Post by Clark Kent on May 29, 2011 18:02:14 GMT -5
Explain this to me again.
All right, the purpose of this site is to take the pre-existing, veteran characters of the DC Universe, characters who in most sites you join as a 'continuation' of their heroic careers, and instead offer you the opportunity to start at square one with them. Every meeting is with a new face, every save their first, and as the Earth stands right now, there are few in the way of genuine 'superheroes' operating.
So, on this site, Batman hasn't been running around for a decade?
Nope, and until someone starts playing him, he won't be running around at all!
What about Martian Manhunter? He was saving people long before he showed his face.
Basically, your joining signifies your character's 'public' debut. If you wanted to have Bruce Wayne creeping around in a ninja outfit for a few months, or the Flash super-speeding muggers to submission without being seen, go ahead. Likewise, the Manhunter can indeed have spent many years protecting civilians; he just wasn't green while doing it, or lifting trucks in plain sight.
If I join as Green Lantern, do I have to have him start flying around in costume right away?
No, you can wait for awhile, roleplay them getting their powers or choosing their moment to leap onto the scene. Just because you become Hal Jordan doesn't mean you automatically need to wave your ring at everybody.
So is this taking place in the 1980s or something?
No, aside from the 'advanced tech' that will no doubt spring up due to the setting, just consider this as taking place in the year 2011.
Butbutbut I want to play Damian Wayne! Can I?!
It'll often depend on the circumstances. Some characters, like Superboy, won't be available from the get-go, but might be permitted as time goes on (enough time for someone to clone Superman, in other words). Others, like Steel or Dick Grayson, will be available very early on, (as long as their 'inspiring hero' or villain has made their debut,) since the direct methodology of their creation doesn't hinge so crucially on a specific time, but rather an event, and we're fine with fiddling the timeline around to fit these varied characters in. Of course, again, they'll still need to wait for a Batman or a Superman to have showed up in order to inspire them.
But some, like Damian Wayne, won't be available at all. Sorry! If you have a character in mind who's a late-comer and aren't sure whether he or she will fit, ask an admin. At the very least, it will save you the trouble of making an application, and we might even be willing to help bend their timeline a bit further to fit the character in. Can't hurt to ask!
On a comic-literate level, what do I need to know?
While you obviously need to know the character, their origins, abilities, personality and such, the fact that this is torpedoing a lot of the pre-existing lore means that you don't need much more than the basic know-how of the character. That being said, we do expect the character to be played well. n.n
Wait, wait, Hub City isn't here! Does that mean I can't be the Question?!
If you're joining as a hero operating from an unlisted city, and are bound and determined to play in that city, we will accomadate you. Just keep in mind that if we had every city that every hero operated out of under normal circumstances, we'd have an average total of two members per location, no matter how many members we got. For this reason, feel free to have the Question operating out of one of the locations already on the board instead, such as Gotham, and simply alter or add to his origins appropriately.
Is the Justice League around? What about the Teen Titans?
No, and no, but that's what we're hoping will be the appeal; brand new heroic leagues, and classic groups, can now be built from the ground-up. Eventually a band of heroes might get together and discover a H.I.V.E base on the moon, later making it the Watchtower... >.> Rosters will be more flexible to account for the reality that we might not have all the canon Titans or Leaguers joined at the time. In other words, if your hero is a teen and staying in Jump City, chances are they can be a Titan, comic history aside.
All right, the purpose of this site is to take the pre-existing, veteran characters of the DC Universe, characters who in most sites you join as a 'continuation' of their heroic careers, and instead offer you the opportunity to start at square one with them. Every meeting is with a new face, every save their first, and as the Earth stands right now, there are few in the way of genuine 'superheroes' operating.
So, on this site, Batman hasn't been running around for a decade?
Nope, and until someone starts playing him, he won't be running around at all!
What about Martian Manhunter? He was saving people long before he showed his face.
Basically, your joining signifies your character's 'public' debut. If you wanted to have Bruce Wayne creeping around in a ninja outfit for a few months, or the Flash super-speeding muggers to submission without being seen, go ahead. Likewise, the Manhunter can indeed have spent many years protecting civilians; he just wasn't green while doing it, or lifting trucks in plain sight.
If I join as Green Lantern, do I have to have him start flying around in costume right away?
No, you can wait for awhile, roleplay them getting their powers or choosing their moment to leap onto the scene. Just because you become Hal Jordan doesn't mean you automatically need to wave your ring at everybody.
So is this taking place in the 1980s or something?
No, aside from the 'advanced tech' that will no doubt spring up due to the setting, just consider this as taking place in the year 2011.
Butbutbut I want to play Damian Wayne! Can I?!
It'll often depend on the circumstances. Some characters, like Superboy, won't be available from the get-go, but might be permitted as time goes on (enough time for someone to clone Superman, in other words). Others, like Steel or Dick Grayson, will be available very early on, (as long as their 'inspiring hero' or villain has made their debut,) since the direct methodology of their creation doesn't hinge so crucially on a specific time, but rather an event, and we're fine with fiddling the timeline around to fit these varied characters in. Of course, again, they'll still need to wait for a Batman or a Superman to have showed up in order to inspire them.
But some, like Damian Wayne, won't be available at all. Sorry! If you have a character in mind who's a late-comer and aren't sure whether he or she will fit, ask an admin. At the very least, it will save you the trouble of making an application, and we might even be willing to help bend their timeline a bit further to fit the character in. Can't hurt to ask!
On a comic-literate level, what do I need to know?
While you obviously need to know the character, their origins, abilities, personality and such, the fact that this is torpedoing a lot of the pre-existing lore means that you don't need much more than the basic know-how of the character. That being said, we do expect the character to be played well. n.n
Wait, wait, Hub City isn't here! Does that mean I can't be the Question?!
If you're joining as a hero operating from an unlisted city, and are bound and determined to play in that city, we will accomadate you. Just keep in mind that if we had every city that every hero operated out of under normal circumstances, we'd have an average total of two members per location, no matter how many members we got. For this reason, feel free to have the Question operating out of one of the locations already on the board instead, such as Gotham, and simply alter or add to his origins appropriately.
Is the Justice League around? What about the Teen Titans?
No, and no, but that's what we're hoping will be the appeal; brand new heroic leagues, and classic groups, can now be built from the ground-up. Eventually a band of heroes might get together and discover a H.I.V.E base on the moon, later making it the Watchtower... >.> Rosters will be more flexible to account for the reality that we might not have all the canon Titans or Leaguers joined at the time. In other words, if your hero is a teen and staying in Jump City, chances are they can be a Titan, comic history aside.