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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players Guide 🔰 ====== |
- | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you' | + | We're really glad that you're joining |
- | ===== Roleplaying Overview | + | ===== What is Star Army? =====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' | + | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, |
- | **Star Army** | + | ===== The Setting =====Â |
+ | Earth is merely | ||
- | Most RP occurs | + | ==== Technology ====Â |
+ | Common technologies | ||
- | **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' | + | ==== Playable Factions ====Â |
+ | You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions as you life. Your options are: | ||
- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. | + | * [[faction: |
+ | * [[faction:democratic_imperium_of_nepleslia|Nepleslia]]: an ancient cyberpunk nation where survival is only guaranteed by your gun skills (it's not actually guaranteed)Â | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[wip: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction: | ||
- | ===== Account Setup =====Â | + | ==== Recent Events |
- | Star Army is an " | + | The current year is [[timeline: |
- | Register an account on [[https:// | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred |
- | 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 and edit wiki articles (such as if you want to make a page for your character). [[https:// | + | ---- struct list ----Â |
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+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
+ | order: event_year, event_month | ||
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- | :!: If you have trouble registering, | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, |
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- | ===== Creating Characters | + | ===== Your Checklist |
- | 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 you're free to start [[guide:Roleplaying]] by joining a [[active_plots|plot]] group or by joining or creating a roleplay thread. | + | Here's what we recommend: |
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- | | + | - Register an account on the [[https:// |
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+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character page - See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
+ | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== | ||
+ | We recommend joining Open Roleplaying threads the day you join. You're here to RP, right? You don't need any prior approvals to join Open RPs. That's what makes them open. You can find them in the [[https:// | ||
+ | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide: | ||
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+ | There' | ||
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+ | ===== Adding to The Setting ===== | ||
+ | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, | ||
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+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ||
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* Talk to people in the [[https:// | * Talk to people in the [[https:// | ||
* You can also contact [[user: | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
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+ | 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. | ||