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 The following formatting is standard for in-character posts: The following formatting is standard for in-character posts:
  
-  * Bold text is used for announcements (such as the ship's intercom) and emphasis. +  * **Bold** text is used for announcements (such as the ship's intercom) and emphasis. 
-  * Italics are used for wireless communication and telepathy (using quotation marks) and thoughts (without quotation marks).+  * //Italics// are used for: 
 +    * wireless communication and telepathy (using quotation marks) 
 +      * Example: //"Don't fall,"// the neko warned him. 
 +    * thoughts (with or without quotation marks) 
 +      * Example: //Ten seconds to get this spacesuit sealed//, Mia thought. 
 +    * emphasis (for things like sarcasm, etc.  
 +      * Example: "I'm sure this will be an //entirely// eventful mission.")
   * Quote boxes should be used for any content from a previous post and for in-character quotes of things like electronic mail, dinner menus, etc.   * Quote boxes should be used for any content from a previous post and for in-character quotes of things like electronic mail, dinner menus, etc.
-  * Parenthesis are used to signify OOC (Out Of Character) comments. Please don't make off-topic OOC comments during JPs, and keep the OOC to a minimum in IC posts.+  * Parenthesis can be used to signify OOC (Out Of Character) comments. You should start the OOC comment with **OOC:** so it's clear what it is. Please don't make off-topic OOC comments during JPs, and keep the OOC to a minimum in IC posts. 
 +  * Use caution with colored text, as it may not be readable on some styles (Star Army has blue, red, white, and black styles).
  
 ===== Communicate! ===== ===== Communicate! =====
-Communicate with other players and with your [[gamemaster]].+Communicate with other players and with your [[game_master]].
  
 Sub-plots, problems, questions, concerns, suggestions, and many, many other things have to be worked out between members, and these are the best ways to do it. Sub-plots, problems, questions, concerns, suggestions, and many, many other things have to be worked out between members, and these are the best ways to do it.
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 ===== Keeping Up ===== ===== Keeping Up =====
-Try your hardest to read each and every new post in your roleplay. This cuts down on confusion and prevents conflicts in the storyline from arising. If you don’t have time, at least read the ones involving your ship. Print them if you need to. You are expected to post regularly (at least one RP post a week). If you can’t for some reason, let people know why and kindly excuse your character or arrange for someone else to play her in the meantime.+Try your hardest to read each and every new post in the threads your character is involved in. This cuts down on confusion and prevents conflicts in the storyline from arising. Print them if you need to. You are expected to post regularly (each plot has its own pacing guidelines). If you can’t for some reason, let your RP partners know in the plot's OOC thread and excuse your character from the "scene" or arrange for someone else to play her in the meantime.
  
 ===== Starting a Side Plot ===== ===== Starting a Side Plot =====
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 Yahoo messenger and IRC were once the most common JP tools but Etherpad type sites have become the most favored and used. They're real-time multi-user document editors that allow roleplayers to write a group RP post simultaneously. Yahoo messenger and IRC were once the most common JP tools but Etherpad type sites have become the most favored and used. They're real-time multi-user document editors that allow roleplayers to write a group RP post simultaneously.
  
-  * [[:yahoo_instant_messenger]] 
-  * [[guide:irc|IRC]] 
   * Etherpads   * Etherpads
-    * [[http://titanpad.com/|Titanpad]] 
     * [[http://piratepad.net/|Piratepad]]     * [[http://piratepad.net/|Piratepad]]
     * [[http://publishwith.me|PublishWith.Me]]     * [[http://publishwith.me|PublishWith.Me]]
     * [[http://shamblespad.com/|Shamblespad]]     * [[http://shamblespad.com/|Shamblespad]]
     * [[http://write.roleplaygateway.com]]     * [[http://write.roleplaygateway.com]]
 +  * Chatrooms
 +    * IRC
  
 === Joining a Joint Post === === Joining a Joint Post ===
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 Most GMs even impose posting time limits in order to keep the pace up. If the game is lagging and you are able to post, do it. And don't just post to yourself! Try to interact with other characters to keep things exciting. Most GMs even impose posting time limits in order to keep the pace up. If the game is lagging and you are able to post, do it. And don't just post to yourself! Try to interact with other characters to keep things exciting.
 +
 +Posting speed and leave of absence policies are set by individual GMs. On a site-wide basis, threads are considered inactive if it has been a month since the last RP post.
 +
 +===== Flexible Timeline =====
 +At a site-wide level, a year in real life is equivalent to a year in the Star Army universe. However, you are not required to stay aligned with the actual dates throughout the year. To help keep track of space and time, please include the location, date, and time at the start of your posts as needed.
 +
 +See also: [[calendar:Yamatai]]
 +
  
 ===== Scene ===== ===== Scene =====
-The scene is where the focus and action of the Joint Post takes place, usually, in a space where all the characters (and thus, an imaginary observer) can interact with one another. It is considered rude to post actions and speech which occur outside of the scene, because A) It disrupts the scene and B) characters can't react to it. A scene is generally a room or area, such as a ship's bridge or a clearing in a forest; it is generally specified at the start of a roleplay (eg; ON: "YSS Sakura Wardroom").+The scene is where the focus and action of the Joint Post takes place, usually, in a space where all the characters (and thus, an imaginary observer) can interact with one another. It is considered rude to post actions and speech which occur outside of the scene, because 
 + 
 +  - It disrupts the scene and 
 +  - Characters can't react to it. 
 + 
 +A scene is generally a room or area, such as a ship's bridge or a clearing in a forest; it is generally specified at the start of a roleplay (eg; ON: "YSS Sakura Wardroom").
  
-It is both the players and the GM's responsibility to keep things within a unifed scene. Think of the roleplay as an interactive movie. You have one camera--the reader. You can skip between scenes if it makes sense, but DO NOT just throw everything together, or things will get horribly confusing.+It is both the players and the GM's responsibility to keep things within a unified scene. Think of the roleplay as an interactive movie. You have one camera--the reader. You can skip between scenes if it makes sense, but DO NOT just throw everything together, or things will get horribly confusing.
  
 Players who post out-of-scene might have their posts removed from the edited transcript.  Players who post out-of-scene might have their posts removed from the edited transcript. 

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