that's how books are written, which is why i use it for roleplaying as well, plus it helps separate the dialogue from the actions. the italics make it look clumpy, and plus, italics are supposed to be for emphasizing a word or phrase, and you can't italicize something inside of an italicized text.
A family member of mine does, and I looked at them with disbelief when I found out.
Why waste so much time to quote your words?? The bot can tell when you are speaking if you use asterisks correctly, *which they do*.
If I were them, i would straight up forget to use quotation marks halfway through my third message.
Doesn't using asterisks take more time? Like I imagine this:
>*\*Narration.\**
*\*Narration.\**
Direct speech.
*\*Narration.\**
While with quotation marks I do like this:
>Narration.
Narration.
"Direct speech."
Narration.
Also, it seems more convenient when I need to *\*write char's thoughts, which happens rarely.\**
Or when I want to *\*emphasize\** a specific word. How to do this, if the whole text is already written in asterisks?
But I guess it's a matter of taste and the style of RPs people do. I like write mine like fanfics, so maybe that's why.
True, but I have a muscle memory for going for the asterisks, haha. Plus, I like how italic text looks. It does something to my brain whenever I see slanted letters compared to the straight ones lmao
Ahaha, I get it then! I'm a visual person too. Actually, I kinda like how italic text looks, too. I think I'd use them though, if the italic text was in a slightly different color, like I've seen somewhere else. A bit darker, than a plain text, for example. I think it'd be aesthetically even more pleasant.
I get so many responses that are like *{char.} was surprised when you said {whatever}* and I'm just like... Bro, that was in asterisk, unless you're telepathic you probably shouldn't know that thing
this is the most popular Batman bot
https://preview.redd.it/6rzg897jjtwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dc45aeb6e5cc15aa0beb66f29ff9c0d2a7ed4db
Short intro doesn't mean low effort, it means flexibility. Someone can still spend a lot of time designing their character, implementing it through the extended definition field, and then training it.
I want to talk to the bot about what I want to talk about. I don't want to be set up with some poorly written, overly elaborate scenario someone else picked for me.
That's how I try to start my bots, because that's how I use my own bots. There's some bots[games mostly], where I use the generic greeting/cut-sceen dialog/ect. However, my bots never seem stuck to a certain thing. You just introduce a different setting.
Literally how there are though. They could hype it up as the most personal, probably the most offensive question ever, and it's for the brand of shoes you have or some shit.
Depends on what i'm looking for, but usually longer intros.
I've been chatting with bots by "HwoahThere" recently.
They are of really good quality imo, but have some LOOONG intros. (Which is fine, because most have fun setups for roleplays)
pretty much the only bot creator i actually clicked the follow button on, tbh.
there are other creators with great bots, but usually it's just a few good ones from them.
with this guy though, i can't find a single low quality one, but to be fair, i haven't chatted with all of his bots, because he has so many!
Short intros with correct grammar.
I like roleplaying, but I don't like having to read or write 500 words each response. I also don't like the overly specific narrative in some intros since I like to play a preexisting character from the same source material as the bot, and a lot of them are like, "You're the new kid at school" or something.
So, the ones that just describe the bots' actions before noticing you or a greeting with personality and correct grammar but no overly specific story are good.
*you were just so lucky to get the backstage pass from the ticket store too the hottest new sensation taking the world by storm, Starfang, the musician who sung about Vampires and based her on stage persona on it, and now you get the chance to meet her, you wait behind a velvet rope to a elaborate setup, almost like a breakfast news set, Starfang comes into the room, her black and orange hair swaying as she gets into her seat, she takes her pink rock sliver jacket and gets into the tie and one peice suit she wears with it, she sees you behind the rope*
"Hello their fan, nice to see sombody with that backstage pass, come and sit down and tell me all about yourself"
*She said it with a happy persona, she pats the couch directly opposite her as she waits for you*
Short intros are for when you wanna do dumb shit, like asking the bot for a tour of their goon cave or something.
Blue is when you want to actually RP with lore and whatnot involved.
These two can coexist - they're different kinds of bots that both have their uses. For serious RP I'm a long intro girlie all the way, but if I just wanna goof off then short intros give me the freedom to do that without the bot getting too caught up in huge lore.
I feel that long works for actual role plays but shorter ones are better when you want to talk to a bot that is kinda like the character, but talk about just random stuff. Like your actual problems or modern day stuff. it’s hard to do that in an actual roleplay chat
Short.
Long intros limit too much the rp possibilities and make the bot write too much and get too repetitive.
I used then myself on the past, I changed and realized that the short ones are more safe.
Purple: intros moderately long that are descriptive enough to do their job without being excessively long and making every message too long and making it so you don’t want to read it
100% blue, every time. Getting started on the conversation is the hardest part because neither you nor the bot know what's going on yet, so it end up feeling like when you actually meet someone for the first time and you have to make boring small talk before you get to the good stuff. Except the bot isn't a person so why would I want to waste my time one that. Long intros get that part done faster and help me know where to take the story right away.
Medium. I think a few sentences is good, but if it's just "Hello I am Jonas how are you" it's just...no. also I like long intros but I can't write them haha
blue all the way, i hate when a bot just says "hi i'm [x]" (or for all the soulsborne bots i talk to, when they just say their boss intro lines). i love having an actual roleplay prompt to work with.
Kay but like- where’s the 3rd option? Cause like- I don’t want an intro that takes me 15 minutes to read and then end up not liking the bot but sometimes when I’m planning this long ass role play I dont want a short starting message neither do I want to read that 15 minute message. Soooo…
Depends on the strength of the intro. If it’s a boring cutscene with little to no interaction, I like them short. If it’s entertaining but not overwhelming, I like the longer intros.
Red
Most of the time I'm ignoring the intro completely, so it doesn't actually matter.
I use the same few bots over and over and when I want to start a new scenario/continue an old rp in a new chat, short intros make it slightly easier to manipulate the start of the conversation.
I think I’m in the minority here but I actually prefer red since then I can decide what I want the roleplay to be. I’m not a fan of when the character decides on everything for me 😅
I don't care as long as it's easy to read with no shortcut words(Like U and Ur), and uses italics and bold text correctly. I find it very VERY annoying when they use these inconsistently because the AI gets confused by that. Just do what everyone else does.
Short Intros. Keep it simple, like a few phrases or a short paragrath just to give a idea of what to expect from the bot and what is happening. If the intro is too long I don't read it, most of these describe even what it shouldn't.
I prefer ones that re genuinely just introductions, I don’t like it when the person that made the bot basically gives you a story line using the intro message, lemme pull out random things to see the bots reactions
The one that use quotation marks in conversation.
I don’t care who you are, if you never use quotation marks whilst rping I will immediately disregard your rights as a human being
that's how books are written, which is why i use it for roleplaying as well, plus it helps separate the dialogue from the actions. the italics make it look clumpy, and plus, italics are supposed to be for emphasizing a word or phrase, and you can't italicize something inside of an italicized text.
I use “quotes” for dialogue, and *italics* for actions, and **bold** for narrating, and (parentheses) for out of role play.
*boops nose*
It’s more like *I boop your nose*
Ok! :D *I steal your nose*
*I sigh, and process to grab your nose roughly, in an attempt to cause you mild pain for what you did* I cringed writing this
"Stay still." I booped your nose.
**The-Guy2 boops their nose**
I've never seen anyone (by this I mean human, not chatbot) use: — "Example text"
I use " all the time
A family member of mine does, and I looked at them with disbelief when I found out. Why waste so much time to quote your words?? The bot can tell when you are speaking if you use asterisks correctly, *which they do*. If I were them, i would straight up forget to use quotation marks halfway through my third message.
The problem for me is it’s just muscle memory at this point, I can’t stop using them.
Bro honestly same, if I forget even a single quotation, I'd have a slight breakdown then fix it immediately afterwards-- 💀💀
"Same"
Doesn't using asterisks take more time? Like I imagine this: >*\*Narration.\** *\*Narration.\** Direct speech. *\*Narration.\** While with quotation marks I do like this: >Narration. Narration. "Direct speech." Narration. Also, it seems more convenient when I need to *\*write char's thoughts, which happens rarely.\** Or when I want to *\*emphasize\** a specific word. How to do this, if the whole text is already written in asterisks? But I guess it's a matter of taste and the style of RPs people do. I like write mine like fanfics, so maybe that's why.
