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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. |
+ | ===== How Does RP Work Here? ===== | ||
+ | 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' | ||
- | ===== Roleplaying Overview =====Â | + | RP is done on the forums |
- | 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' | + | |
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- | **Star Army** | + | |
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- | 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 | + | |
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- | **In Star Army RPs, we usually write in third-person past tense**, | + | |
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- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide: | + | |
===== Account Setup ===== | ===== Account Setup ===== | ||
- | Star Army is an " | + | Star Army is an " |
Register an account on [[https:// | Register an account on [[https:// | ||
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* Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | ||
* Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | ||
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===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ||
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* You can also contact [[user: | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
* if you can't log in, email [email protected] or text to 1-209-782-7276 | * if you can't log in, email [email protected] or text to 1-209-782-7276 | ||
- | ===== Roleplaying Jargon ===== | ||
- | The following are some common terms in the Star Army Roleplay Community. | ||
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- | * Damage Rating (DR): A guideline for how much damage weapons do. | ||
- | * [[damage_rating_v2]] | ||
- | * [[damage_rating_v3]] | ||
- | * [[game_master]] (GM): A plot's storyteller/ | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * Joint Post (JP): A chat role-play session between multiple players, later posted on the forums. | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * Open Roleplay: Roleplaying threads that anyone may join. | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * [[:SARP]]: Star Army Roleplay ([[sarp: | ||
- | * Single Post (SP): A role-play post by a single player, posted directly on the forum. | ||
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- | ===== Related Pages ===== | ||
- | * [[wip: | ||
- | * [[faction: | ||
- | * [[stararmy: | ||
- | * [[firearms_terminology]] | ||
- | * [[faction: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||