Post by pepsi on Oct 19, 2022 16:43:35 GMT
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This section offers a quick summary of all the codes and templates you may need to submit your Threads, as well as some rules about how they will be Graded.
"Grading" is the act of getting paid in Red Orbs for completing a Thread.
When a Thread is Graded, every character who participated in the Thread gets some amount of Red Orbs; NPCs don't gain any Red Orbs, but Squads can - and by proxy Squadmates too.
A post will be considered valid if its word count is at least 100 for every Character you are playing as (not counting NPCs or Squadmates).
The exact number of Red Orbs gained depends on how many people (not characters, actual people) have participated in the Thread: the more, the better!
Finally, Squads receive Red Orbs depending on how they have been represented in the thread.
Finally, we want to give incentive to players who wish to play as "Game Masters" or otherwise only play NPCs for other people in a thread.
If you only played NPCs in a thread you can flag yourself as "GM" in the Submission. Then you will forfeit any Red Orbs
reward for yourself, instead gaining the same reward in Blue Orbs 
. You can give these Blue Orbs to any one of your Characters, even if they haven't appeared in the Thread, even if they didn't have anything to do with it.
When all the participants of some story feel like wrapping it up nice and neat, one of them needs to post a new Thread in this section.
Here's the template to follow when Submitting a thread: first, you preface it with the following:
Then, for every character (not NPC, not Squadmate) that was played, you add this:
Finally, for every Squad that appeared in the Thread, add this:
Sometimes, a Thread just can't go on. People can't find the time to reply, they lose inspiration for their character or the story, or it's just better for everybody to close it off and try again some other time.
When something like this happens, you can Kill a Thread by posting a Grading Submission and adding [KILL] to the title.
Killed threads follow the same exact reward rules as regularly submitted Threads, but they don't count as if they "canonically" happened on site and you can treat them as non-canon for your character as well.
[attr="class","rules_title"]Grading Board
This section offers a quick summary of all the codes and templates you may need to submit your Threads, as well as some rules about how they will be Graded.
[attr="class","rules_subtitle"]Grading
"Grading" is the act of getting paid in Red Orbs for completing a Thread.
When a Thread is Graded, every character who participated in the Thread gets some amount of Red Orbs; NPCs don't gain any Red Orbs, but Squads can - and by proxy Squadmates too.
A post will be considered valid if its word count is at least 100 for every Character you are playing as (not counting NPCs or Squadmates).
The exact number of Red Orbs gained depends on how many people (not characters, actual people) have participated in the Thread: the more, the better!
- If you play with 1 other person, both of you will receive 120 per valid post.
- If you play with 2 other people, all of you will receive 150 per valid post.
- If you play with 3 or more people, all of you will receive 180 per valid post.
Finally, Squads receive Red Orbs depending on how they have been represented in the thread.
- If the Thread features at least one character and a Squadmate from the same Squad, the Squad will get 100 .
- If the Thread features two or more players playing characters from the same Squad, the Squad will get 200 .
Finally, we want to give incentive to players who wish to play as "Game Masters" or otherwise only play NPCs for other people in a thread.
If you only played NPCs in a thread you can flag yourself as "GM" in the Submission. Then you will forfeit any Red Orbs
reward for yourself, instead gaining the same reward in Blue Orbs 
. You can give these Blue Orbs to any one of your Characters, even if they haven't appeared in the Thread, even if they didn't have anything to do with it.[attr="class","rules_subtitle"]Submitting a Thread for Grading
When all the participants of some story feel like wrapping it up nice and neat, one of them needs to post a new Thread in this section.
Here's the template to follow when Submitting a thread: first, you preface it with the following:
[b]Thread Link:[/b]
[b]Participants:[/b]
[b]Summary:[/b]
- Thread Link: a link to the actual thread in the Forum.
- Participants: the usernames of the players that participated in the thread; if you want, you can also specify which characters, NPCs or Squadmates they played as. If any of them wishes to be flagged as "GM", you must specify it here.
- Summary: a (brief) summary of what happened in the thread.
Then, for every character (not NPC, not Squadmate) that was played, you add this:
[b]Character:[/b]
[b]App Link:[/b]
[b]Red Orbs:[/b]
- Character: the name of the character. You can also add which player controlled them.
- App Link: the link to the character's UPDATED Character App.
- Red Orbs: the total number of Red Orbs of the character at the time of the Submission.
Finally, for every Squad that appeared in the Thread, add this:
[b]Squad:[/b]
[b]Squad Link:[/b]
[b]Members:[/b]
[b]Red Orbs:[/b]
- Squad: the name of the Squad.
- Squad Link: the link to the Squad's thread in the Velvet Underground.
- Members: the names of the characters and Squadmates of this specific Squad that appeared in this thread. You can also add which player controlled them.
- Red Orbs: the total number of Red Orbs of the character at the time of the Submission.
[attr="class","rules_subtitle"]Killing a Thread
Sometimes, a Thread just can't go on. People can't find the time to reply, they lose inspiration for their character or the story, or it's just better for everybody to close it off and try again some other time.
When something like this happens, you can Kill a Thread by posting a Grading Submission and adding [KILL] to the title.
Killed threads follow the same exact reward rules as regularly submitted Threads, but they don't count as if they "canonically" happened on site and you can treat them as non-canon for your character as well.
