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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players' |
- | 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. |
- | ==== Registration | + | ===== Roleplaying Overview |
- | **Note:** You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. | + | 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' |
- | | + | **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 |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== Creating a Character ====Â | + | 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 |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. Note that there are several **species-specific character creation guides** | + | |
- | === Join A Major Faction ===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' |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[: | + | |
- | ==== Questions and Assistance ====Â | + | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. |
- | There are many ways to get help: | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | ||
- | * You can [[http:// | ||
- | * You can call or text message the admin, [[user: | ||
- | * You can email the admin at [[[email protected]]] | ||
- | ==== Submitting Your Character | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | When you're done with your character biography, you'll need to: | + | Star Army is an " |
- | - Add your bio to the wiki (if you're not sure how, see the steps below)Â | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | - Go the [[: | + | |
- | - 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 | + | 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 to create |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues with your biography, the game master | + | |
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread so the reviewers will know to look at it again!** | + | :!: If you have trouble registering, contact the admin. See the **Questions and Assistance** section below. Star Army uses advanced anti-spam methods that may occasionally flag a legitimate user for further review based on IP address, email, username, or other characteristics. |
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
+ | When you're ready, start making characters using the guides found on the **[[creating_a_character|Creating | ||
- | The plot GM should post in your approved character thread | + | * [[https:// |
+ | * Got an idea for a roleplay | ||
+ | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | ||
- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[: | ||
- | === 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 | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone | ||
- | === Start Roleplaying ===Â | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions |
- | Once you' | + | * Talk to people |
+ | * You can also contact | ||
+ | * 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. | ||
+ | * 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: | ||
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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]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |