Pious

To clarify, please only list roleplayed characters from the Union server into our Union Universe Handbook please, this will save confusion. Thank you.

Concerning CharacterBox templates, the one listed in my guide is a standard version that I've made for the use of anyone who wants it. If you don't like it (for whatever reason), simply use another one (like Vox has done) or make your own. (Be sure to name it VoxBox or CharacterBox2 or whatever, otherwise it wont work and might even break the current CharacterBox.)

Concerning categories. Its up to the individual to setup any category of their choice (within reason or it'll be removed) and then tag it to their profiles. If other people then fancy this category they will likely tag it to their own profiles and before you know it, that category grows effectively. Do not repeat Liz's mistake and edit your set of categories into other people's profiles without prior consent. Thank you.

The moderator team will be holding an MSN meeting next week where we shall discuss several topics from footnotes (a new feature, self explanatory) to fixing the Main Page banner, and a few other things Zortel is concerned about. Thank you.

Pious.

Nice, very nice. I'd leave it without text.

Beware of the Sturdy inspiration, resistance to teleport foe apparently. Google cheatcodes for infinite supply.

I thought mom would get KO'd at melee ranged, damn!

You Shannon, have gone taunting mad. I hereby testify as witness to Shannon's madness; she did indeed permanently taunt Lord Recluse and has somehow immobilized him from retaliating or responding to enemy attacks. *shrugs* Its madness, I say. There, now log and go to bed!

The answer to your question Vox, is it doesn't matter at all. Lets not even begin to discuss that issue, we don't want to make this little mess something that its not. Simply put, somebody's acted on an idea that was not thoroughly discussed and the site moderators'll deal with it (hopefully behind the scenes and away from this thread). Bare with us while we sort things out, but in the mean time, simply erase whatever unwanted categories you find coded to the bottom of you profile and lets speak nothing of it.

I too have removed the sexuality categories enforced into my three profiles. For me, its enough that its stated in the CharacterBox and editing my profile without prior discussion is something I consider impolite. I don't actually understand the sudden focus on sexual categories, either. I hope we can clear this up quickly, with minimal confusion.

Woot! I finally finished the Priest's profile!

Yeah, similarly with Pious. He can only reach Unearthly magnitude if he duplicates himself across his several forms, but thats extremely taxing on focus and energy so its a last resort technique. Thus, he's listed among the other Monstrosities.

I would list her under her highest potential only, to avoid confusion but its up to you mate.

<ul type="square">[*]Fixed spaces in-between attribute boxes on Doctor Mechano's profile to make it look neater.[*]Also listed him as Fantastically powerful, as scaled. And congratulations on 37![/list]

Thank you for the assistances Liz, I'm sure thats a little load off Z. Concerning attributes, I totally agree. Sadly, there are still a fair few people with Monstrous power being tabled as 10/10 (Omnipotent power). In these cases, I will actually start leaving Mod Notes at the top of the page. Don't get me wrong, its okay to have an omnipotent character (although I don't know of any), and I hope I'm not coming across all Police-like, but when the character isn't even as strong as the incarnates (Statesman and Recluse) it doesn't merit the Unearthly scale let alone Godly; the inaccuracy ultimately unbalances the community effort to identify OOCly, who's scaled where and how. Yes Tygerboy, Tyger I'm looking at you! (kidding now go edit!)

Oh and @Spurr, yes you'll need a totally new Box so if you think you're up to the job, copy some codes from here and fiddle around with it (just be careful not to break anything or better still, view the page while logged out) if not, tell me what you're trying to achieve and I'll help you design the custom Box mate.

Hehe, okay. Also, I really like the signature banner, who is the artist? Can I have one?

Just to note that, contrary to Gideon's statement, you don't really have to use the AttributesBox or any other features provided in the templates. I'm not sure what G's on about.

As for assigning your character's statistics Doc, I too would do as you've done and display only the stats of the mastermind himself but then go into detail about his robot's capabilities elsewhere in the body of the profile.

Welcome KaiWren, glad you like the project, hope you find it even more useful as your character grows.

Thanks for the speech Coile.

