I was recently strolling through the community, skimming through other users' bios, but then a thought came to me, "Do I have to play as a character? Can't I just be.. myself and still interact with other deer?" You might find this weird, but I kind of find character RPs confusing and strange, due to the fact that I've never participated in any kind of Role-Play, ever! I have so many questions about role-play in TEF, but I can't write them down here, because they're too detailed ;A; !

I'll try my best to list the questions here, all answers are appriciated!

1. What do users mean when they refer to,"OC deer/OOC deer?"
2. If you can't talk in-game, how are you role-playing then?
3. If you're role-playing in the community, then what's the point of playing in-game?
4. Does my deer have to be a character that does role-play?
5. Can my deer just be my... deer-sona, or represent me?
6. How do users recognize other characters (in-game) just by looking at their picto? As if they read all bios and remembered all the pictos.

That's all, I think. I'm deeply sorry if they're too confusing, I'm just totally new to the Character + RP thing.