Post by ¤Amy Grace¤ on Mar 5, 2014 18:18:14 GMT -5
Many of you have probably noticed the random changes I do in order to tidy up the forum a bit but I never really announce anything because I'm still technically building the forum while it's open but I'm trying to do it discreetly so not to bother any ones role playing. This might cause some contradictions between staff sometimes like in the event where Kincaid was told to just update his profile by me and Frosty came up with the idea of having an Update board and it caused a bit of confusion. If that happens, don't worry it's not your fault it's ours for being dumb and coming up with ideas on the fly.
NOW! To announce the changes and additions!
NPCS!
Many of you may know about the NPC plugin, if you don't, look at the corner right hand side of your screen for the dagger and press it. It'll bring up a window of the NPCs you can post as. What happens is you click one and it'll pop up a window above that with the NPC name, portrait, and title. When that window is up every post you make will be done as that NPC. To get rid of it you just click the portrait. There's also a dagger when you're about to make a post that drops down a window with the NPCs as well for one time use when posting.
To make things more attached to this I have made this board: NPC Request. This board will allow you to post NPC profiles and if they are approved and you have the right posting requirement to have the NPC made it will be added to the plugin and you will be added into a group specially made for you and hidden from others that will allow you to access our NPCs. No one else, not even admins can see your NPCs because they are assigned to that specific group.
Q: How are NPCs different than characters?
A: NPCs are not protected by the forum rules such as no killing. If you have an NPC that isn't approved and put in the plugin then they are always at risk of dying for the plot. If you are in a suicide situation and your NPC is present it will be killed before your character is forced death game of thrones style. NPCs added to the plugin are protected by this but still run the risk of being killed over your character. You must think of any and all NPCs as sacrificial lambs to ensure your survival.
Q: Can my NPC be upgraded to a character so that they aren't given the Game of Throne/ Walking Dead treatment and still remain in the plugin?
A: Yes! After using your NPC for a while you can upgrade them to have an actual approved profile. It's as simple as copy and pasting your NPC profile into the Character creation thread and adding more information to it and then waiting. Please note that posting an NPC to get approved for use via plugin and instantly posting them under character creation will not get them approve for the plugin and will only have them approved as another character.
Q: How many NPCs can I have?
A: I'm going to be very honest with you, to make NPCs in the plugin is easy, all I need is an Avatar, a name, a description. However, if you've just made a couple NPCs for the plugin I'm most likely going to make you wait if you're trying to make another for a week. So at the present time you're allowed two per week to be added into the plugin. And I will cut it off at ten custom NPCs, if an NPC dies you will be given another slot and the dead NPC will be removed from the list.
The Plotter!
The plot creator under the character building board is there for you to plan out your plot and have others shed some light on it. It's also there for me to post plans for upcoming things for the forum and for people to have a little insight on what I'm doing to better our community. The plotter can be used to create characters, weapons, all that stuff. Lab reports created in the plotter will be moved to the Umbrella Database when completed.
Locations!
Kameron King came up with the idea to categorize locations based on how they are liberated. So from now on safe zones owned by the Government or Illegals will be placed in their proper locations. Any safe zones that are neutral will be placed in another board called Neutral Safe Zones. This gives people the idea of their surroundings. Government ran safe zones would be guarded by the military and government assets; Illegal safe zones would be guarded by the groups that live their with their makeshift weapons; Neutral Safe Zones would be protected by who ever hired their protection aka mercenaries, military, illegals, etc.
If you look in the Plot creator you'll notice I have a new location idea for an Underground that uses the subway systems across the northern area. This will be added in the future as a location and category.
10 Years Ago!
Tori Jacobs was going to make a thread to roleplay out what their characters have been doing over the last ten years and that sparked the idea to just make a board for it. This board will be used to role play past events between your characters and others which will allow you to create history with one another that you can use in the present day with your characters. It'll allow you to create events that can and will be added to the lore of the forum and even tell the story of how you got that cool scar.
The Murder Treatment
That's all for this update, next time I make an update it'll be much like this one where I've done a bunch of things and then compiled all the changes and additions here. I'll be PMing this to everyone and posting it in the info board for new members. If there are any questions PM me back or skype me (alice.in.zombie.land) and I'll discuss them with you. Also, any suggestions would be nice! Please note that we don't plan out our plots in advance so suggestions and random plots are nice to have for role play since everything is spontaneous.
