Post by Leif Coia on Jul 24, 2006 15:59:51 GMT -5
Hey kids. Today we will be going step-by-step through how to start your new Vogue Minority character. Whee. Alrighty. So your first order of buisness is going to be
CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT.
Ok. So as you know, the site is www.vogueminority.cjb.net.
At the top of your page, you should see something like this.
Ive taken the liberty of underlining what you need to click. So click the Register button.
That should take you to this page:
See how I've filled out all the areas with "tutorial" and other information? You now need to fill in the boxes with your own information. The last box, the security check, should be filled in with the appropriate combination of letters and/or numbers that you see in the security check box. Please note that you should never create random accounts, as it takes up valuable space on Vogue's servers.
Next, click the apply button:
Make sure you read the terms and conditions. Then, click the "I Agree" clircle [underlined] and next the "Create Account" button[underlined].
The "Create Account" button will take you to the account created page, which includes a login box and this[leave the login box alone for now].:
AWESOME JOB! Youve almost completed creating your account. But before you can do much on the site, you must ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT. So open a new browser page, and go to your email account. Now, go to your email inbox. Find your message from Vogue Minority. It should look like this:
Next, open your email for this message:
I also got that delightful little cellulite advertisement with my eamil, and I thought I'd share the appetizing before picture with you all. Hope you werent about to eat lunch.
Ok. Back to buisness. See that link that says "In order to use your account, you must activate it. You can activate your account at the following location:"? It should look something like this:
Alrighty. Click that link to head to your account activaton page! It should look something like this:
[Im very sorry, but I have already activated an account so I cant do another. Just click the "Activate Account" button once you get there. Easy stuff.]
After clicking the "Activate Account" button, you have FINISHED ACTIVATING YOUR ACCOUNT! HECK YES.
Next Section:[/color]YOUR FIRST LOGIN.
Ok. Now that youve got your account all pretty, go ahead and login. You get to the login screen by clicking:
Now, click the underlined login button.
That should take you to the login screen:
See where I typed my name and passowrd? Type your name and password there instead. then select how long you will be logging in for from the drop-down list. After finishing that, click the "Login" button.
That will take you to the homepage, changed only by the fact that you are logged in. Instead of asing you if you would like to login or register, it will say:
Cool, huh? Now, the computer will acknowledge your name, and alrert you on your new and old message count. Ok. Well, now the real fun starts. All that technical crap is done. The next order of buisness will be:
CREATING YOUR VOGUE MINORITY CHARACTER
Whoo. Im sure youve been thinking about who your character will be. Well, heres the time to express all that. The first thing youll need to do is click on this thread:
As always, click on the underlined link, which should be named "Character Library".
This link will take you to the "bios" of all the characters that roleplay in Vogue Minority along with you. That should look something like this:
Now-you guessed it-go ahead and click the red link, which will take you to the Character Outline, which looks like this:
Btw, lets all clap for Hina for her wunderrful chaacter outline.
Mk next. Copy this text by high lighting the character outline text and right clicking that highlighted text. From the menu, click "Copy". NEXT. Go back to the character library page, and click the BLUE underlined link, which reads "New Thread". Looks like this:
Ok. Now that youve clicked on that, it should take you to this:
That is a blank post. You will be posting your character bio on this post. Now, its time to get your bio going. Paste the character outline in much the same way that you copied, except click "Paste" in the menu instead of "Copy". That should bring you to a page that looks much like this:
Here is a little helper for your character bio:
Name: Your name, like mine, Leif Ciao. It needs to have a first and last name.
Age: 18-25, depending on how fast youd like to get out of school and into the "real world".
Position: Since you are just starting, type "Student" here.
History: The hisory of your character, no more than a paragraph.
Personality: What your characters personality is like. Noones perfect!
Physical Appearance:What your character looks like. Remember, noone can be perfect!
Sample Post: Put what a sample post of yours would look like here. Use your best writing skills!
Some ideas:
-Your journey to Powell University
-Journeying around the grounds
-Waking up
-...
