From: pcalvert@economics.adelaide.edu.au (...sage) Date: 2 Sep 1994 12:20:38 GMT Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: ADMIN: MiniFAQ : New users please read MINI-FAQ - last updated 22-Aug-94 ______________________________________________________________________________ [ This is not the FAQ, nor is it meant to replace the FAQ. This is a miniFAQ ] [ which has been designed as a short intro to the Inn and a pointer to other ] [ sources of info, particulary the FAQ, and with answering common questions ] [ from people who are new to the Inn. This post is NOT exhaustive, so please ] [ read the FAQ or email one of the people at the end of this article if you ] [ have any further questions not answered here before posting a query. ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The FAQ is posted regularly and is available from The Dreamer and myself. Most of the below is knobbled from the FAQ. *** Alt.Pub.Dragons-Inn is not a game. It never has been, and never will (to my knowledge). It follows no system of gaming rules, nor does it promote any gaming system. There is no referee (apart from group consensus) and no computer program maintaining this world (as is the case in a MUD [multi-user dungeon]). The various ADMIN articles are an attempt to draw together accumulated group knowledge and experience to reduce inconsistencies, and ease new users into a growingly complex fantasy environment. Alt.Pub.Dragons-Inn (a.p.d-i) exists for 'on the net' Roleplaying, and as an interactive forum for story telling and for character and plot generation. The news group is to log the activities of characters in the pub called the "Dragon Inn", in the city of Generica, and its immediate surroundings. There is no Game Master/Dungeon Master, all activites within the inn are determined by the players themselves. In many ways the inn is not so much a process of role playing, but mass co-authorship. :) To keep the group running successfully, the following courtesy rules apply: 1) No flaming. -> use alt.flame 2) NO VIOLENCE IN THE DRAGON'S INN - anywhere else - fine, but within the actual Inn, NO VIOLENCE AT ALL!!!!!! (this one gets SEVERELY stomped on) 3) No commercials or FRPG talk -> use the rec.games.frp.X groups 4) The Right to Non-Interference. -> see the FAQ on ettiquette 5) No munchkins : a.p.d-i is not a competitive setting. ultra powerful characters are not encouraged, and may not be "accepted" by other people as "the sort we want to hang out with". ** 1 ** Introducing a Character: There are no hard and fast rules, basically how, where and why are up to you. Pre-organization by E-Mail so that your character knows a familiar face is recommended. It allows your character to slide in without the embarrasement of loitering around waiting for a friendly call, or dying unnoticed. Once the character is introduced there are several people who should be informed by E-Mail. In particular. Mike Bavister and Spider Boardman, who are maintaining a list of characters and character descriptions (see below). These lists give an idea of who is in the inn, and a brief description. Due to the popularity of the group there are a large number of postings. Unfortunately this makes it difficult to keep up with the group for those with limited time. To eliminate extraneous volume, please try not to post questions to the group, use E-Mail if at all possible. A list of some of people happy to answer email questions about the Inn appears at the end of this post. ** 2 ** posting format Several guidelines have been adopted to help clarify subject content and eliminate the need to read every posting. For courtesy's sake please follow them Subject line format: [thread] character : description or character : description (if not in a thread) or ADMIN : description (for non-character postings/administrivia) Ongoing 'adventures', or threads, use a [name] notation to identify themselves. [INN] is reserved for actions within the Dragon's Inn itself. (A) Threads are defined as stories, written by one or more authors, with a plot and action that follows a well-defined single path. Examples could be a shared-author series of stories, a single story seen from several characters' viewpoints, or several individual stories with some binding element. For the sake of clarity, threads are marked with a several-character identifier within brackets. Examples: [KQ] or [blade]. These identifiers must be kept short, since they ought to be included in the header of every article pertaining to a particular thread. This is not an iron-clad requirement or rule of this newsgroup; rather, it is a kind of courtesy rule that helps your screaming fans follow the action of your story. :^) Forming your own thread is quite easy. All you have to do is collect a group of individuals who want to write the thread with you, and then start posting articles with an appropriate thread identifier. You do not have to 'get permission' from anybody or register your thread. However, you should be careful to make sure that your identifier is unique so that two threads' stories do not appear to be one large and cryptic tale. A service also exists to keep those with limited reading time informed of what is happening in your thread, or to your character (contact Mike Sander if you want to be included in the weekly review (see below for details)) Joining another thread already in progress is another matter. Usually, people who have gone to the effort to create a thread have a particular story in mind, including a set of events that may or may not allow for interaction with more characters (ie. yours!) Some people, of course, do not mind new characters springing in and posting under their thread's identifier with no warning. However, to make sure that you step on no toes, it is always best to check beforehand with people by emailing them. Just select at random some member of an ongoing thread that you wish to join, and send them a note telling them 1) who you are, 2) what you want to do, and 3) would they please be good enough to include you in the action. Most threads will probably be open enough to let you in -- this group is no place for snobbery! -- but just for the sake of politeness, it cannot hurt you to check first. (B) Any administrative postings should be prefixed by 'ADMIN:'. ADMIN postings contain all information which is not in character for the PC. In many respects ADMIN postings have the sort of information a DM would distribute. The only other messages which are typical of ADMIN postings are administrative work, related to non character postings such as character lists, FAQ list and other administrivia. (C) Please try and avoid using reply to post articles, unless you can edit the subject line. This will reduce some confusion. (nb. for some ADMIN this does not apply. Please see the FAQ section on etiquette for other posting guidelines). -=-=-=- Regularly posted ADMIN lists : see FAQ for other ADMIN lists FAQ : The Dreamer MiniFAQ (this article) : P. Calvert Official Book of Guests : M. Bavister Character Summaries List : S. Boardman Tourists Guide to Generica : B. Rudnick Bulletin Board : P. Calvert This Week in Review : M. Sander <344lwkc@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> Atlas of the Known Lands : P. Calvert Mage Guild FAQ : Kelly J. Cooper -=-=-=- The following people have volunteered to answer further questions about the group via e-mail. Please mail one of them before posting a query. Spider Boardman Sean A Reith Mike Bavister Michael Sander <344lwkc@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> Dennis Brennan Pete Calvert Bret Rudnick Kelly J. Cooper compiled by ...sage -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pete Calvert : Department of Commerce: Adelaide University, South Australia email : pcalvert@economics.adelaide.edu.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- another page from ...sage -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-