Post by Admin on Jan 9, 2011 7:27:55 GMT -5
Getting Started
Deciding what to make
First, check out the Needed Characters thread and the Adoptables board. This might give you some ideas of what to make! Otherwise, try asking around in the cbox. People might have an idea of what's needed around the site!
Helpful Resources
If you are interested in making a dragonrider, make sure to check out the People of Pern thread. This thread has the general physical characteristics and political situation of each of the traditional Weyrs on Pern. The Southern Areas thread has information on South Run Weyr as well as the Rogue Territories.
If you are looking to have a bronze or gold dragon, you're going to have to ask an admin. While these slots are open from time to time, be aware that ALL metallic riders are already named and may have histories. The exception to this is southern rogue riders. However, the vast majority of metallic dragons will be Impressed IC-ly. You are allowed to restrict Impression of your character to a metallic, but this does not guarantee that they will Impress.
History
The Timeline has all the most major events across Pern which your character should be aware of. Keep in mind the leadership across Pern as well.
Helpful Tips~
1. The appearance, personality, and background sections of the applications must be filled out to their fullest. Ideally, this would be two decent paragraphs. ‘Decent’ being more than three lines. Remember, description is your friend! If we have any questions about the character that are not answered by their profile, you will be asked to expand it.
2. Don’t post a bunch of incomplete applications. If you don’t have the time to sit down and complete an entire application at once, then wait until you do. I really don’t want to see a bunch of half-finished applications lying around for weeks on end.
3. Be specific! It is highly recommended that you go over the site history before you make your character. These people have to mesh with this site, not the other way around. Don’t change our history or bend it to suit your character, because that will not make happy admins.
4. Check the ‘most needed’ and ‘adoptables’ threads before you start creating a character! These are there for a reason, and it would be a great help to this site if those characters were made/taken before any are just randomly created.
5. Don’t make all dragonriders. Don’t make a bunch of people who intend to become riders. A Weyr is comprised of more than just riders, and everyone is valuable to a Weyr, especially one like this. Consider making some drudges or Healers or even some weyrbrats. This makes happy admins =D
6. Any application that is pending longer than 10 days will be deleted. If you want to prevent this, either make sure your application is acceptable when you post it, or make sure you'll be around to make edits in a timely manner.
7. Make your characters Pern-worthy. A lot of the mental disorders that you see in society today wouldn’t be a problem on Pern because their society is different. Keep this in mind. If you’re dead set on having that character with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, make sure there’s an extremely good reason for it and that it’s believable. Otherwise, the application will be canned. Also, we don’t want to see any sadistic rapists as dragonriders. These people are NOT dragonrider material, they wouldn’t have even been accepted as Candidates. So pay close attention to this.
8. Helpful tip: proper grammar and spelling will work wonders on getting your application approved. Write out your application in a word processor with spelling and grammar check. Read it. Read it again. Preview it before posting it and read it one more time. You might be surprised how many errors you would have missed without taking all these steps.
Deciding what to make
First, check out the Needed Characters thread and the Adoptables board. This might give you some ideas of what to make! Otherwise, try asking around in the cbox. People might have an idea of what's needed around the site!
Helpful Resources
If you are interested in making a dragonrider, make sure to check out the People of Pern thread. This thread has the general physical characteristics and political situation of each of the traditional Weyrs on Pern. The Southern Areas thread has information on South Run Weyr as well as the Rogue Territories.
If you are looking to have a bronze or gold dragon, you're going to have to ask an admin. While these slots are open from time to time, be aware that ALL metallic riders are already named and may have histories. The exception to this is southern rogue riders. However, the vast majority of metallic dragons will be Impressed IC-ly. You are allowed to restrict Impression of your character to a metallic, but this does not guarantee that they will Impress.
History
The Timeline has all the most major events across Pern which your character should be aware of. Keep in mind the leadership across Pern as well.
Helpful Tips~
1. The appearance, personality, and background sections of the applications must be filled out to their fullest. Ideally, this would be two decent paragraphs. ‘Decent’ being more than three lines. Remember, description is your friend! If we have any questions about the character that are not answered by their profile, you will be asked to expand it.
2. Don’t post a bunch of incomplete applications. If you don’t have the time to sit down and complete an entire application at once, then wait until you do. I really don’t want to see a bunch of half-finished applications lying around for weeks on end.
3. Be specific! It is highly recommended that you go over the site history before you make your character. These people have to mesh with this site, not the other way around. Don’t change our history or bend it to suit your character, because that will not make happy admins.
4. Check the ‘most needed’ and ‘adoptables’ threads before you start creating a character! These are there for a reason, and it would be a great help to this site if those characters were made/taken before any are just randomly created.
5. Don’t make all dragonriders. Don’t make a bunch of people who intend to become riders. A Weyr is comprised of more than just riders, and everyone is valuable to a Weyr, especially one like this. Consider making some drudges or Healers or even some weyrbrats. This makes happy admins =D
6. Any application that is pending longer than 10 days will be deleted. If you want to prevent this, either make sure your application is acceptable when you post it, or make sure you'll be around to make edits in a timely manner.
7. Make your characters Pern-worthy. A lot of the mental disorders that you see in society today wouldn’t be a problem on Pern because their society is different. Keep this in mind. If you’re dead set on having that character with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, make sure there’s an extremely good reason for it and that it’s believable. Otherwise, the application will be canned. Also, we don’t want to see any sadistic rapists as dragonriders. These people are NOT dragonrider material, they wouldn’t have even been accepted as Candidates. So pay close attention to this.
8. Helpful tip: proper grammar and spelling will work wonders on getting your application approved. Write out your application in a word processor with spelling and grammar check. Read it. Read it again. Preview it before posting it and read it one more time. You might be surprised how many errors you would have missed without taking all these steps.