This tutorial was made in order to help new members twho have never role played before and are not used to the Proboards layout.

To start with, you will need to make a forum account, you can do that by clicking the button circled with red in the image beneath.


After you have clicked that button, a page will load as shown in the image beneath. In the "Username" box you will put your username, for example: Yuri299. You will also need to enter and re-enter your password, email address, date of birth gender etc. In the Captcha image box you will need to introduce a code like the one shown in the image, for example in this image the Captcha code is : rhyming slang. Then you select the "I agree option" and click the Create Account button.


An activation code will be sent to your email address that you have entered. You will have to log in on that email, look for the email from this site, then copy and paste the confirmation code to where it will require you to enter it.

After you have successfully confirmed your email, and your site account is active, you will need to log in with it and read our rules. You can do that by clicking this link bellow:
www.strawberrypanicrp.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rules&action=display&thread=1

Note : you will have to read them all.

Once this is done, you will proceed to making you own character. You will start by going to the Character Registration Center, as shown in the image bellow.


By clicking it, a new page will load like the one bellow. You will have to go to the section circled in the image beneath.


Once this is done, you will click the new thread button as shown in the image bellow, and fallow the character template upon creating your own character.


The character template thread can be accessed by clicking this link also :
www.strawberrypanicrp.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pending&action=display&thread=25

Tip : If you are having difficulties in creating a character, ask one of our staff members for assistance, if there is one available on the Chat boxes, or see some approved profiles in the "Approved Miator/Spica/LeRim students" section.

One more thing, your profile name has to be the same as your character's name. You can change it by going to your profile and selecting the "Modify Profile" button. Then you go to the "Display name" box and write down your character's name. Then Click the "Modify Profile" button bellow.

What is third person in writing ?:
Let me start with 1st and 2nd person, then the others should make more sense.

1st person = I, me, my, mine. Example sentence: "I am writing this tutorial to help you understand how to play."


2nd person = you, yours, your, us, we... Example sentence: "You should read each sentence carefully. -


3rd person: they, their, them, it, one, he, she, etc..
Example sentence: .
"She then went out for a walk to let her hair down for a bit."

And here are some additional tips for writing in the third person :
www.helium.com/items/449184-tips-for-writing-in-the-third-person.

I hope that this tutorial made you understand how to rp if you are new here, and remember, for questions ask any one of the staff members listed in the staff panel.

Good Luck and Welcome !

Note: If you have made it this far in the tutorial and have gotten lost, asking for help is always a great way to go, but keep in mind if things are still way too confusing even with the help of members and this tutorial, you may want to seek a role play experience somewhere else until you have learned enough to try again here. ^_^ Good luck!

Here's another tip. When rping (either in a group or just two)try to react to the location, emotion and setting put in place by the person(s) you are replying to. If you don't, your post may come across as random or out of place and your character may unintentionally come across as mean, or rude. When you're in a thread with someone, respect them enough to take note of EVERYTHING that happens in their post, though that doesn't mean repeat their post over again in yours, just don't ignore what they took the time and effort to write. It's bad manners.