The Warfighters
Communications Center => News => Topic started by: Tactical Operations Center on April 27, 2017, 04:52:01 PM
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Registering
Register an OOC account first. We use subaccounts so you can link all characters back to one profile. You may use whatever name you want, but it should be the one you use in the Cbox. For each character, you must create a new account through the subaccount mod, with their full name in proper capitalization. If you do not know how to do this, please let us know and we can assist!
Characters
Post your character application in the appropriate thread. Use the template, do not modify the template at all, so that all the required information is there. Be sure to meet the requirement on the sheet, and to make a balanced character, rather than a Mary Sue/Gary Stu. Rewrite of real people with a different name will be asked to modify their sheets to make their characters more unique. Work in Progress (WIP) that are posted and left untouched for 10 days will be archived.
General Character Rules
⦿ Characters should be as believable and authentic as possible. For example, it would be extremely rare for someone who's 18 to be a high-rank NCO. If you're unsure, feel free to ask.
⦿ No characters under 18 unless the character is the child of another character and/or otherwise relevant to an adult character.
⦿ Characters must be members of the special operations and intelligence communities and their immediate support networks (including family), unless otherwise approved for plot/character development.
⦿ Board staff reserves the right to discuss or refuse characters not fitting the overall tone, theme, or nature of the board or otherwise ask for modifications to be made to a character to fit those items.
⦿ No characters who are real people.
Posting
Posting should be done in the third person, always. The post should aim for the GPS quality of language (grammar, punctuation, and spelling) and quantity of content for your partner to work with. It doesn't matter if you take 100 words or 1000 to express your ideas, The Warfighters has no word count, but we will not tolerate one-liners. Time is linear here, but you can involve your characters in multiple threads at once, as long as they do not happen at the same time in the timeline. Be careful of godmoding (moving someone else's character) of metagaming (Using knowledge acquired out of character while in character) and power playing (no one is unbreakable/unkillable). Mark the thread with the proper prefix if it contains Mature content.
The first post in any in-character thread should be tagged as such:
[b]MONTH YEAR / CITY, LOCATION, AREA / CURRENT LOCAL TIME[/b]
If the day or time changes significantly, it would be good to tag again once that occurs, using the same formatting. No need to re-establish the location, unless that too, has changed.
Questions? Feel free to reach out to any board staff.
NOTE: Because of the nature of the game, if one member of a team or operation does not post when their turn comes in group threads, it stalls the RP for the board as a whole. After 10 days, their turn is skipped. 1x1 threads do not apply.
Graphics
Avatars are 150px by 200px. Signatures may not stretch the board, or be higher than 300px. Also, even though this is an adult board, please refrain from posting images that are pornographic in nature.
Final Word
The community is meant to be laid back and respectful. Should something arise, bring it up to any board staff in a PM.