Post by GrimFusion on Jan 4, 2010 19:10:21 GMT -5
Character Related:
Q: Can I have multiple characters?
A: If you decide to make multiple characters, please do so on different accounts. Also, make sure you can actually keep up with the plot if you plan to incorporate more than one character in it. If the plot fails because you're unable to keep up with both characters, the lesser character may be disabled.
Q: Can I post before getting a character approval?
A: We want to see HOW you role play, so yes, you can post and play after you create a character sheet and before the character sheet is approved. If your play style doesn't fit our forum, or if your character sheet isn't approved, you will be notified, and your initial posts may be edited or deleted, but you won't be reprimanded the first couple of times you break a minor rule.
Q: Do I need a character to join?
A: Forum registration doesn't require anything but a valid email address. As determined by the forum rules, playing requires you to create a character sheet. The sheet doesn't need to be approved before you start playing, but your first posts may be edited or deleted if your character sheet doesn't meet approval requirements.
Q: I know a few guys around here who play female characters. Isn't that gay?
A: Not really. That's the beauty of role playing. You can be whomever you want to be, so long as you can post within character. There's no sense in ruining someone's imagination just because you're a little uncomfortable.
Q: What race should my character be?
A: AremDee is host to Humans, Daemons, Dwarfs, and Elves, but AremDee is open to near to any race assuming character requirements are met. Submit a @character sheet, and it'll either be approved or denied.
Q: I'm no good with role playing. I think it's interesting, but my writing style sucks. What can I do?
A: Adventure around on your own and read though our other forum posts to understand how writing style is used to role play, and how you can expand your writing style to become a better role player. Until you feel you can moderatly keep up with the "big dogs" (In other words, you don't think you'll annoy the hell out of them) flesh out a storyline on your own, or find someone with a simpler writing style to adventure with.
Q: What do you mean "Your character was not approved"?
A: If your character wasn't approved, send a mod an IM and ask why. Defaultedly, we should be including reasoning and even help you improve your character so it will be approved. If you didn't get that note, or you're flat out unwilling to change, you can either create a new character or find another role playing forum to join.
Q: It's been a week, and my character still hasn't been approved. What's the dilly?
A: The forum is likely experiencing issues I have to tend to first, or there's been a flood of new members and I just haven't gotten around to approving your character. Either way, you're allowed to play in AremDee BEFORE your character has been approved. Just keep in mind that I may require you to edit your character sheet before I actually approve it. If it's been entirely too long and you'd like to remind me, IM me with your concerns.
Q: Character statistics. Where are they?
A: HP? MP? Agility? Strength? Bah. Stats are for nerds. I have tossed around the idea of adding character stats to the forum, but realized that any stats system would either require a very diligent and math-centric mod team (which I don't have), or would be based on player trust, making you the master of your own stats and would allow players to easily cheat.
Role-play Related:
Q: Are there going to be more cities?
A: We do plan on adding more locations as the storyline progresses, but that may not mean new cities. Adding a new city could create a lot of imballance within the game, but it's not an impossibility.
Q: Can I make a different tavern in Aithen?
A: Players are allowed to create locations within established towns, cities, and regions. Don't beat a dead horse, though. We don't need 20 different inns and 15 seperate pubs in Linain for instance. If posting in someone else's Inn or Tavern post CAN make sense, do it.
Q: I'm lost with the abbreviations, help me?
A: Of course. We use abbreviations to make sense of "in character" and "out of character" interactions as well as to track storyline across regions within AremDee. Our @forum rules cover all common abbreviations, and if you have other questions, feel free to @pm the Admin.
Q: That's weird, I found a hidden thread!
A: Well, aren't you the crafty adventurer? We have hidden several threads on AremDee. Most of them are small event-driven threads and trading posts. Unless you adventure into them with other members in a party, likelyhood is you won't find much character-interaction.
Q: What the heck? I wasn't supposed to die!!!
A: If your character was killed by an NPC, it's because you were given every chance to walk away, but you didn't. If you were killed by another character, you could be a victim of GodModding and you should report your disbatcher.
Q: Which side should I join? Can I be on both?!
A: Remember your character sheet. Each character has an alignment. If you're lawful-good, it wouldn't be natural for your character to slaughter a crowd and steal their gold. If your character is chaotic-evil, it wouldn't make sense to help a group of suffering refugees. Keep that in mind.
Q: What are quests?
A: A quest is a recommended event that your character can follow and further. We periodically add quests to each of the sections of AremDee to keep interaction alive and keep players busy. Each quest usually has one to four different options or routes. Some are entirely open-ended, allowing the player to decide how to accomplish a goal, while others present instructions on accomplishing goals that need to be followed to complete the quest.
Q: Why can't I create my own quests?
A: You can! In fact, please do. The more quests availiable, the greater the interaction between characters. Before you create your own quest, you should make sure it doesn't conflict with the regional or game storyline. If you're unsure, you can ask a forum mod or the forum admin for help.
Q: Do I have to complete a quest before moving onto another one?
A: This isn't a linear RPG game, so you can accept and drop quests at your leisure. Many quests will actually introduce unnecessary or erroneous information that can lead to the creation of side-quests. If in the middle of one quest, you decide to venture onto a second, go ahead. There's no push to stay with a party, although you may make some in-game enemies by ditching other characters on a common basis.
Q: I created a quest, but the people playing off of it aren't playing it correctly. What do I do?
A: That depends. Since this is a role playing forum, things can be taken in odd directions. The story you may have going in your head may not be the one selected for play by other characters. That's where the chaos theory kicks in. If the other players are making posts that flat out conflict with your storyline setup, report them and they should be taken care of. Otherwise, just learn to go with the flow a bit and be thankful that your quest is interesting.
Q: I'm in a fight, and it's lasting forever. Who wins?
A: If you're in a fight that's gone rounds and won't seem to end, IM a forum mod or the forum administrator. We'll look over the post and decide who wins. Usually, it'll be the player who's been the most descriptive and colorful. In some rarer cases, it'll be the character who should obviously win in a battle. It's not about forum seniority. It's about character ability.
Q: Can characters have sex here?
A: Sure, but be discreet about it. Normally, people don't just copulate out in the open for all to see. If your character is going to have sex with another character, you should probably ensure you're not traveling with a party, and that other players aren't around. In fact, involvement in sexual role playing should be kept so discreet that no other players CAN interact, but if that's the whole point, keep it to a minimum.
Site Related:
Q: Can I be a moderator?
A: If I think you have what it takes to be a moderator, I'll contact you. If you ask, you'll likely be denied. You need a good deal of seniority around here before I entertain the idea, anyway.
Q: Could I join and not roleplay?
A: We don't like lurkers, and every now-and-then, I do go through and delete users who haven't posted in about a month. I won't say you're not allowed to lurk and read through our posts. Just don't be surprised when you can't log in anymore.
Q: Does "Anything & Everything" mean it's a spam thread?
A: The "Anything & Everything" forum is meant for open, out-of-character discussion. That said, there's an obvious difference between a link to your personal myspace profile and a link to a referral or phishing site. Off-site links to entertainment, personal sites, comedy, or informative articles are allowed, but only on a per-post basis. If we think you're spamming, arguing about it isn't going to do you any good.
Q: Now, why would you close my thread?
A: For one of three reasons. If your post conflicts with the storyline, you've been asked to edit it, and you haven't, your post and subsequent posts will be edited by a mod or deleted. If your post contains spam or links to untrustworthy websites, it will be deleted. Lastly, if your post is in the wrong forum, or obviously doesn't fit with the other forum posts, it will be closed or deleted.
Q: Where can I make spam?
A: On a stove top. It doesn't belong here and will be deleted.
Q: I can't edit my post!
A: You waited too long to make post changes. Usually, you can edit your posts within three hours of their creation. If your post has created a storyline conflict, IM me or a forum mod and we can edit your posts with the necessary changes or delete the post in it's entirety.
Q: I didn't get any warning before I was banned. Why?
A: Too bad. Next! I kid, I kid. You deserve a warning before you're actually banned from the boards. If you can still read this, obviously you've changed your IP (BAD! Wrong!). IM me with your newly created account (How DARE you!) or email me at grimcube@gmail.com. I will explain your ban to the best of my ability and decide whether or not it was necessary to ban you. DO NOT post with any new account you create, or you will have that account banned as well.
Q: Mai acount has ben disbled an I dont no why WHY??1??
A: Likely because your posts are not coherent. Since the early 1990s, most text editors come with a spell check feature. If you don't want to use that, @this is a spellchecker that will spellcheck most everything you do on the internet while you type.
Q: My account has been disabled and I don't know why. Why?
A: Have you read the @forum rules? The answer you seek is likely covered. If you feel you've been disabled or banned without fair warning, or without good reason, PM a forum mod or the forum admin.
Starter Related:
Q: So I godmodded a bit, why not?