Ok. And heres some examples of good Character Bios.
My Bio(Leif Ciaos Bio):Name: Leif Coia
Age: 19
Position: Student
History: Leif lead a fairly normal life until he turned about
16. His father went on a drug binge, and his mother was the only one left to protect him, as his father was in rehab. His mother raised him as a single mother well, got a good job, and eventually had enough money to fund Leifs trip to Powell. He loved it, and it had a major art wing, which appealed to him. He decided on it, and with his steady grades, was accepted at the school...
Personality: He had never been shy. Leif was a guy that appealed to some, and disgusted others. He didn't have much respect for authority, and this got him into a couple spots of trouble back in high school. He has a very defensive streak, though, which his counselor assumed was a result of his fathers drug binge, which had instilled a strong distrust of other people in Leif.
Physical Appearance: Shaggy light brown hair that hangs down to his shoulders in a messy way. He typically wears casual tees and shorts. Leif is tall, about 6'5, and has a sort of muscular body type. Of course, he has very long legs, which gives him a bit of a lanky look. But overall, he is an attractive guy.
Sample Post: He scurried into the train, tugging down on his too-tight t-shirt. Damn these tight tees, he thought with disgust. Through the dirt spattered window, he could make out his mother waving at him a last time, her dusty brown hair waving in the wind as she shook her hand back and forth frantically. Leif had told himself he wouldn't even get emotional, but this was his poor mother. She had had such a hard time with his fathers binge, and...Leifs mind cut him off. What was he doing? This was his turn. College!
A hand tapped on his shoulder. He swiveled his head to see a train employee collecting tickets. He handed his to her with a forced smile. Leif sighed, and let his head fall back softly against the rock-hard headrest. Slowly, his mind rifted into a deep sleep, and his journey in Vogue Minority began...
Emilys Bio(Alexandra Ramsey's Bio):
Name: Alexandra Ramsey
Age: 19
Position: Student
History: Alexandra Ramsey is from Greece. She loves to express her feelings, and does so by writing or drawing. Her parents are divorced. Her dad lives in Oxford [, England] as a doctor, and her mother lives in Greece as a designer.
Alexandra has 3 other siblings; Her brother, who is 24 and lives in Oxford right down the street from his father. He has a dark brown hair color, with a tint of red.Her two younger sisters are twins. The twins are only 14 and still live with their mother. They are both brunettes, and have a slender body type, like Alexandra. Alexandra came to Powell because she heard they had an extrodinary art class, and a larger-than-normal library.
Personality: Sometimes shy, nice, funny, can be mean at some points in time, (to) curious, flirty.
Physical Appearance: Electric blond hair that's about 5 inches above her belly button, glowing tan skin, long slender legs. She's 5'8".
Sample Post: She walks slowly out into the garden, dispite the pouring rain, and wanders around. She has a lot on her mind. She pulls her light pink blazer in and buttons it; hiding her white shirt. She finds the nearest bench and sits on it. She ponders over everything that happened today...
There are alot of other great bios, too. These are a couple to aim for.
Well, your character has been created! Awesome job!
Next section:FINAL THOUGHTS
1.Youre going to want to explore the school:check out the different threads.
2.[screwthatone]
3. If you want to have ANY fun on this game, join in RPing sessions!
4.If you are speaking out of character, do this:
[OOC:[insert your out of character text]
5. To change your name, you either need to ask a moderator like Hina or do it yourself.
6. Go to your profile screen and fill stuff in! Making avatars and signatures are always fun. Programs like Paintshop Pro X by Corel are great. There is a free trial on corel.com. Also, ask more experienced students and visit the "Graphics" section for more help.
7. Thereis alot to be learned. The history section can help fill you in.
8. Get out there and have fun!!
I had a great time making this tutorial. A great 6 hours of my life spent. x] So I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to Private Message me with comments, additions, and anything else youd like. Have a great time in Vogue Minority.