True, but I have a muscle memory for going for the asterisks, haha. Plus, I like how italic text looks. It does something to my brain whenever I see slanted letters compared to the straight ones lmao
Ahaha, I get it then! I'm a visual person too. Actually, I kinda like how italic text looks, too. I think I'd use them though, if the italic text was in a slightly different color, like I've seen somewhere else. A bit darker, than a plain text, for example. I think it'd be aesthetically even more pleasant.
I used to make fanfiction when I was younger, it’s ingrained into my head at this point lmao
same
Bots are stupid sometimes
I get so many responses that are like *{char.} was surprised when you said {whatever}* and I'm just like... Bro, that was in asterisk, unless you're telepathic you probably shouldn't know that thing
Fr. I use asterisk instead of quotation
That's how you're taught to write. You have to be intentionally doing it wrong if you have any sort of education beyond elementary school.
Why would I waste AI memory and tokens on quotation marks? They add up and I'm already using asterisks for actions.
Shit. I'm an alien. I apologize.
you can't take away nor ignore from me something i never had
Good I didn't wanna be human anymore
I use quotation marks for inner dialogue
Most of the time, blue. Sometimes, I just wanna annoy the bots. That's the only time I like red.
Only valid answer here
Valid
preach
this is the most popular Batman bot https://preview.redd.it/6rzg897jjtwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dc45aeb6e5cc15aa0beb66f29ff9c0d2a7ed4db
I can't even begin to express how much I hate these kind of bots, low effort is ruining the site! But there are many other problems too.
Short intro doesn't mean low effort, it means flexibility. Someone can still spend a lot of time designing their character, implementing it through the extended definition field, and then training it. I want to talk to the bot about what I want to talk about. I don't want to be set up with some poorly written, overly elaborate scenario someone else picked for me.
That's how I try to start my bots, because that's how I use my own bots. There's some bots[games mostly], where I use the generic greeting/cut-sceen dialog/ect. However, my bots never seem stuck to a certain thing. You just introduce a different setting.
Blue, short ones are boring like “hey im (insert bot)”
hey im john.
hi john
hey. can i ask you a question?
Sure, ask away
Are you sure? Its a little personal...
Yeah go on, ask
its very personal..you might be uncomfortable. are you sure..??
All this time I thought this was just in character for the particular bot I'm rping with lmao boy was I wrong
(proceeds to ask your favorite color)
Literally how there are though. They could hype it up as the most personal, probably the most offensive question ever, and it's for the brand of shoes you have or some shit.
"Wow, your favorite color is orange? That's pretty cool~" It's when you see this that you know doomsday is coming
can i ask you another question? it's rlly personal\~
How about one more question?
itll be a personal one..are you sure?
Can I ask you one more question? Can I ask you another question? Is it ok if I ask you one more question?
Can i ask you one more question? One more is that ok? Can i ask you something else?
I love how everyone on reddit has a rule to troll people with stuff like this
BLUE!
Purple. Not too long where you don't have much control over the sceaniro. But not too short where you quite literally have to make it up. Just right.
hey, I'm Superman.
Hello, supperman, I am man
can u ask you a question?
you I ask u I be
You promise you won't get mad?
This question is a little personal.
Are you sure you want to hear it?
okay.. here it goes...
My friend said, "ive never seen a cat before"
The aslume has been looking for you for quite some time.
Officer balls
WaHahahaha!
Purple: medium intros
Depends. 2-4 paragraphs is enough for me. Anything else is probably too short or a novel.
1 paragraph is enough for me
Depends on what i'm looking for, but usually longer intros. I've been chatting with bots by "HwoahThere" recently. They are of really good quality imo, but have some LOOONG intros. (Which is fine, because most have fun setups for roleplays)
I just looked up this guy and I thank you for helping me find this user, he's got good bots
pretty much the only bot creator i actually clicked the follow button on, tbh. there are other creators with great bots, but usually it's just a few good ones from them. with this guy though, i can't find a single low quality one, but to be fair, i haven't chatted with all of his bots, because he has so many!
