Hello and thanks for your attention!
I'm new to RP and never been in one before. I found to this forum whilst searching the web for a place to share this idea. Now that i've got some attention and after reading some of the roleplays on the site I've gotten cold feet.

I'm thinking it's probably a bad idea to jump and be a GM before playing a character in an RP at least once. I have too many questions about the nature of this medium and some of them i feel could only be answered by earning experience.

Would you agree with that?

Here is one of the questions that are currently surging in my frontal lobe:
If a scene involves several characters who are played by human players who makes the decisions?
You can't possibly be allowed to make a decision for a character who is played by someone else can you? Obviously the answer is: you should if you want to write more than a sentence each time so the story could progress. But then what decisions are OK to make for someone else's character and what aren't OK? Are there any guidelines for this sort of conflict? Am i thinking about it all wrong?

The players can discuss it to themselves if needed but the easiest answer is for them to post in a collab. That is, they go to a chatroom, PM or a site that provides collab writing service like titanpad and then RP there until they're satisifed about the scene, they needed GM's input/part or the scene's over.

So, yes, you're thinking it wrong, it's not "who should take charge of everyone?" The only one allowed to control other players are GM and its to be used sparingly. It's "Who wants to cooperate a post in this scene?

This sort of question should be in Roleplay Discussion.

Thanks for the quick response and sorry for posting in the wrong place.
I'm still learning the ropes

No worries, if you have any questions pop-up feel free to shoot me a PM if you want.

TheYellowKing said
Thanks for the quick response and sorry for posting in the wrong place. I'm still learning the ropes

Welcome to the jungle. Don't worry, pretty soon you'll learn all the dirt paths and which vines to grab as you make your way to explore this place. ^_~

Thanks for the encouragement, ishtar.
Just so you know... .

*giggles* That's a nice trivia~ <3

But you're a modern koala, you must have some preserved eucalyptus leaves in your hidden backpack.