-¤Amy Grace¤
Big welcome to new members!
Kameron King
Alicia 'Whisper'
Victor Karthe
Rayvn Black
And a big welcome back to everyone else!
NOW! To announce the changes and additions!
NPCS!
Many of you may know about the NPC plugin, if you don't, look at the corner right hand side of your screen for the dagger and press it. It'll bring up a window of the NPCs you can post as. What happens is you click one and it'll pop up a window above that with the NPC name, portrait, and title. When that window is up every post you make will be done as that NPC. To get rid of it you just click the portrait. There's also a dagger when you're about to make a post that drops down a window with the NPCs as well for one time use when posting.
To make things more attached to this I have made this board: NPC Request. This board will allow you to post NPC profiles and if they are approved and you have the right posting requirement to have the NPC made it will be added to the plugin and you will be added into a group specially made for you and hidden from others that will allow you to access our NPCs. No one else, not even admins can see your NPCs because they are assigned to that specific group.
Q: How are NPCs different than characters?
A: NPCs are not protected by the forum rules such as no killing. If you have an NPC that isn't approved and put in the plugin then they are always at risk of dying for the plot. If you are in a suicide situation and your NPC is present it will be killed before your character is forced death game of thrones style. NPCs added to the plugin are protected by this but still run the risk of being killed over your character. You must think of any and all NPCs as sacrificial lambs to ensure your survival.
Q: Can my NPC be upgraded to a character so that they aren't given the Game of Throne/ Walking Dead treatment and still remain in the plugin?
A: Yes! After using your NPC for a while you can upgrade them to have an actual approved profile. It's as simple as copy and pasting your NPC profile into the Character creation thread and adding more information to it and then waiting. Please note that posting an NPC to get approved for use via plugin and instantly posting them under character creation will not get them approve for the plugin and will only have them approved as another character.
Q: How many NPCs can I have?
A: I'm going to be very honest with you, to make NPCs in the plugin is easy, all I need is an Avatar, a name, a description. However, if you've just made a couple NPCs for the plugin I'm most likely going to make you wait if you're trying to make another for a week. So at the present time you're allowed two per week to be added into the plugin. And I will cut it off at ten custom NPCs, if an NPC dies you will be given another slot and the dead NPC will be removed from the list.
The Plotter!
The plot creator under the character building board is there for you to plan out your plot and have others shed some light on it. It's also there for me to post plans for upcoming things for the forum and for people to have a little insight on what I'm doing to better our community. The plotter can be used to create characters, weapons, all that stuff. Lab reports created in the plotter will be moved to the Umbrella Database when completed.
Locations!
Kameron King came up with the idea to categorize locations based on how they are liberated. So from now on safe zones owned by the Government or Illegals will be placed in their proper locations. Any safe zones that are neutral will be placed in another board called Neutral Safe Zones. This gives people the idea of their surroundings. Government ran safe zones would be guarded by the military and government assets; Illegal safe zones would be guarded by the groups that live their with their makeshift weapons; Neutral Safe Zones would be protected by who ever hired their protection aka mercenaries, military, illegals, etc.
If you look in the Plot creator you'll notice I have a new location idea for an Underground that uses the subway systems across the northern area. This will be added in the future as a location and category.
10 Years Ago!
Tori Jacobs was going to make a thread to roleplay out what their characters have been doing over the last ten years and that sparked the idea to just make a board for it. This board will be used to role play past events between your characters and others which will allow you to create history with one another that you can use in the present day with your characters. It'll allow you to create events that can and will be added to the lore of the forum and even tell the story of how you got that cool scar.
The Murder Treatment
That's all for this update, next time I make an update it'll be much like this one where I've done a bunch of things and then compiled all the changes and additions here. I'll be PMing this to everyone and posting it in the info board for new members. If there are any questions PM me back or skype me (alice.in.zombie.land) and I'll discuss them with you. Also, any suggestions would be nice! Please note that we don't plan out our plots in advance so suggestions and random plots are nice to have for role play since everything is spontaneous.
-¤Amy Grace¤
Big welcome to new members!
Kameron King
Alicia 'Whisper'
Victor Karthe
Rayvn Black
And a big welcome back to everyone else!
