Beginner's Guide To Life

(need to tweak this when the game's closer to release/released)




Okay. So now that we've got your profile out of the way, let's focus on actual gameplay. When you begin the game, you'll be given a starting, greenish chat color. It's not overly appealing to most people (no one I've met, anyways), so you might want to change it to something different or unique for people to decipher your RPs with. To do this, you'll go to the 'Options' menu that was shown at the beginning of this guide, and click on the 'IC Chat Color' option. From there? Simply pick whatever you want, and wa-la. You've got a new chat color that can be changed at any point during the game. In addition to changing your chat color, you can also change your character's appearance at any point in the game as well. So, if you one day decided that your character went out and got a haircut? You'd simply run to the hair shop (a building symbolized by a sign with a pair of scissors on it), and change his hair up. Hair can also be 'stacked' to personalize your appearance more, meaning that you can stack hairstyles on top of one another in order to create a new hairstyle of your own. However, if you want to get a new hairstack, you'll need to use the 'Clear Overlay' verb located in your Command tab so that your new hairstack doesn't stack with your old one. Clothing stores can be spotted by a sign on the building symbolizing a t-shirt.



Writing RPs is a pretty simple process. To use the 'Think' action, you'll have to type out '@' in front of whatever your character is thinking. To whisper, you'll need to type '#' in front of whatever you're about to whisper, and to say you simply have to type out whatever you want in the bar below your chat. To say something OOCly, you'll simply have to put a '(' in front of whatever you want to say. Above your chat tab, you'll notice a long button at the top labeled 'Roleplay'. When you click this, a blank pop-up will come up, which you can then use to begin writing out your character's actions. When you do so, you'll need to bear in mind that your character's full name will appear at the beginning, no matter what you type. So basically, when you begin writing, you'll need to do so bearing that in mind. Rather than starting off your RP by typing something like...

- "It was a stormy night."

You might consider doing something like...

- "stares up at the sky from the window of the cafe, taking in the sight of the stormy night from the safety and warmth that the building provided him."



This is because when you post your roleplay, it'll pop up like this:

- "Hatake, Kakashi It was a stormy night."

...Doesn't sound too good, does it? This sounds a lot better, with the name at the front.

- "Hatake, Kakashi stares up at the sky from the window of the cafe, taking in the sight of the stormy night from the safety and warmth that building provided him."





Out of common courtesy, when RPing in a casual setting, we ask that you wait until the people you're RPing with around you have RP'd before you post again. You should allow people a chance to react to whatever you posted before you post again, to keep the flow of RP smooth and coherent. It's good roleplay etiquette to allow them their chance to respond to you, before moving on/running off. It's also good practice, because in a combat setting, it is mandatory that you allow everyone involved in your fight the chance to roleplay before you can respond again. Failing to do so will result in admin intervention, so please be courteous to your fellow roleplayers and keep this in mind when interacting with others! This is called roleplaying in 'turns', and is required in combat scenarios; and simply appreciated in casual roleplay settings. If you're not sure if someone is going to respond to you, don't be afraid to ping the individual or throw an OOC out there asking something along the lines of:



Hatake, Kakashi OOCs: (Hey dude, you gonna respond before I post again?)

If they don't, then hey. Don't wait forever.



Now that that's out of the way, let's move on to progression. If you haven't already read our progression guide, I'd suggest that you go ahead and do so for details on what you can log for, and at what grade. That being said, simply hopping online and writing roleplay will go towards your logs, which count towards whatever perk, jutsu or technique you're currently logging for. To put something into your logs, you'll go to the 'Progress Log' option (Posted Image) next to your 'Options' button, and click on it. This'll bring up a window (see below), which details what you're working towards, what day you started logging for it, and what day your last submission (roleplay) was. To change or add what you want to log for, then click the 'Change' button, and enter the name of the jutsu, technique, or perk that you desire. Once you reach the required days? Ask for a log check through the GM-Help option in your Commands tab!




GM-Helps are a way to send a message to admins. This is mostly used for log check requests, gameplay/progression questions, and inquiries for fight rulings. Please be courteous to our admins and give them a bit of time before GM-Helping again. They're generally pretty busy trying to run the game and get to everyone, so patience and manners are highly appreciated from our players. Additionally, we have E-Help, which is a feature we've added in order for our players and Eventmins to more easily get in contact with and communicate with one another. This makes it easier for players to ask questions about events, and for our Eventmins to respond without having access to the more sensitive questions that might be present in GM-Help. We ask that our players also be patient with them as well, as they're also pretty busy trying to make the game fun for everyone! Be careful not to get E-Help and GM-Help mixed, for your own privacy reasons.



So, while we've detailed most of what you need to know about combat in our Guide to Combat on the forums, I'll go ahead and clarify one thing even I was a little bit confused about when started out on a Naruto RP game. And what would that be, aside from... everything? Tiles. What the hell are tiles, and why are people yelling at me for moving too many of them in a turn? Well, it's pretty simple. When in a combat situation, every movement you make will amount to 1 tile. How many 'tiles' (units) you can move depends on what your rank is, and what your tier of speed is (listed on the Guide to Combat). We advise that you look into that before getting yourself mixed up in a fight in order to avoid confusion.



If someone requests your rank, you are required to flash it in a combat situation. To do so, all you'll need to do is click the 'Click to Display' option below your grade, which is displayed on your character information page (shown below). How you advance in grade is something that we've listed in our Progression and Teaching Guide! If you haven't checked that out, we would highly suggest that you do in order to better understand how your advancement on this game will work.






With that being said, though, grade will more than likely not be the only thing you're asked to flash by other players. People will oftentimes ask for you to post cores, perks, jutsu and techniques for reference when responding to your roleplays. You are also required to post these in combat scenarios if you're asked to, no exceptions. However, if you'd like to keep your perks as private as possible still, there are options. To do a single-target flash, rather than a public flash, you'll simply need to open up your perk window through your jutsu tab, and click on the Single-Target flash to flash it to one player alone.






Aaaaand, now we move on to your 'Contacts' tab. This is mostly for OOC reference. You can add people to your contacts, and list your relationship to them/or notable things about them next to their name and picture. Additionally, if you have them listed in your contacts, then it means that your character is familiar enough with their appearance to use the henge technique to transform their appearance into theirs. Example:




We're nearing the end of this guide, guys...!

One of the last things I'll talk about is the OOC tab located on the far right of your screen. This tab is strictly OOC, and allows you to communicate with everyone on the game, regardless of village. However, there are certain things that you should NOT mention on it. Metagame is highly frowned upon, and with the OOC tool, it's very easy to slip up on and mention something while chatting with friends that not everyone on the game is supposed to know. We've listed examples below of what is appropriate versus what is not appropriate to talk about, and we ask that you please be mindful of this while using it to talk to others in order to avoid the inevitable OOC consequences/punishment that'll arise if you compromise someone's IC because of it.



AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!

Death avoiding, and the dreadful question, "What happens when I die?"



Yep. Most people do eventually die on these games. When it happens, you'll need to simply GM-Help and ask to be set up for your death reward; a character who'll be bumped up in power compared to if you start fresh, and given to you to RP on in the place of your last one. Aside from actually dying, though, we have what's called 'death avoiding'. This is commonly referred to people who suddenly log out, or suddenly need to log out right before they're about to die/when things are looking sour for them in a combat situation. While we understand the need to leave due to real life obligations sometimes, we ask our players to please state BEFOREHAND when a fight is about to be initiated whether or not they might have to leave in the middle of it. If you don't, then we as admins have to naturally assume that you're death avoiding, and punish you when you next log on. Please be careful with this.





Hopefully this guide has helped out any newer or returning players! Don't worry too much about memorizing the rules right off of the bat, but do your best to follow them and get to know them as you grow accustomed to the game. Have fun, and happy roleplaying.