Edit: Announcements!

Following some friendly advise, I've re-written the paragraphs explaining how to use the Character Attributes box. The ruler's been adjusted slightly and elaborated to give examples of magnitude. Following this update, some of you may want to adjust the values in your attributes box to fit better, and those not using the box might even decide to try one.

AttributesBox: Scaling your Character

Your feedbacks are very helpful and always welcomed.

Pious.

Edit: I just noticed the sticky, thanks K!

Edit: Also, wasn't there a war-plot memorial gathering proposed ICly for the 18th, somewhere? Anyone know?

Point taken. Random profiles to be featured next week and thereon will not be excluded for not having charted attributes, just images. And I'm glad you like the Wiki to bits Coile, another thing we have in common!

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Just for now, to promote the use of images and attribute boxes (while we're 'getting started').

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Also, I don't think it should be within the purvue of the mods to change people's displayed stats either. If they think they're unrealistic, then add comments to the character talk page saying so.

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You're right. Point taken.

Announcements:
<ul type="square">[*] Main Page has a new design and layout[*] We'd like you to design a Union banner[*] Common errors in coding[*] Abuse of Character Attributes[/list]
Main page has new design and layout!

As some of you may have noticed, the main page of the Wiki has been re-designed with five or six colourful windows and a banner. The columns will be updated weekly or eventfully according to its main contents.

'Community Plot Event' window is there to advertise any plots, events or meetings involving large parts of the community (things like the Charity Ball or the Mercenaries Ball for example).

'In the news this Month' is the window where Moderators will list Union-wide activity whether it be good news or bad news. It is up to you as roleplayers to provide us the news (preferably via this thread or PM). Images of magazine or newspaper clippings would also spice things up.

'This week's featured Hero' and 'This week's featured Villain' will display sections of randomly chosen character profiles. However, until further notice, only those with at least one image and an attributes box will be featured. This week's hero is Red Commissar and this week's villain is Ruune. Technically, whether characters are seen as a hero, anti-hero or villain is a matter of IC personal opinion so lets not waste time discussing who's not 'truely' a villain or whatever, for the sake of website, I'll only be judging by archetype, even if the character has multiple AT's.

'Message of the Day' will display hints and tips or other messages aimed at you lovely guys and girls.


We'd like you to design a Union banner!

Sorry Z, I know you wanted to announce this one, but I thought, you know, since I'm here, I might as well. I'll make it up to you. *wink*

Basically, this is a request to the creative designers in our little roleplaying community. Currently, I have Hero1 standing proud for Union, but I'm sure you guys can design a better banner, so have a go at it. The byte-size doesn't really matter but it needs to be 1082(w)x142(h) in pixels to sit nicely on the average monitor (sorry if you have a small monitor, it still looks sort of okay). The chosen design will be decided by public vote. Deadline for entries; 20th August (six days is enough, its just a banner). Voting begins the day after entry deadlines, the 21st. Deadline for votes; 24th August. The image can be of anything at all, so long as it relates to the Union Universe.


Common errors in coding!

I've seen so many errors in profiles and Zortel has seen even more! *lol* So, I'm okay helping people correct their errors, but I can only spot them by chance. What we'll probably do is make a list of common errors and how to avoid them and place it on the Main Page and in this thread's original post.

My advice, when writing your pages, follow the guides carefully and use every ounce of common sense. If something is clearly not right... ask either Zortel or myself, via this thread or PM. Its a real shame discovering so many 'lost' profiles floating around without anyway to access or browse them, so please, at least make sure you have [[Category:Character]] at the bottom of your edit page. That way, we can find your profile and then correct any errors. Having said that, the majority of profiles are fine and I've had a good time learning about characters and supergroups I've always wanted to meet, as well as those I've only just heard off. I look forward to reading more!


Abuse of Character Attributes

*sigh*

It's kind of a little disappointing to read about an otherwise brilliant creation, who can punch through walls (and sometimes hurt his hand) but is then scaled at 10/10... *facepalms* Maybe you didn't read this part of the Guide but 10/10 is God-like magnitudes. In this particular example, punching through a wall is a remarkable feat; pulling planets or fragmenting the Universe is Godly, not punching a wall!

Its important to be realistic and accurate otherwise scaling characters becomes pointless; some of the most powerful metahumans and aliens are ranked at Unearthly magnitude so I'm not expecting to see 10/10 here (besides, how dull is that; a character with nowhere to progress to). So far I've had to 'adjust' six attribute boxes (that were apparently Gods) according to what their profile more accurately indicates.

Okay, thats everything. Sorry if that last paragraph read like a vent, I'm not usually one to complain, but I really like the idea of the attributes box and would like to see it work well across all characters.

Feedback on the announcements, questions, help requests, etcetera etcetera, all eagerly anticipated! Goodnight.

Pious.

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Most beautifulest piece ever! I pronounce thee nominated!

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- Look in the character directory on the Wiki, and admire it.
- click the 'edit button' then copy all the code for that character...

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I'm not sure this is sound advice, there are too many risks involved; accidentally breaking the other person's profile or template for example. Nevertheless, advice is advice and people are free to follow. So, very kind of you to provide it. I suppose your method would work well for replicating particularly 'unique' profiles or templates, that are different from the common ones we've written guides for.

Yes, Zortel and I have actually provided guides to making common articles (found on the Main Page) that deals with character profiles, supergroup profiles, story articles and location or business profiles. According to feedback, these guides have so far been helpful and sufficient.

"Testing, one two. Is this mic working... excellent! Hello chaps! Yeah its me, Pious. I've been across the pond and came back with this. What is it? Well, just like this is all things known to man, and this is all things known to this game... this new Wiki is all things Union Roleplay; an encyclopedic database for all your character profiles and stories! Make sure you bookmark the page. In-case you've forgotten it already, here it is again; Handbook of the Union Universe. The possibilities are endless, if I began listing them, we'd be here all night. So jump in everyone and explore. Go on, get stuck in there!"

"This here thread is for all questions, comments, requests, discussions, feedback, help and ideas, so keep abuse and pointless arguments to your bedroom, thank you and enjoy!"

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I'd suggest a new thread, with that information and title, to keep the clutter out.

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Hmm, good point.

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..it's easy to use, I thought it'd be hard!

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Quotage! Echo, I'll be asking for an OP edit, sticky and thread rename; Handbook of the Union Universe.

Just to add, I'm seeing a lot of profiles with empty data fields in their CharacterBox which of course is fine. But if you want those empty fields omitted, just let me know and I'll sort it out for you or send you instructions on what to do in a PM. I'd rather keep the levels of CharacterBox code variations to a minimum, you see, so I won't include this guide, otherwise the site would be swarming with altered infoboxes as opposed to info.

As for your Defiant characters Flames, just bring them to Union; it is after all the unofficial roleplaying server.

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Pocket D, Galaxy Girl, Isaac the Bartender, DJ Zero

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The first two would go under locations and the latter two under Characters (without using a CharacterBox and editing the template accordingly). The articles can be written/discussed/edited by a group of people well-knowledged about what to write up. I for one will be looking for help writing up a location article for Paragon University.

Concerning these community-used locations and NPC's, I think what would be good is to start a general template/layout and then fit in relevant information as discussed and agreed to on this here thread.

At long last, we have good news! The wikipedia is all set and ready for launch! Zortel and I have been working tirelessly over nights to bring you an editable encyclopedia for the use of our Union server roleplaying community. So without further ado, on behalf of the cross-atlantic wiki superteam, I am pleased to present, the Handbook of the Union Universe!

Browse through the template guides and see Zortel's samples to learn how to use the website. Then feel free to go crazy, list all your characters, supergroups, stories and artwork, but most of all, have fun! (610)

Pious.
/e faints from exhaustion!

What we really need, Zortel, is a 'no lesbian cat-girls and other impurities allowed' sign.

Jokes aside, Kadekawa is also working on a HeroAttributes template that should allow users to indicate character strengths and weaknesses in a bar-chart. Best feature ever, if you ask me!

Good news is, the site should be ready for use in a couples days, maybe even sooner.