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Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. | ||
- | ===== Roleplaying Overview | + | ===== How Does RP Work Here? =====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' | + | 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** | + | RP is done on the forums |
- | 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 to an ongoing role playing story and its group of players. In the Star Army RP, these are often based on starships. | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
- | Â | + | 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. |
- | **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's face as she watched the lizard creatures eagerly gnawing on the abandoned corpses.// | + | |
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- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. | + | |
+ | * [[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:// | ||
===== 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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:!: If you have trouble registering, | :!: If you have trouble registering, | ||
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- | ===== Creating Characters ===== | ||
- | 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: | ||
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- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread 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. | ||
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- | * [[: | ||
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- | * [[: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: | ||
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- | * [[guide: | ||