InsaneJournal

Q: What is an RPG?
A: An RPG is an acronym for a role-playing game. Essentially, it involves you - the player - taking on the role of a fictious character and expressing their thoughts and actions in a game format.

Q: How does the whole journal thing work, anyhow?
A: The way we role-play at Six Degrees involves expressing your characters through epistolaries - specifically in the form of journal entries. Like on-line social networks, characters may comment on said entries and reply to these comments. This is dependent upon whether the character is able to see the entry or not.

An entry, or portion of an entry hexed private or to a select person(s) can only be responded to by those people.

All players must be able to see all game entries, so please do not friends lock them.

Entries should be written in first-person, unless your character has a quirky habit of writing in third person. We would not recommend this, unless it's a one-off situation. Not everyone can have the same quirk.

Q: When and where is this game set?
A: We're set in 1999, and follow a real-time calender (and the GMT timezone, if you want to be really specific). Six Degrees aims to be geographically based around London, England - but we are not limiting all action to that location alone.

Q: Are you canon-compliant? Epilogue-compliant?
A: We are canon-compliant all the way through to Deathly Hallows, including the epilogue.

Q: I don't see Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger or Harry Potter on the character list? What's going on?
A: Whilst the Golden Trio are great, the moderators are far more interested in exploring the lives of minor characters - therefore, major characters will not be available for application.

Q: I don't see my favourite character on the list. Could I apply for them anyway?
A: Only the characters listed are available for application. If our cast list begins to really fill up - we will take suggestions from players as to characters they would like to see in the game, and they may be added accordingly after review. However, we are aiming to keep Six Degrees a small game.

Q: I don't want the character I am applying for to be friends with so and so, or related to such and such. Can this be changed?
A: No. The predetermined relationships are to ensure that all characters in the game have connections to one another and are able to interact through those predetermined connections. You are free to extrapolate and evolve those relationships (or realistically break them down) if that is your wish - but it must be done within the context of the game, and must be built up. No random out of the blue break-ups, please, without the appropriate motivation.

Q: I'm applying for a Muggleborn - what options do I have for them in regards to the war?
A: Muggleborns, according to Deathly Hallows were rounded up and thrown into Azkaban under the charge of having "stolen" magic. The occasional few went on the run - whether that is within the country, or abroad. And an even smaller minority would have managed to fake their bloodstatus as half-bloods. But this was extremely rare, and we will only accept one circumstance of this. No Muggleborns from the Class of 1998 would have been allowed to attend Hogwarts, and therefore would likely be attending evening NEWT level classes at Godric's Hollow Town Hall.

Q: Can I change the blood-status of my character?
A: In general, no.