Joining Instructions
Membership on our forum is open to anyone. Though the forum is geared toward role-playing, people are welcome to join and observe or discuss on our non-game boards. Members interested in the RPG must apply with a character, however. Characters are not guaranteed approval, and may be rejected. To learn more about our character creation process, please visit the Character Creation section.
RPG Membership
If you intend to join the RPG, you must first create a character. After joining, go to the Character Creation board, and collect your application in the Application Form sticky at the top of the board. Copy and paste the application in the quote box into a new post to start the application process. Please read the provided rules before you start your application and refer to the guidebook for help.
Registration Information
Here are some rules for new members regarding profiles. As a note, we generally do not delete members, except for spammers (which we haven't seen for awhile). If you join and never post, we won't remove your account. Members who are disrespectful or harass the community will be banned, however.
Username: You may use just about any username, so long as it doesn't violate certain terms. We would prefer if you did not use your real name as your username, especially if your name is rather common, as you might be confused with another member (for example, we have had up to three Toms, two Blakes, multiple Julies, Julias, etc.).
It might be a good idea to not make your first character's name your username, as you may create more in the future and it could get confusing. If you're unfamiliar with forums, there is no need to stick to lower case or use underscores as spacers in your username; you may use any character and spaces (underscores have been disallowed though, because they're ugly :P).
Below are some things that are simply not allowed under any circumstances:
- You cannot use sexually graphic or vulgar terms in your username.
- You cannot name yourself for a canon character. You can call yourself "Deedlit Fan" or something, but not "Deedlit24254", for example. There are NPC accounts for most canon characters already.
- Please do not create accounts for different characters. Due to the fact that I (Z) play so many characters, and use my main account for administrative purposes, it is easier to keep track of players if I am the only one who uses multiple accounts.
Using a forbidden username will result in either the administrator asking you to choose a new username, or editing it, then notifying you so you can log in with it. If you refuse to change the username, or change it after it's been changed, the name itself may be banned, or you may receive an IP ban.
Messenger Contacts: Either enter your messenger contacts, or don't. Please do not add notes that say, "ask me and I'll tell you" or leave a note with how to contact you with your screenname. These notes don't show. The only thing that shows is a little icon that works with a messenger program to open a window (except in the case of MSN). As for MSN messenger contacts, do not enter your screenname, enter the email account you use in MSN messenger.
Signature: You may use this as a place to put a quote, or to sign your name. Do not use anything that is graphically sexual or bigoted, but just about everything else is ok. If you join the RP, you will need to add a line of information on your character and you can find the template for this here.
Avatar: You will be able to upload an avatar after your account has been activated. Again, do not use a graphically sexual avatar. If you intend to join the RP, you need to select an avatar.
You may also select an avatar from a gallery. These avatars are made from Lodoss art and free for anyone to chose. When editing your profile, you can find the gallery by clicking the Display Gallery button. Avatars are seperated into different galleries based on characters, so use the drop down list at the top to chose a gallery of a character. To make sure no one is using the same avatar that you want to use, check this thread for the list of avatars in use.
After your account has been activated, please go to the Welcoming board and introduce yourself! You're welcome to hop into any conversations on the General board, Lodoss Discussion board, Game and Site Development board, and Artist's Association. Please do not post on any RP boards until you have an approved character.
