So You Wanna Join In
Congratulations! Welcome to Hell. Here's how you get in:
Requirements
- Must be 13 or older. This is mainly a maturity thing. Yes, we understand that your parents let you watch that R-rated movie and you weren't scared once, honest, but for the sake of your emotional wellbeing and our own tempers, we'd like you to follow the age limit.
- Must have some knowledge of the show. You don't have to have seen every episode, or even any of them if you're really that good (this is where knowledge-through-fic-only comes in), but you have to have an adequate knowledge of the entire series, especially its characters and their dynamics. Or be a really good faker, that works too.
- Know how to RP, or be ready to learn. Also, be ready for critiquing/adjustments to your RP skills. We nag because we care.
- Must want an open canon role. There will be no double-characters; there will be no asking someone to give up their character; there will be no whining about not getting the character you wanted. If you want to be Teyla and there's already a Teyla, live with it. Check the site for a list of characters that need a player, or roles that a player would like to give up. If we don't have a character being played or listed, you can ask us if you can add them in.
- Open mind, unprejudiced and a good sense of humor. We're kind of idiots (shhhhhh). We say stupid things, we behave like morons and we think we're hilarious. Also, we're jerks. Learn to go with the flow and jump right in.
How To
This part is real easy now. Find an open role on the list below that you'd like to play and then message one of us. You can find us here:
Carlough: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1744167/Carlough
Daxie42: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/916033/daxie42
Once you've got approval, go to Formspring.com and create a new profile under your character's name. We can walk you through this if need be. Follow all profiles related to the RP. This will let you see everyone's responses on your homestream. Once that's done, just jump right into conversation. We promise not to bite. Sometimes we offer cake. Anything is Possible.
Carlough: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1744167/Carlough
Daxie42: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/916033/daxie42
Once you've got approval, go to Formspring.com and create a new profile under your character's name. We can walk you through this if need be. Follow all profiles related to the RP. This will let you see everyone's responses on your homestream. Once that's done, just jump right into conversation. We promise not to bite. Sometimes we offer cake. Anything is Possible.
Open Roles
Scientists/Techies/Other Personnel: Dr. Carson Beckett, Dr. Jennifer Keller, Dr. Radek Zelenka, Dr. Peter Grodin, Dr. David Parrish, Dr. Miko Kusanagi, Dr. Peter Kavanagh, Dr. Simpson, Dr. Katie Brown, Dr. Alison Porter, Dr. Lindsey Novak (Daedelus), Chuck (Canadian gate tech), Amelia Banks (gate tech)
Soldiers: Sergeant Markham, Sergeant Stackhouse, Sergeant Bates, Major Anne Teldy, Sergeant Dusty Mehra, Captain Alicia Vega, Colonel Steven Caldwell (Daedelus), Major Kevin Marks (Daedelus), Captain Dave Kleinman (Daedelus)
Other Races: Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Halling, Kolya, Cowan, Sora, Tyrus, Michael, Hermiod (Daedelus), Todd, various other Wraith, Replicators, Lieutenant Aidan Ford (likely of the Wraith-y persuasion)
Roles marked "Daedelus" mean that as that character is stationed on the Daedelus, they may only be played intermittently when the Daedelus is said to be in port at Atlantis. Note that characters of other races and villains will likely be played minimally or sporadically. Just because a character is not listed here does not mean you cannot play them; as long as they are canon and are not listed on the site as taken, they are up for grabs (with the exceptions of Samantha Carter and Richard Woolsey, who are excluded to prevent the question of multiple heads of the Atlantis expedition). SG-1 characters will only be played under special/extenuating circumstances and are not viable options for a full-time character. Contact us with further questions.
Soldiers: Sergeant Markham, Sergeant Stackhouse, Sergeant Bates, Major Anne Teldy, Sergeant Dusty Mehra, Captain Alicia Vega, Colonel Steven Caldwell (Daedelus), Major Kevin Marks (Daedelus), Captain Dave Kleinman (Daedelus)
Other Races: Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Halling, Kolya, Cowan, Sora, Tyrus, Michael, Hermiod (Daedelus), Todd, various other Wraith, Replicators, Lieutenant Aidan Ford (likely of the Wraith-y persuasion)
Roles marked "Daedelus" mean that as that character is stationed on the Daedelus, they may only be played intermittently when the Daedelus is said to be in port at Atlantis. Note that characters of other races and villains will likely be played minimally or sporadically. Just because a character is not listed here does not mean you cannot play them; as long as they are canon and are not listed on the site as taken, they are up for grabs (with the exceptions of Samantha Carter and Richard Woolsey, who are excluded to prevent the question of multiple heads of the Atlantis expedition). SG-1 characters will only be played under special/extenuating circumstances and are not viable options for a full-time character. Contact us with further questions.
Notes on RPing
As RPs differ from place to place, here's a list of what-to-dos when it comes to the SGAFSRP (yes, that's really our acronym).
Answer: I don't know. ((OOC: Alright))
- All messages out of character are known as OOCs. It works as such:
Answer: I don't know. ((OOC: Alright))
- DR means don't respond. This is our own version of private messaging. You send a question to somebody solely in the form of an OOC. They do not respond in the answer box; they then go to your page and send you a question with their response. Lather, rinse, repeat. This is usually used for planning purposes. RPs tend to get anonymous followers known as lurkers, who aren't members but like to see what you're up to. For their sake, let's keep the element of surprise and keep that private. Also, to keep the homestreams clear of chatter, this is your place for mindlessly messaging each other even without RPing (we do this all day long. We know, we need lives).
- You can OOC with chatspeak all you want. Your character, however, does not say LOL. Keep in character or risk our nerdful wrath.
- Ghosting is when something is pretended to happen without actually being RP'd. Such as, if someone gets hurt and we have no medics online at the moment, we'll pretend in RP that it happened. You may have a meeting in RP and pretend that some people are there. It makes everything easier, as we probably won't all be online at the same time.
- The fastforward is a lovely tool for things such as transportation time. In a non-SGA examples, RPing a car ride is dreadfully boring. Puddlejumper trips will probably be the same. Simply put in ((OOC: Fastforward)) and BAM! The characters are where they need to be and we don't have to sit through small-talk.
Still Got a Question?
Wow, you're a hard one to please. Okay, so you still need some information? You can always contact us here:
Carlough: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1744167/Carlough
Daxie42: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/916033/daxie42
That's right, we just copy 'n pasted links from above.
Or, if you don't like private messaging (or if Daxie turned it off again), contact us at our FanFiction forum.
And, if all else fails (or you don't want to make/have a FanFiction profile, which we don't blame you for), you can leave a message for us below and we'll get back to you.
Carlough: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1744167/Carlough
Daxie42: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/916033/daxie42
That's right, we just copy 'n pasted links from above.
Or, if you don't like private messaging (or if Daxie turned it off again), contact us at our FanFiction forum.
And, if all else fails (or you don't want to make/have a FanFiction profile, which we don't blame you for), you can leave a message for us below and we'll get back to you.