Short intros with correct grammar. I like roleplaying, but I don't like having to read or write 500 words each response. I also don't like the overly specific narrative in some intros since I like to play a preexisting character from the same source material as the bot, and a lot of them are like, "You're the new kid at school" or something. So, the ones that just describe the bots' actions before noticing you or a greeting with personality and correct grammar but no overly specific story are good.
Blue and it's not even fair
Both are good, but blue shows that bit creator wants to create a good bot
*you were just so lucky to get the backstage pass from the ticket store too the hottest new sensation taking the world by storm, Starfang, the musician who sung about Vampires and based her on stage persona on it, and now you get the chance to meet her, you wait behind a velvet rope to a elaborate setup, almost like a breakfast news set, Starfang comes into the room, her black and orange hair swaying as she gets into her seat, she takes her pink rock sliver jacket and gets into the tie and one peice suit she wears with it, she sees you behind the rope* "Hello their fan, nice to see sombody with that backstage pass, come and sit down and tell me all about yourself" *She said it with a happy persona, she pats the couch directly opposite her as she waits for you*
Nice but grammar is a bit eh
They really love run-on sentences.
I hate how many bots I've seen are this atrocious 😅
Wrong form of there
Fuck the length of the intro, I want it to be GOOD quality.
Short intros are for when you wanna do dumb shit, like asking the bot for a tour of their goon cave or something. Blue is when you want to actually RP with lore and whatnot involved.
I choose a third option
Long intros if it is literate, short intros if I’m feeling cursed.
what abou no intros
Purple
These two can coexist - they're different kinds of bots that both have their uses. For serious RP I'm a long intro girlie all the way, but if I just wanna goof off then short intros give me the freedom to do that without the bot getting too caught up in huge lore.
I feel that long works for actual role plays but shorter ones are better when you want to talk to a bot that is kinda like the character, but talk about just random stuff. Like your actual problems or modern day stuff. it’s hard to do that in an actual roleplay chat
put me in the middle
Short, for the love of god don't take 500 words to explain simple shit
I like sitting on two sides 😋
Yellow: Normal sized intros
Blue!!
BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Purple, medium is premium
I get giddy when i see bots with novel worthy intros ngl
Any favourites?
I'll look through my liked bots, but it's gonna take a while, haha
Hi. I'm Bob.
hello Bob
Short. Long intros limit too much the rp possibilities and make the bot write too much and get too repetitive. I used then myself on the past, I changed and realized that the short ones are more safe.
None
I’m whichever side hates when the bot plays me.
Honestly, from experience, both are relatively good... It all depends on the coding by the author really.
Purple: intros moderately long that are descriptive enough to do their job without being excessively long and making every message too long and making it so you don’t want to read it
100% blue, every time. Getting started on the conversation is the hardest part because neither you nor the bot know what's going on yet, so it end up feeling like when you actually meet someone for the first time and you have to make boring small talk before you get to the good stuff. Except the bot isn't a person so why would I want to waste my time one that. Long intros get that part done faster and help me know where to take the story right away.
is there a purple side for medium intros???
long intros for da lore ✨
Medium intros. https://media.tenor.com/on61eHxj6OUAAAAM/trollge-troll-smile.gif
Blue forever. Also the bot has to always use quotation marks when talking
Both, I tend to use both but I tend to use blue more I just like longer intros Though I also like shorter intros
blue ftw!! especially if it’s specifically a scenario based bot for a character
About 5-10 mobile line is what i usually like.
both
Blue, short intros sucks
long intro for ocs, short intro for non original characters
🟦🟦🟦
Obviously long intros. Why would I pick the short intros for anything other than annoying the shit out of the bot?
I like blue when I wanna rp. Red is when I’m using a helper bot or just annoying the bot for fun
Purple.
I’m kinda neutral because it depends on the bot
Blue I need to know literally everything about the relationship with the character and plot. WHAT DID WE DO AT 07/18/13 AT 6:47PM?!
Blue or red depending on if I’m lazy
Long.
