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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: |
- | You must be **16 or older** | + | |
- | The wiki login system is separate from the forum one, so you will need to register for both. | ||
- | - [[http:// | + | ===== Account Setup =====Â |
- | * You're invited to introduce yourself in the [[http:// | + | Star Army is an " |
- | - [[http:// | + | |
- | * You'll need a wiki account to create an article | + | |
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- | ==== Creating a Character ====Â | + | Register an account on [[https:// |
- | The **[[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]]** (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. Note that there are several **species-specific character creation guides** to help you. Before you make your character, if possible, do a little background reading | + | |
+ | 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 and edit wiki articles (such as if you want to make a page for your character). [[https:// | ||
- | === First Character: 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: | + | |
- | === Second Character: Join A Smaller Faction | + | ===== Creating Characters =====Â |
- | There's a great variety of lovingly-crafted smaller factions in the SARP that are desperate for players! To experience Star Army better, consider | + | When you're ready, start making |
- | ==== Questions and Assistance ====Â | + | |
- | There are many ways to get help: | + | |
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- | ==== Submitting Your Character ==== | ||
- | When you're done **[[guide: | ||
- | - Add your bio to the wiki (if you're not sure how, see the steps below)Â | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
- | - Go the [[: | + | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone |
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a page that says "This page hasn' | + | |
- | - Click " | + | |
- | - Make any final adjustments needed and then save your Wiki bio. After saving it, copy its URL. | + | |
- | - Go to the [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== Review and Approval ====Â | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues with your biography, | + | * Talk to people in the [[https:// |
+ | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
+ | * if you can' | ||
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread so the reviewers will know to look at it again!** | ||
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- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character in the forum thread you posted. The topic will then be moved to the [[http:// | ||
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- | 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 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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- | ==== 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 online that fits into a plot. These RP sessions usually last about an hour or two and when we're done, one of the people in the RP session saves, edits, and posts the transcript (then referred to as a [[: | ||
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- | For more information on JPs, read the [[guide: | ||
- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
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- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |