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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:// | + | 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 | + | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide: |
- | **Note:** You must be **16 or older** | + | |
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | ==== Creating a Character | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | + | Star Army is an " |
- | === Join A Major Faction ===Â | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[:star_army_of_yamatai]] or [[nepleslia: | + | |
- | ==== Questions | + | 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 |
- | There are many ways to get help: | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | + | :!: If you have trouble registering, |
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- | * You can call or text message the admin, [[user: | + | |
- | * You can email the admin at [[stararmy@gmail.com]] | + | |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
- | When you' | + | When you' |
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- | - Go the [[:list_of_notable_characters]], follow the link to your faction, and then click "Edit this page" and add a link to your your character. | + | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// |
- | - 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. | + | |
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- | ==== Review and Approval ==== | ||
- | 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!** | ||
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character in the forum thread | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone | ||
- | 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 | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions |
+ | * Talk to people | ||
+ | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
+ | * if you can't log in, email stararmy@gmail.com or text to 1-209-782-7276 | ||
- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[: | ||
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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 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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- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
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- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |