[01] Joining

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WELCOME!

We’d like to start off by saying welcome to the Chubbs role-playing community! We are a dedicated site that has had its doors open to role-players for over seven sweet-lovin’ years, and we are proud to say through hard work and many hands we’ve evolved beyond your standard DBZ RPG and well beyond our roots of Dragonball Zento. Chubbs is a freeform play-by-post custom character RPG with an emphasis on quality writing. Feel free to explore our extended universe by taking a look at our Information Vault, as well as the other Vaults, which contains all you need to know about our world. We also offer much more than simple role-playing: we have games, contests, and other social outlets for just hanging out or expressing your mad graphic skills. Overall, we have fun! So please, browse around and we hope that we can welcome you into our fellowship. More importantly, enjoy your stay! Oh, and leave your mercy at the door…

!!READ FIRST!!

By registering an account with our boards, joining, and/or becoming a member, you are agreeing to abide by any and all rules and regulations we the staff have set down on both the website and the forums, based on our interpretation only. They are not subject to negotiation. You also agree to accept any disciplinary action that may result in violation of these rules. All members and registered accounts are expected to read these rules and be aware of their existence prior to any infraction. Ignorance will never be an acceptable excuse: it isn’t bliss, it’s stupid.

We reserve the right to change any and all rules at any point and time under our discretion. We the staff will make every attempt to make these rules as thorough as possible, we will make every effort to provide you with the information that you as a member or registered account need to know. Some information is classified as staff-only and will remain as such.

The staff here at Chubbs will never abuse our power, but we are required to use it. We assure you that there is reasoning behind all of our actions, even if it goes misunderstood.

If you have questions, please ask them in the Questions and Suggestions forum.

Read the rules. Follow the rules. It’s that simple.

JOINING

First of all, thank you for your interest in Chubbs DBZ RPG. We’re always on the lookout for new faces. Before you begin the joining process, we ask some easy-to-follow prerequisites.

• READ THE SITE! This cannot be stressed enough. You’re wasting our time and yours if you don’t. If you demonstrate that you have not read the site, your application will be denied until you do. If you continue to demonstrate that you have not read the site when directed to do so, this isn’t the place for you and you should look elsewhere.

• NO PROXYS. Because of problems we’ve had in the past, and problems we still have today, we no longer allow people to join under a proxy address. If you’re found using one, we will have no choice but to instantly and permanently ban your account. If you have nothing to hide, you should have no fear of using your real IP. The only exception to using a proxy address is if you are already a well-established member and have cleared permission with staff beforehand.

• ONE ACCOUNT PER COMPUTER. That means no two members should have the same IP address, because you’re not allowed to have multiple accounts. If you’re caught, any and all accounts with matching IP addresses will be banned. If you are, in fact, two different people sharing one or multiple computers, we require proof due to previous and potential abuse. Before you attempt to join, please send a staff member a picture of both people, each one holding signs pointing to who is whom. If you don’t have a digital camera or a scanner and you can’t borrow one, sorry, but you’re out of luck. It also would be a good idea to tell staff before you join if you’re using a public computer, such as one at a school or library.

• CUSTOM CHARACTERS ONLY. We no longer allow newcomers to join as canon characters, or people of the DBZ Universe. Only those who had canons prior to this change are permitted to have them. You must join as an original custom.

• BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. Staff reserves the right to deny your application at any point and time on the grounds of you being an ass. We shouldn’t even have to emphasize this, but we REQUIRE all new applicants to treat us with the respect that we treat you. YOU are asking US to be able to role-play here, and if you can’t act like a decent human being, you’ll have to look elsewhere. We do not appreciate nor do we need the attitude. We don’t like IP banning people, but we will do it if pushed.

Once you’ve read the site, register an account with your character’s name. Don’t do something stupid like “ssj3gotenks” or “sk8rboi54987.” Fill out a join form by copy/pasting the one found in this section, and make a post in the Joining Board forum titled “Joining as [blank]” and fill the blank in with your character name. A staff member will respond and once you’re approved, will get you started on setting up your membership. Staff will delete registered accounts on a regular basis to keep the registry clean, so your name may be deleted on accident and you may have to re-register. If you have any questions, read the site and the various stickies, and if they are not answered there, feel free to ask in your join post. If your post has not been responded to in 72 hours (exactly 3 days), you are allowed one bump per 72 hours.

Name:
Race:
Starting Planet: (Earth, Namek, or Vegeta)
Fighting Style: (cunning, courageous, aggressive, etcetera)
Short Bio: (a brief, brief summary of your character’s past)
General Description: (your character’s physical features)
Starting Moves: (only five; please provide a description of custom moves)
Role-play Sample: (minimum 300 words)

That’s the basic information you need to provide. Make sure to read the rules on custom character creation so you don’t conflict with them.


[SIZE=2]The “Do Nots” of Joining
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Please note that infringing upon the bottom bullets marked in red will result in immediate and permanent denial of your application. Have a nice day.

• Do not bump your thread before 72 hours.
  
• Do not post outside of the Join forum until you are officially accepted or are given permission by a staff member to post somewhere else.
  
• Do not begin role-playing until you are officially accepted.
  
• Do not make multiple join threads.
  
• Do not plagiarize or steal others’ work.
  
• Do not insult the staff.
  
• Do not lie to the staff.
  
• Do not threaten the staff.

Role-playing School

We have a certain level of writing quality we require in our members. If your level isn’t quite up to snuff, but we think you’ve got potential, we’ll send you to Role-playing School. There, a mentor will work with you until you’re ready. Do not post in the Role-playing School forum unless a staff member has specifically sent you there, and do not post outside of it until you’ve “graduated.” Please read the stickies in the forum for further rules. Remember, this is for potential joiners only. Those who are already a member should use the RPG Discussion forum for improvement.

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ROSTER

When you are accepted, you’re going to need a roster in order to establish your stats, zeni, and abilities. Getting one set up is not very difficult…you just need to provide some basic information, and we’ll take care of the rest! Fill out the form below and submit it in the Updates forum.

Personal Information (you do not have to include this if you don’t want to)
E-mail:
ICQ:
AIM/MSN/Yahoo:

Character Information
Species: (saiyan, namek, android, changeling, non-transformer*)
Planet: (starting planet – Earth, Namek, Vegeta)
Fighting Style: (aggressive, defensive, etcetera)

Stats
Strength:
Constitution:
Agility:
Insight:
Technique:
Willpower:

*Non-transformer encompasses any other race not specified, such as human, reptile, etcetera

For stats, you start out with 600 points to distribute between each of the six attributes. You can allocate them however you like, except that no stat can be higher than 150. An example could be:

Strength: 150
Constitution: 50
Agility: 150
Insight: 50
Technique: 50
Willpower: 150

You can start with whatever distribution you want.


Stats

Stats, if you don’t know what each of them is for, can be described as follows:

Strength – a character’s raw physical strength. Essential for all those times you want to get up-close and personal with your opponent, Strength will make sure you’re packing quite a punch.

Constitution – physical hardiness is what Constitution gives you: the ability to withstand more punishment (physical or otherwise), the power to keep going when others would keel over, and the satisfaction of laughing at those who are gasping for breath.

Agility – all things speed fall under the umbrella of Agility. Punching speed, running speed, dodging speed, you name it, Agility’s got it.

Insight – not everyone has the ability to see the heart of things, but that’s not a problem Insight faces. The ability to examine, mentally dissect, and make sense of even the most complicated of people, situations, or even combat tactics is what Insight brings you.

Technique – why swing away when a nice little jab will do just as well? Why jump out of the way when you could simply take a step to your left? Technique can answer all these questions and more. No matter how big your muscles are, you’re powerless if you don’t know how to use them. Technique makes sure a fighter knows what to do, and when, to make the most of their abilities.

Willpower – ever met a person who just doesn’t seem to know the meaning of the word “quit”? Well Willpower has. Willpower represents a character’s ability to naturally will themselves to do something. Push through pain, ignore the insults of their opponents, and even channel their ki into destructive attacks.

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CHARACTER VAULT

A “character vault” is something that acts as both a character profile and a place that holds all of your Best Moves, or personal techniques that only your character may use. The Character Vault itself has a specific set of rules already stickied in there, which governs the creation of moves, and what is required to have in your vault, as well as the other things you can put in there.

Simply read the Character Vault rules and follow the directions.