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Haunted Keepers (haunted_keepers) wrote,
@ 2007-12-02 21:47:00

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FAQ's

FAQ's about Characters
FAQ's about the City
FAQ's about the Game
FAQ's about General Items
FAQ's about HTML

FAQ's about Characters
Q) What sort of races are allowed?
A) Humans, Ghosts, and Supernaturals. The races of supernaturals allowed are limited however so please see to the race guidelines for further explanation. Be aware there is a limit on the number of rare race characters allowed per player.
Q) Are mixed races allowed?
A) Yes however it is considered rare and only one mixed race character will be allowed per player and can not be more then two races.
Q) How do supernatural senses work?
A) Almost all supernaturals have heightened senses. Hearing, sight, smell, speed, healing. The older one is the better these senses become. Because of this it is not easy to sneak around other supernaturals. They can hear heartbeats, smell sweat, hear footsteps. Supernaturals can sense a ghost presence around them if they are looking for it. However most of the time ghosts can not be seen unless they directly use energy to make themselves so.
Q) Are you allowed to use artwork for the main PB of a character? IRL Friends? Myspace people?
A) No, no and no.
Q) Are fandom characters allowed?
A) No, only original characters.
Q) Where do I go to find a character needed for plot?
A) Look to the Wanted Characters page.
Q) How many characters are we allowed to have?
A) As many as you can handle but do realize if you are slacking with the ones you got we aren’t going to allow you to have more.

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FAQ's about the City
Q) What is the world like?
A) The world is like modern day. The city of Seattle is an active city with many people living within it all simply looking to make it through the day. The only difference is that in this world supernaturals live among the humans. Most humans are completely unaware, never noticing that their neighbor happens to disappear every full moon. Some humans, however, suspect that something is amiss but have no means yet to really put their finger on how. There are some locations in the world that are higher in supernatural numbers due to the cities high level of magical energies. Some parts of Seattle happen to be such locations. Here in this world the supernatural realm isn’t just a fairy tale.
Q) How are supernaturals mixed into society?
A) As mentioned above supernaturals live among humans unknown for the most part. Some supernaturals choose to live away from human kind, preferring to live in groups of their kind in remote locations. But for the most part supernaturals simply walk among the humans. Living, working, marrying, just like everyone else.
Q) What is the underground areas of Seattle like?
A) Dingy and still showing signs of the fires and flooding that once took over the area. Illegal business have made home underground where police jurisdiction does not seem to reach. The underground is where many supernaturals travel, using the lack of light to their advantage. Though there are illegal businesses in high numbers below true business life is still found above ground among the city of Seattle. The underground areas are a get away for some supernaturals set in their ways, a means to escape the law infested human life up above for awhile. The underground, however, is not a full blown city all in itself. There are many access points to the underground but the main city is still where most live and work.
Q) Are you allowed to make up locations in your post?
A) Yes to a degree. Saying they are at a random bar or that you went by a random shop is fine. However do not make up huge locations such as amusement parks, politcal buildings, or anything like that. Seattle does have many locations already that can be used and are listed in the city information page.
Q) Are your characters allowed to own businesses?
A) Yes however you will not be an owner of a place at 18 years old, be logical. If you would like to be an owner or manager of a location listed in city information please contact the mods. If you would like your character to own a location not listed please let the mods know and supply a picture for the city page. Also make sure to post a brief description of the place in your characters journal so that the mods and players can get a feel for the business.
Q) What is the city like?
A) Please look to the city page for information on what the city is like and what is around the city.
Q) What are the apartments and condos like?
A) Please look to the apartment page for information on what the apartment is like and its history.
Q) Do characters have to live in the Old Town Towers?
A) No, not at all. No character has to live in the Towers. The Towers are just a central point that allows for easier interaction if one chooses. Posting will be done outside of the building often allowing for even those that do not live there to interact with everyone.

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FAQ's about the Game
Q) How do personal journals work?
A) Personal journals are where phone conversations, text messages, notes and AIM conversations between two or more characters are posted. The post must include the week and day in the subject line and the lj-cut must include who is involved.
Q) How does the forum community work?
A) The forum is like the out of character board for us muns except for characters. The forum is linked to all computers in the Old Town Towers and accessible to all tenants. It’s where random questions between characters can be posted, notices of missing cats, or chit chat. Be aware everything in the forum is public to all residents unless it is specifically marked as private to another tenant only.
Q) How does the forum community entries and messaging work?
A) All done by computer only.
Q) What time period does this place take part in?
A) Modern day
Q) How do I know what the weather and or moon is like?
A) The week advancement posts made by the mod’s in the community will state such things. Week changes are done on the 1st and 15th of every month.
Q) Is AIM RP threading allowed?
A) No, the only form of AIM rping allowed is in the form of chats between characters. Threading through AIM isn’t allowed.
Q) Do I have to have an AIM name for my character?
A) No you do not, that’s optional. You can just do the chat on your regular aim name and change the name to fit your character if need be.
Q) How does messaging between characters work?
A) Just like chatting for you works. When they go online for the first time to the forum it will ask if they'd like to create a messenger name as well. When they do all others with names on the forum will be showed to there friends list/contact list. Everyone can see everyone online in the building without adding. So characters who do not know each other can interact. AIM convos can be posted in personal journals, behind lj-cuts with AIM or Chat listed in the cut. AIM convos can not be seen by other players (ie they can’t be replied to like first person journal entries can).
Q) How are community posts to be formatted?
A) Playable posts must have a Who, When and Where at beginning of the post and the week and day listed in the subject line. If the post is going to be heavy in violence or sexual content a rating must also be included under the who when and where and the post must be friends locked. Third person narratives are posts that are not rped out and they too go in the main community. These entries are to have just the week and day the post takes place on in the subject line along with a note that it’s a narrative.
Q) Can we use vampire the masquerade terms or rules?
A) No as this game is not vampire the masquerade terms related to that and the rules of it do not apply here.
Q) Can other languages be used in posts?
A) Not everyone speaks English of course and many prefer their native languages however not every mun speaks all these languages. Your free to have your character type posts in whatever language you wish but please leave a translation of what it says (even if other characters wouldn’t know that’s what it says) simply so that us muns can read what the character is saying.

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FAQ's about the General Items
Q) Can I jump into any post?
A) So long as the post lists that it is open to anyone then feel free. However if the post already has a reply from someone else please contact the other muns and ask if they mind if you jump in and play as well.
Q) Can I post again even if I’m in a still active thread?
A) Yes you can post again however take the time of posts into consideration. If you’re in an active morning thread on one day it’s doubtful that you know for sure that they will be open again for late morning on that same day. Use logic in this.
Q) How often should I update my character?
A) As often as you want. However if a character is inactive for more then a month we will send out a PM or Email to ensure that you are still active. Please keep the character up to date, if RL is busy then just make a personal post so that people know what’s going on with your character.
Q) How long do posts have to be?
A) We aren’t saying you have to do novels here but we are saying to give us something to work with.
Q) What are NPC characters?
A) NPC stands for not played character, or not often played. These are characters that are needed for specific plots however outside of those plots they are not often needed. NPC's that are played by muns have to be for plot reasons. This is not a place just to stick characters you don’t want to play all the time. Random npcs can be used out of the npc journal as well. However reoccurring npcs must be for plot purposes.
Q) How do pregnancies work in this game?
A) Pregnancies are to be played out fully. If your character is human they are going to be pregnant 9 months. If your character is a supernatural they are going to be pregnant at least 6 months. If they are a vampire they won’t be able to have children. If you don’t have the patience to play out a full pregnancy then do not do this plot. Supernatural mothers will be weaker and not have as strong of powers while pregnant.
Q) Do we have to ask before doing a pregnancy plot?
A) No but we ask people to be logical. We ask that people take this and all other serious matters as just that, seriously, there are many other ways to advance plot and pregnancy tends to actually decrease plot rather then help it. If anyone over uses this mods will step in.

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FAQ's about HTML
Q) How do I bold text? Italics it? Strikethrough?
A) <*b>text here<*/b>, <*i>text here<*/i>, <*s>text here<*/s>
Q) How do I center text?
A) <*center>text here<*/center>
Q) How do I do a lj cut?
A) <*lj-cut>text to go behind the cut<*/lj-cut>
Q) How do I do a lj cut with text?
A) <*lj-cut text="what you want the cut to say">text to go behind the cut<*/lj-cut>
Q) How do I make a link?
A) <*a href="url here">what text you want to be the link<*/a>
Q) How do I link a picture?
A) <*a href="url here"><*img src="url to picture"><*/a>
Q) Can we use HTML align tags in our posts?
A) We have come to notice that using div html tags in posts messes up a lot of peoples layout. Due to this we ask that players do not use div tags in their posts. If one is set to using the justify method then please us the p align justify tag as that does not mess up layouts.

(In all examples remove the star* to make the coding work)

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