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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. |
- | {{http:// | + | ===== Roleplaying Overview =====Â |
+ | 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 =====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 of the RP thread may act as a GM. |
- | **Note:** You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. | + | |
- | * [[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:// | + | |
- | ==== Creating a Character ====Â | + | **In Star Army RPs, we usually write in third-person past tense**, the way most novels |
- | The **[[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]]** (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. | + | |
+ | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide: | ||
- | === First Character: Join A Major Faction === | ||
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[: | ||
- | === Second Character: Join A Smaller Faction | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | There' | + | Star Army is an " |
- | ==== Questions and Assistance ====Â | + | |
- | There are many ways to get help: | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | * You can [[http://tinyurl.com/stararmy-chat|Connect to the Chatroom]] for live assistance ([[guide: | + | |
- | * You can call or text message the admin, [[user: | + | |
- | * You can email the admin at [[[email protected]]] | + | |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character ====Â | + | Optional: Create a wiki account. |
- | When you're done **[[guide:creating_a_character|Creating Your Character]]**, 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 [[: | + | |
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- | - 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 | + | ===== 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 | ||
+ | | ||
- | 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 approved character 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' | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
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- | ==== Start Roleplaying ==== | ||
- | 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 [[: | ||
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- | === Basic Rules === | ||
- | * Respect other players' | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * Communicate with your [[: | ||
- | * 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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- | === Play-by-Post Roleplaying === | ||
- | 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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- | === Joint Posts Roleplaying === | ||
- | For JPs, we usually arrange a meeting time or just spontaneously start role-playing with whoever is online that fits into a plot. These RP sessions usually last about an hour or two and when we're done, one of the people in the RP session saves, edits, and posts the transcript (then referred to as a [[: | ||
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- | For more information on JPs, read the [[guide: | ||
- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
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- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |