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Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. Please read it thoroughly. | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. Please read it thoroughly. | ||
- | ==== Registration ===== | ||
- | **Note:** You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. | ||
- | * [[http:// | + | ===== Roleplaying Overview =====Â |
- | * [[http:// | + | 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's actions and dialogue |
- | ==== Creating a Character ====Â | + | **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 |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. | + | |
- | === Join A Major Faction ===Â | + | Most RP occurs in ongoing RP plots. After their second RP thread starts, they can get their own subforum. |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[: | + | |
- | ==== Questions and 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: | + | |
- | * 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]]] | + | |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character ==== | ||
- | 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 | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | - Go the [[: | + | Star Army is an "account per player" (APP) site, which means each member should only have one account for the forums. The same login will be used for all of your characters. You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. There is no cost to join or participate. Before joining, you should probably read the [[guide:rules]]. |
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a page that says "This page hasn't been created." | + | |
- | - Click " | + | |
- | - Make any final adjustments needed and then save your Wiki bio. After saving it, copy its URL. | + | |
- | - Go to the [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== Review and Approval ====Â | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues with your biography, | + | |
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread | + | Optional: Create a wiki account. |
- | 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:// | + | :!: If you have trouble registering, |
- | The plot GM should post in your approved character thread to tell you if your character is accepted into the plot. In the unlikely event your character is approved | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
+ | 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 | ||
- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[:list_of_active_plots|plot's page]] so your character is on their crew roster (or ask your GM to). | + | * [[https:// |
+ | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | ||
- | === Inventory === | ||
- | If you haven' | ||
- | 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 the original cost of the item (I pity you if you buy used soap, though). To make things easy, for things that aren't found on the price lists, one KS is about equal to one US dollar. See: [[: | ||
- | === Start Roleplaying | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
- | Once you' | + | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone to mentor you through it, and we' |
+ | * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * Talk to people in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
+ | * if you can't log in, email [email protected] or text to 1-209-782-7276 | ||
+ | ===== Roleplaying Jargon ===== | ||
+ | The following are some common terms in the Star Army Roleplay Community. | ||
+ | * Damage Rating (DR): A guideline for how much damage weapons do. | ||
+ | * [[damage_rating_v2]] | ||
+ | * [[damage_rating_v3]] | ||
+ | * [[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 that anyone may join. | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[:SARP]]: Star Army Roleplay ([[sarp: | ||
+ | * Single Post (SP): A role-play post by a single player, posted directly on the forum. | ||
+ | ===== Related Pages ===== | ||
+ | * [[wip: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[stararmy: | ||
+ | * [[firearms_terminology]] | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
- | ==== 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]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |