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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players' |
- | This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to join. **Please read it thoroughly!**\\ | + | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. |
- | ==== Getting Started ====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' |
- | :!: You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. **No exceptions.** | + | |
- | === Registration === | + | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide: |
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | === Getting Assistance | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | There are many ways to get help making your character: | + | Star Army is an " |
- | * 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]]] | + | |
- | ==== Creating | + | Optional: Create |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] (CCG) is your primary resource | + | |
- | === Join A Major Faction ===Â | + | :!: If you have trouble registering, |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[:star_army_of_yamatai]] or [[nepleslia:military]]; this is the best way for you to get a feel of the Star Army universe. With a **plot ship**, there will be other characters around to interact with, whereas if you made an independent character, you might be on your own. Civilian and other types of characters are available, but characters in major factions are usually easiest to play because they get the most resources and guidance and the most adventures and plots to be in (after all, it is a military themed RP). | + | |
- | === Ask Questions | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
- | If you have questions | + | When you're ready, start making characters using the guides found on the **[[creating_a_character|Creating A Character]]** wiki page. Once your character |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character ====Â | + | * [[https:// |
- | When you're done with your character biography, you'll need to: | + | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// |
+ | * Find other players | ||
- | - Add your bio to the wiki (if you're not sure how, see the steps below) | ||
- | - Go the [[: | ||
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a "This page hasn't been created" | ||
- | - Click " | ||
- | * For directions on adding a page, see: [[faq: | ||
- | * For Dokuwiki syntax see the [[wiki: | ||
- | * Here are some [[: | ||
- | - Save your Wiki bio. It'll be where you keep track of your character from now on. | ||
- | - Submit a link to your bio for review to the [[http:// | ||
- | ==== The Review Process ==== | ||
- | 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, | ||
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread so the reviewers will know to look at it again!** | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone | ||
- | ==== Once Your Character Is Approved ====Â | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions |
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character | + | * 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 | ||
- | The plot GM should post in your 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. | ||
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- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[: | ||
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- | === Inventory === | ||
- | If you haven' | ||
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- | 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: [[: | ||
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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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- | ==== 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]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |