Post by Shadowflare on Jun 18, 2009 23:19:05 GMT -6
Welp, I would have liked to put this somewhere more appropriate... but I haven't found it yet. Hopefully, this is as good as the 'right place.' Anyhow, I am new to this site, but not new to roleplaying. In fact I've got several years under my belt, but I think that's beside the point. Anyway, I'm rambling. I've got a few questions as I'm slightly confused about certain things.
At one point there is an announcement/message saying that OCs are being declined for now and more recently, I found one stating that they are being accepted. Speaking openly, I much prefer to play an original character than a preexisting one. Mainly, this is because I do not have to worry about doing x character justice and staying true to him/her. Not that its a problem for me, but it does effect how I would rp with a preexisting character. Secondly, I do not know much about the currently available canon characters and in some cases know absolutely nothing at all. I've tried to do some research via the FMA wikia, but that has only proven to be moderately helpful. Characters like: Loa, Russel, Hakoro, Bido, and Psiren the wikia has no information on - or at least I did not find any.
Now, I have watched the anime and was/am a huge fan of it. Its far deeper than it appears. But, I have watched it several months ago and most of the details are foggy at best. This isn't a huge problem as I could easily take a refresher course and stream the series, but I was hoping not to have to do that (unless I wanted to, of course). I've also never read the manga, but I've noticed this forum doesn't follow the manga's story arc, so I suppose that's a blessing.
Anyhoo, I've read all the rules for the site and agree to abide by them. As someone who's made a fair amount of sites, I commend the staff for their directness and simplicity when it comes to their rules. Some of it I'm still confused by, like the over-arcing metaplot, current date, status on OCs/Canons and leniency (concerning activity).
So basically:
At one point there is an announcement/message saying that OCs are being declined for now and more recently, I found one stating that they are being accepted. Speaking openly, I much prefer to play an original character than a preexisting one. Mainly, this is because I do not have to worry about doing x character justice and staying true to him/her. Not that its a problem for me, but it does effect how I would rp with a preexisting character. Secondly, I do not know much about the currently available canon characters and in some cases know absolutely nothing at all. I've tried to do some research via the FMA wikia, but that has only proven to be moderately helpful. Characters like: Loa, Russel, Hakoro, Bido, and Psiren the wikia has no information on - or at least I did not find any.
Now, I have watched the anime and was/am a huge fan of it. Its far deeper than it appears. But, I have watched it several months ago and most of the details are foggy at best. This isn't a huge problem as I could easily take a refresher course and stream the series, but I was hoping not to have to do that (unless I wanted to, of course). I've also never read the manga, but I've noticed this forum doesn't follow the manga's story arc, so I suppose that's a blessing.
Anyhoo, I've read all the rules for the site and agree to abide by them. As someone who's made a fair amount of sites, I commend the staff for their directness and simplicity when it comes to their rules. Some of it I'm still confused by, like the over-arcing metaplot, current date, status on OCs/Canons and leniency (concerning activity).
So basically:
- What is the current position regarding OCs?
- Can I get any information regarding the aforementioned canon characters? Is there any resource site that you use that could be better than the one I used?
- What is the metaplot? How close to the actual anime plot does this forum follow?
- How lenient are you for people who are fairly busy IRL?
- What's the major events happening within the RP currently?
- How large is the community and how active is it?