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Illusion of Memory: Rules and Guidelines for Joining Author: Arcana E-Mail: arcana@yetta.net Revision: $Revision: 1.4 $ Last Revision: $Date: 2003/05/22 05:44:05 $ Rules and Guidelines -------------------- == Out-of-game Mailing list: valkyrie_profile@yahoogroups.com In-game Mailing list: illusionofmemory@yahoogroups.com Web site: http://crystal.leamonde.net == INTRODUCTION TO ILLUSION OF MEMORY Illusion of Memory is a writing game where various players adopt a persona and write for him or her in a common world. Illusion of Memory is based off of the Playstation game Valkyrie Profile by Tri-Ace, published by Enix. The game is played through E-mail. Players write stories involving his or her personas (or characters). Depending on the actions of other players and how, in the story, their personas interact with each other, the player responds by writing his or her personas in the context of the story changes. In this way, Illusion of Memory (IoM) ends up to be a long, involving epic where the writers all have a direct influence on the outcome of the story. Players advance the story through the writing of "posts" or short stories. The stories primarily feature the player's persona and follow the persona's actions in Valkyrie Profile's world. There are no numbers or die rolls in this game. The game plays out based purely on the written prose by the players. == PREREQUISITES TO PLAY ILLUSION OF MEMORY Before you can play Illusion of Memory, you need an E-mail address and an account at Yahoo! Groups. You can generate an account at http://www.yahoogroups.com. The mailing list to subscribe to is called 'valkyrie_profile@yahoogroups.com'. This is the "out of game" list, or the general discussion list where any non-story posts are written. On this list, players may talk about Illusion of Memory, some story plans, or general topics. Announcements are made to this list as well. The story list, located at 'IllusionOfMemory@yahoogroups.com' is where all IoM posts are sent to. At absolutely no time are off-topic, out-of-character posts allowed on the story list. It is also highly recommended that you have played Valkyrie Profile and beat the game with Ending A. Although it is not mandatory to beat the game, your understanding of the story and characters will be better if you have beaten it. If you need to find help beating the game, walkthroughs are available at http://www.gamefaqs.com/. A script of the game is also being created and will be posted as soon as an Illusion of Memory web site is set up. A strong grasp of writing English prose is a requirement to write for this list. Good communication skills and Internet social skills are also a requirement to write for this list. == SETTING OF ILLUSION OF MEMORY Illusion of Memory takes place in the world defined by Valkyrie Profile. In the game, there are two primary physical planes presented: Midgard and Asgard. Characters may interact with each other and the environments in Midgard and Asgard as is appropriate inside the story. There is also a "divine plane" that all Valkyries possess. Inside the Valkyrie's self, the Einherjar can interact with each other as if they were physically present around Valkyrie. However, all Einherjar can attain physical form only if they are 'materialized' by Valkyrie's Divine Materialize Energy. This does not mean that only four warriors are present at one time: this only means that only the warriors who are 'materialized' can interact with the real world. They can be seen and heard by ordinary humans, they can move items, and they can use their personal belongings as real tools. Those who are not materialized essentially do not exist in the physical world of Midgard. Illusion of Memory starts just before the game. At this point, Valkyrie has just been awakened by Odin and Freya is currently waiting for her in Valhalla. Arngrim and Jelanda are both alive in Artolia. == HOW ILLUSION OF MEMORY DIFFERS FROM THE GAME The Valkyrie Lenneth, the Valkyrie Hrist, and Valkyrie Silmeria make up the three sisters who govern fate. Illusion of Memory is unique in that there are also lesser Valkyries that serve as handmaidens to the three primary Valkyries. They follow the same cycle of sleeping and reincarnating as the higher Valkyries, and serve a very similar purpose. Lesser Valkyries have a primary "loyalty" to a higher Valkyrie as dictated by the Lord Odin. It is their mission to help that particular Valkyrie on her quest of collecting souls and defeating monsters. However, lesser Valkyries are not as powerful as the higher Valkyries: they may not be as seasoned in battle, as agile, as fast, or as good of a judge of souls. They do not have as many responsibilities as the higher Valkyries. Their primary duties are to seek out worthy souls and to carry them to Valhalla if they are worthy. If they are not yet worthy to enter Valhalla, it is their mission to send the souls to their higher Valkyrie to help with their training and development. Lesser Valkyries and higher Valkyries are goddesses and can interact as any gods would together. They may even fight together or train Einherjar together. Lesser Valkyries are subject to all of the benefits and liabilities that any god would be subject to. On the scale of rank, Lesser Valkyries would be approximately be considered 9th or 10th rank. == PLAYER RULES AND RESTRICTIONS The following rule applies in full: -Treat all players and their persona with respect. This implies: -Do not flame players. -Do not powergame. -Keep your stories and characters believable. -Ask permission if you would like to be involved in another plot. In addition, while deviations from Valkyrie Profile and Norse Mythology may occur, please keep these deviations to a minimum. For example, do not write the existing characters with different personalitites or add inconsistencies such as making a human fly to Valhalla. == PERSONA GENERATION Players are allowed to adopt any character that appears in the game as a persona. They are also allowed to create original characters as persona as well. Players can play as: * Gods/goddesses * Einherjar * Humans * Elves, giants, homunculi, etc. * Undead and demons The choices are not limited to this list. Persona generation is handled by a persona sheet, which is an information sheet you fill out that tells other players about yourself and your character. It is your application for the character you wish to play, and it is the guide for other players to follow about your character. The Persona sheet will be posted in the next E-mail to this list, and it will also be made available on the web site. It is your responsibility to make the Persona sheet available (it is recommended that you upload it to the Files section on Yahoo! Groups and post it to the mailing list). Amber Michelle, the maintainer of Divine Seal (http://crystal.leamonde.net/), may also post your Persona sheet online.. When you are finished writing a Persona Sheet, please send it to the OOG Mailing List for group review. Be sure that you include the Persona Sheet in the body of the E-mail so that it is accessible by all members. The following will be taken into consideration when a P-sheet is reviewed: * Consistency with the game - For main characters, this means that the personality, description, and history are consistent with that as presented in Valkyrie Profile. For original characters, this means that the character accurately fits into the Valkyrie Profile world. * Level of Detail in the Application -The more detail that is presented in the application, the better it tends to be. The general description, the personality, and the history of your character are the most important fields to detail. * Creativity -Creative characters add something new and exciting to the game. Original characters can easily be creative by doing something that has not been readily seen in the game: an interesting life conflict or a dramatic death. Main characters are creative if a lot of attention is noted in their history and their personality: a small amount of personal 'flair' can go very far. * General Quality -Applications that are formatted neatly, spelled properly, and follow correct grammar rules will be held in higher esteem than applications that do not. If the application does not fulfill the standards, then the existing players will comment on the sheet, explaining what problems the sheet may have. Arcana, the list administrator, has the final say on whether a sheet is accepted. There is no limit to the number of characters a player may write for, although it is not recommended that they adopt too many if they feel that they cannot upkeep the responsibility of writing for all of them. If you are in doubt, adopt one character to start with, and create a new character at a later date. Most players can comfortably handle two characters without many problems. You are also allowed to create any number of non-player characters (NPCs), but please keep track of which NPCs you create. Only players that are accepted may post stories to the story list. Your first post may be delayed after you post it: if this is the case it is because the first post must be manually approved before it will be sent to the mailing list. For this reason please make it clear in your application what your name is, what your character's name is, and what E-mail address you will be using to write to the mailing list. == STORYWRITING Once the application is submitted and approved, you will be permitted to write story posts. You will not actually be allowed to post until you write something to the story list (at which point I will be able to approve your membership and allow you to post to the story list). It is recommended that you post an introduction post as your first story: a simple story about your character and his or her life, although you do not need to follow this general template. == SUPPORT If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please E-mail Arcana personally at arcana@yetta.net. == Version History 0.1 - 2001-10-23: Initial Revision 0.2 - 2003-05-22: Editing to account for changes in online locations. == |
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