handing him a water bottle, as he opens the cap, slowly takes a drink, and lowers the opened bottle on top of the podium, he continues.
{::Raven::}
"Anyway, again if you get those basic's you're pretty much set to move on. Now I want to move on to what a 'pop' is. Mainly because a few nights ago, I was having a conversation with Steiner, which we was talking about this. No one understands what a 'pop' is. You guy's probably think a 'pop' is the loud 'ooh' reaction you get when you do a senton off the top rope, or a moonsault from a ladder.. Or whatever. Well, I'm going to inform you, that's wrong. It's what a lot of people think, but no, it's not what the word, 'pop' means. A 'pop,' is the highest emotional point in the match. The drama if you will. I believe that wrestling is built around that drama, and out of the people I've talked to, they agree with me about that. If you get the 'pop' when you walk out of the curtain, and that's the highest emotional point you can get that crowd.. You should just walk back to the locker room. Why? Because you've pretty much lost your job. In all honesty, if that's as high emotionally you can get them, you'll never make it as a major guy in the back. When you go to the ring, you're supposed to start from pretty much nothing, and then rise, lower, etc. But, always make sure it goes higher each time, and near the end, you should reach the 'climax' or 'pop' emotionally. People relate it to a roller coaster, and again this is a very basic lesson that many guys today still can't get. They start at like a high point, and descend from there. It's just not how it's done, and it's like fireworks, 'ooh,' 'ahh.' But in all honesty, how many people go to see fireworks more than once a year? So do you guy's want the clapping, firework reactions? Or the crowd standing on their f**kin' feet, cheering their asses off, wanting to come down to the ring, and carry you literally over their head as a hero.. Or wanting to come down and there and wanting to stab you in the f**kin' face? And ya know, emotionally everyone remembers what they make that 'connection' emotionally with, and they want that feeling again, and again. It's like a drug. Well, if you can get that feeling, the people will come, and pay to see you again. And once again ties in to getting your crowd which is where we started. Getting your crowd, getting those people to come and see you, it's the basic principle of wrestling period. No one can ever be the next Hall Of Famer in WCW if they don't sell a ticket."
Raven again taking a small break, and a drink of the water, as he rakes his long dirty blonde hair with his left hand to make sure it can't fall, and mask his face. Slowly, Raven continues.
{::Raven::}
"And yes, this also works for carrying a promo. If you have this emotional, heart touching story during your promo, end it there. Don't carry it past the 'pop,' because it's pointless. A good buddy of mine, Al Snow, likes to use the story of having sex to prove this. If you bust your nut when you start, you pretty much should go home, because doing anything after that is pointless right? Well, it's the same principle. It's your goal in everything you'll ever do in this buisness, and obviously in this company. But anyway, I'll go over something that I've also noticed in guy's, no one knows how to be heel. Most heel's now are trying to get over with the audience. They've tried to get that 'pop..' That's not your job, if you're a heel, your thing is to get heat. That's it. Don't try to make the crowd clap out of respect, cause then guess what.. You're no longer a heel, you have now become a baby face. It's like when you have a kid and a toy. They want it, and you have it, you act like you're going to give it to them, and take it away. And then they want it even more than before. And you do it enough build enough tension, when finally when they've hit the climax of that heat, you finally do give it to them. And if you really want to know how guy's like Triple H, Kevin Nash, and myself really got the major heat, is when you give them what they want, say the toy.. And right when the sit down, they open the box, and right when they're about to start playing with their new toy.. Take it away. And they'll hate you even more. Now, if you do the take it away too much, they'll do the 'who f**kin' cares, you'll not give it to me anyway,' deal, and then you've killed that heat, and tension you've built. So it's pretty much an act of decieving the audience building tension, and finally giving them what they want when you're about to turn, or pretend to, and take it away. And why do this? Well see, if you do it enough, build that tension, at the right moment, right when he's at the climax of that heat, when you give it to him, he'll 'pop.' Or take it away, and walk away to get your heat."
Raven coughs, as he then again takes a sip of water, and continues. The class giving him full attiention.
