Two rules will always be present in all RPs on Gaia no matter where you go:
-No godmodding
-No Cybering
Naughty Johnny!
But in a wrestling RP one that you may or may not see is:
-No reals/cannon characters. If you are new to the RP game that means you can only submit characters of your own creation, no one who is an actual character used in the show or what have you that the RP might be based upon.
So in a wrestling RP that means that you cannot be AJ Styles, Mysterio, Candy Apple, Cena, HBK, and so on. But that doesn’t mean that in a character totally unrelated to wrestling can’t be used. For example you submit Batman for some reason into the WWE; it might be allowed but you’ll have to tweak his fighting style and take away his toys in ring.
Why can't you use reals? Ask that around the right people and you'll get an earful of reasons why which can spark a heated debate, but for now I'll just give you a few reasons why most wrestling RPs forbid them.
-There could be a fight between RPers to be one real. Many people don’t pay attention to the profile list and they’ll excitedly slap out profile for a CM Punk or a Jeff Hardy although there is one already around.
-Unoriginality. While making your own characters calls for some thought and creativity using an original character takes that away. Too often we see people submit a cut and paste profile from one of the many wikis that are about. Not only is that unoriginal but it’s lazy.
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Being a real has its burden of portraying that character as they are on the show. Meaning you will be called on for any out of character actions people feel that person would never do even if you have painstakingly explained that the person, say Hulk Hogan, went through a major heel turn and now likes to trip pregnant women and punch children in the arm.
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Continuity (I cannot say that without thinking of the song).
Continuity is the main reason most RPs do not allow for reals to be used. Continuity is the consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time.
Now if one person was playing the part of Jeff Hardy in a RP and then decided to quit vacating that character and then someone else picks him up the continuity of the RP is now messed up.
It is not fair to give the new person using Jeff Hardy the credit and history of the pervious. Let’s say that the previous one had left while holding a title belt and dating the assistant to the general manager of the show. The new one cannot simply pick up and have all that they have not earned. They must start anew and all of the players must forget about the old Jeff Hardy character as if he and the interactions they had with him never existed.
Basically the old Jeff Hardy will get the Chris Beniot/Matt Hardy treatment. No one is allowed to mention him even though there are records of them and their past actions.
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