Guide to the Rookery 2.0

Ill add stuff to it this is just to have it up....(under construction)
Puppy’s Rookery Guide
Introduction
The rookery is siliness incarnate. This means rpers + nonrpers+ anyone else. Rookery is imaginary house on the Virtue thread which exisits as a meeting place a good morning, hello afternoon, good night
Usual Players
Rooka birdie..rp starter of thread. Shes den mum and cooker. She had been absent a lot of months due to boredom but is back.
Emmi- Rookery secret crush. went tru a kitty phase but is over it. mmmmm shoes and great ankles * wolf whistle here* Shes on a game break but still posty.
Fey-sexiness incarnate loves red
Mysticblade- rper shes fun
Rachel- rp Sexy Steampunk girl
Neko, and beck- rp house kitty. Neko is head kitty thou
Tarby- Battle kitten
Phoenicis_sandsresident hot
Dumpleberry: Grumpy Goblin King, Lord of the Unseelie Court and snazzy dresser.

Korith- rp piggy bank
Soul Train- Long time resident...was here before the pamcakes
Maricus- visitor loves pancakes i often mispell his name
Dragon Taravan- night owl that seems to spend his days asleep
Sydney b- sounds like a encyclopedia has good insight. She disagrees with my assesment. wears glasses
Pogo- attic resident (rp) has hard time with knees. creator of TARDIS and IRONROOK....Also aspiring comic book guy ( he writes stuff).. If looking for awriter HIRE HIM!
Stomphoof- rp cube
Madison- new person =). swoops in to save the puppeh
Psi- Boy!!
Pulcinella- Pouter in chief!

Captain Amazing- Cuddler of the puppeh..chase puppy around!
Fedor- sacperson rp lot of fun. basement resident
stryph- thumbs up guy
peterbilt- lot of fun
bayani- a fountain of information
viv -regular visitor shes hawt. also comes with her hubbie DJ Mango
Cien- house puppy
Fox[/color]-rp fox
Radit[/color]-not an rper but is learning lives in basement is at war with fedor over basement rights
Detra[/color]- sexy rper
Daddiesprincess[/color]- sexy rper
The Count[/color] - Bent on world domination/destruction, but never sticks around long enough to actually accomplish anything.
DemVyznBoyz[/color] - He's three posters in one.
LCT[/color]- tiger pounces puppy
gammagirl[/color]- rp
Londerwurst[/color]- rp Kramer use to come around lots but now we never see him
Emgro[/color]- new guy
AlexisSamantha[/color]- use to come around a lot but doesnt anymore
KANT[/color]- military rp lots of fun
Minimal Rose[/color]- not sure what happened to him
[color:#1E90FF]Mod08[/color]- keeps us in line. Also known as the Ocho...a espn channel for dodgeball
[color:#FF69B4]Mr Playskool[/color]- rp Dragon..he keeps a lookout for mod 08
[color:#FF00FF]Scooby Don't[/color]- resident big dawg
[color:#FFFF00]BigDaddydream[/color]- Resident sometimes
[color:#FFE4C4]Mi Adams[/color]- he been here often since the portal to proector was broken and our basement is slowly collapsing into protector
[color:#90EE90]Froggy[/color]--- Mender frog makes me laugh
[color:#FF69B4]Rachel[/color]-fun rp girl
[color:#DA70D6]Wild Orchird[/color]- puppy likes to wolf whistle at her avatar and make her blush
[color:#FAEBD7]Man_From_Auntie[/color]- the only ***** to stand up to the Protector portal.
[color:#FF00FF]Fido1[/color]- resident outdoor dog
[color:#FF69B4]Tigressviolet[/color]-lurking since Pamcakes were invented
[color:#FF00FF]JJDraken[/color]-use to be in the Rookery, before Pamcakes, but left before Rook did, why? Hes gumpy and drunk......
[color:#00FFFF]BpPhantom[/color]- gives a moo here a moo there everywhere a moo moo
[color:#EEE8AA]Woefull[/color]- resident grump like Oscar the grouch. Very good to have on a team
and forgive anyone I didn’t mention lots of people duck in and out….
[color:#FFFF00]Rookery[/color] opens at 6 am pacific/ 9 am eastern and closes at midnight 12am pacific. there is no board, no cards and very few rules but lots of strange people. All the action takes place in your imagination.
[color:#FFFF00]A Note to Parents [/color]
Sometimes yes it gets a big roughshod. But that’s why we have Mod 08. Also some rookerzerians ( term used to describe people in the habitat) are parents and know how to deescalate.
[color:#FFFF00]A Note to Gamers [/color]
Role players have been classified as geeks and nerds at best and devil-worshipping, murderous deviants at worst. It is all too easy, therefore, to become defensive and angry when people begin asking about the Rookery. Therefore be nice to everybody no matter what

