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Old 05-30-2008, 01:35 AM
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Re: Character Policies and Guidelines

Time periods are based on characters, not the Amphitheater. You can base your character in any time period you wish.
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Old 05-30-2008, 03:33 PM
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oh great thanks......
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Old 08-12-2008, 07:56 PM
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For future reference, what are the guidelines concerning contacting BA staff about approving characters?

How long are we supposed to wait? (Too short, and we seem like impatient n00bs, too long, and, well... impatience gets to a guy. )

I'm not going to contact any muckity-mucks today, obviously, as I only posted my charrie today, but like I say, this would be a good thing to know for the future.
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Old 08-12-2008, 08:00 PM
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How long are we supposed to wait? (Too short, and we seem like impatient n00bs, too long, and, well... impatience gets to a guy. )
One week before bugging a councilor to check your character. And I'd suggest bugging a councilor who checks characters, as there are some who don't like checking them, and thus would more often grade them poorly.
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Old 08-12-2008, 08:35 PM
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For future reference, what are the guidelines concerning contacting BA staff about approving characters?

How long are we supposed to wait? (Too short, and we seem like impatient n00bs, too long, and, well... impatience gets to a guy. )

I'm not going to contact any muckity-mucks today, obviously, as I only posted my charrie today, but like I say, this would be a good thing to know for the future.
I think you mean councilors. =P *Laughs* Muckity-muck. xP

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One week before bugging a councilor to check your character. And I'd suggest bugging a councilor who checks characters, as there are some who don't like checking them, and thus would more often grade them poorly.
*Prod* Only Mediators approve characters. Teachers and the BA Mods don't normally evaluate characters. Thus, if you see a person with a council Banner who isn't Scott, PowerShot, Safer, or Zorolo, then you can ask them to approve it. Oh, and Sabbo, it isn't a week, it's when they feel they've been overlooked. Still, give it two or three days first. Councilors have lives, and posts to make too. =P (Shocking, I know)
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Old 08-13-2008, 02:45 AM
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*Prod* Only Mediators approve characters. Teachers and the BA Mods don't normally evaluate characters. Thus, if you see a person with a council Banner who isn't Scott, PowerShot, Safer, or Zorolo, then you can ask them to approve it. Oh, and Sabbo, it isn't a week, it's when they feel they've been overlooked. Still, give it two or three days first. Councilors have lives, and posts to make too. =P (Shocking, I know)
Well a week would be being on the safe side for the indecisive, yeah?

And I've seen a teacher evaluate before. Namely Aiko, evaluating Tera. :3
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:56 AM
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Well a week would be being on the safe side for the indecisive, yeah?

And I've seen a teacher evaluate before. Namely Aiko, evaluating Tera. :3
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Old 08-17-2008, 08:24 PM
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Well a week would be being on the safe side for the indecisive, yeah?

And I've seen a teacher evaluate before. Namely Aiko, evaluating Tera. :3
That was before the jobs of Teachers and Mediators had been made sort of separate, though. ^^;; Councilors just did things as they needed to be done.

Or we could go with Pucky-Puck's reasoning. : P
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Old 08-17-2008, 08:40 PM
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That was before the jobs of Teachers and Mediators had been made sort of separate, though. ^^;; Councilors just did things as they needed to be done.

Or we could go with Pucky-Puck's reasoning. : P
Let's go with both. ^_^



I figured that might've been the case when it was mentioned.
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Old 11-30-2008, 07:59 PM
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Okay so whats the point in designing a character? Not in a mean way, I mean like what do you do with them?
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Old 11-30-2008, 08:19 PM
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Okay so whats the point in designing a character? Not in a mean way, I mean like what do you do with them?
The characters get used in roleplays in the Battle School, Battle Arena, and Crossroads subforums. You can read up on them if you're interested.
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:18 PM
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Hi

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Just signed up and I have a few questions about the guidelines. Is it ok if we have a character who is a child of one of the main characters, say Link and company? My most developed and elaborate character is one of them.

And secondly, are we allowed to post character bios for a canon character if they have been given enough of a story that they've evolved past their role or personality presented in any of the games?
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:28 PM
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Hi

*Waves*

Just signed up and I have a few questions about the guidelines. Is it ok if we have a character who is a child of one of the main characters, say Link and company? My most developed and elaborate character is one of them.

And secondly, are we allowed to post character bios for a canon character if they have been given enough of a story that they've evolved past their role or personality presented in any of the games?
1) It can work, but very, very rarely. It usually looks very trite when somebody does this. I'd suggest staying away from the Zelda series entirely, but it's not a requirement; I can think of around five Zelda-themed characters in the Escapists' Haven offhand, so... eh. Just try to make a good, detailed character (no matter what it's based off, if anything), and see what the BA Council says from there. :/

2) No.



A) If you were wanting more of a Zelda-based RP experience, there's one available for people who have joined a clan (eg. I'm in Farore Clan), which you'd be able to do after a month and 50 posts here on Zelda Universe.
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:31 PM
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Alright, thanks. Just wanted to clear those questions up before I posted. Thanks for the quick answer.
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Old 12-09-2008, 08:28 AM
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Re: Character Policies and Guidelines

I think that Sabbo pretty much covered everything.

The first issue should be okay, since it's still you creating an original character out of a pre-existing universe. The fact that your character is the child of the main protagonist might be a little iffy, but we'll look into it.

As for the second issue... we don't really allow that. We want original character concepts, and eve though you say you have evolved them greatly, they are still pre-existing characters, and as thus not original.
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Old 12-10-2008, 01:51 PM
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Ok, new question. What if we have a character up, but it hasn't recieved any post approving it or disapproving it?
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Old 12-10-2008, 01:58 PM
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Usually you can PM a Council member, but in your case we are still disussing you character to see if we can approve her, so don't bother.
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Old 12-10-2008, 02:55 PM
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Ah, ok, thanks for the heads up.
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Old 12-10-2008, 03:11 PM
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Old 12-10-2008, 06:29 PM
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If I might ask, what exactly is up for debate about Karin? If you need, I could give you a bit more of a story regarding the mention of Zelda as a villain in the backstory. Karin is actually a a character who exists in a story I wrote in which Zelda slowly devolves into the role of the villain.
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