Digimon Forum Roleplay: Getting Started (to be revamped)
Dec 30, 2013 0:09:39 GMT
Post by Hakase Agumon on Dec 30, 2013 0:09:39 GMT
DIGIMON FORUM ROLEPLAY—GETTING STARTED
Salutations, traveler, and welcome to Digimon Forum Roleplay—the biggest, and one of the most active, roleplaying websites based on the Digimon franchise around the Web! Allow me to introduce myself! They call me "Agumon Hakase", and I'm here to give you the run-down on how things work here! Aside from myself, everyone who maintains this here forum—that is, the Staff Members—are super-friendly and helpful, so don't hesitate to ask them any questions you may have about us or our environment!STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Listed below is a set of easy-to-understand, step-by-step rules and guidelines for you—should you choose to join our wonderful community — to study and memorize. Keep in mind, though: while these may be used for your reading leisure (everyone should love to read, anyway!), they are important, and it is crucial for you to follow these rules at all times! But enough of my nonsensical ranting and shouting! On to the Rules!STEP #1 — READ ALL OF THE RULES!
I can't stress this enough! It's entirely like the instructions to a video cassette recorder: they may not look important, but you read through them! And follow them, too! The last thing I want to see anyone coming to us for is because their VCR blew up in their faces! But never-you-mind that: your cooperation with us to read and obey the rules helps the Staff here considerably, and it creates less drama and stress for all of us in the long run. I've provided a list of rules and guides below, as well as links leading to each of their respective threads.STEP #2 — CREATE A CHARACTER!
Different types of characters exist on Digimon Forum Roleplay, or "DFRP" as we like to enunciate. You have the option to become a Tamer: a human child specially chosen to be partnered with a Digimon; a Spirit Wielder: a human child given the unique power to transform into a Digimon; a Xros General; a human or Digimon who commands a small army of combining Digimon; or, more simply, be a Digimon yourself! Each character type has their own strengths and weaknesses, so please read up on those before you choose what kind of character you would like to make!With your Character's Profile, you can...
- Go beyond the requirements! We love and adore people who provide additional information that isn't required of them to post on their profiles — it makes their characters more unique and exciting to read about! However, this isn't entirely mandatory. Feel free to add as many details as you want on your profile; so long as you meet the required criteria.
- Use a custom Digimon! We also love custom Digimon! It shows us how creative and unique our members are, and it gives the site itself a little taste of originality.
- Think ahead! While you should only app up to Armor Ultimate, it’s always good to have an idea of where you want your character to go after that! Nobody wants to hit a wall because they can’t find a good path to take once it’s time to add to your profile. The more you have planned, the easier it will be for you to implement it later!
- Take your time! The more thoroughly you create and run through your profile, the more consistent it looks; and, additionally, the neater it will be. It gives us the impression that you care about your work—and you should! Take pride in your abilities as a roleplayer!
- Make multiple characters! We're all about creativity and ingenuity amongst members, and we welcome the creative spirits that want to build up plenty of exciting characters!
However, you cannot...
- Create an abnormal human, subhuman, or superhuman character! It's unacceptable. We do not allow the use of superhuman powers on the site — all of our Tamers and Spirit Wielders (as humans) are quite brittle and frail; even if they do have some form of usefulness built into their skeletons.
- Create a human with unreasonable skills. You cannot be a super genius, or have a human with the strength to punch through a brick building. Your character is not related to notable/famous historical figures, and they cannot be rolling in fame, themselves. Everything is good in moderation, but make sure to keep it semi-realistic! Also bear in mind that the skills a child has will surely be less extravagant than the skills an adult will.
- Use canon Digimon elements in your profile or roleplays! Anything involving the Digimon anime or manga cannot be used within your character profiles whatsoever — it screws up the entire, established canon's history, and it only puts your character on a pedestal everyone else will find as unfair and high-privileged. You start off on equal footing and have no special relationships with any of the Digimon cast—like the remainder of the 6 billion+ people on the planet.
- Mention Digimon in your character's history! We've had problems before where characters have already acquired their Digimon companions in their histories, which imply they've been Tamers for years! We don't like that, guys — and we want everyone to start off on equal ground! Please, no mentioning seeing or having a Digimon in your character's histories!
- Make multiple characters under one account! Should you wish to create more than one character, you must make an entirely separate account, for each character. This ensures that you will not farm for posts in a rapid, unfair fashion, and allows us to keep track of which character is active at one time.
- Use a locked Digimon! They're locked for a reason! If you have trouble knowing which, particular Digimon are locked, please refer to this thread <here.>
- Have a currently used Faceclaim (for your character's appearance). If you are uncertain if yours is okay, please check <here for Faceclaims.>
Remember! A custom Digimon is a Digimon that someone has created to be used as a Digimon. We don’t permit commonly known media (ie: Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc) to be brought onto the site and repurposed as a Digimon. Preferably, we would like you to create and develop the custom Digimon yourself, but we will permit you to use others artwork as long as you have received permission from the artist. We reserve the right to request proof of this permission at any given time.
STEP #3 — HAVE THAT CHARACTER APPROVED!
Upon completing the required criteria for character profiles, post your character's profile link in "Notification Thread" or #notify_staff in our discord. Then, you must wait for the approval of two staff members, who will check through your profile for any errors, mistakes, or slight (or drastic) changes that need to be made. If you forget some information, that's okay! We'll be sure to comment on that so you can make the appropriate changes. Once we've approved your character, it will be moved to the "Accepted Characters" section of the board, under the appropriate subboard.Tired of waiting for two graders to look over your stuff? Worry not, you can actually begin roleplaying after the first staff member "1/2's" your profile. The only restriction is that you cannot enter into combat until your profile is fully approved!
Remember! Don't pester Staff Members to approve any pending characters you have on the wing. If it hasn't been approved within seven days of its posting, feel free to politely notify a Staff Member to have it approved and inspected. Additionally, if you cannot finish your profile and post it on the spot, that's alright as well — place the tag "[WIP]" in the title of your profile, to describe the profile as a "Work in Progress". This will let Staff know to leave that profile alone until it is fully finished. (Once it is finished, remove the tag or edit it to appear as "[DONE]", to ensure it is completed.) However, if Staff catch wind of something fishy or out of place, they will be obligated to make note of it.
STEP #4 — ROLEPLAY!!!
After your character is accepted, you deserve a giant congratulations—you are now free to start roleplaying! However, please keep in mind that we have an organized way to roleplay here. Characters can be in as many normal threads as they believe they can handle at a time. This does not, however, include the other types of threads (Missions and Plots). You may only be in one of each of those at a time. The kinds of threads characters may roleplay in include...
- Normal Roleplaying Thread — This is a thread you would normally find your character doing the most interaction in. Be it exploration, socialization, battle, or a personal training thread; this is your standard thread. All events that happen in this thread are considered "In-Character" — as such, anything that happens, happens. You will be unable to alter it in any way once it is posted and established — it's like time: there's no turning it back. You may post in as many of these as you can handle.
- Mission Threads — These are exclusively reserved for participating in Missions that deal with specific objectives, for the sake of reward or storyline purposes. This allows you to deal with anything specific relating to the Mission you're participating in, while simultaneously dealing with anything related to your character "In-Character".
- Plot Threads - These are threads in which the current Site Plot is currently unfolding in a major way. Generally these require a lot of member participation and are thus available to RP in even if you are in other threads. Plot threads usually prioritize people who are not currently in a plot thread, or have never been in one. If you are already in a plot thread, please be understanding if someone else is selected instead of you.
ADDITIONAL TIPS
Before I head off to explain the other, valuable aspects and assets our website has to provide, I would like to give you a few words of wisdom! After all, they don't call me "Hakase" for nothing, you know!A Few Words of Wisdom...
- Join our Discord! — On the info bar, left of the forum is a link to join our organized (yet strangely chaotic!) community of members! We have Staff Members from varying timezones keeping vigilant watch for anyone needing help or advice—should they be unavailable, I'm sure you can ask for help from one of the regular members there! We're all extremely friendly, and we're never without interesting and downright awesome conversations! We're reminiscent of the Breakfast Club: but we're more "epic" and less "breakfast".
- Contact Staff! — There's a reason we exist, you know! Contact us through private messages or Discord if you have any questions that need clarifying. We'll reach back to you as quick as we humanly can!
- Think outside the box! — There's many an activity for your character to take part in these days, aside from the usual burly brawl or the boring conversation. Want to give your character some depth? Don't be afraid to make a Character Plot out of it! Try a few things out, and see what you can do to make an everlasting impact on the site!
- Last, but certainly not least! — HAVE FUN!!!
[If you have any questions or need anything clarified, feel free to PM a staff member. :3]