Schedule & Guidelines

[the_directors]

The purpose of this community is to make it quick and easy to find characters and players. What you do from there is up to you! There will be no game ads, test drives, or memes posted as our goal is purely to be a consistent and long-term resource. I also aim to keep things as uncluttered and non-repetitive as possible to ease browsing.

As of 2021, I am removing the member-posted directory function of this community. It hasn't been used and based on feedback from users, the seasonal posts are more desirable and so should be prioritized to stream-line the community and scrolling experience.

I hope to make this a collaboration between mod and players. As such, I'm open to suggestions in this entry. Comments are screened, IP logging is off. You may also PM the mod account for personal matters, but please try to solve any problems on your own before asking for a moderator to step in.

Some helpful resources
- enablemeplz for finding games to join, castmates, and PSL offerings
- rpanons for discussion, information, and RP ads
- dwrpmasterlist for a list of active games
- testdrives for test drives

Banning
To create a safe and comfortable environment, I'll be mirroring bans from other RP communities once claims have been provided and checked. If you notice any ban evasion or that someone has slipped beneath the radar, please PM the mod journal the_directors.

Comments

[shivmeabreak]

Er, quick question about the posting of canons since I'm afraid I may have messed up: should something like a video game series which doesn't generally share worlds be listed separately for each one, even if sometimes there's overlaps like numbered sequels and crossover games?

I'm so used to the Tales of series just being under the same header that I fear I overlooked that one rule. Apologies if I made a mistake. Basically I was just wondering if I should delete my comment and repost with a more specific header?

[the_directors]

Thanks for asking, and I'm sorry it took a while to reply.

I'm unfamiliar with this canon, but generally the rule would be one top-level comment per canon world. If some of the series overlap, such as sequels or crossovers, then you can include them in the same header! The hope is that only characters that could interact in their own canons would be grouped together, not to discourage cross-canon but to make it easier to find certain characters.

I hope this makes sense, and I'm sorry for the amorphous answer! Let me know if you need further clarification, and I can do more research into the canon to try and give a stronger answer.

[shivmeabreak]

Ah, I see! That makes sense. Apologies for throwing such a complicated question at you. The Tales series is a sprawling one similar to Final Fantasy in a lot of ways, as most games aren't connected by the same world, but there are several side games and sequels that share worlds.

Phantasia, Symphonia, Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, the Narikiri Dungeon series all share a world, as do Destiny and Destiny 2, Xillia and Xillia 2, Zestiria and Berseria. Then there's crossover games like Tales of the Rays, Link, and the Fandom games where characters from different games interact but aren't canon.

Would you prefer me to repost under a Tales of Zestiria/Berseria header since they share the same world?

[the_directors]

No need to apologize, thank you for coming to me with questions! It's a good reference for the future, too.

It sounds like reposting would follow the guidelines better. I'm sorry to ask it of you. Once I see that you've copied your comment over, I can take care of deleting the previous heading.