A: GodModding means controlling another character through action of offense. If my character throws a punch, your character should be allowed the chance to roll out of the way. However, if my character throws a punch, then I describe how that punch contacted your character and caused them to fall into unconsciousness, you can probably see how that'd be a little unfair to others.
Q: What's the difference between GodModding and PowerPlaying?
A: GodModding means controlling another character though action or offense. I described that in the last question. PowerPlaying is invincibility through defense. If you become involved in a fight, near to 50% of all actions should be absorbed. That means if someone hits you 10 times in a row, you should probably take around five hits.
Q: So where should I post first?
A: Every character has a race. If you're a Demon, you should probably start out in the UnderWorld. If you're a human, start in one of the towns or cities. If you're some odd race, it's up to you. Just start somewhere that makes some kind of sense for your character.
Q: There's some weirdo posting in MY thread! Help?
A: That's the point. Unless they're being unnecessarily weird, the difference between role playing and writing a scripted story IS the interaction. Have some fun with it.
Q: Why are some people 698 years old? Is that possible?
A: It is possible, so long as it makes sense. If a character is 698 years old, they should have 698 years worth of history and wisdom to offer. Normally, that will also mean that the character has to be lawful-neutral at least. Evil characters that cause havoc and destruction likely wouldn't be able to live 698 years without being killed.
Q: Nobody has joined my party or played my quest. What do I do?
A: If you're new, understand that your first couple of posts may not gain a whole lot of interest. It's best to begin the game assuming you'll need to be on your own for a while. I know that sounds boring, but after a few days, once you begin seeing other people post, you can either attempt to become involved in someone else's quest, or join with a party that's been together for a while.
Q: Where do I buy items?
A: You don't. Not really. We don't keep track of the amount of gold earned, and we don't run a shop of any kind. It's all based on a trust system. If your character uses explosive devices in fights, it's assumed they'll eventually run out and they'll need to come across a few periodically. That's really the only stipulation. No item is unlimited. If a mod notices you're using more items than your character can hold, or you've been buying items with a lump of currency a character isn't likely to be holding on them, we'll say something. Chances are, so long as you play fairly, there won't be an issue.
Q: What's a noob? How do I rectify being a noob?
A: A noob is someone who is new or doesn't fit in well. If you're new, post more. If you don't fit in, post in the OOC forums and get to know people. Most of us try not to use the word "noob" in an insulting fashion, so try not to take it as a slap in the e-face.
Q: Can I have multiple characters?
A: If you decide to make multiple characters, please do so on different accounts. Also, make sure you can actually keep up with the plot if you plan to incorporate more than one character in it. If the plot fails because you're unable to keep up with both characters, the lesser character may be disabled.
Q: Can I post before getting a character approval?
A: We want to see HOW you role play, so yes, you can post and play after you create a character sheet and before the character sheet is approved. If your play style doesn't fit our forum, or if your character sheet isn't approved, you will be notified, and your initial posts may be edited or deleted, but you won't be reprimanded the first couple of times you break a minor rule.
Q: Do I need a character to join?
A: Forum registration doesn't require anything but a valid email address. As determined by the forum rules, playing requires you to create a character sheet. The sheet doesn't need to be approved before you start playing, but your first posts may be edited or deleted if your character sheet doesn't meet approval requirements.
Q: I know a few guys around here who play female characters. Isn't that gay?
A: Not really. That's the beauty of role playing. You can be whomever you want to be, so long as you can post within character. There's no sense in ruining someone's imagination just because you're a little uncomfortable.
Q: What race should my character be?
A: AremDee is host to Humans, Daemons, Dwarfs, and Elves, but AremDee is open to near to any race assuming character requirements are met. Submit a @character sheet, and it'll either be approved or denied.
Q: I'm no good with role playing. I think it's interesting, but my writing style sucks. What can I do?
A: Adventure around on your own and read though our other forum posts to understand how writing style is used to role play, and how you can expand your writing style to become a better role player. Until you feel you can moderatly keep up with the "big dogs" (In other words, you don't think you'll annoy the hell out of them) flesh out a storyline on your own, or find someone with a simpler writing style to adventure with.
Q: What do you mean "Your character was not approved"?
A: If your character wasn't approved, send a mod an IM and ask why. Defaultedly, we should be including reasoning and even help you improve your character so it will be approved. If you didn't get that note, or you're flat out unwilling to change, you can either create a new character or find another role playing forum to join.
Q: It's been a week, and my character still hasn't been approved. What's the dilly?
A: The forum is likely experiencing issues I have to tend to first, or there's been a flood of new members and I just haven't gotten around to approving your character. Either way, you're allowed to play in AremDee BEFORE your character has been approved. Just keep in mind that I may require you to edit your character sheet before I actually approve it. If it's been entirely too long and you'd like to remind me, IM me with your concerns.
Q: Character statistics. Where are they?
A: HP? MP? Agility? Strength? Bah. Stats are for nerds. I have tossed around the idea of adding character stats to the forum, but realized that any stats system would either require a very diligent and math-centric mod team (which I don't have), or would be based on player trust, making you the master of your own stats and would allow players to easily cheat.
Role-play Related:
Q: Are there going to be more cities?
A: We do plan on adding more locations as the storyline progresses, but that may not mean new cities. Adding a new city could create a lot of imballance within the game, but it's not an impossibility.
Q: Can I make a different tavern in Aithen?
A: Players are allowed to create locations within established towns, cities, and regions. Don't beat a dead horse, though. We don't need 20 different inns and 15 seperate pubs in Linain for instance. If posting in someone else's Inn or Tavern post CAN make sense, do it.
Q: I'm lost with the abbreviations, help me?
A: Of course. We use abbreviations to make sense of "in character" and "out of character" interactions as well as to track storyline across regions within AremDee. Our @forum rules cover all common abbreviations, and if you have other questions, feel free to @pm the Admin.
Q: That's weird, I found a hidden thread!
A: Well, aren't you the crafty adventurer? We have hidden several threads on AremDee. Most of them are small event-driven threads and trading posts. Unless you adventure into them with other members in a party, likelyhood is you won't find much character-interaction.
Q: What the heck? I wasn't supposed to die!!!
A: If your character was killed by an NPC, it's because you were given every chance to walk away, but you didn't. If you were killed by another character, you could be a victim of GodModding and you should report your disbatcher.
Q: Which side should I join? Can I be on both?!
A: Remember your character sheet. Each character has an alignment. If you're lawful-good, it wouldn't be natural for your character to slaughter a crowd and steal their gold. If your character is chaotic-evil, it wouldn't make sense to help a group of suffering refugees. Keep that in mind.
Q: What are quests?
A: A quest is a recommended event that your character can follow and further. We periodically add quests to each of the sections of AremDee to keep interaction alive and keep players busy. Each quest usually has one to four different options or routes. Some are entirely open-ended, allowing the player to decide how to accomplish a goal, while others present instructions on accomplishing goals that need to be followed to complete the quest.
Q: Why can't I create my own quests?
A: You can! In fact, please do. The more quests availiable, the greater the interaction between characters. Before you create your own quest, you should make sure it doesn't conflict with the regional or game storyline. If you're unsure, you can ask a forum mod or the forum admin for help.
Q: Do I have to complete a quest before moving onto another one?
A: This isn't a linear RPG game, so you can accept and drop quests at your leisure. Many quests will actually introduce unnecessary or erroneous information that can lead to the creation of side-quests. If in the middle of one quest, you decide to venture onto a second, go ahead. There's no push to stay with a party, although you may make some in-game enemies by ditching other characters on a common basis.
Q: I created a quest, but the people playing off of it aren't playing it correctly. What do I do?
A: That depends. Since this is a role playing forum, things can be taken in odd directions. The story you may have going in your head may not be the one selected for play by other characters. That's where the chaos theory kicks in. If the other players are making posts that flat out conflict with your storyline setup, report them and they should be taken care of. Otherwise, just learn to go with the flow a bit and be thankful that your quest is interesting.
Q: I'm in a fight, and it's lasting forever. Who wins?
A: If you're in a fight that's gone rounds and won't seem to end, IM a forum mod or the forum administrator. We'll look over the post and decide who wins. Usually, it'll be the player who's been the most descriptive and colorful. In some rarer cases, it'll be the character who should obviously win in a battle. It's not about forum seniority. It's about character ability.
Q: Can characters have sex here?
A: Sure, but be discreet about it. Normally, people don't just copulate out in the open for all to see. If your character is going to have sex with another character, you should probably ensure you're not traveling with a party, and that other players aren't around. In fact, involvement in sexual role playing should be kept so discreet that no other players CAN interact, but if that's the whole point, keep it to a minimum.
Site Related:
Q: Can I be a moderator?
A: If I think you have what it takes to be a moderator, I'll contact you. If you ask, you'll likely be denied. You need a good deal of seniority around here before I entertain the idea, anyway.
Q: Could I join and not roleplay?
A: We don't like lurkers, and every now-and-then, I do go through and delete users who haven't posted in about a month. I won't say you're not allowed to lurk and read through our posts. Just don't be surprised when you can't log in anymore.
Q: Does "Anything & Everything" mean it's a spam thread?
A: The "Anything & Everything" forum is meant for open, out-of-character discussion. That said, there's an obvious difference between a link to your personal myspace profile and a link to a referral or phishing site. Off-site links to entertainment, personal sites, comedy, or informative articles are allowed, but only on a per-post basis. If we think you're spamming, arguing about it isn't going to do you any good.
Q: Now, why would you close my thread?
A: For one of three reasons. If your post conflicts with the storyline, you've been asked to edit it, and you haven't, your post and subsequent posts will be edited by a mod or deleted. If your post contains spam or links to untrustworthy websites, it will be deleted. Lastly, if your post is in the wrong forum, or obviously doesn't fit with the other forum posts, it will be closed or deleted.
Q: Where can I make spam?
A: On a stove top. It doesn't belong here and will be deleted.
Q: I can't edit my post!
A: You waited too long to make post changes. Usually, you can edit your posts within three hours of their creation. If your post has created a storyline conflict, IM me or a forum mod and we can edit your posts with the necessary changes or delete the post in it's entirety.
Q: I didn't get any warning before I was banned. Why?
A: Too bad. Next! I kid, I kid. You deserve a warning before you're actually banned from the boards. If you can still read this, obviously you've changed your IP (BAD! Wrong!). IM me with your newly created account (How DARE you!) or email me at grimcube@gmail.com. I will explain your ban to the best of my ability and decide whether or not it was necessary to ban you. DO NOT post with any new account you create, or you will have that account banned as well.
Q: Mai acount has ben disbled an I dont no why WHY??1??
A: Likely because your posts are not coherent. Since the early 1990s, most text editors come with a spell check feature. If you don't want to use that, @this is a spellchecker that will spellcheck most everything you do on the internet while you type.
Q: My account has been disabled and I don't know why. Why?
A: Have you read the @forum rules? The answer you seek is likely covered. If you feel you've been disabled or banned without fair warning, or without good reason, PM a forum mod or the forum admin.
Starter Related:
Q: So I godmodded a bit, why not?
A: GodModding means controlling another character through action of offense. If my character throws a punch, your character should be allowed the chance to roll out of the way. However, if my character throws a punch, then I describe how that punch contacted your character and caused them to fall into unconsciousness, you can probably see how that'd be a little unfair to others.
Q: What's the difference between GodModding and PowerPlaying?
A: GodModding means controlling another character though action or offense. I described that in the last question. PowerPlaying is invincibility through defense. If you become involved in a fight, near to 50% of all actions should be absorbed. That means if someone hits you 10 times in a row, you should probably take around five hits.
Q: So where should I post first?
A: Every character has a race. If you're a Demon, you should probably start out in the UnderWorld. If you're a human, start in one of the towns or cities. If you're some odd race, it's up to you. Just start somewhere that makes some kind of sense for your character.
Q: There's some weirdo posting in MY thread! Help?
A: That's the point. Unless they're being unnecessarily weird, the difference between role playing and writing a scripted story IS the interaction. Have some fun with it.
Q: Why are some people 698 years old? Is that possible?
A: It is possible, so long as it makes sense. If a character is 698 years old, they should have 698 years worth of history and wisdom to offer. Normally, that will also mean that the character has to be lawful-neutral at least. Evil characters that cause havoc and destruction likely wouldn't be able to live 698 years without being killed.
Q: Nobody has joined my party or played my quest. What do I do?
A: If you're new, understand that your first couple of posts may not gain a whole lot of interest. It's best to begin the game assuming you'll need to be on your own for a while. I know that sounds boring, but after a few days, once you begin seeing other people post, you can either attempt to become involved in someone else's quest, or join with a party that's been together for a while.
Q: Where do I buy items?
A: You don't. Not really. We don't keep track of the amount of gold earned, and we don't run a shop of any kind. It's all based on a trust system. If your character uses explosive devices in fights, it's assumed they'll eventually run out and they'll need to come across a few periodically. That's really the only stipulation. No item is unlimited. If a mod notices you're using more items than your character can hold, or you've been buying items with a lump of currency a character isn't likely to be holding on them, we'll say something. Chances are, so long as you play fairly, there won't be an issue.
Q: What's a noob? How do I rectify being a noob?
A: A noob is someone who is new or doesn't fit in well. If you're new, post more. If you don't fit in, post in the OOC forums and get to know people. Most of us try not to use the word "noob" in an insulting fashion, so try not to take it as a slap in the e-face.