[color:#FFFF00]Cooperative Storytelling [/color]
Everyday the starter of the thread job is to create an environment in which all the pretend takes place. The decision as to what type of environment (or genre) is often made by everyone involved
Once that decision is made, however, someone needs to decide on the underlying rules and "feel" behind the chosen genre. For instance, is the group playing "cowboys and indians" before the Civil War or after? Are they playing in Old West California or Texas or are they wandering over the entire range? Are they playing actual historical figures or are they making up new, fictitious characters that have never existed? Or maybe they're playing in a pre-created world such as in the "Gunsmoke" or "Bonanza" television shows. The onus of this job also falls on the thread creator shoulders.
The opener must create the environment -- the imaginary people, places and events -- with which the players pretend to interact. In essence, creating the outline or plot to a story, and it is through a joint effort that the story is fleshed out. For example, in one particular game, Black Bart and his gang are going to attempt to rob a train that is hauling a shipment of gold. That is the plot; the skeleton of the story. Whether Black Bart succeeds or not is entirely dependent upon the how the players play the game. If they play poorly, the story has a sad ending -- Black Bart robs the train and makes off with the gold. If the players play well, the story will have a happy ending -- Black Bart is captured and the terrorized townsfolk rejoice. But it is the actual, cooperative playing of the game that creates the story and its ending.
[color:#FFFF00]Roleplaying and Maturity [/color]
As you can see by the sample game, it takes quite a bit of imagination to roleplay. It also takes a large dose of maturity. The mature individual accepts the bad things in the game as easily as they rejoice in the good. But an immature gamer can't quite make the distinction between the game and reality. The immature player could be likened to the young child who wants to fly like Superman or who believes that hitting someone in the head with a hammer (ala The Three Stooges) won't cause serious injury. The immature gamer often can't understand the difference between a fictional character doing something they dislike and a real person doing something they dislike. The immature gamer will often get quite angry with a fellow player o
Maturity is a quality that isn't easy categorized. Some 17-year-olds I know are much more mature than some 40-year-olds. And there are some 21-year-olds with whom I would not wish to play because of their poor attitudes. A good rule of thumb is to see how angry or upset a player gets with a game.


[color:#FFFF00]Roleplaying Types [/color]
Fantasy
Horror
Supers
Space
Cyberpunk
Old West
Military
Post-Holocaust

[color:#FFFF00]Glossary Term[/color]
[color:#4B0082]FBBC[/color]-flying bean bag chair
[color:#7FFFD4]Puphause[/color]- doghouse where puppy sleeps and plots
[color:#FF69B4]Attic[/color]- Rookery laboratory
[color:#7FFFD4]Basement[/color]- Rookery part under the kitchen where fedor and rad are locked in everlasting battle for domination
ROOkenator ) aka Iron ROok)- we missed rook so much Pogo made a robotic her

[color:#FF69B4]Theres also a portal behind the bar to the fey realm and the grotto which keeps filling up with stale pamcakes [/color]
(feel free to add to this)

Still having issues figuring out these boards. Good luck cleaning up the Rook Guide.

Here's a thought: have any of the Rooks experimented with the new "Social Groups" function? Could have a literal Rook clubhouse outside of the actual Virtue Boards. Insight or heresy?

Social Groups function?

Sounds like someone will be wasting some time today on this. (And I have work to do also.)

It's not hard to start one--I could do it if folks want. The real issue would be keeping everyone informed of the migration, as the Rookery flaps its way to a new and permanent(?) location. Same problem as the whole "Woops, three Rook threads started simultaneously today" thing, except you wouldn't see the "big" one.

Also, well, recruiting new Rooksters as you would have a somewhat diminished presence on the Virtue Boards--though I think that is what endears this idea to the non-Rooks.

Aren't I a member of the Rookery or am I just the random bypasser?

You certainly are random!

IAmTheRad: The Random Bypasser

Tech-Striker: Insert witty comment here(I got nothing so you figure it out)