{::Raven::}
"And I guess to wrap this class up, I'll talk about baby faces. Since WCW is pretty much lacking them. No one wants to be a baby face anymore, why? Cause it's a little harder than heel. Because baby faces, are supposed to please the crowd, get over. They've got to make them happy, always give them what they want. For something as an example, ya know that first girlfriend you have? Well, you have to keep her happy don't you? It's like instinct for guys to keep that girl happy. You don't want to lose her. And yeah, it's like that. You've got to give the fans, or in this case the girl the 'flowers,' 'chocolates,' and always be the 'gentlemen' she wants. If you don't, you've taken her happiness away, and become a heel. I don't think a lot of guys realize the fine line in between really, but yeah. It's pretty simple for both of the sides, and I'm heel more than babyface just because like I said, babyfaces always must please the fans. Give them the affection they want, and show them this always more passive side.. But anyway guy's if you paid attiention at all, you should've caught onto a lot of the basics of this art you've been introduced in. And in a hindsight view, keep in mind WCW hired you to sell those tickets, and your job is dependant on that, and that alone. I'd like to thank you guy's for the time, and use this to help you in future endeavers. Thank you."
Raven smirks, as he takes his water and walks away from the podium, heading out the door of this backstage class. The class itself giving Raven an amazing applause, of respect. As he smirks when he leaves.
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-OOC RP School-
As you see here I used an rp' to give you the 'wrestler view' of roleplaying. This class with Raven is meant to show you the way the wrestler's should act, and general tips on how to improve the realism of your roleplays. This is to improve the Quanity, and maybe quality too, though it's not as much needed. I've used these short rp' help tips before, and I'll just use them again for this occassion. *I didn't write this, I saved it from the site I started at!* Enjoy.
"Put loads of detail, instead of writing: *Music hits and Psicosis come down to the ring and grabs a mic* Explain it. Tell a story.
"The fans are sitting comfortably in their seats awaiting the next contest on RAW. Then suddenly, to the fans suprise, The Mexicools entrance music blasts over the PA system in the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida. After a few brief moments, Psicosis comes out on a green lawnmower, the fans cheer for their crowd favorite. Psicosis stops at the start of the ramp and raises his arms to soak up the energy radiating of the crowd. The crowd start a "Psicosis" chant and sitting on his leopard print chair he drives slowly down to ring side as fans on the ramp sides start to try and slap his hands. He drives to the bottom of the ramp and stands up bathing in the response the WWE fans have given him. He sits back and puts his legs over the steering wheel and drives quickly around ringside. He stops at the announce both and he shakes Joey Styles & Jerry Lawlers hand. He continues to zoom to the other side of the ring and he gets off and points to the sky to signal the late, great Eddie Guerrero. He clambers up onto the apron and jumps over the top rope to an enormous cheer from the fans. He takes a microphone off the beautiful Lillian Garcia as she exits the ring gracefully. He puts the microphone up to his lips but the crowd's cheers are too much and he quickly lowers it. After a few brief moments he puts the microphone to his lips again, as the crowd quiets down intregued at what the Mexican hero might say."
Tips
* I havent done it, but say what your superstar is wearing.
* Make a big deal about what the crowd is doing.
* Involve fans
* Observe your superstar on TV, look at what they do and watch closely for mannerisms.
* Put spaces between punctuation marks.
Instead of this: "I think I should be champion.I am great Mr. McMahon"
Have this: "I think I should be champion. I am great Mr. McMahon"
* DONT USE LOADS OF PICS! Use one or two at the most, they annoy readers and it is hard to find the text which is what matters. Pictures cant speak. Try to use none if possible.
* Don't worry as much about length. If you can tell your story in 8-9 paragraphs, great. However, a lot of times, the shorter, the better. So try to remain where you remain in comfort with the roleplay, and try not to force something where it's overkill.
* If you're using someone, like Lillian here.. Be sure to put more focus on your character than them. It becomes confusing, and arguably hurts your statement as the roleplayer if you don't.
END CLASS
-Description-
"Raven is one of the greatest minds in the wrestling buisness through out the world, and has been teaching the art of wrestling through out multiple locker rooms of companies and things, and this just his latest at WCW. After countless hours of paper work built out through Eric Bischoff, finally WCW has it's own teachers of this 'class.' Here you are, the students of WCW, countless individuals such as Paul Burchill, Devon Storm, Tyler Black, David Flair, Brock Lesnar, etc. Set down in front of a podium, where Eric Bischoff stands wearing a usual suit, and this time glasses, as everyone arrives, it begins..."
