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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players' |
- | This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to join. **Please read it thoroughly!**\\ | + | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. |
- | ==== Getting Started | + | ===== Roleplaying Overview =====Â |
- | :!: You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. **No exceptions.** | + | In Star Army, you and other members create characters who live in the high-tech fictional universe of Star Army and then use your imagination to write your character' |
- | === Registration === | + | **Star Army** is a play-by-post roleplaying community, which means we operate by posting text on the forum. Unlike tabletop roleplaying games, Star Army is mostly just writing and does not use complex game mechanics (math). Most story plots have a **Game Master** (GM) assigned whose job is to guide the story, describe the setting, and write the actions of background characters (NPCs). In the Open Roleplay forum, the creator of the RP thread may act as a GM. |
- | * [[http://stararmy.com/roleplay/ucp.php? | + | Most RP occurs in ongoing RP plots. After their second RP thread starts, they can get their own subforum. A //plot// in this case refers to an ongoing role playing story and its group of players. In the Star Army RP, these are often based on starships. |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | === Getting Assistance ===Â | + | **In Star Army RPs, we usually write in third-person past tense**, the way most novels do. For example: //A scowl of disgust appeared on Sayuri' |
- | There are many ways to get help making your character: | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | + | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. |
- | * You can [[http:// | + | |
- | * You can call or text message the admin, [[user: | + | |
- | * You can email the admin at [[[email protected]]] | + | |
- | ==== Creating a Character ==== | ||
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. | ||
- | === Join A Major Faction | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[: | + | Star Army is an " |
- | === Ask Questions ===Â | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | If you have questions | + | |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character ====Â | + | Optional: Create a wiki account. **The wiki login system is separate from the forum one, so you will need to register for both.** You'll need a wiki account |
- | When you're done with your character biography, you'll need to: | + | |
- | - Add your bio to the wiki (if you're not sure how, see the steps below)Â | + | :!: If you have trouble registering, contact |
- | - Go the [[: | + | |
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a "This page hasn't been created" | + | |
- | - Click " | + | |
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- | * Here are some [[: | + | |
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- | - Submit | + | |
- | ==== The Review Process | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues with your biography, the game master will do his best to help you adjust it so that it makes sense or fits in the role-play. The most common sources of problems are overpowered, | + | When you're ready, start making characters using the guides found on the **[[creating_a_character|Creating A Character]]** wiki page. Once your character is approved |
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread | + | |
+ | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread | ||
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- | ==== Once Your Character Is Approved ==== | ||
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character in the forum thread you posted. The topic will then be moved to the [[http:// | ||
- | The plot GM should post in your thread to tell you if your character is accepted into the plot. In the unlikely event your character is approved but cannot be accepted, the GM (or if he is not available, the Faction Manager or Setting Manager) will post a notice in the approved character thread and then contact your second choice plot GM on your behalf. If your character is in the military, you will also get an orders thread in the appropriate communications forum. It will tell your character where to go and serves as a record of his/her military service including transfers, awards, and promotions. | ||
- | Once you' | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone to mentor you through it, and we' | ||
- | === Inventory ===Â | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https:// |
- | If you haven' | + | * Talk to people in the [[https:// |
+ | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
+ | * if you can't log in, email [email protected] or text to 1-209-782-7276Â | ||
+ | ===== Roleplaying Jargon =====Â | ||
+ | The following are some common terms in the Star Army Roleplay Community. | ||
- | If you want more than three-thousand KS of items to start with, your character can go up to seven-thousand KS in debt, although this is not recommended. You might also save money by buying used items, which usually are around fifty to seventy percent | + | * Damage Rating (DR): A guideline for how much damage weapons do. |
+ | * [[damage_rating_v2]]Â | ||
+ | * [[damage_rating_v3]]Â | ||
+ | * [[game_master]] (GM): A plot's storyteller/ | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * Joint Post (JP): A chat role-play session between multiple players, later posted on the forums. | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
+ | * Open Roleplay: Roleplaying threads | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
+ | * [[guide:role-players]]Â | ||
+ | * [[:SARP]]: Star Army Roleplay ([[sarp: | ||
+ | * Single Post (SP): A role-play post by a single player, posted directly on the forum. | ||
- | === Start Roleplaying | + | ===== Related Pages =====Â |
- | Once you're in a plot, start role-playing! If it's a single-post plot you can start right away (or as soon as it makes sense in the plot). If it's a [[:joint_post]] plot, then find out when the next chat session is (most plots have a scheduling thread in their forum). | + | * [[wip: |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[stararmy: | ||
+ | * [[firearms_terminology]]Â | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
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- | ==== Roleplaying ==== | ||
- | === Play-by-Post === | ||
- | Most Star Army roleplay is done by posting directly onto a thread (or start a new one), which is called a [[single_posts|Single Post]]. Sometimes single posts are consolidated into compilations. | ||
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- | === Alternate Methods === | ||
- | == Joint Posts == | ||
- | For JPs, we usually arrange a meeting time or just spontaneously start role-playing with whoever is on [[http:// | ||
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- | == Group Posts == | ||
- | Etherpad and Google Wave are real-time multi-user communication tools that allow roleplayers to write a group RP post simultaneously. No plot has made this the standard RP method so far, but it is catching on and many GMs have expressed interest and have used it for roleplay posts. | ||
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- | === Your Rights === | ||
- | See: [[: | ||
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- | ==== Basic Rules ==== | ||
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- | * Communicate with your [[: | ||
- | * Do not control other people' | ||
- | * Write well. Your posts should be easy to read. Please use proper spelling and grammar and post in third person. | ||
- | * Don't disappear on us. Don't vanish and leave people waiting on a post that will never come. | ||
- | * Absences are fine as long as you give advance warning in your plot's OOC thread. | ||
- | * If you need to leave a plot, follow the instructions here: [[guide: | ||
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- | Full rules are available here: [[guide: | ||
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- | ==== Appendix: Role-playing Terminology used in the Star Army Role-Play ==== | ||
- | * **JP (Joint Post)**; An edited transcript of a real-time chat role-play session between multiple players, posted on the in-character story forums. Basically, everyone agrees on a time (or happens to be online) and meets up in a Yahoo conference to roleplay. See: [[: | ||
- | * **IC (In-Character)**; | ||
- | * **NPC:** Characters whose actions are not written role-players, | ||
- | * **END:** End of a role-playing session in a chat room. (PAUSE or OFF may also be used) | ||
- | * **ON: [Location]**: | ||
- | * **OOC:** Out-of-Character; | ||
- | * **PC:** Player character; characters whose actions and dialogue is written by a role-player. See: [[: | ||
- | * **Scene:** The setting and timeline of a JP, as directed by the GM. | ||
- | * **SP (Single Post)**; A role-play post by a single player, posted directly to the in-character story forums. See: [[single_posts]]. | ||
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- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
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- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |