Mirage RPG Moderators (mirage_mods) wrote,
@ 2008-05-05 20:28:00

What is Mirage? -Mirage is a multi-fandom role play game. A mirage is defined as An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air. Something illusory or insubstantial.

QUESTION & ANSWER

Character FAQs

What kind of characters can play in Mirage? -Canon characters from various fandoms. We do not accept original characters at this time. There are enough fandoms out there to find a character to play.

Are any characters or fandoms banned? Not at this time. However, if we see that the game is being dominated by one type or genre of fandom, we will put a ban on it. We want the game to be as diverse as possible with the idea that the Planet is pulling random people from all over.

How many characters can I have? You may start with one. After 1 week, you may apply for another. A week after that you may apply for another. For a total of 3 5.

How many characters from one particular fandom can I have? One. This makes it so that one person does not monopolize a fandom.

Can my character be dead in canon? Yes. As long as your character was alive in that fandom at some point you can play them.

Does it matter which version of a character I play? No. There are multiple versions of say, Batman, so you can choose whichever version you would like to play.

Can there be more than one version of a character in the game? No. However, if that character is dropped, you can then pick up the character and play whatever version you would like.

Can I bring them in from any point in canon? Yes. Bring them in before they turned evil or after. At the beginning of their story, in the middle or near the end. Whatever you like.

I'm going to play a character from a cartoon/anime/manga, will they appear 2D in the game? No, everyone will appear in 3D regardless of the fandom's genre.

Well, I'm going to play a character from a black and white movie, will they appear black and white in the game, or in color? They will appear in color, like everyone else.

Planet/Resort FAQs

Where is this place? Somewhere in outter space. No one really knows.

How did it come to be? Probably like any other planet in the universe.

It feels? Yes, the planet is a living entity with powers beyond those of anyone it might draw to it. It can move and grow, shift and change.

Can characters leave if they want? No. If you bring a character in, they are there to stay. There is an invisible shield/barrier around the entire planet that will keep anyone from leaving.

Can the barrier be broken? No. A character who tries to get close to the barrier will lose any of their power and plumet back to the ground. Any electronic device will lose power, those who can fly will find that their wings don't work. Brute force cannot break it and it will reject any magicks thrown at it. This includes anyone who tried to disapparate through it.

What amenities can be found on the resort? Check this list here.

My character needs special things to survive. What about that? Anything your character needs, the planet will provide.

Can my character just wander around? Yes and no. The resort is a beautiful sanctuary in the middle of a blistering desert. Your character may feel free to wander the resort, but probably decide that the desert isn't worth attempting.

Where will my character live? In the resort's lodgings. Click here for more information.

Who's running this crazy place? The planet. However, the planet has chosen a few select people to act as guides and answer any questions your characters might have.

Are there rules my characters have to follow? Yes. See this link here.

How does day advancement work? It is mod controlled. After a period of real time, a day will change in game. Sometimes the time between day changes will be longer or shorter, depending on thread completion.

What will happen when my character arrives? Your character will arrive somewhere in or around the resort. Someone from the resort will meet them and help them realize where they are and that they aren't going to be able to leave. They will then tell them about the resort and or provide them with a tour. Your character will arrive with whatever they had about their person at the time of their departure from their own world or time.

If my character has any powers or abilities, what happens to them? They will still have their powers and be able to use them. Except against the barrier.

Can my character die? If you want them to, yes. However, they will not be able to come back from the dead and no other version of them will be able to be played in the game again.

What if they speak another language? If your character speaks a language other than English they will still speak their language but the other characters will understand them as if your character was speaking in their language, and vice versa.

What about pets? Your character may or may not bring their pets along. It is up to you. But they are allowed.

Could characters from different fandoms know each other? No. They might feel like they recognize them, but not know why.

Game FAQs

How do personal journals work? Think of this in terms of real life. If you, personally, were going to have your own journal. You make observations, vent, talk about what has been happening to you. You either mark it friends only, or public, or private to one or more persons. Those people can then respond to your entry through their own personal journals. It's the same way for your character. Your character will make entries that are either private to themselves, private to a select person or persons, friends only, or public. Then, other characters in the game who know how to use the internet and journal would be able to respond. For example: Batman decides he's had a horrible time of the resort and wants to vent about it. He makes a public entry that anyone surfing the journal site would be able to see. Buffy the Vampire Slayer sees his entry and comments on it, telling him to get over it. It could also be uses and an Instant Messaging service, or text message service in the same way. Just make sure it is clear who the message is for.

What time period does this take place in? It's unknown. The planet has taken people from all time periods and worlds and thrown them together. Some people may be from the future, while others might be from the prehistoric era. Some people may come from different worlds all together.

How will I know what day it is, what the weather is and stuff like that? The mods will make posts every few days announcing the day change. During the day change they will also announce the weather, any strange circumstances, new arrivals and any changes to the resort.

Is AIM threading allowed? No, not at this time.

How should community posts be formatted?
Who:
When:
What:
Where:
Rating:
Status:

Use this quick copy and paste:

When and how often can I post? You may post as often as you like. Just try to make sure that your posts don't overlap so there isn't contradictory things happening in your thread. Because if your character gets knocked out in the morning, they may not be bright and cheery or even conscious in the afternoon.

Where do I send my application? Send applications to:mirage.rpg[at]gmail[dot]com

How long will it take to process? Hopefully not more than a day or two. You should have feedback by that time.

When are adds done? Whenever the mods see fit.

Do I have to introduce myself once accepted? You don't HAVE to, but it would be nice. That way everyone can greet you and tell you about themselves and their characters.

Should I greet new players? Absolutely. Introduce yourself and the characters you play. It isn't cool to be ignored, as a new player especially.

Where do I plot new storylines? In the OOC community,

mirage_ooc. Put up a thread asking for storylines and plots and get to know each other.

General FAQs

Can I hold a PB? Yes.

What if the PB for my character is the same as someone else's? Then you need to find another person to represent your character.

How long are character/PB holds? We will hold them as long as you need them, but if it has been more than a week or two and someone else wants to hold that PB, we'll ask if you are still interested. If we don't get a reply, we'll give the other person the hold.

Can I challenge a hold? Yes. If it has been more than a week.

What kinds of PBs are allowed? We would prefer PBs of real people, celebrities, models, musicians, etc. However, we also understand that sometimes that just isn't possible. You may use artwork for manga, anime or cartoon characters. However, myspace people, friends, family, etc. are not allowed to be used as PBs.

My character is from a cartoon/anime/manga. Can I use a real life PB for them? Absolutely.

Do I have to use a PB of the person who played them in the movie/tv show? No, you can use anyone you like as long as they have a similar look.

What are NPC characters? Non Playable Characters. Meaning that they are not a constantly manned character. They may only be needed for one or two storylines and don't need to be in the game all the time.

How do pregnancies, divorces, weddings, etc. work in this game? These work the same as they would in the real world. They take time. If you are going to have your character concieve, then you should be willing to play it out for the entire length of time. This is 9 months for most people. And we don't play in real time, so this could technically take over a year or two.

What do all those acronyms stand for?
OOC- Out of Character
IC- In Character
NPC- Non Playable Character
PB- Played By
SL- Storyline
RPG- Role Playing Game
RP- Role Play
OC- Original Character
OTA- Open To All

What is a mod? Who are they? The mods are the people who run the community and the game. Usually the creators and maintainers. Our mods are

ever_ever_after and

johnrcrichton00.

What is god-modding? This is when your character controls another character's actions without their permission. It isn't cool, don't do it.

Do I need an AIM account? It is not necessary, but it is helpful for someone who might want to plot with you.

Coding FAQs

Bold- <*b>text<*/b>
Italic- <*i>text<*/i>
Underline- <*u>text<*/u>
Strikethrough- <*s>text<*/s>
Center Text- <*center>text<*/center>
LJ Cut with Text- <*lj-cut text="text">text<*/lj-cut>
Link- <*a href="web address">link text<*/a>
Picture- <*img src="image address">
Link a Picture- <*a href="web address"><*img src="image address"><*/a>
Indent- &*nbsp;&*nbsp;&*nbsp;&*nbsp;&*nbsp;text
(The *s must be removed from the above codes in order to work)

If you have any questions, comment here or email mirage.rpg[at]gmail[dot]com.

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	Another question suicidalwolf 2008-05-30 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	You guys must be getting sick of me lol. I have one more question and then I'll stop, I swear. Is it possible for players to tag their enteries? Like say, with their character name? If not, that's cool but I was curious. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Another question mirage_mods 2008-05-30 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Sure, you can tag them if you like, but it isn't required. You may ask any and all questions you can think of! (Reply to this) (Parent)

cannot_die
2008-06-04 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Okay, here's a question unique to my character - can I get a waiver on the character dying thing. Because Jack can't die.... well, he can die but he's always going to come back, usually within a few minutes. So anyone trying to kill Jack should probably be punished because, well, they killed him but given that it's not going to be permanent (and the fact that Jack can be annoying enough to make anyone want to kill him) it probably shouldn't be a permanent punishment.

Anyway, chat about it amongst yourselves - I don't know what you want to do about it. Jack is in a rather unique position.

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mirage_mods
2008-06-04 08:38 pm UTC (link)

Because of the nature of Jack's dying/resurrection thing, telling you that he couldn't die in the game would be like saying that Kenny from South Park couldn't die, either. It's just something that happens to the character. To deny that, would be to deny part of the character and we are not about stunting that nor the creativity of the player.

However, no one should be killing anyone. If Jack falls off the roof, or drowns or dies from causes unrelated to another character, he can die. But, anyone who killed him, would come under the wrath of the Planet, simply for breaking the rule. Whether or not Jack can be resurrected, has nothing whatever to do with the fact that they broke a rule. Obviously, if you have a plot idea that revovles around someone killing Jack, we can talk about it then and come up with a consequence for that character.

I hope this answers your question! Thanks for asking!

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the_almighty_me
2008-06-08 08:42 pm UTC (link)

Ok, this is something I wanted to check before I went and wrote out an app. for him.

Basically, I really want to write an application for Okita Souji (from the movie Gohatto), the only thing is - and I can understand why people might be iffy about it, is as follows (which is why I'm checking it would be ok);

The issue I have with this particular incarnation of Okita Souji is that there's little background information with regards to him, so the history I'd have of him would be what little is presented in the movie, combined with what is generally used as his history in other versions of him (eg. Peacemaker Kurogane and other series I can't think of) which is primarily based on historical rumours and accounts (admittedly Peackeeper Kurogane is incredibly liberal with regards to the history it uses, whereas Gohatto liked to keep slighty more historically accurate, partially why I like it, and not PMK).

Anyway, where the character version of Okita Souji is based on the historical persona of the real Shinsengumi captain, what would your opinion be with regards to applying him? Because, whilst I would very much be playing the character presented in the movie, it would be difficult to play him without using some historical knowledge, and that's understandably grey ground so far as RPing goes.

/rambling

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mirage_mods
2008-06-09 06:45 pm UTC (link)

lol, that's the beauty of these kinds of characters, we can write them however we want them to be. You can use any resources you like to put your character together. As long as you are playing them the way they would be in the fandom. You could even change and tweak known history, as long as it is for the game and there is good reason. So, yes. You can use the historical knowlege for his background. Hope this answers your question. Please let me know if you have any others!

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	the_almighty_me 2008-06-10 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, actually, something occurred to me last night. Where Souji is a samurai, he would carry one of his swords about with him at all times. Would he arrive with it since it's a weapon, or not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

yeah_baby_yeah
2008-06-10 08:19 pm UTC (link)

Yep, he can arrive with anything you like that happens to be on or around his person at the time. Xena and Ayla arrived with their horses. It can be done. :) And, if you're asking because it's a weapon, that's okay, too. John has his guns, Xena has her whip, sword and chakram. They just can't use them against other people (well, insofar as killing them goes anyway) in the resort without suffering the wrath of the Planet.

Let me know if this is unclear or you have any other questions! Thanks!

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	suicidalwolf 2008-06-10 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	I have a question about making journal entries. Do journal entries have to written on the day the game is at or can they be post dated to a previous day. I would like to write an entry for Brigitte that she would have done on Night One as a reaction to day one but where the game is in day two now, I wanted to make sure that was okay before I did it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mirage_mods 2008-06-10 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	Sure, you can backdate personal entries. We just don't want any threads backdated. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	come_what_may 2008-06-11 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	very stupid question I know(and really I should have asked it before)but for a week do you consider '9-5' week(5 days)or the comepleteweek(7 days). (Only reason im asking is because im considering taking scott evil, or possably pre-twilight edward, havnt decided yet) thanks! (Reply to this) (Thread)

mirage_mods
2008-06-11 06:03 pm UTC (link)

We would like to see your first character played for a week before you play your new character. However, you are more than welcome to apply for additional characters. You just may not be able to play them until after the week is up.

To answer your question, it is a 7-day week. This rule is only in place because we want to see how well people can handle their first character before we let them play additional characters. We have had too many games go down in flames because some people took on more than they could handle and either had to drop characters, or felt so overwhelmed they stopped playing altogether. We don't want this to happen to Mirage. As long as you are going to be active with the characters you bring into the game, we will welcome any additions.

I hope this answers your question! Let me know if you have others.

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I'm just full o' questions

suicidalwolf
2008-06-17 04:54 pm UTC (link)

Hello again :)

I was just thinking about Brigitte and her next transformation when I thought, hmm, I should ask the mods about this. I remeber in the thread Brigitte had with John and Ginger, she was told Mirage as two moons. I was kinda curious how this would affect my little werewolf. Is there always a full moon then or is there a schedule for full moon nights? Since there's a weather report for the change of days, I didn't know if there would be something about full moon nights mentioned then too.

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	Re: I'm just full o' questions xena_wp 2008-06-17 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	I think we'll have to ask Mark this question, the two moons was his idea. I do know that if there is a full moon, it will be announced with the day change and the weather. So, I'll ask mark what he thinks the cycle of the two moons will be and let you know! Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	crooked_smile 2008-06-27 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	yes i know im bothersome but I have a questioooon! I know its rather stupid thing to ask but..since theres a no kill rule, does that apply to just humans..or the animals as well.(because edward only kills animals, and he's gotta eat SOMETIME..right?:-s) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mirage_mods 2008-06-27 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	It only applies to humans, and any docile animals or pets, such as the horses set aside for horseback riding. The Planet supplies everything people need, so there will be wild animals out on the mountains, or wherever. He just has to go hunting. (Reply to this) (Parent)