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- | ====== Adoption ====== | + | ====== |
- | Adoption | + | Character adoption |
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+ | ===== Overview ===== | ||
+ | Star Army is 15 years old. As members come and go due to life issues, they have left behind a large quantity of characters | ||
- | The staff may regularly comb through bios looking for abandoned, neglected old characters that could use some love, particularly ones with unused art in them. You are are allowed to adopt characters to update and release them (e.g. fix up and make into better adoptables so they can be used as pregens). New players will be offered the option of adopting one of these fixed-up " | ||
===== Adopting a Character ===== | ===== Adopting a Character ===== | ||
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=== How Do I Adopt? === | === How Do I Adopt? === | ||
- | To adopt a character, post that you're going to adopt the character in the **New Character Biographies** forum. A moderator will attempt to contact the character' | + | To adopt a character, post that you're going to adopt the character in the **New Character Biographies** forum. |
- | If... | + | As of 2016, the [[templates: |
- | - the owner does not reply within 1 week (starting at when the mod attempts to contact the creator), and | + | If the character biography does not indicate whether or not the character can be adopted, a staff member will attempt to contact the character' |
- | - no one has a legitimate objection within a week, | + | |
- | ...the character is now yours. | + | Note: If the player hasn't logged on to the forums |
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- | Note: If the player hasn't logged on to the forums more than 3 years, the contact attempt and waiting period can be skipped at the site admin' | + | |
=== Objecting To An Adoption === | === Objecting To An Adoption === | ||
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- The player is known by the community or a friend to be involuntarily unable to log in (due to medical issues, military deployment, etc) and is expected to return. | - The player is known by the community or a friend to be involuntarily unable to log in (due to medical issues, military deployment, etc) and is expected to return. | ||
- The original player can cancel the adoption of the character he created if he/she shows up and posts an objection. If this happens, the original player is obligated to start actually using that character. Open RP is a good place to use plotless characters. | - The original player can cancel the adoption of the character he created if he/she shows up and posts an objection. If this happens, the original player is obligated to start actually using that character. Open RP is a good place to use plotless characters. | ||
+ | - Alternatively, | ||
- Some other player or GM has already announced prior plans for a character and can show proof of that. Note: Player plans take priority over GM plans. | - Some other player or GM has already announced prior plans for a character and can show proof of that. Note: Player plans take priority over GM plans. | ||
- | If you adopt a character, you are expected to use and maintain that character. | + | If you adopt a character, you are expected to use and maintain that character. |
=== Opting Out === | === Opting Out === | ||
Don't want your character to get adopted after you leave? No problem. Players can opt out of adoption or assign an active friend as caretaker of that character by putting a note in the OOC section of their biography that acts as a " | Don't want your character to get adopted after you leave? No problem. Players can opt out of adoption or assign an active friend as caretaker of that character by putting a note in the OOC section of their biography that acts as a " | ||
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+ | As of 2016, the character template asks if you want the character to be adoptable after you're gone for a year. To opt out, answer " | ||
=== Appealing Adoptions === | === Appealing Adoptions === | ||
- | If you have neither opted out nor objected when given the chance, and your character was been adopted, the character is no longer yours to control on SARP. It is the adopting | + | If you have neither opted out nor objected when given the chance, and your character was been adopted, the character is recognized as belonging |
==== Sample Contact Email ==== | ==== Sample Contact Email ==== | ||
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Star.Army Community | Star.Army Community | ||
- | ==== List of Adoptable Characters ==== | + | |
- | - //None added yet// | + |