{::Eric Bischoff::}
"First, I'd like to thank you guys for your attendance. As you many know, WCW Saturday Night is your chance to shine the spotlight you carry. Not only that, but steal the spotlight guys like this man who on his own time decided to help you guys step up to a much larger game.. Personally I think you should enjoy his speech, and it should really help you jump from Saturday Night, to a 'Main Event' type enviroment.. Anyway, without further ado, I'll let Raven take it away."
Raven slowly stands as he wears a black dress shirt, which is only buttoned through out the middle, black shoes, and black leather pants. As the rest of this 'class' begins to clap out of some sort of respect out towards Raven. Eric himself claps, as Raven with his hands in his pockets, walks towards the podium. Taking his hands out of his pockets now at the podium, he raises his right hand, as he shakes Eric's hand. Now Eric walks to Raven's seat, and sits down, Raven now at the podium, as the clapping stops, now to silence as he begins. ||
{::Raven::}
"Let me ask you before I begin, what do you think a wrestler 'should do?'"
Tyler Black, a young kid that just recently signed a contract with WCW, and is soon to show on Saturday Night raises his hand and answers..
{::Tyler Black::}
"To put on a good match?"
Raven smirks, as he responds quickly.
{::Raven::}
"Good guess, but no. A wrestler's job is NOT to be a 'spot monkey.' I don't care if you know 1000 moves, or 1004 moves in Jericho's case..."
The class laughs, as Raven smirks himself as he continues.
{::Raven::}
"But your job as a wrestler is to put asses in the seats. Sell tickets anyway possible. Don't get me wrong, if you know multiple variations of an arm drag, use that to get your crowd. If you can realize this guy's, you'll know more than most of the other wrestler's in the world. Not many realize this, but that's all we have to do. If you can't do that, you might as well leave now. And that's the reason in the past the Cruiserweight Division never worked. Cause they made good matches, but they never could sell tickets. And if you want to go far, become a World Champion like I have, become a 9 time champion like Triple H.. Learn what we had to. I'm not the best guy in the ring, I can't do a 340 from the top rope into a leg drop. But I can sell tickets, and that's all I.. No, that's all we are here for. And if you can do 30 spots, but there's only say 400 people in a building that holds over 5,000, then you're not having a good a match as you think you are anyway. And again, if you guy's can grasp this concept, you'll get more jobs than many will in the buisness. And I wanted to prove this point with a tape I have, I asked Eric to provide a television for this.."
Eric nods, as from the back of the room some of the WCW staff come in rolling in a television on a trolly, with a VCR / DVD player on the second tear of it. They roll it to behind Raven to the left, as they leave, and Raven puts in the tape he wishes for these individuals to watch..
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{::Raven::}
"Here is a tape from 1983, we have Andre vs. Hogan in Japan. First thing I want to point out here is this, Andre makes 2 classic moves for a heel here, that you should follow, first acting like he doesn't want to do the match, it got some heel heat. Then throwing chairs around, throwing a fit, it's a good move for some people who play heel. Another thing here, Hogan and Andre are selling EVERYTHING! I see all the time these guys do all these spots over and over again. Not selling it hurt them pretty much. For example, Sabu and Rob Van Dam, the guys are amazing atheletes don't get me wrong by any means, but when they faced each other back in ECW... Well, it was like Van Daminator here, flip there.. All these good spots, but they wouldn't stop. It wasn't telling a story. Which isn't something anyone should do. It's in fact retarded to do. I know a lot of you guys watch a match of mine, or whatever, and if not that's fine. But in my matches, I try to do a redefining, controlled type eviroment.. For example, I know a lot of guys do ten chair shots, before they'll sell it. I just did one. And everyone I worked with questioned me about that, and I still say, do one. Why? Because it's not like people will go, 'well he took ten chair shots.. Raven only took one..' It's BETTER! To sell what you're working with, than do more and sell it less. It takes away from what I was saying earlier, and you don't get your crowd like that. And it drives me insane when no one sells anymore.. Well I know it drives Eric mad too on occasions, but I'm saying like, many of you, I know Paul we had this conversation once, where I complimented you on selling Triple H's 'fame' with the crowd, and doing what you did when you was at Nitro. But, what I'm saying, no one sells anymore, and for example, I was at a promotion based in Phili somewhere, anyway, this kid, wouldn't sell our entire match, so after it when we went into the back.. I always use movie connections for this, but I asked him if he's ever seen 24. He told me yeah, and I used this metaphor, saying well he's Jack Bower. He just got stabbed in the shoulder blade, and he's acting kool for the next twenty minutes before he just falls over dead.. And that's pretty much how it is with a lot of guys, instead of selling the knife in the shoulder blade, you're just walking around smiling, then falling over dead, no selling in between. Try to be like ya know Russell Crow from Gladiators, where he's gutted by that dude near the end, he comes out selling it. If it was one of the many guy's who seem to never sell, it would've ruined the movie."
