ok how do you rp and how do you know what show your on in fact how does this whole thing even work

Wrong Forum

All answers are in the RPG forum.

Role Playing is easy. Just find the character thread for an RPG that is forming or excepting new members. Fill out the required character information and see if your character gets aproved. Make sure you are caught up with the RPG by reading the RPG"s thread. Than just jump right in. Is basically like writing and interactive fan fic. If you have any questions on what you can and can't be done in a particular rpg pm the creator.

There is a subforum in the RPG forum that is for RPG questions. I would prefer it if people would use that for RPG questions. But its no big deal since you are new and the RPG questions forum may have been hard to find.