Cradle's
Asylum

FURCADIA

OK here you go. You've just gone to http://www.furcadia.com and downloaded Furcadia's zip file and unzipped it. You double click on the Furcadia icon.. and realise that you've actually click on the Furcadia.ico file. Doh!. You try again and get to the player-creaton screen. Your eyes go blank and you slouch into the chair, your brain already totally confused to what the HELL is going on...

Well, that's how it happened for me anyway. =P . Before I become the training-wheels to the bike of Furcadia or whatever (^.^) I think you should really get some background information about the game and the genre.

MUD

This is the genre that Furcadia falls into . A multi-user-domain. Basically it's like a chat program, except the people are well... people. (gee, that really helps doesn't it). You are represented on the screen as a little man or woman, and you can go and talk to other men and women (yes, and boys and girls), who are doing exactly the same thing as you.

Dragonspires

This is the precursor to Furcadia. Blocky, 16-bit graphics did not dissuade people to use it... (don't ask me why, I couldn't stand it!).

The Game

And now you get to Furcadia. Basically what has happened (and I do mean BASICALLY. The human race has died out somehow (like the extinction of the dinosaurs). With no-one in-charge, nature decided to let animals become the rulers of the earth. They evolved into bipedal (walking on two-legs) beings and learnt to speak one universal language.

From here, it can go two ways.

NOTE: I don't think there is ANYTHING wrong with the first option, it's just something I don't do.


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This 1/2 is about just chatting and stuff, and the best places to do it.

Even though Cradle wouldn't admit it, chatting is a great way to get to know people, you can just wander around and chat to ANYONE you like, without fear of getting rejected (most of the time). You can be as strong or as weak as you like. You can be the High Ruler of Earth or anything your in your wildest dreams...

Even though people are more free-minded in this kind of play, don't piss too many people off... you can just as easily get ejected or banned as an RP'er.




















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This 1/2 is about Roleplaying (playing AS the character you are, not as yourself.) and sticking to the rules.

Note that these are just my PERSONAL views.

First off, I think if you're choosing a name for a 'serious' character you should try something original.. NOT Satan487 or DarthVader69.. but nothing longer than about 10 letters, and the shorter the better.

Don't do the classic red/black colors on your furre, it only looks BORING!.. look!

You see what I'm saying?

But I guess some of you will go whichever way you want.. and I'll (try) and respect your creativity (or the lack of).

Role-playing doesn't neccesarily mean being the best ultimate-fighter in Furcadia or "knowing" everything, but it means to fit in with other people in your place. In a villiage, sure, you're going to have a few fighters, but then you're gonna have the villiage idiot, the farmers, the housewifes, the slaves, the mages, the healers... so try and be ORIGINAL!