There's a few in the class chuckling, but most are serious. Eric nodding himself in approval, as Raven stops for a moment, takes a breath, as one of the WCW staff in the back of the room run to Raven, handing him a water bottle, as he opens the cap, slowly takes a drink, and lowers the opened bottle on top of the podium, he continues.
{::Raven::}
"Anyway, again if you get those basic's you're pretty much set to move on. Now I want to move on to what a 'pop' is. Mainly because a few nights ago, I was having a conversation with Steiner, which we was talking about this. No one understands what a 'pop' is. You guy's probably think a 'pop' is the loud 'ooh' reaction you get when you do a senton off the top rope, or a moonsault from a ladder.. Or whatever. Well, I'm going to inform you, that's wrong. It's what a lot of people think, but no, it's not what the word, 'pop' means. A 'pop,' is the highest emotional point in the match. The drama if you will. I believe that wrestling is built around that drama, and out of the people I've talked to, they agree with me about that. If you get the 'pop' when you walk out of the curtain, and that's the highest emotional point you can get that crowd.. You should just walk back to the locker room. Why? Because you've pretty much lost your job. In all honesty, if that's as high emotionally you can get them, you'll never make it as a major guy in the back. When you go to the ring, you're supposed to start from pretty much nothing, and then rise, lower, etc. But, always make sure it goes higher each time, and near the end, you should reach the 'climax' or 'pop' emotionally. People relate it to a roller coaster, and again this is a very basic lesson that many guys today still can't get. They start at like a high point, and descend from there. It's just not how it's done, and it's like fireworks, 'ooh,' 'ahh.' But in all honesty, how many people go to see fireworks more than once a year? So do you guy's want the clapping, firework reactions? Or the crowd standing on their f**kin' feet, cheering their asses off, wanting to come down to the ring, and carry you literally over their head as a hero.. Or wanting to come down and there and wanting to stab you in the f**kin' face? And ya know, emotionally everyone remembers what they make that 'connection' emotionally with, and they want that feeling again, and again. It's like a drug. Well, if you can get that feeling, the people will come, and pay to see you again. And once again ties in to getting your crowd which is where we started. Getting your crowd, getting those people to come and see you, it's the basic principle of wrestling period. No one can ever be the next Hall Of Famer in WCW if they don't sell a ticket."
Raven again taking a small break, and a drink of the water, as he rakes his long dirty blonde hair with his left hand to make sure it can't fall, and mask his face. Slowly, Raven continues.
{::Raven::}
"And yes, this also works for carrying a promo. If you have this emotional, heart touching story during your promo, end it there. Don't carry it past the 'pop,' because it's pointless. A good buddy of mine, Al Snow, likes to use the story of having sex to prove this. If you bust your nut when you start, you pretty much should go home, because doing anything after that is pointless right? Well, it's the same principle. It's your goal in everything you'll ever do in this buisness, and obviously in this company. But anyway, I'll go over something that I've also noticed in guy's, no one knows how to be heel. Most heel's now are trying to get over with the audience. They've tried to get that 'pop..' That's not your job, if you're a heel, your thing is to get heat. That's it. Don't try to make the crowd clap out of respect, cause then guess what.. You're no longer a heel, you have now become a baby face. It's like when you have a kid and a toy. They want it, and you have it, you act like you're going to give it to them, and take it away. And then they want it even more than before. And you do it enough build enough tension, when finally when they've hit the climax of that heat, you finally do give it to them. And if you really want to know how guy's like Triple H, Kevin Nash, and myself really got the major heat, is when you give them what they want, say the toy.. And right when the sit down, they open the box, and right when they're about to start playing with their new toy.. Take it away. And they'll hate you even more. Now, if you do the take it away too much, they'll do the 'who f**kin' cares, you'll not give it to me anyway,' deal, and then you've killed that heat, and tension you've built. So it's pretty much an act of decieving the audience building tension, and finally giving them what they want when you're about to turn, or pretend to, and take it away. And why do this? Well see, if you do it enough, build that tension, at the right moment, right when he's at the climax of that heat, when you give it to him, he'll 'pop.' Or take it away, and walk away to get your heat."
