Post by Señor Sunday Friday on Jun 21, 2007 13:06:40 GMT -5
FAQ
frequently-asked-questions
frequently-asked-questions
Table of Contents:
1. Getting Started
2. Ghost Shipyard
3. User Interface
4. Other
Getting Started...
- What exactly is Twilight Moon Academy?
Twilight Moon Academy (TMA) is a roleplay site though I'm guessing you already knew that. The basis of the site is a school for characters with special gifts (such as magic, mutations, ect.) to come and learn different forms of magic, as well as to learn how to controll thier own special abilities. There's more than just that, though! You can roleplay your characters with them going through thier school life, make friends, perhaps even have a jolly good random time in our Spam boards! - So I joined, now what?
You need to first of all make a registration form for your character, take as long as you need on it since it's going to be rated and there are no re-rates so it's worth getting as right as possible. - Where is the registration form?
Here is the registration form (this is a link! Click it!)
There's also some general information in posting your registration form at the link on the top, it's the big blue word 'Here' at the top of the post, you can't miss it! - What should I do to get a good rate?
If your form is descriptive and gives a in-depth look at your character and his or her past, you will usually receive a high score. If not, the staff members should explain to you why you received that score and what you could have done to make it better. - What if my character curses alot?
Please censor cursing as much as possible and try to refrain from it as well, we have members who are younger than others. - Okay, I was filling out my form and I was wondering what a Class is.
A class is basically like a quick description word that tells us what your character does for a living, examples of such being: Archer, Summoner, Priest, Mage, Elementalist, ect. Full list Here - What's a 'Final?'
We seem to have the most problems with these! A 'Final' is your character's strongest attack, a takedown move in some circles. If your character is in a battle and all hope seems lost, what's the one attack that would in fact be your last hope. Your last line of defence- or offence. Be creative on this one but make sure that it's not something that knocks you out for the rest of the fight Don't forget: you can only use it once per roleplay! - Does my character have to be weak?
You don't have to be weak, just use moderation for it. Okay? Most students wouldn't be able to summon armegeddon with the snap of thier fingures, though it is possible for students to summon an inferno of flames with the snap of a finger. Make sure that any abilities your character has will allow some elbow room for other characters. - How many weapons can my character have?
A character can usually wield one item at a time, with the exception for the Warrior class, which can wield two blades at one time. If you own other weapons, you are able to store them in your Items Thread. If you want to make another weapon your main weapon, simply put in a request in the Requests board! - Are the weapons and items my character start out with free?
Indeed they are! But please, this is when I caution you not to start out with too powerful an item or weapon, keep enchantments to something realistic for a student to have because if they had some sword that could kill an opponent with even the lightest brush of it's blade- chances are they wouldn't be needing to come to TMA in the first place. Same goes for healing and protective items, don't give your character some pendant that'll keep them safe from all attacks with a forcefield of sorts. It tends to make things difficult. - What do you mean by difficult?
Chances are students are going to fight each other, whether it's a friendly fight in the battle square or a serious battle, OR you might have to fight something for class. If you're always protected then you'd have no need to learn or try to help with the class and fighting you would be a bit annoying if your untouchable. - What are Enchantments?
Enchantments are spells on your items, clothing, or weapons that enhance them, this could be something to make sure they don't break, crack, tear or whatever, as well as something to help control an element. Unless you haven't gotten the point yet, please make sure you don't go overboard with these. - Are my characters allowed to have more modern items with them, as well as modern clothing?
Of course! We have characters who have pistols as weapons.
You are also allowed to have modern clothing, even futuristic, same goes for weapons! Just nothing too crazy, okay? - Oh! Okay! Well, when I finished my form and I was told it was too short, what's long enough?
A registration form is usually considered too short if it's lacking one solid paragraph for your physical description and two decently sized paragraphs for your character's background. A 'decently sized paragraph' consists of perhaps five sentences. - How Do I get those nifty little boxes in my signature?
To get a stats chart, create a Requests board Here and post the following information for your character.
Name:
Class:
Race:
Level:
Final (special attack):
Weapon:
Armour:
Acessory:
Link to Registration Form:
Link to Items:
And a staff member will get to you shortly about it.
Don't worry, be happy. - What do you mean Link to Items?'
An items bank, a URL should have been messaged to you, if one has not, then please contact Van Gogh through a message and it'll be fixed soon enough.
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Ghost Shipyard
- OOH! My form got accepted, now what?
After your form is accepted you'll begin your first roleplay in the Ghost Shipyards where your characters will get an escort to TMA and work out what classes they are to take, as well as getting a special item. Usually the character you meet on your way to the academy is your character's Master Teacher. - On that note, what's a Master Teacher?
Remember when I told you that your character will learn how to control their abilities? The class in which they learn how to control their abilities is called Master Class and of course, the teacher who will help them learn how to control their abilities is thier Master Teacher. - What if it's not in my character's nature to accept a 'Master Teacher'?
Then he/she will have to suck up and deal because all characters have a master teacher and there wasn't much that could be done about it. - I've been in the Ghost Shipyards for FOREVER and nobody has shown up yet, why is that?
Sorry for the inconvenience, a staff member should be responding. If you haven't received a response to your post in several days, feel free to post a complaint here. - So I finished my roleplay in the Ghost Shipyards, now what?
Go Roleplay wherever you want on the site! Remember the rules though, but most importantly: Have fun!
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User Interface
- I posted and all the sudden I was logged off and the post didn't work, what happened?
When you log in, there's a dropdown box where you can choose how long you stay logged in, the default is six hours. Basically, while you were typing you went over that amount of time selected in the box. - Is there any way to get my post back?
Usually if you log in and then use the back button to get to the page you were on to post, your post SHOULD be in the little box at the bottom of the screen if you posted it. You NEED to log in first, otherwise this won't work, and remember- it doesn't always work. - Okay, thanks... now whenever I try to post in the C-Box or refresh, there's a little popup that says something about timing out, what's that about? Is there something wrong with my computer?
This is a common problem with the C-Box that can't be fixed, unfortunately. It's not a unique problem to your computer though it happens less to computers that have a faster, more stable internet connection. Sorry about the confusion. - Wait! Refresh? You can refresh the C-Box?
Yeah, there's a little blue word just underneath the scroll bar that reads 'refresh', you click on that to refresh the C-Box. - What should I do if I'm being bothered by another member?
You report it immediately to any Staff Member, tell us what the problem is and perhaps even send us a quote from a message, or link to a board where the problems are being caused and we'll deal with it accordingly. - The C-Box continuously has posts being put up under my name, what's going on?
Here on TMA, we call it- Name Hacking and it's a rude way to mess around in the C-Box and it WILL get you banned if you do it too much. Simply ask the person to stop, firstly and if it persists, ignore them and message a staff member about it and get some copy/paste action in there so we'll know what they said and we can generally figure out who it was by their IP adress. - What exactly is the difference between the Interpersonal Staff and the Technical Staff?
Simply, Interpersonal work to regulate Roleplays. They usually are the top roleplayers and always follow rules, and work by enforcing rules while in a roleplay. An example of another Interpersonal job is teaching classes.
The Technical Staff is more behind the scenes. These people are familiar with coding and have an odd knack for creation and wit. They create boards and categories needed or called for, fix most problems on TMA, and have created all of the Character Creation Class and Race threads. - I'd like to be a staff member, it seems fun!
Generally, a staff member is selected on occasion by several means. If an Interpersonal is needed, we look for somebody who is active and roleplays often, follows rules, and has good grammar and spelling.
If we're looking for a Technical, we look for those who are good with coding, or have an unusual mind, so they can easily work with creating new ideas for TMA.
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Other
- Are you all insane?!?!?!
Well, obviously we have some sense of humor though... we haven't gotten the tests back so we can't give you a definite answer for that. Sorry! - What if my characters' idea of fun concerns members of the opposite sex and well... hopefully you get the picture.
Then I'll kindly have to ask that your character get a new hobby since we don't want roleplays like that on our site. Please no sexual content, just like with the cursing- we have members here who are a little younger than you might be and for the sake of thier little virgin minds, refrain from such roleplays. - What if I want to roleplay but I'm not exactly in the mood for a gifted roleplay?
There's a board in the Spam Boards that was specially made for situations like that! Don't worry! Just start a board in there and people will join you sooner or later! If you want to instantly start an exceedingly active roleplay, I'd suggest perhaps popping into Neopets or something for such. There's always a crapload of RPs there. - Some people are posting links to music on Youtube with thier posts, do I have to do that?
No, you don't need to post music with your roleplays, some people just do that to help with the mood of thier post. It's unneccesary so only do it if you want to- it's not a requirement. - How can my character be in a class, fighting in the forest, and chilling in Ninth Heaven all at the same time?
We don't know exactly why just yet...we have an idea that it is has something to do with the Time Sprite lurking around...