EVE General Discussion

When ever i decide to step into a new RP im unfamiliar with I make make my fist characters personality like min but give him a unique backstory at least until i get into the swing of things

Troubles getting into RP? Alcohol or any other medication that dulls activity in the neo-cortex, that part of the brain that regulates impulses and allows you to be sensible and dignified. Problem solved.
My RP starts and ends with rolling up on a jetcan in Empire space in an industrial, aligning, stealing and docking. It's backstory is that my father was hideously injured in a jetcan accident and i work to discourage the practice. Some people are so cool i give the ore back.
There's a segment of the playerbase that are locked into, or have just discovered, the phase in life where you realise and validate yourself by messing with others. They generally congeal in hisec and nibble on non-combat players and ships. Not to be confused with those who kill for profit, these guys are after tears.
None of them have ever really put much effort into the ultimate source of blood-pressure wrecking exasperation: Hard. Core. Roleplaying.
By speaking as if the stick up your ass has a stick up it's ass, by being lugubrious in an attempt to sound weighty, by adhering to messily written lore in a simplistic way and by breaking the RP atmosphere by speaking (OOC) out of character every few minutes, your Hardcore RP critter is actually more annoying than any amount of barge, freighter or blingfit mission running BS losses.
CODE have toyed with the edges of it, but really only enough to look like sexually confused individuals fallen into the sort of cult that forms around a lack of ideas.
Lotsa luck!

At parties, I have been directing Brazilian soap-operas for years....

Honestly all these OOG resources are nice to have there, but you don't need 'em.

All you need is your character/s and other people's characters, if you're seeking RP. Though if you're looking to socialise in an out of character context with other RPers then sure, those places can be great.

I've RPed heavily in EVE for over five years now, and still do ingame almost daily. I've never registered on Backstage (or any of the equivalent communities) and I don't use Tweetfleet Slack. I dislike both for personal reasons, though many others enjoy these OOG communities so I always recommend people check them out anyway.

Lurking the ingame RP channels, maybe posting there occasionally, and/or lurking the IGS section on the forum is enough to see who's out there, allowing you to poke the characters that interest you and get some RP going. There's no shortage of RP opportunities around EVE, you just gotta have the stomach to sit down and shoot off an in-character message or convo to someone.

Like any content in EVE, you gotta find or create your own most of the time.

There are a few In game Channels you will want to look into, those being:

OOC, Or "Out of Character" That Is fairly active.

The Summit, The In game version of The IGS.

http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/ Has a large following of EVE Roleplayers, and is still fairly active as well.

Asking around will bring up loads of active channels with various purposes.

One thing to remember is we are all role playing every time we log in. Have you ever said something like "I'm at the stargate"? Well, you were not at the stargate. You were sitting in a chair at home playing a computer game. The mere use of terms like "I'm at the stargate" or "I am undocking" means you are a role player.

Its actually quite natural. We all think about what we are doing in-game as though we are actually there, doing it. So the real thing you need to do on an RP channel is NOT refer to any real world actions or items. Beyond that, be yourself and have fun!