Raven coughs, as he then again takes a sip of water, and continues. The class giving him full attiention.
{::Raven::}
"And I guess to wrap this class up, I'll talk about baby faces. Since WCW is pretty much lacking them. No one wants to be a baby face anymore, why? Cause it's a little harder than heel. Because baby faces, are supposed to please the crowd, get over. They've got to make them happy, always give them what they want. For something as an example, ya know that first girlfriend you have? Well, you have to keep her happy don't you? It's like instinct for guys to keep that girl happy. You don't want to lose her. And yeah, it's like that. You've got to give the fans, or in this case the girl the 'flowers,' 'chocolates,' and always be the 'gentlemen' she wants. If you don't, you've taken her happiness away, and become a heel. I don't think a lot of guys realize the fine line in between really, but yeah. It's pretty simple for both of the sides, and I'm heel more than babyface just because like I said, babyfaces always must please the fans. Give them the affection they want, and show them this always more passive side.. But anyway guy's if you paid attiention at all, you should've caught onto a lot of the basics of this art you've been introduced in. And in a hindsight view, keep in mind WCW hired you to sell those tickets, and your job is dependant on that, and that alone. I'd like to thank you guy's for the time, and use this to help you in future endeavers. Thank you."
Raven smirks, as he takes his water and walks away from the podium, heading out the door of this backstage class. The class itself giving Raven an amazing applause, of respect. As he smirks when he leaves.
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-OOC RP School-
As you see here I used an rp' to give you the 'wrestler view' of roleplaying. This class with Raven is meant to show you the way the wrestler's should act, and general tips on how to improve the realism of your roleplays. This is to improve the Quanity, and maybe quality too, though it's not as much needed. I've used these short rp' help tips before, and I'll just use them again for this occassion. *I didn't write this, I saved it from the site I started at!* Enjoy.
"Put loads of detail, instead of writing: *Music hits and Psicosis come down to the ring and grabs a mic* Explain it. Tell a story.
"The fans are sitting comfortably in their seats awaiting the next contest on RAW. Then suddenly, to the fans suprise, The Mexicools entrance music blasts over the PA system in the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida. After a few brief moments, Psicosis comes out on a green lawnmower, the fans cheer for their crowd favorite. Psicosis stops at the start of the ramp and raises his arms to soak up the energy radiating of the crowd. The crowd start a "Psicosis" chant and sitting on his leopard print chair he drives slowly down to ring side as fans on the ramp sides start to try and slap his hands. He drives to the bottom of the ramp and stands up bathing in the response the WWE fans have given him. He sits back and puts his legs over the steering wheel and drives quickly around ringside. He stops at the announce both and he shakes Joey Styles & Jerry Lawlers hand. He continues to zoom to the other side of the ring and he gets off and points to the sky to signal the late, great Eddie Guerrero. He clambers up onto the apron and jumps over the top rope to an enormous cheer from the fans. He takes a microphone off the beautiful Lillian Garcia as she exits the ring gracefully. He puts the microphone up to his lips but the crowd's cheers are too much and he quickly lowers it. After a few brief moments he puts the microphone to his lips again, as the crowd quiets down intregued at what the Mexican hero might say."
Tips
* I havent done it, but say what your superstar is wearing.
* Make a big deal about what the crowd is doing.
* Involve fans
* Observe your superstar on TV, look at what they do and watch closely for mannerisms.
* Put spaces between punctuation marks.
Instead of this: "I think I should be champion.I am great Mr. McMahon"
Have this: "I think I should be champion. I am great Mr. McMahon"
* DONT USE LOADS OF PICS! Use one or two at the most, they annoy readers and it is hard to find the text which is what matters. Pictures cant speak. Try to use none if possible.
* Don't worry as much about length. If you can tell your story in 8-9 paragraphs, great. However, a lot of times, the shorter, the better. So try to remain where you remain in comfort with the roleplay, and try not to force something where it's overkill.
* If you're using someone, like Lillian here.. Be sure to put more focus on your character than them. It becomes confusing, and arguably hurts your statement as the roleplayer if you don't.
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