PS.Hina is a great mod! She mentored me throught this whole process. And she made me all kinds of crap on paintshop. So if you need anything, shes great.
CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT.
Ok. So as you know, the site is www.vogueminority.cjb.net.
At the top of your page, you should see something like this.
Ive taken the liberty of underlining what you need to click. So click the Register button.
That should take you to this page:
See how I've filled out all the areas with "tutorial" and other information? You now need to fill in the boxes with your own information. The last box, the security check, should be filled in with the appropriate combination of letters and/or numbers that you see in the security check box. Please note that you should never create random accounts, as it takes up valuable space on Vogue's servers.
Next, click the apply button:
Make sure you read the terms and conditions. Then, click the "I Agree" clircle [underlined] and next the "Create Account" button[underlined].
The "Create Account" button will take you to the account created page, which includes a login box and this[leave the login box alone for now].:
AWESOME JOB! Youve almost completed creating your account. But before you can do much on the site, you must ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT. So open a new browser page, and go to your email account. Now, go to your email inbox. Find your message from Vogue Minority. It should look like this:
Next, open your email for this message:
I also got that delightful little cellulite advertisement with my eamil, and I thought I'd share the appetizing before picture with you all. Hope you werent about to eat lunch.
Ok. Back to buisness. See that link that says "In order to use your account, you must activate it. You can activate your account at the following location:"? It should look something like this:
Alrighty. Click that link to head to your account activaton page! It should look something like this:
[Im very sorry, but I have already activated an account so I cant do another. Just click the "Activate Account" button once you get there. Easy stuff.]
After clicking the "Activate Account" button, you have FINISHED ACTIVATING YOUR ACCOUNT! HECK YES.
Next Section:[/color]YOUR FIRST LOGIN.
Ok. Now that youve got your account all pretty, go ahead and login. You get to the login screen by clicking:
Now, click the underlined login button.
That should take you to the login screen:
See where I typed my name and passowrd? Type your name and password there instead. then select how long you will be logging in for from the drop-down list. After finishing that, click the "Login" button.
That will take you to the homepage, changed only by the fact that you are logged in. Instead of asing you if you would like to login or register, it will say:
Cool, huh? Now, the computer will acknowledge your name, and alrert you on your new and old message count. Ok. Well, now the real fun starts. All that technical crap is done. The next order of buisness will be:
CREATING YOUR VOGUE MINORITY CHARACTER
Whoo. Im sure youve been thinking about who your character will be. Well, heres the time to express all that. The first thing youll need to do is click on this thread:
As always, click on the underlined link, which should be named "Character Library".
This link will take you to the "bios" of all the characters that roleplay in Vogue Minority along with you. That should look something like this:
Now-you guessed it-go ahead and click the red link, which will take you to the Character Outline, which looks like this:
Btw, lets all clap for Hina for her wunderrful chaacter outline.
Mk next. Copy this text by high lighting the character outline text and right clicking that highlighted text. From the menu, click "Copy". NEXT. Go back to the character library page, and click the BLUE underlined link, which reads "New Thread". Looks like this:
Ok. Now that youve clicked on that, it should take you to this:
That is a blank post. You will be posting your character bio on this post. Now, its time to get your bio going. Paste the character outline in much the same way that you copied, except click "Paste" in the menu instead of "Copy". That should bring you to a page that looks much like this:
Here is a little helper for your character bio:
Name: Your name, like mine, Leif Ciao. It needs to have a first and last name.
Age: 18-25, depending on how fast youd like to get out of school and into the "real world".
Position: Since you are just starting, type "Student" here.
History: The hisory of your character, no more than a paragraph.
Personality: What your characters personality is like. Noones perfect!
Physical Appearance:What your character looks like. Remember, noone can be perfect!
Sample Post: Put what a sample post of yours would look like here. Use your best writing skills!
Some ideas:
-Your journey to Powell University
-Journeying around the grounds
-Waking up
-...
Ok. And heres some examples of good Character Bios.
My Bio(Leif Ciaos Bio):Name: Leif Coia
Age: 19
Position: Student
History: Leif lead a fairly normal life until he turned about
16. His father went on a drug binge, and his mother was the only one left to protect him, as his father was in rehab. His mother raised him as a single mother well, got a good job, and eventually had enough money to fund Leifs trip to Powell. He loved it, and it had a major art wing, which appealed to him. He decided on it, and with his steady grades, was accepted at the school...
Personality: He had never been shy. Leif was a guy that appealed to some, and disgusted others. He didn't have much respect for authority, and this got him into a couple spots of trouble back in high school. He has a very defensive streak, though, which his counselor assumed was a result of his fathers drug binge, which had instilled a strong distrust of other people in Leif.
Physical Appearance: Shaggy light brown hair that hangs down to his shoulders in a messy way. He typically wears casual tees and shorts. Leif is tall, about 6'5, and has a sort of muscular body type. Of course, he has very long legs, which gives him a bit of a lanky look. But overall, he is an attractive guy.
Sample Post: He scurried into the train, tugging down on his too-tight t-shirt. Damn these tight tees, he thought with disgust. Through the dirt spattered window, he could make out his mother waving at him a last time, her dusty brown hair waving in the wind as she shook her hand back and forth frantically. Leif had told himself he wouldn't even get emotional, but this was his poor mother. She had had such a hard time with his fathers binge, and...Leifs mind cut him off. What was he doing? This was his turn. College!
A hand tapped on his shoulder. He swiveled his head to see a train employee collecting tickets. He handed his to her with a forced smile. Leif sighed, and let his head fall back softly against the rock-hard headrest. Slowly, his mind rifted into a deep sleep, and his journey in Vogue Minority began...
Emilys Bio(Alexandra Ramsey's Bio):
Name: Alexandra Ramsey
Age: 19
Position: Student
History: Alexandra Ramsey is from Greece. She loves to express her feelings, and does so by writing or drawing. Her parents are divorced. Her dad lives in Oxford [, England] as a doctor, and her mother lives in Greece as a designer.
Alexandra has 3 other siblings; Her brother, who is 24 and lives in Oxford right down the street from his father. He has a dark brown hair color, with a tint of red.Her two younger sisters are twins. The twins are only 14 and still live with their mother. They are both brunettes, and have a slender body type, like Alexandra. Alexandra came to Powell because she heard they had an extrodinary art class, and a larger-than-normal library.
Personality: Sometimes shy, nice, funny, can be mean at some points in time, (to) curious, flirty.
Physical Appearance: Electric blond hair that's about 5 inches above her belly button, glowing tan skin, long slender legs. She's 5'8".
Sample Post: She walks slowly out into the garden, dispite the pouring rain, and wanders around. She has a lot on her mind. She pulls her light pink blazer in and buttons it; hiding her white shirt. She finds the nearest bench and sits on it. She ponders over everything that happened today...
There are alot of other great bios, too. These are a couple to aim for.
Well, your character has been created! Awesome job!
Next section:FINAL THOUGHTS
1.Youre going to want to explore the school:check out the different threads.
2.[screwthatone]
3. If you want to have ANY fun on this game, join in RPing sessions!
4.If you are speaking out of character, do this:
[OOC:[insert your out of character text]
5. To change your name, you either need to ask a moderator like Hina or do it yourself.
6. Go to your profile screen and fill stuff in! Making avatars and signatures are always fun. Programs like Paintshop Pro X by Corel are great. There is a free trial on corel.com. Also, ask more experienced students and visit the "Graphics" section for more help.
7. Thereis alot to be learned. The history section can help fill you in.
8. Get out there and have fun!!
I had a great time making this tutorial. A great 6 hours of my life spent. x] So I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to Private Message me with comments, additions, and anything else youd like. Have a great time in Vogue Minority.
PS.Hina is a great mod! She mentored me throught this whole process. And she made me all kinds of crap on paintshop. So if you need anything, shes great.
