New in a way

Hopefully by now you're getting the impression that there are at least a few gray hairs at KR before anyone takes out the cans of spray...

Thirty isn't old at all at this game, and acting experience isn't something that completely translates anyway. One big difference is that there's no audience here - just other players. No audience means two things: first, stage fright isn't really an issue; second, methods that actors are taught for communicating with the audience don't apply. Also, without a script, you don't need to worry about reading words that someone else wrote and trying to understand what their intention is, and then how to portray that. The character is your design, the words are what you choose, and you know your own intentions (hopefully  ). Most people speak normally, maybe with an accent of some kind; you don't have to worry about being able to toss out extemporaneous lines in iambic pentameter.

If a small kind named Justice challenges you in a duel, back away. That kid is lightning.

Hopefully by now you're getting the impression that there are at least a few gray hairs at KR before anyone takes out the cans of spray...

speak 4 ur self Gray-de-locs

That's cause you're a baby of 30, Derrick.

I joined KR in February of 2007, and I was 30 my first event.  I saw they had a number of people who's ages ranged from late teens to early 50's and up.  Most folks here don't really bother with age.

As for the acting thing... that really depends on what you wanna play.  If you want to play a certain character type, just think honestly on what you will feel comfy with and go with that.  I feel that's the easiest thing to do, from my expirience.

So... ask all the questions you want, wait for the approved Marshals and Deputies to answer you and I hope that you can join us soon and have fun.  I know my first event was fun and has brought me back time and time again to these events.

If you're really worried about getting the swing of things, try NPCing for an event, that's what I've done for the past two events (my first two). It helps you get into several different characters, helps you learn the fighting rules, style etc and you often get sent out as just a commoner, so you can observe how others play their character and play as one too