Guild Wars 2

I’ve owned this game for a long time, and am only now able to use the machine that can run it. I’m super excited about this, I’ve been waiting to be able to play for YEARS now, and from what I’ve known and what little I’ve tried I’m sure I’ll love my experience.

I’ve been wondering, what is roleplaying in GW2 like? Are there a bunch of roleplayers, how do they get in contact, where should I go to find them?

Here is a good start:
http://www.guildwars2roleplayers.com/

Tarnished Coast is the unofficial RP server.

Tarnished coast is the unoffical NA role-play server, Piken Square is the EU role-play server – both us the website linked by one of the posters above to notifiy people of upcoming RP events.

Sorry but whats role playing? Is that like pretending to be someone?

Desamos.1836:

Sorry but whats role playing? Is that like pretending to be someone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing

Actually, Role-playing is the origin of the game you are playing right now, specifically the Dungeons & Dragons pen and paper game made in the 1970’s.

Desamos.1836:

Sorry but whats role playing? Is that like pretending to be someone?

The wikipedia link has o lot information, but it’s pretty hard to understand.

As for easier explaination:
Role-playing is getting into a character role. You act like your character would do.
You are no longer acting like a player, you are this character.
You talk like this, use emotes to show emotions or states (like sit, sleep or ANY action via /e emote).

If you are from US you have propably heard of Dungeons&Dragons. If you are from European country then maybe Dungeon&Dragons, Warhammer Roleplay, Call of Cthulhu or some other pen n’ paper role-playing game.

It’s exactly the same, just that you role-play in game using chat and emotes instead of talking to friends in pen n’ paper rpg.

Edit:
I found a great source of information for you. I used it back when I started to role-play in World of Wacraft. Whole “The RP Survival Guide” has nothing to do with WoW so it applies to GW2 too (and any other MMO).
http://rpmadesimple.com/