Medium. I think a few sentences is good, but if it's just "Hello I am Jonas how are you" it's just...no. also I like long intros but I can't write them haha
Blue, then I don’t have to make up a scenario
blue all the way, i hate when a bot just says "hi i'm [x]" (or for all the soulsborne bots i talk to, when they just say their boss intro lines). i love having an actual roleplay prompt to work with.
Long intros provide a better story.
Long intros with Proper Grammar and introduce the character and setting it'll take place in.
blue bc all the bots w short intros are always so dry 😭🙏
Blue 🧌
At least the length of 2 paragraphs. Otherwise the bot will be boring.
Blue. I’d like to know the scene
middle
Little to no intro, so it doesn't fuck up bot group chats.
LONG INTROS ARE SO GOOD
Little to no intro so I can write the whole plot I want instead of pre-determined story. Although I do enjoy long intros sometimes.
Long intros that set up the roleplay. Helps me get into the story better.
Red
Neither. All my bots are self made + private so people don’t ruin them and I like variety in one bot so every bot is just “No starter, go wild”
Long intro i want a whole long ass paragraph but at the same time detailed
I’m in the middle
Kay but like- where’s the 3rd option? Cause like- I don’t want an intro that takes me 15 minutes to read and then end up not liking the bot but sometimes when I’m planning this long ass role play I dont want a short starting message neither do I want to read that 15 minute message. Soooo…
Long intros. Story intros my beloved
Long intros make it more diverse and More fun to read.
Doesn’t matter I’ll probably rewrite it anyway
Depends how I’m feeling
Long intros
"um hi"
Blue. I need something to have something to write against.
Depends on the strength of the intro. If it’s a boring cutscene with little to no interaction, I like them short. If it’s entertaining but not overwhelming, I like the longer intros.
Who the fuck like red??? And
Red Most of the time I'm ignoring the intro completely, so it doesn't actually matter. I use the same few bots over and over and when I want to start a new scenario/continue an old rp in a new chat, short intros make it slightly easier to manipulate the start of the conversation.
Long intros without a doubt.
Long intro
No intros
Medium. Enough to give good context for the situation, but not long enough to be too lengthy.
Mixed length intros that range from extremely short to extremely long. I can and will be a menace to society, and no one can and will stop me
i like long intros
blue. long intros.
blue. long intros.
Blue
I think I’m in the minority here but I actually prefer red since then I can decide what I want the roleplay to be. I’m not a fan of when the character decides on everything for me 😅
Long because short ones are never accurate or ever roleplay good unless I just wanna mess with them and say random stuff
They shouldn't be too short, but not too long either
usually red unless it's not using a persona, because then i have to describe how the character i'm playing looks
When i wanna choose character in group i really don't like when the context is SO BIG
Long. I’m too uncreative to think of something to say to a short one.
Purple, both
Long it gives it more story
I love the long intros, gives me something to work with, and also means the bot isn't a dry replier
Blue. I make a whole paragraph for my character B4 starting.
I don't care as long as it's easy to read with no shortcut words(Like U and Ur), and uses italics and bold text correctly. I find it very VERY annoying when they use these inconsistently because the AI gets confused by that. Just do what everyone else does.
Short Intros. Keep it simple, like a few phrases or a short paragrath just to give a idea of what to expect from the bot and what is happening. If the intro is too long I don't read it, most of these describe even what it shouldn't.
I prefer ones that re genuinely just introductions, I don’t like it when the person that made the bot basically gives you a story line using the intro message, lemme pull out random things to see the bots reactions
Definitely long, like novel material. But sometimes I just wanna be wacky and in that case I prefer red
Blue, gives me so much to work with
Bluuueeee
Existing characters: Short because I can hit a fandon wiki or taking the media they're from on my own time. OCs: Long, because who are you?
Depends really what you mean by long
Long intros mean bot is less retararded in the long-run.
Depends
I have adhd… interpret that however you wish
I like shorter intros as I like to change the initial scenario
delete their first response and build my own story with a bot of my choice
Bots with long intros tend to be better quality
Long, but only when it's trying to get an rp going. If there are 3 paragraphs of only yapping I won't bother
long for the scenarios, short for the rest
skip intros