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Epic Adventures

Admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:47:37 GMT

Admin:

Epic Adventures[!] is a popular webcomic created by [[Moosetroop11]]. Its main draw is ridiculous situations that arise from simple situations.

==Plot==

As stated above, the plot follows the major characters as they get swept up into various situations, often by another character. The primary characters, Mark and Glin, are the main focus of the plot, but other characters can be important during a particular arc, and there are other recurring characters (seen below).

===Chapters===

There have been several different "chapters" in EpicA, all revolving around a particular situation.

*Guest Chapter - The first set of comics, from 1 to 15, are mostly one-shot comics with a punchline. In this, there were several cameo appearances from Charas members, although they usually tended to relate to the plot (with Warxe being the exception). There was a proto-arc involving Glin becoming a zombie (which [[ZeroKirbyX]] solved with a banana), but the comics generally didn't relate to each other. This changes in Episode 16, which is the beginning of the first "true" chapter.

*In The Army - Glin signs himself and Mark up for the Army, mostly due to the recruiter telling him that they would be able to drive a tank (which, interestingly enough, never actually happened). The two friends are paired up with two other recruits, Skinner and Faber, and are sent on a mission to rescue a retired sergeant from a sinister retirement home. The "rescue" mission turns out to be a cover for capturing the sergeant (who happens to be Glin's father), and Glin takes some pills that cause him to morph into his alter-ego, Nilg. After the failed mission, Mark, Glin and Faber are discharged from service (though Skinner remains).

*Faber's Date - After being discharged, Mark asks Faber on a date, but she refuses, saying that she already has a date. Mark wants to learn who this is, so he enlists Glin to help. They sneak into the theater (playing "[[Almeidaboo]] Returns"), where they find Faber and another woman (named Saphie) making out - turns out she's a lesbian. Of course, the two are busted, though Saphie understands. This chapter segues directly into the next major arc.

*Zombie Attack! - A mysterious man from the government (named Mistah Z) hears about zombie attacks in the area, and decides to investigate. Mark and Glin join him after hearing about free cookies at McDonalds on the TV. A parallel storyline finds Faber and Saphie fleeing from the zombies, and the two groups eventually meet up. Luckily, Ronald McDonald himself has a solution to the zombie problem - he uses "the box that always rocks" to defeat the undead hordes.

*Death of Mistah Z - After a few one-shot comics, another sub-chapter begins, dealing with Z's mortal wound. Death's daughter, Olive, appears to reap his soul, but due to complications (namely her father), she leaves before completing the job. She does return, however, though Saphie holds her off for a little while. Thankfully, Glin's outstanding marble skills saves Z's soul, and he returns to life. In the end, Glin finds a cute bunny, and Z goes to live with Faber.

*The Time Portal - A mysterious portal opens in Mark and Glin's kitchen, and a time-displaced woman named Daryl comes out. She is initially at odds with the two, but eventually comes to like (or at least tolerate) them. The time portal is eventually re-opened, but sends them to WWII-era Germany instead.

*Guest Comics - For a short time, the comic was temporarily opened to the public. Three projects, by Warxe, Archem and Bluhman, were submitted, though all are considered non-canon.

*Back in the Past - Mark, Glin and Daryl are sent into WWII-era Germany, where they find that Adolf Hitler has a far different mission than in our own timeline. A black-coated man reveals significant information about the Hands and Shadows to the party, and it is their job to rescue Hitler from the Shadow assassins.

*Assault on the House - Running parallel to the above story, members of the Army are sent to Mark and Glin's house to capture their grandfather clock (actually a Hand in disguise). The clock calls Faber to the house, where she kills a couple of the soldiers and comes face-to-face with none other than Skinner.

== Major Characters ==

:''Main Article: [[Epic Adventures characters]]''

As with most webcomics, Epic Adventures has an eclectic cast of characters.

== Running Gags ==

So far, the series has a few running gags, some of which are obvious, and some which are more subtle. The obscure coo-coo clock is a good example, but others, such as the ever-changing framed background art and Glin's bunny are a little more subtle, either by being hard to see or seemingly insignificant. Besides the above, the inclusion of Lucozade energy drink in any applicable location also finds its way into the running gags territory.

==See Also==
*[[Epic Adventures characters]]
*[[Moosetroop11]]

[[Category:Webcomics and animations]]

Epic Adventures characters

Admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:41:57 GMT

Admin:

This is a list of the characters appearing in the [[Epic Adventures]] webcomic.

==Protagonists==

===Major Characters===

*Glin - Ever-rambunctious and simple-minded Glin is the lovable member of the crew who often causes the zany misadventures with his seemingly innocent intents. He wears a tie and collared white shirt, but has no apparent occupation other than causing a hard time for the rest of the cast. He also points out the obvious (proclaiming "boobies" when seeing a new female character).

*Mark - Mark is Glin's roommate and (presumably) friend. Playing the straight man to Glin's antics, Mark is more serious and uptight, but he has been shown to possess an inner idiocy. Mark is generally unwillingly dragged along on the comic's storylines (though he did initiate the Faber's Date chapter), but accepts and adapts to his situations rather easily.

===Supporting Characters===

*Faber - A woman of undetermined age, Faber was recruited for the army (along with Mark and Glin) and has continued to appear as a major character. She appears to be an extension of the Amazon archetype: she is aggressive and temperamental, and wields a sword in combat. She also happens to be a lesbian, and she is clearly the "man" in her relationship with Saphie.

*Saphie - First appearing as a palette-swap of Faber, Saphie has gone on to develop her own personality. She is somewhat more effeminate than Faber, and appears to be more friendly and motherly as well. She has not shown any of the personality quirks that define the other characters, so she can be considered the "balance" between the various personalities of the webcomic.

*Mistah (also Mister, Mizzah, and Mr.) Z - Supposedly employed by the government, he appeared during the Zombies Attack! chapter. He has a host of personality disorders, including extreme paranoia, the tendency to pronounce "evil" as "efil", and possibly schizophrenia. Him and Faber seem to distrust each other (probably due to him attempting to kill her), though they get along well enough to live together. He was killed during the same chapter he was introduced, but was revived shortly after, and appears on occasion.

*Daryl - A time-displaced warrior from an alternate dimension/future, she appeared in Mark and Glin's kitchen via a portal of some sort. Though initially at odds with the two, she learns to tolerate them while she finds a way back home. Like Saphie, she has not shown any major personality quirks, though she appears to be a great deal smarter than the rest of the cast. Apparently, she is also a skilled fighter, and appears to have a high military ranking back in her home period.

===Minor Characters===

*Skinner - A rather large, over-the-top character who has played a major role during the Army Chapter, and is leading an attack on Mark and Glin's house in the Attack on the House story. His expertise is in heavy weapons (he prefers his missile launcher/RPG), and has some knowledge of military tactics (though considers his soldiers highly expendable). He is known for his crude, rude attitude and foul mouth.

*Glin's Father - The "retired sergeant" that the group was sent to rescue during the Army chapter. He is on the run from the Army for unknown reasons, but assists the group in escaping from the retirement home. He has not been seen since the Army chapter, though it is assumed that he is still on the run.

*Black-Coated Man - Currently appearing in the Time Portal chapter, he has revealed several important plot points to the group. His origin, name and motivation are currently unknown.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler] - In the Back in the Past storyline, Hitler is shown as the leader of a movement against the Shadows. He is protected by Shell, a red-haired swordsman.

==Antagonists==

*"The Master" - This unseen character, who speaks in Greek, works behind-the-scenes. Though nothing has been proven yet, it has been implied that he/she is responsible for the strange going-ons in Epic Adventures. It also may be one of the Shadows (see below).

*General E. Speaking - The demented leader of Mark and Glin's squadron, he is a violent, manipulative man who nonetheless seems to be a coward when confronted. He seems to have some connection to the Master, possibly a lackey.

*Nilg - Glin's evil alter-ego, he only appears when something throws Glin's regular temperament off-balance. He has only been seen during the Army Chapter.

*Olive - Daughter of Death, she showed up in the Death of Mistah Z Chapter to reap Mistah Z's soul. Her plan was foiled when she lost to Glin at a game of marbles. She has not appeared since.

==Organizations==

*The Hands - This race of spacefaring beings are the (possibly self-proclaimed) guardians of the galaxy. They seem to be extremely advanced, as they possess time-travel technology and have the ability to shapeshift (whether this is natural or not is not known). They often take the form of clocks or watches. Currently, the only known Hand is the grandfather clock in Mark and Glin's house.

*The Shadows - This race of shadowy creatures are at war with the Hands. They possess time-travel technology as well, which they use to manipulate and destroy timelines. It is implied that the Shadows are behind most of the going-ons in the Epic Adventures universe.

==Cameos==

As stated in the Guest Chapter, cameos were commonplace early in the series, but have dwindled after a while. The following lists the current cameos. This list may not be complete and does not list the episode number(s) of the specified cameo.

*[[Almeidaboo]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64098 Episode 57], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64724 58], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Archem]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 Episode 45])
*[[Bluhman]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=42863 Episode 27], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=43740 28])
*[[coasterkrazy]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35418 Episode 15], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 45])
*[[Drace]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35401 Episode 1])
*[[Dragonium]]
*[[Leon_1990]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35409 Episode 9])
*[[Meiscool]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35403 Episode 3], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=61445 53],
*[[Razor]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=60026 Episode 50], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Sai'Kar]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35416 Episode 13?])
*[[Tomi]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=72100 Episode 65])
*[[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35407 Episode 6])
*[[ZeroKirbyX]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35404 Episode 4], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35405 5])

==See Also==
*[http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php DrunkDuck page]
*[[Epic Adventures]]
*[[Moosetroop11]]

[[Category:Webcomics and animations]]

Epic Adventures characters

Admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:51:23 GMT

Admin:

This is a list of the characters appearing in the [[Epic Adventures]] webcomic.

==Protagonists==

===Major Characters===

*Glin - Ever-rambunctious and simple-minded Glin is the lovable member of the crew who often causes the zany misadventures with his seemingly innocent intents. He wears a tie and collared white shirt, but has no apparent occupation other than causing a hard time for the rest of the cast. He also points out the obvious (proclaiming "boobies" when seeing a new female character).

*Mark - Mark is Glin's roommate and (presumably) friend. Playing the straight man to Glin's antics, Mark is more serious and uptight, but he has been shown to possess an inner idiocy. Mark is generally unwillingly dragged along on the comic's storylines (though he did initiate the Faber's Date chapter), but accepts and adapts to his situations rather easily.

===Supporting Characters===

*Faber - A woman of undetermined age, Faber was recruited for the army (along with Mark and Glin) and has continued to appear as a major character. She appears to be an extension of the Amazon archetype: she is aggressive and temperamental, and wields a sword in combat. She also happens to be a lesbian, and she is clearly the "man" in her relationship with Saphie.

*Saphie - First appearing as a palette-swap of Faber, Saphie has gone on to develop her own personality. She is somewhat more effeminate than Faber, and appears to be more friendly and motherly as well. She has not shown any of the personality quirks that define the other characters, so she can be considered the "balance" between the various personalities of the webcomic.

*Mistah (also Mister, Mizzah, and Mr.) Z - Supposedly employed by the government, he appeared during the Zombies Attack! chapter. He has a host of personality disorders, including extreme paranoia, the tendency to pronounce "evil" as "efil", and possibly schizophrenia. Him and Faber seem to distrust each other (probably due to him attempting to kill her), though they get along well enough to live together. He was killed during the same chapter he was introduced, but was revived shortly after, and appears on occasion.

*Daryl - A time-displaced warrior from an alternate dimension/future, she appeared in Mark and Glin's kitchen via a portal of some sort. Though initially at odds with the two, she learns to tolerate them while she finds a way back home. Like Saphie, she has not shown any major personality quirks, though she appears to be a great deal smarter than the rest of the cast. Apparently, she is also a skilled fighter, and appears to have a high military ranking back in her home period.

===Minor Characters===

*Skinner - A rather large, over-the-top character who has only played a major role during the Army Chapter, he has handled the heavy weapons (mostly an RPG). He is known for his crude, rude attitude and foul mouth. He has been seen outside of the Army a few times, and has been mentioned as the leader of an attack on Mark and Glin's house.

*Glin's Father - The "retired sergeant" that the group was sent to rescue during the Army chapter. He is on the run from the Army for unknown reasons, but assists the group in escaping from the retirement home. He has not been seen since the Army chapter, though it is assumed that he is still on the run.

*Black-Coated Man - Currently appearing in the Time Portal chapter, he has revealed several important plot points to the group. His origin, name and motivation are currently unknown.

==Antagonists==

*"The Master" - This unseen character, who speaks in Greek, works behind-the-scenes. Though nothing has been proven yet, it has been implied that he/she is responsible for the strange going-ons in Epic Adventures. It also may be one of the Shadows (see below).

*General E. Speaking - The demented leader of Mark and Glin's squadron, he is a violent, manipulative man who nonetheless seems to be a coward when confronted. He seems to have some connection to the Master, possibly a lackey.

*Nilg - Glin's evil alter-ego, he only appears when something throws Glin's regular temperament off-balance. He has only been seen during the Army Chapter.

*Olive - Daughter of Death, she showed up in the Death of Mistah Z Chapter to reap Mistah Z's soul. Her plan was foiled when she lost to Glin at a game of marbles. She has not appeared since.

==Organizations==

*The Hands - This race of spacefaring beings are the (possibly self-proclaimed) guardians of the galaxy. They seem to be extremely advanced, as they possess time-travel technology and have the ability to shapeshift (whether this is natural or not is not known). They often take the form of clocks or watches. Currently, the only known Hand is the grandfather clock in Mark and Glin's house.

*The Shadows - This race of shadowy creatures are at war with the Hands. They possess time-travel technology as well, which they use to manipulate and destroy timelines. It is implied that the Shadows are behind most of the going-ons in the Epic Adventures universe.

==Cameos==

As stated in the Guest Chapter, cameos were commonplace early in the series, but have dwindled after a while. The following lists the current cameos. This list may not be complete and does not list the episode number(s) of the specified cameo.

*[[Almeidaboo]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64098 Episode 57], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64724 58], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Archem]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 Episode 45])
*[[Bluhman]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=42863 Episode 27], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=43740 28])
*[[coasterkrazy]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35418 Episode 15], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 45])
*[[Drace]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35401 Episode 1])
*[[Dragonium]]
*[[Leon_1990]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35409 Episode 9])
*[[Meiscool]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35403 Episode 3], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=61445 53],
*[[Razor]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=60026 Episode 50], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Sai'Kar]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35416 Episode 13?])
*[[Tomi]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=72100 Episode 65])
*[[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35407 Episode 6])
*[[ZeroKirbyX]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35404 Episode 4], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35405 5])

==See Also==
*[http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php DrunkDuck page]
*[[Epic Adventures]]
*[[Moosetroop11]]

[[Category:Webcomics and animations]]

Epic Adventures characters

Admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:16:38 GMT

Admin:

This is a list of the characters appearing in the [[Epic Adventures]] webcomic.

==Protagonists==

===Major Characters===

*Glin - Ever-rambunctious and simple-minded Glin is the lovable member of the crew who often causes the zany misadventures with his seemingly innocent intents. He wears a tie and collared white shirt, but has no apparent occupation other than causing a hard time for the rest of the cast. He also points out the obvious (proclaiming "boobies" when seeing a new female character).

*Mark - Mark is Glin's roommate and (presumably) friend. Playing the straight man to Glin's antics, Mark is more serious and uptight, but he has been shown to possess an inner idiocy. Mark is generally unwillingly dragged along on the comic's storylines (though he did initiate the Faber's Date chapter), but accepts and adapts to his situations rather easily.

===Supporting Characters===

*Faber - A female who Mark and Glin met during their army recruitment, she has continued to appear in the comic ever since. She has a tougher exterior than most of the other characters, and she's clearly rather feminist (although not to the extremes portrayed by anti-feminists). She happens to be a lesbian, meaning that she may be an extension of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_and_femme butch] stereotype. In the army, she was the mêlée specialist.

*Saphie - Faber's love interest, Saphie is a female character (with anime-inspired pink hair) who appeared during the Zombie chapter. She is more loose personality-wise than Faber, and she is a bit more giving and friendly than Faber as well. She has died at the hands of Olive (Death's daughter), but she has since been revived.

*Mistah (also Mister, Mizzah, and Mr.) Z - This serious-to-the-point-of-ridiculousness character appeared during the Zombie Chapter, he is a paranoid monster hunter with an eye patch and an strong distrust for Faber. He is often seen mispronouncing the word "evil" as "efil", most recognizable as a "leetspeek" joke. He often has unconventional weaponry and odd hunches that prove accurate.

*Daryl - A time-displaced warrior from an alternate dimension/future period, she appeared in Mark and Glin's kitchen via a portal of some sort. Though initially at odds with the two, she learns to tolerate them while she finds a way back home. She is primarily concerned with getting back to her time period, which is in the middle of a major war (that may or may not be related to the current issues in the comic).

===Minor Characters===

*Skinner - A rather large, over-the-top character who has only played a major role during the Army Chapter, he has handled the heavy weapons (mostly an RPG). He is known for his crude, rude attitude and foul mouth. He has been seen outside of the Army a few times, and is slated to become one of the major cast-members after the current chapter is finished.

*Glin's Father - The "retired sergeant" that the group was sent to rescue. He is on the run from the Army for unknown reasons, but assists the group in escaping from the retirement home. He has not been seen since the Army chapter.

*Black-Coated Man - Currently appearing in the Time Portal chapter, he has revealed several important plot points to the group. His origin, name and motivation are currently unknown.

==Antagonists==

*"The Master" - This unseen character, who speaks in Greek, works behind-the-scenes. Though nothing has been proven yet, it has been implied that he/she is responsible for the strange going-ons in Epic Adventures. It also may be one of the Shadows (see below).

*General E. Speaking - The demented leader of Mark and Glin's squadron, he is a violent, manipulative man who nonetheless seems to be a coward when confronted. He seems to have some connection to the Master.

*Nilg - Glin's evil alter-ego, he only appears when something throws Glin's regular temperament off-balance. He has only been seen during the Army Chapter.

*Olive - Daughter of Death, she showed up in the Death of Mistah Z Chapter to reap Mistah Z's soul. Her plan was foiled when she lost to Glin at a game of marbles. She has not appeared since.

==Organizations==

*The Hands - This race of spacefaring beings are the guardians of the galaxy. They seem to be extremely advanced, as they possess time-travel technology and have the ability to shapeshift (whether this is natural or not is not known). They often take the form of clocks or watches. Currently, the only known Hand is the grandfather clock in Mark and Glin's house.

*The Shadows - Another intergalactic race, at war with the Hands. They also possess time-travel, though limited compared to their enemies. They are warring with Daryl's race in the future/alternate universe, and are mucking up the timeline in WWII-era Germany. It is implied that the Master is the leader of the Shadows, at least on Earth.

==Cameos==

As stated in the Guest Chapter, cameos were commonplace early in the series, but have dwindled after a while. The following lists the current cameos. This list may not be complete and does not list the episode number(s) of the specified cameo.

*[[Almeidaboo]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64098 Episode 57], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=64724 58], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Archem]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 Episode 45])
*[[Bluhman]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=42863 Episode 27], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=43740 28])
*[[coasterkrazy]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35418 Episode 15], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=57804 45])
*[[Drace]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35401 Episode 1])
*[[Dragonium]]
*[[Leon_1990]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35409 Episode 9])
*[[Meiscool]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35403 Episode 3], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=61445 53],
*[[Razor]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=60026 Episode 50], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=69400 61],
*[[Sai'Kar]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35416 Episode 13?])
*[[Tomi]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=72100 Episode 65])
*[[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35407 Episode 6])
*[[ZeroKirbyX]] ([http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35404 Episode 4], [http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php?p=35405 5])

==See Also==
*[http://www.drunkduck.com/Epic_adventures/index.php DrunkDuck page]
*[[Epic Adventures]]
*[[Moosetroop11]]

[[Category:Webcomics and animations]]

Category:Charas Reality

Admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:06:27 GMT

Admin:

The reality in which [[Charas]] exists as a fictional world.

Charas Movie Chronology

Admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:06:00 GMT

Admin:

The '''Charas Movie Chronology''' or '''Charas Movie Mythos''' is the storyline as it was and is for the Charas Movie and its spin-offs. The base idea was settled by [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]], which were based on both Cosmo's ideas and events that happened on the Charas Community.

== Charas Team 1: First generation ==

The Charas Team was created by [[Alex|Alexander Bonivento]] and [[SMB]], who both came with the idea of creating a crime-fighting team. It first consisted of Alex as leader and SMB in sub-command. They were assisted by [[X-F3R]], [[Cosmo]], [[Grandragora]], [[DeKoffie]], [[BabyCatjuh]] and [[RRWP]]. The team however soon disbanded after events on the Charas forums. Only Alex and SMB were left

== Charas Team 2: the reunion ==

A few months later Alex tried again. The first batch of people consisted of [[Darkfox]], [[SaiKar]] and [[Kijuki_Magazaki]]. Soon others joined like [[Carmen]], [[Red Giant]], [[Razor]], [[FFL2and3rocks]], [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]], [[GhostClown]] and [[Midnight]]. However, it didn't work out the way Alex planned, and within no time Alex contacted GaryCXJk to aid them. Gary initially refuses, since he already is on another team, but Alex and Gary both make a deal.

Gary joins the team as a tutor, and all but GhostClown, Alex and SMB have to join the courses, much to dislike of Darkfox. However, for unexplained reasons SMB decides to join the class, even though he doesn't need the courses. Of course, SMB does every course perfect, how hard they seem to be, while the rest begins to hate Gary for the hard training. This finally pushes Darkfox to the limit, and he challenges Gary to a duel, and if Gary should lose, he should give up his function. To give Darkfox an advantage, Gary gives Darkfox the option of having partners. Darkfox chooses Kijuki and SaiKar, and the duel begins. However, both Darkfox and Kijuki are defeated easily. The only one standing is SaiKar, and both Gary and SaiKar engage in a fierce battle. In the end, SaiKar is defeated. This does leave Gary a little bewildered, and he wonders if SaiKar isn't holding back. Because of that he gives SaiKar special training.

=== The siege ===

Things are getting strange when Gary keeps leaving the team. This makes Darkfox believe that Gary is betraying the Charas team. This feeling becomes even stronger when Gary is gone for a few hours and the base is under attack. After the base loses all its power and Gary shows up, Darkfox confronts him. However, instead of arguing with Darkfox, Gary shows his ability to create music from sound-producing objects. By doing that he is able to concentrate to the song to bring back light in the base. After the whole room is lit, they see shadow-like creatures, the ones they faught in earlier missions.

But instead of helping them, Gary disappears again. One by one the team is captured, until only Trevlac, MrMister, FFL2and3rocks, Darkfox and Warxe are left over. This leaves Darkfox with no choice but to hunt down Gary. He tries to persuade the leftover members to follow him, but gives up and goes on his own. The rest appoints FFL2and3rocks as the leader.

=== Breaking out ===

Every team member appears to be held captive at different locations. Gary himself also appears to be captured and tied up, together back-to-back with BabyCatjuh. Gary tries to free them by trying to make a speaker out of a plastic cup, but when it appears BabyCatjuh has earplugs with her, he frees her using his ability again, to loosen the ropes. They escape, but don't get off unnoticed. Just when they are about to get recaptured, Gary's other team arrives to help them out, together with FFL2and3rocks' team. From here they split up, BabyCatjuh going with GaryCXJk and his own team.

FFL2and3rocks' team goes off and save Red Giant, GhostClown and SaiKar, who are trapped in a labyrinth, while Gary's team goes off to a warehouse where Carmen is held captive. Both succeed in freeing their teammates. Soon other teammates get freed, until only Alex is left captured.

Instead, Alex manages to escape himself, but can't get out of the fortress where he is held. Luckily the team arrives to save Alex, and with the aid of GPI, X-F3R and Cosmo, manage to rid the fortress of the shadow creatures. Only X-F3R then decides to rejoin the team, for old time sakes. However, Gary decides to quit the team, not only because he already has taught the rest enough, but also because he has enough earned for his own team. BabyCatjuh also decides to rejoin the team.

[[Category:Charas Reality]]

Charasverse: Warxe

Admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:05:04 GMT

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This [[CharasVerse]] entry describes '''Warxe PhoenixBlade''', known canonically as '''Warxe-E'''. For reference purposes, he will be simply referred to Warxe.

==Background==

===Creation===
Due to the nature of the CharasVerse, there exists an infinite number of Warxes, due to a version of Shoruth existing in all realities. However, Warxe is not from any of these realities - he is instead a ''terazgr'', an immortal being created from several hundred souls.
After the events of Future 1's '''Ryala's Right''', a being named Iseoan PhoenixBlade, an entity who had taken on Warxe's persona, was cast into the dimensional void between realities. Quickly realizing how to escape its prison, it found that, without a mortal body, its physical power was heavily limited - it could not even manifest itself in a body. However, it could easily move between realities in this state, so it thought up a way to get revenge on Warxe - it would absorb every single Warxe in the CharasVerse, and become the "true" Warxe. It was able to accomplish this, to a point - several Warxes from different realities teamed up, and were able to stop Iseoan PB. But on its death, it released a massive amount of energy - this energy coalesced and formed the infant Warxe-E. Deciding that this being would not belong in any of their realities, the Warxes sent him into another reality where he would be accepted - the Charas Reality.

===Early Years===
Warxe-E was found by an old man named Odin T. Almighty. Odin, having lost his wife and children long ago, raised the child as his own, even though he did not know of his origins. However, Odin was also something of a pedophile, and he raised Warxe as a girl for the first 14 years of his life; however, he was never sexually abused (or so he says).
Odin, who had become increasingly depressed, committed suicide - before this, he told Warxe of his unknown heritage, and also confirmed that he was a male. Warxe, confused by all of this, wandered from town to town for about a year afterwards, until he found the Kingdom of Charas.

===Adolescence===
In the town of Program, Warxe found the Makers, a family who accepted him as one of their own. (Unbeknownst to him, Warxe-S had visited the family beforehand, and told them of the boy's heritage and former life.) In this more loving environment, Warxe was able to come to terms with his identity - it was also during this time that his powers began to manifest. In addition, he took a part-time job as a mechanic, as his skill with creation was remarkable for such a young man. At about 17, he founded his own repair business (called Maker Repair), which got him some fame not just around Program, but from other cities in the Kingdom.

===Adulthood===
On his 18th birthday, the Makers revealed Warxe's heritage to him. Surprisingly, he was not totally shocked by it - he knew that he was different from the people of Program, or even from Odin. But he was still sad to hear it, so he thanked the Makers for raising him (even though Odin did most of the raising), and departed to the Castle Charas.
There, he was already known for his almost superhuman ability to create and repair machines. He quickly built up his political rank, and though he lacked the influence of the Moderators, he was still respected. He even had his own rival, in the form of Zero (a penniless bum who had stolen his wallet for beer money). But although he wanted to stay with Charas, he was more concerned on finding his way home - he had some control of his reality manipulation, and figured that he would need an amplifier of some sort to travel through reality. Thus, when reports of an artifact called the "[[Big Emerald]]" were published, Warxe immediately set out to capture it. But, almost unfortunately, he recruited a team of adventurers, collectively called the Table of One Wing, who was to help him - but the crew quickly turned mutinous, and began seeking the Emerald for their own purposes (though they would stay with Warxe). When the [[Rendersa]] manifested, Warxe found himself in the possession of one - the Onyx Rendersa, which could heal other beings. He still continued searching for the Emerald, as the Rendersa was not powerful enough to break through reality.
Once the Emerald Hunt was over, and the destructive Omega sealed, Warxe visited the [[Charas Pub]], where he would become a fixture. In addition, he was given the status of [[Moderator]] by [[SaiKar|The Great SaiKar]], who had recently become Administrator of Charas. Warxe was given domain over the towns of Program and Tutor, areas he was familiar with.

===To Home and Back===
Warxe resigned this position shortly after, as he had come into possession of the Big Emerald. He finally used its power to traverse through realities, eventually landing on eDriTh, a planet in the Iseo System. Concealing the Emerald, he joined up with the revolutionary group called Shadow's Light, and was instrumental in helping the group defeat the fallen god Gzir. From there, he used the Emerald to travel to Shoruth, his home world - but once there, he learned of his true nature. Warxe-S informed him of the Crossover event, and told him that he didn't have a home in this reality; his home was Charas. Depressed by this, Warxe returned to the Charas Reality, where he was given his Moderator status back. From there, he was a major player in the Dark Ages, helping to protect against Raffles, as well as the Kingdom of Troll's invasion.

===Massacre===
After the Dark Ages ended, Warxe entered a state of depression. Though he had everything he ever wanted in life, he had no true home - Charas was as close as it came, but even then, it was not the real thing. He decided that he would exile himself somewhere else, but instead of going quietly, he would take a piece of Charas with him. Using his now-formidable power, Warxe completely destroyed Forgam City. He attempted suicide, but was captured by the authorities and imprisoned. He was found guilty of mass murder, which was punishable by death - but SaiKar was more lenient, simply taking away his status and wealth, and casting him to the streets of Castle Charas. Afterwards, [[Alex|the God]] was able to restore a part of Forgam City.
Warxe, knowing that this was exactly how he wanted to go, took the Emerald and departed for other lands - however, he still occasionally visits Charas, and has even successfully recovered some of his status.

==Character Information==

===Physical===
*Height: About 5'8
*Weight: 216 lbs
*Hair: Light blue, with four major spikes on the sides
*Eyes: Right eye is blue with metallic implants above it; left eye is a giant blue 'bionic eye' that covers most of the left side of his face.
*Generally wears a light gray shirt, dark gray sweatpants, an orange-trimmed blue coat and brown boots.

===Personality===
Warxe is generally very calm and collected, but can fly into a rage at a moment's notice. He is prone to bouts of depression, and especially in the last while, he has been rather nihilistic - but he always tries to do what he believes is right.

===Talents and Abilities===
Warxe's primary ability is that of reality manipulation - using the residual Iseo in the environment, he can arrange matter and energy to his liking. This ability has grown in power over the years, and although he generally does it on a small scale, he is theoretically capable of cosmic-level acts. His natural power is augmented by several other sources, such as his Onyx Rendersa, a weapon called the Charaform, and, on occasion, the Big Emerald.
Other than his reality manipulation, he shares the talents of all other Warxes - he is skilled with mechanics, is knowledgeable about several subjects, and has an innate desire to learn.
Due to his nature as a terazgr, he has an infinite lifespan. Also, due to Charas Reality laws, he is capable of ceaselessly resurrecting himself while present in the reality, making him effectively immortal.

===Equipment===
Warxe's primary weapon is the Roto-Shield, a weapon of his own design. A circular shield with spikes around the rim, it can be used for both offense and defense. As suggested by the name, it can rotate at high speeds to inflict even more damage, and it can also project an elemental force-field to defend himself from magic.
He also carries the Charaform, a staff that is tuned into the political climate of the Charas Kingdom. When the kingdom is at peace, the staff shines brightly - but when warring or torn by scandal, its power fades. Thus, it is a weapon that is most powerful when it doesn't need to be used.

==As a Cameo==
Despite having extremely powerful reality manipulation, Warxe rarely uses it to a large extent. Instead, he mimics the powers of the other Warxes, namely Ice-elemental magic and Summoning. He is able to travel between realities at will, and is interested in the civilizations of other people; but he always tries to stay in the shadows, influencing the world very little. In some cases, he will reveal himself, and attempt to save the world from an impending threat.

[[Category:Iseo System]][[Category:Charas Reality]]

CharasVerse

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:40:46 GMT

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The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the ideas of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Marvel_Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(DC_Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas. Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse: Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category of your liking. The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

CharasVerse

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:40:16 GMT

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The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the [[CharasVerse#Mythos|mythos]] of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Marvel_Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(DC_Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas. Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse: Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category of your liking. The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

CharasVerse

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:39:44 GMT

Admin:

The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the [[CharasVerse#Mythos|mythos]] of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (Marvel Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (DC Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas. Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse: Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category of your liking. The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

Talk:CharasVerse

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:38:58 GMT

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Is there any particular reason we're using random reality numbers rather than, say, "Micras Mythos" or "Iseo Reality" or something considerably easier to navigate? - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 11:28, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Yeah, these numbers only add confusion and clutter. A Charasverse: Namespace is all we need. I've already removed the number category from my user page and am going to do the rest to my pages because I think the idea is kinda ridiculous. Charasverse is an amazing idea, and good job on that, Warxe, but don't overcomplicate it. [[User:Osmose|Osmose]] 11:32, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Fair enough. I'm keeping the categories, though.
And for the record, the number is your Charas Member ID (as is explained in this article). But if names work better, so be it. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 17:38, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Charasverse: Osmose

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:37:26 GMT

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The following [[Charasverse]] entry is about the fictional story created by the member [[Osmose]], mainly to supplement his character, known by either the same name or as "Moose".

==The Continuum==
The story begins with the creation of the Continuum, an organization stemming from the discovery of the ability to travel between possible universes. The organization was created in order to control and manage travel between alternate realities so that any problems that could possibly stem from this would be able to be handled efficiently.

The specific method of traveling between one reality and another is never explained. However, a few things are known about it:
* Travel is done in large ships that range between 100 meters and 400 meters long.
* Ships capable of traveling between realities are referred to as "Dimensional Ships" for convenience.
* Although it is not required for travel between realities, nearly every dimensional ship is equipped to operate in the air, in a vacuum, under water, or any other circumstance that the ship may find itself in (exceptions include molten rock, due to limitations on the ship structure and hull thickness).
* Not all realities can be traveled to - although they can be detected, the Continuum is of the habit of sending an unmanned probe to test whether travel will succeed or fail. This is only done if initial scans indicate that a reality is viable for travel. This is another reason why travel is so closely regulated, so that people do not attempt travel and end up dead.
* Any source of power may be used for travel, as long as it meets the massive energy requirements for travel. Some power sources work better than others and require less power, however.
* Each reality has various points of entry that an arriving ship may appear at, although there is a limited number of them. Once a ship has arrived at a certain entry point, it may plot the point and send the data to the Continuum, who can then distribute the data and allow other ships to choose their point of entry based on specific ship settings given to them by the Continuum.

The Continuum regulates travel and issues ships that are capable of travel on a limited basis to pilots employed by the organization. Generally, any sort of government or collection of governments is kept autonomous, and merely negotiations terms with the Continuum, such as limits on travel or no-travel zones. It is a commonly accepted theory that there is no reality currently more technologically advanced than the Continuum (Based in the first reality that achieved inter-reality travel), due to the fact that there is only one Continuum. However, this conflicts with the equally-common theory of infinite universes. Scientists working at the Continuum have long given up on attempting to figure out the true nature of alternate realities.

Of the realities the Continuum has discovered and made contact with, only 78 of them have agreed to allow unrestricted travel; 31 more have restricted travel limits, and 45 of them have requested no-travel status and been granted it. Several of the various realities have been the basis for stories in other realities; Halo, a story concerning a reality dominated by war, is one of the most popular.

==Project Sparkslide==
During a routine analysis of a reality that was a possible travel candidate, probes sent to scan the area around the initial entry point detected a huge amount of energy emitting from a planet near the entry point. Further scans indicated that the energy appeared to be emanating from a single being. Visual scans described the being as humanoid, with a blurred figure - the skin on the being appeared to be constantly masked in shadow despite ambient light. What appeared to be the eyes of the being appears as luminescent, oversized circles on the being's face - no other facial features were observable, although a rough nose shape could be gleaned from the profile.

The planet on which the being occupied was inhabited with a human-like species (Besides various slight internal differences, a large amount of alternate realities contained races very similar to humans, so much that they were dubbed "human-like" instead of simply humanoid). First contact was made successfully, and the being was soon brought to the Continuum for an interview.

The being called himself a "Black Mage," referencing his ability to manifest the energy he contained within his body as various forms of matter and energy, most easily being able to emit fire, lightning, and ice, although other, more complex effects were possible with concentration and training. It was discovered that he (He possessed a masculine frame and human male genetalia) was not a fully biological being; he was created by a scientist in his home reality during an experiment with gene splicing and DNA construction. A notable feature of the being was that he had been "alive" for 60 years (his creator was an extremely old man at this point) and showed no signs of aging - he had also achieved what could be roughly equated to maturity 10 years after his creation. The source of his internal energy could not be easily determined, but one thing was apparent to the Continuum - he had a massive amount of energy that was renewable and clean.

The technique of creation was described by the scientist, and soon enough the Continuum began attempting to recreate a similar creature. Most attempts failed outright; a few creations survived initially but died later due to imperfections in the creation. These experiments continued in secret; the moral implications involved were a threat to the possible rewards of what was now called Project Sparkslide, in a homage to a popular video game that contained a move called "Shinespark," which allowed the hero to fly through the air at high speed and power.

Over the course of 40 years, the Project slowly progressed to the point that 3 Black Mages had survived into adulthood (Age 10). At this point, it was decided that the first serious attempt at creating a "perfect" Black Mage should be attempted. The three current Mages were imprisoned and reportedly killed as a part of Continuum protocol.

It was agreed upon by the project heads that an external environment would be most amicable to the Black Mage's development, and a reality was selected. The location selected within the reality was Ice-type planet (It had been discovered that in some realities there were planets that contained a singular climate throughout the entire environment; an Ice-type planet had what was analogous to Winter all year long). The Black Mage was created and sent immediately to the planet along with a trainer who would act as the father of the mage. The mage himself was named "Osmose" by the project heads; the name symbolized the hopeful goal of the project: a being who would be able to travel between realities (As, say, water moves through various membranes via osmosis) and eventually be able to fuel Dimensional Ships.

'''To Be Continued'''

[[Category:Continuum Reality]]

Gary Kertopermono

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:36:38 GMT

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'''Gary Keropermono''' (known also by his nickname of '''GaryCXJk''') is a longtime member of Charas. Formerly a [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Moderator]], he's now mostly a developer - he's a developer of [[Charas.EX]], and was also the driving force behind [[Charas Breakout]]. He is also known for frequently claiming he leaves Charas for good. In the end he always comes back.

==Forum history==
Gary joined on February 2003, with the only reason to contribute to the community. Because of his spriting skills and knowledge Gary was soon promoted as moderator of the forums. Around that time he also helped in setting up the banner for the first Charas Resource Contest, as well as contributing with a resource creation tutorial.

However, by the end of 2003 he was temporarily demoted after the RRWP vs Gary conflict, and up to this point he hadn't been a moderator ever on Charas. However, because of another experience as a moderator, he decided never to be moderator of another forum again, as well as never to join a team, with exception of his own.

==Personality==
Although his atitude has changed over time, he is often known as a harsh person. He doesn't make any exceptions to anyone.

==Explaination of the name==
Originally, the CXJ stood for Citizen X Justice. Later, the J had no particular meaning; it could stand for any word. The lower case k stands for his last name.

===Use of capitalisation===
Gary usually gets ticked off when the capitalisation is wrongly used, emphesizing that it is always capital CXJ, lower case k. This is because the lower case k doesn't take part of the CXJ part, but belongs to his actual name. It also shows that the CXJ can always be left out, but the lower case k never actually can't, because it's part of his actual name. It's also the reason why the CXJ can't be lower case, since it emphesises that the CXJ isn't always part of him.

==Bas the Teddybear==
Bas the Teddybear is his real-life teddybear. He also has shown up on several locations on projects he has been working on, and there is even a 403- and 404-page on the Charas-site with the teddybear. You can create the teddybear with the available charset resources in the medium sized set.

===Locations he has shown up in===
* Both the pages for the 403 and 404 messages
* [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]]
* As seperate resources in the generator under the medium sized sets

==Projects he has been involved in==
* Dutch translation of the [[Charas-Project]]
* [[Charas Resource Contest]], as a participant in the first one and a judge in the second one, as well as the one who made the banner for the first three contests
* [[Charas Breakout]]
* [[Charas.EX]]

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Category:Charas Movie Reality

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:36:08 GMT

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The reality containing the fictional Charas World.

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

Category:Iseo System

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:35:23 GMT

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The Iseo System reality, created by [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]].

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

Category:Iseo System

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:35:07 GMT

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The Iseo System reality, created by [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]].

Category:Micras Reality

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:34:18 GMT

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Micras, the world created by [[SaiKar]].

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

Category:Micras Reality

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:33:58 GMT

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Micras, the world created by [[SaiKar]].

Charas Movie Chronology

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:33:11 GMT

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Charasverse: SaiKar

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:32:39 GMT

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The following [[Charasverse]] entry is about the fictional story created by the member [[SaiKar]] to explain the origins and background history of the girl and her home planet of Micras that is the setting of the Control of Destiny games.

==Background==

===Fate and Micras===
Acording to the Control of Destiny mythos, the Gods created an entity known as '''Fate''' to restart the universe in the event of an irrevokable corruption. However, Fate began its mission early for reasons unknown. Slowly and methdically, Fate consumed planet after planet by breaking down all matter into its most basic components. Entire star systems were annihilated by Fate as were uncountable living things.

An accident on the planet Micras sent several mortals through time and space to a place where they witnessed Fate's destruction of all life. These mortals gained immortality and great power and vowed to destroy Fate, and took the name '''Time Distortionists'''. After a time of trying to fight with pure violence they found that only the most pure time energies could directly harm the great beast. Meanwhile, Fate tracked the mortals to their origins and discovered the planet Micras as their homeworld.

The Time Distortionists spent great effort wrapping Micras in time energy - energy that Fate could not pass without great harm to itself. They also searched for special people that could directly control the time energy needed to kill Fate. Fate meanwhile tried to work out how to destroy Micras from beyond the time energy shield and also how to kill the mortal resistance during their missions. And so a great stalmate began, and the otherwise unimportant planet of Micras became the center stage for the fate of the universe.

===Fall of the Micron Empire===
One of the people that could control time energy turned out to be a young micron woman named '''Sai'Kar'''. Sweet and naive, Sai'Kar's life out in the provinces of the prosperous Micron Empire got turned upside down when Fate drastically altered history by using his powers to convince an alien species to invade Micras. Realizing the threat to their young hero Sai'Kar, the Time Distortionists personally came down to Micras to train and protect the young girl.

Despite the wishes of the Time Distortionists, Sai'Kar personally got involved in the resistance against the aliens. She studied ancient theology of the Gods and became a new-age prophet, inspiring her people into renewed faith for the Gods and for their own survival. She quickly became a micron celebrity, a hero in the race's darkest hour. She also became quite competant in combat, channeling her holy abilities to heal allies and greatly harm the outsider aliens. When it came time to sabotage the main enemy battlecruiser, Sai'Kar joined the attack team and helped guide it to success.

Yet, even though they won the battle, they lost the war. The aliens were repelled but the Micron Empire was in shambles. A particularly deadly plague decimated the survivors. With the Empire's medical research mostly destroyed a cure was not developed in time to save most of the inhabitants. Rather then let her people go exinct, Sai lead them into stasis sleep. And there they stayed for thousands of years while humans slowly rebuilt the world.

===Jasonia and Control of Destiny===
Sai"Kar and the survivors of the micron race awoke as part of country of Jasonia - a powerful coutry created entirely out of flying islands. They couldn't have found better humans to ally with. Together the Jasonians and the microns helped change the world for the better, founding the legendary '''Control of Destiny''' team. The Time Distortionists observed this and decided to incorporate the Control of Destiny team into their plans as an elite combat unit.

Eventually Fate worked a way through the time energies surrounding Micras and sent down an avatar of himself. Powerful and charismatic, Fate's avatar made war against Jasonia, eventually defeating the nation despite the best efforts of the Control of Destiny team. Realizing their back was to the wall, the Time Distortionists lead the Control of Destiny team, including Sai'Kar, to Fate's main fortress and launched their final assault. The effort was a success - wielding pure time energy, Sai'Kar and the other empowered mortals slew the great monster, ending its wave of destruction forever.

Sai'Kar returned to life on Micras and became political. She helped end several wars and established organizations to help benefit future generations. At the end of her life, when she died, she was visisted by the god Mithaniel. For her extrodinary efforts in making the universe a better place she became Radiance, the demigoddess of empathy and compasion.

==Character Information==

===Physical===

* Roughly 5 ft, 9 in tall
* Exact weight unknown, but very light - micron bodies are less dense than human ones
* Deep purple hair, a common micron hair color
* Large blue eyes, widely spaced - again, common for microns
* Right-handed
* Frail build - not exactly thin, but definately unmuscular. She looks like she'd blow away in a strong breeze.

===Personality===

Despite the horrors she's been through, Sai retained a bit of her naivity. She believes in the best of people and does her part to help out. She is very understanding and is an excellent friend. Even so, her personality can clash with others, in particular people with strong egos. Sai utterly despites "ego whoring" of any sort.

Sai'Kar is firmly lawful good: she utterly refuses to aid any task that is done for selfish or petty reasons. But once she begins a task she sees it through to the bitter end, even at personal risk or loss.

She can be somewhat melancoloy at times, even somewhat bordering on emo. Remember that this poor girl had to watch everything she's ever known, the Micron Empire and Jasonia, be destroyed by evil. She's a little jaded.

===Magical Abilities===

All microns naturally produce Hypon: an organic type of energy created by micron body functions. Sai'Kar is exceptionally adept at harnessing it and combines it with more traditional magic to heal allies or harm enemies.

Some of her signature moves:
* Shikam - the micron word for silence, this spell disrupts magical energies around an area, making spellcasting impossible.
* Teleport - Sai'Kar can teleport short distances (less than 100 feet). She does not need to see her desination if she knows what it looks like.
* Concussion - a powerful Hypon shockwave that catches basically everyone off-balance. A very useful move for escaping or quicky healing onesself.
* Power Blast - a Hypon-charged blast of holy energy that breaks through most defenses, even things specifically warded against magic or holy powers. One of Sai'Kar's most useful attacks.
* Judgment - the strongest holy magic ever recorded, this spell summons a fragment of Sai'Kar's god's strength to annihilate all that oppose her. This often has wide-reaching destructive effects and is mostly a last resort.
* Time Freeze - concentrating furiously on her own time powers, Sai'Kar can halt local time long enough to do a few quick tasks. Again, a panic move, and one she steadfast won't admit to having.

===Equipment===

* Sealormaokar - a special rod created to amplify Sai'Kar's Hypon channeling abilies
* The Sun Sword - a powerful ancient micron weapon, the Sun Sword is actually a living weapon. The sword essentially lets her "God mod" and do pretty impossible things. When she wields the blade is is nigh unstoppable.
* Golden Tiara - a symbol of micron royalty, the tiara is also warded against anything that might try to read or influence Sai's mind.

==Sai as a Cameo==

The exact details of what Sai'Kar does after the Control of Destiny games but before her death are intentionally vague. For people wanting to incorporate Sai into their own stories, many things are possible. Her government has access to emergency dimensional travel machines so she may be sent as some sort of operative to assess a risk in another dimension.

For people worried about her power being unbalancing, most of it comes from her equipment. Leaving the Sealormaokar and Sun Sword at home forces her to rely on her quick wits and reasonably strong holy powers. In settings without magic something local could strip away these abilities as well, making her very normal (as far as a purple-haired woman can be normal) and very vulnerable.

Sai makes a good operative for the good guys, a religious leader or priestess, or perhaps just a knowledgable, sweet, kind local girl.

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SaiKar

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'''SaiKar''' (AKA '''Harvey/Jason Steffke''') is the oldest (as of registration date) active member of [[Charas-Project|Charas]]. He became a Request mod, then All of All mod, and finally Administrator of the forums. HE acted in [[Alex]]'s stead, though he didn't actually own anything on the site. He resigned.

==Charas History==

===Early Days===
Harvey joined Charas under the login SaiKar upon suggestion of his friend to share his battlecharacter sets that he had created for his own game. Receptions to the sprites was very positive and Sai started to get requests, which he answered for a time before burning out. Sai joined the [[VG Reapers]], the largest spriting group on Charas at the time. The image of someone trying to help the community was enhanced with Sai tried to solve the [[RRWP]] vs [[Gary Kertopermono|Gary]] arguments that were raging at the time. When Alex decided to appoint new moderators, Sai was appointed [[Moderator]] of [[All of All]] and [[Requests]] forum on Feb 29, 2004. Some of his policies set in the Requests forum are still in use today.

===Growing Power===
Sai resigned from All of All moderator on July 23rd, 2004. The actual reason wasn’t public knowledge until now, but it was in reality him being tired of cleaning up after Darkfox; the latter was starting a great number of personal feuds at the time that were spilling into the forum.

When the first global moderators were chosen, Sai was on the list but declined Alex due to growing real life concerns. Yet he saw the general state of Charas deteriorating under Darkfox and Kijuki’s global modship; the former has already been discussed and the latter was much more well-minded but rarely around when he was needed. [[Reain]] and [[Trevlac]], new All of All mods, were also doing little. In his panic, Sai sent a private message to Alex asking for a global moderator position himself. Instead, Alex made him an [[Administrator]]; someone with access to the control panel to appoint moderators, create new forums, and ban members!

===Quarrels with the Staff===
Darkfox immediately objected to SaiKar’s insane jump of power, making many accusations of impending power abuse. Several other moderators murmured in discontent, but with Alex supporting Sai nothing really could be done.

Sai took over his duties rather quickly. When Reain resigned as All of All moderator, Sai organized a public election to replace him. He also fired Trevlac for continued lack of presence and expanded the election to two winners. [[Red Giant]] and [[Carmen]] became part of the staff as All of All mods.

For many months afterward Sai was playing Final Fantasy XI, an online game that takes up the full screen. As such Sai wasn’t on the site very much and missed several rather important events, such as the coming of [[Lord Raffles]]. The staff ([[GhostClown]] and Carmen in particular) grew discontented with his lack of being around and began to criticize his policies, claiming he was “out of touch.” Which, to be fair, had some truth to it. The staff often complained at his actions, saying that Alex wanted him to run everything by the private forum first, and yet other staff members went ahead with their policies and complained of “ganging up” when they were called on it later. Some called for a new administrator but there weren’t any willing candidates that could be trusted. The staff became polarized and no meaningful decisions were made as a group, and the progress of the site stagnated.

===The New Charas===
However Carmen and GhostClown’s policies were not terribly well liked and they made a number of enemies, in particular [[Osmose]] and [[Midnight]]. They had a heavy-handed moderation style to them, and eventually people got rather annoyed at things being locked or deleted for no real particular good reason. [[Robotam]] approached Sai’Kar and asked for his permission to start an investigation. Sai granted it, seeing a public hearing as a good way to get rid of his rebellious staff.

Public opinion strongly sided against the two and Sai made his decision to remove some of Carmen’s powers in the infamous [[History_of_Charas#The_Charas_Judgment|Charas Judgment]] on March 17th. Co-conspirators Osmose and Midnight were appointed moderators on March 22nd. Many new policies on why threads would be locked and the future were introduced. GhostClown and Carmen retired shortly afterward.

This point essentially marks the time when Sai took a much more active role in the development on Charas, now that he had a staff that wouldn’t fight him on every point.

===The Troll Invasion===
TrollKingdom began sending trolls to stir up trouble on April 9th, mere days after the little revolution. Essentially, the entire reason there was a [[Troll Invasion]] was because Sai got sick of having to cross-check IPs and writing styles and always be on active alert to ban troublemakers. In order to counter the trolls tactics, a new forum [[Sanctuary Fortress]] was established to discuss the situation and try to keep the general population from making the situation worse. Behind the scenes, almost four solid days of MSN chats between staff members tracked down the source, located another forum that had been attacked, and tracked down of Alex to implement an IP ban feature.

On April 13th the trolls were still coming despite everything done, and, weary of constantly being ready to ban someone, Sai authorized a Charas flood on TrollKingdom, the only such action in Charas’s history, of which many are thankful for.

Bizarrely, the attack stopped the invasion, but Charas itself was fragmented by the actions. The situation was made worse when Sai took a few days off. People accused him of acting irresponsibly, of abandoning the forum. Sai decided to resign as administrator, but was talked out of it at basically the last moment by Midnight. Eventually everyone calmed down anyway.

===Aftermath to Present===
Other stuff happened, but nothing of it really defining of Sai, and so I’ll leave what happens next for a history article. Sai is still the administrator and still deals with stuff on occasion, and there haven’t been any sightings of lynch mobs in record time!

===Resignation===
On March 5, 2007, SaiKar posted his [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=19754&forumid=12&catid=6 resignation thread], offering no reason for this turn of events. He has recommended [[Razor]] and [[Osmose]] for promotion; this is ongoing.

==Personality Stuff==

===Administrative Style===
Sai was a proponent of the “new Charas” style of administration; rules designed so that the members don’t need the moderators and function on their own. This rarely works in practice as there is often someone out to stir up trouble or oblivious to the fact that they’re being annoyed. But it’s a goal!

SaiKar is something of a narcissist and enjoys typing up large triumphant speeches whenever possible to introduce a new forum feature or some judgment on a current issue. If anyone actually reads these speeches is unknown.

Sai administered the site mostly from afar, letting individual moderators handle as many problems as they can and work them out without management hanging over their heads. However when the situation gets out of control Sai had no problem diving into the action, often in the form of another big speech. Generally people listen when Sai gets involved; those that don’t tend to get threatened, or worse.

===Art and Programming===
Sai is a spriter and dabbles in making all sorts of resources for RPGMaker, though his best and most commonly known one is battlecharacter sets. He has made at least 15 sets based off of either Mack and Blue characters or generated characters from scratch and about the same number of RTP characters with added attack animations and status effect poses. He submitted a few resources to the battlecharacter generator.

Sai is also an artist, but a bad one. He never practices to get any better and occasionally complains about this. Perhaps ironically, at least a dozen people are better at drawing Sai'Kar than he is.

He has been working sporadically on several RPGs over the years. Control of Destiny 2 is a traditional questing RPG and is what the vast majority of his spriting work was created for. Outpost was an experiment in sim to manage a city that was partially successful. Control of Destiny Tactics is a more recent project to create a Final Fantasy Tactics-type engine that is still in the development phase (and by the looks of it will be there for a very long time to come).

===Friends===
Midnight and Osmose are Sai’s two closest friends on the site and are largely responsible for him not going nuts at some point and retiring for good. Over the years they have acted as advisors to Sai in making administrative decisions and the three clocked about 34 trillion hours in MSN chats since becoming friends. Realizing that they were essentially the “power behind the throne”, he finally gave in to their constant nagging to make them real moderators during the Charas Judgment. They were both given weak positions so that nobody would complain about appointing friends as mods too much, and then both upgraded of All of All mods, the positions they currently hold.

SaiKar is generally good friends with most of the rest of the moderation staff, particularly [[Warxe PhoenixBlade]], [[Razor]], and [[FFL2and3rocks]]. There isn’t really anyone on the site that Sai strongly dislikes anymore.

To the best of his knowledge, Sai is the only part of the moderation staff that Alex trusts explicitly.

===The Sai’Kar Character===
SaiKar’s login is based on Sai’Kar, a female character in the RPG Control of Destiny 2 that he has been working on for the past forever. Sai is probably one of the most recognizable faces on Charas, and several forum members have included Sai in their own arts of work.

===Gender Confusion===
Because of his female avatar, many '''many''' people thought he was a girl, and it's a common mistake even recently. It is rumored (and almost certainly true) that the "gender" field of the Charas profile was added because so many people thought Sai was a girl in real life.

===Historical Trivia===
* First post: http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=1657&forumid=2&catid=2
* In the original battlecharacter request topic, Sai only fulfilled three of four actual requests before quitting. But the reputation as a spriter stuck for years and was only really replaced by a reputation as part of the staff.
* Sai actually “hacked” into threads in the private forum and also read private messages by using URL abuse. Sai told Alex both of these things after a time, who patched up the bugs.

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Warxe PhoenixBlade

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'''Warxe_PhoenixBlade''', most commonly known as '''Warxe''' or '''Warxe PB''', is a member of [[Charas Forums]]. Despite being "newer" compared to the older members, he is still a well-known forum personality. Formerly a moderator, he was exiled from the position following a [[2007 Forum Gaming attack|gross misuse of his powers]].

==History==
Warxe originally joined under the name odinthealmighty on December 13, 2003. As well as a doing a bunch of stuff like any normal member, he made the extremely popular "^ < v" game, which for a very long time was extremely popular. It is now dead, with a grand total of 136 pages. It should be noted that as of this writing, the next person to post in it is "a human oozinator", courtesy of [[Blaze Shinigami]].

Odinthealmighty made his last post on February the 5th, 2004. By this time he had claimed he was going insane and had decided to leave, to the dismay of [[Razor|friends]] and [[User:Darkfox|Darkfox]] who was given some cryptic last words via AIM. His last visit took place later that month, on the 25th.

==Rebirth. Get it? Cause his name is ''Phoenix''Blade, and phoenixs are reknown for dying and then coming back? Ahh, screw you.==
The following month of March, Warxe signed up as Warxe_Phoenixblade and [[double account|began posting as if he were new]]. Later on at some point he began slowly telling people that he was infact odinthealmighty.

==Around the Community==
Despite his rocky start, Warxe has gone on to make a name for himself. He is known across the forums for his various contributions to Charas.

===Forum Gaming===
Warxe has probably made lots of Forum Gaming games. Warxe is one of the better posters in the Charas Pub, bringing many of his characters ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_(Mega_Man) and some that aren't]) and injecting his own brand of humor.

===RPG Maker===
Warxe has been around the various incarnations of [[RPG Maker (series)|RPG Maker]] for nearly 3 years. Though he often claims to have coded spectacular systems, actual work by him is rare - however, he does seem to know a lot about the programs themselves, and often helps people out with their problems. He has also posted several tutorials in both forums.

===Animations===
Warxe was also somewhat famous for making a series of simple animations titled Warxe VS Zero. Most of these animations were lost, however, and attempts to revive it have been unsuccessful.

===Art===
Warxe is also a [[spriter]], evident by his large amount of submitted Battle Weapons - 189 in all. He also does custom charsets, and is one of the few who can create RTP-style Battle Characters. Currently, he is working on some new stuff, which he may submit later.

===Reputation===
Warxe is known for his unique brand of humour. However, he is serious at certain times, and tends to give long-winded speeches about already stated or pointless topics. He also tends to be somewhat lazy.
His reputation has severely plummeted after the aforementioned event, although he still remains at the forums.

==See Also==
[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas-Project SysOps]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:Iseo System]]

Talk:CharasVerse

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Category:CharasVerse

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Contains links to the various realities under the CharasVerse moniker.

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Contains links to the various realities under the CharasVerse moniker.

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Category:CharasVerse

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Contains links to the various realities under the CharasVerse moniker.

Warxe PhoenixBlade

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Gary Kertopermono

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Charas Movie Chronology

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CharasVerse

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The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the [[CharasVerse#Mythos|mythos]] of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (Marvel Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (DC Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas corresponding to their member ID; for example, Reality 261 is shaped by [[SaiKar]]. Reality 0 is considered to be the "real world" (that is, Earth). Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse: Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category called "Reality XXXXX", where XXXXX is your member ID (to check this, go to the [http://charas-project.net/forum/whoisonline.php Whois Online] page, click your own name, and look at the link in the top bar; the number at the end of the link is your ID). The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

[[Category:CharasVerse]]

Osmose

Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:26:58 GMT

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{{CharasUserInfo|name=Osmose(Moose)|pic=osmose_avatar.gif|join=July 2004|stat=Active|pos=Generators Manager<br />[[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Moderator]]|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=9329|bday=March 7th, 1989|gender=Male}}
Osmose is a prominent member and moderator of [[Charas Project]]. He is usually referred to by his nickname, "Moose".

==2004==
===Early Days===
Osmose first came to Charas after being disillusioned from programming due to a series of incidents at another game making site. He saw that Charas focused on spriting, and decided that he would practice his spriting skills for a while on the site. Most of his work during this period was not that great, although he did create much of the content for the FF5 style of [[BattleCharaset|battlecharas]].

===A Chance Meeting===
Then-Requests-Moderator, [[Sai'Kar]], created a thread offering to do a single battlechara, as he had stopped making them for awhile, and was quite famous in the community for his skill. By a stroke of luck, Osmose was the first to reply to the offer, and began a chain of private messages specifying what he wanted in the battlechara. To make things easier, they switched over to instant messager communication. This switch eventually led to a friendship which would later help Osmose attempt to sway forum policy and eventually aid in his attaining a moderator position.

===Feud with Carmen===
Around December 2004, Osmose began to make posts complaining about the then-moderator of All of All, [[carmen|Carmen]]. He accused her of locking threads unfairly, deleting posts, and brushing off any criticism without taking it into consideration. Although his efforts were not successful in rallying support against her, he would continue to hold the grudge and try to accuse her of being a bad moderator up until her demotion and afterwards.

===Wahba===
Sometime during 2004, Osmose teamed up with [[Chaotic Paradox]] to create an account called Wahba. Using this account, he exploited a forum bug where the user could post, hit the back button, and post again to spam a forum full of useless topics. After posting a few hundred threads, he handed over the account to Chaotic, who continued to spam.

After a while the two stopped and attempted to act innocent. Unknownst to them, however, [[Alex]] had the site record the IP of whoever registers an account, and traced it back to Osmose. He PMed Osmose and generally told him off. He was generous, however, and told Osmose he would not punish him, after Osmose explained that his reason for the attack was to point out a glaring flaw in the forum's security. Whether this was the real reason or a convenient excuse is not known.

Chaotic Paradox, presumably not found out, dissappeared from the forums soon after and never returned.

==2005==
2005 was an eventful year, that saw not many changes in Osmose himself, but rather the things he did. He was a major participant in the [[Rendersa]] RP in [[Forum Gaming]], he created [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=8275&forumid=30&catid=6 a webcomic] based on forum events and the ridiculousness of some members, he created [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=8697&forumid=33&catid=9 an issue of the dormant Charas Magazine Project] in an attempt to revive it, and was one of the most outspoken members against Lord Raffles (although since the first incident he has taken on a policy of ignorance, refusing to post to or about him or anyone associated with him).

Throughout 2005 Osmose maintained his friendship with Sai'Kar, and several times suggested actions that he wished Sai'Kar to take now that he had been promoted to active administrator for the forums. Although few of these were ever fully executed, he had still become a sort of advisor to Sai'Kar, in much the same way [[Midnight]] was, as they were all close friends.

==2006==
2006 was filled mostly with promotions for Osmose. At the beginning of the year he was promoted to the position of Programming moderator, on the condition that he would be considered for the All of All mod position after a month if he could manage the forum well enough. However, Programming rarely sees and posts, and any attempts to revive it failed. To make matters worse, Sai'Kar, now the active administrator, stated that he did not feel like appointing anyone as All of All moderator after the month had passed. In response to this, and in protest of actions by the staff concerning a troll invasion, Osmose resigned his position.

This did not stop his attempts, however. As time passed, his constant nagging, along with similar efforts by Midnight, led to the both of them being promoted to the All of All position. Osmose attempted to hold a more common-sense policy, refusing to lock threads that did not '''need''' to be locked, and allowing a change of topic, only stepping in to halt outright spam.

When [[Alex]] resigned as site head to focus on his personal pursuits, he appointed Osmose as the new generators manager, giving him the power to approve and deny resources for the generators, as well as create new generators, although access to site code was still restricted to Alex only. The option of choosing an aide for the generators was left open to Osmose, but so far he has not appointed anyone.

==2007==

After the [[2007 Forum Gaming attack|Forum Gaming incident]], Osmose was given [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Moderator]] status.

==See Also==
* [[SaiKar]]
* [[Generators]]
* [[Complete Resources]]

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Charasverse: Osmose

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CharasVerse

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The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the [[CharasVerse#Mythos|mythos]] of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (Marvel Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (DC Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas corresponding to their member ID; for example, Reality 261 is shaped by [[SaiKar]]. Reality 0 is considered to be the "real world" (that is, Earth). Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse: Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category called "Reality XXXXX", where XXXXX is your member ID (to check this, go to the [http://charas-project.net/forum/whoisonline.php Whois Online] page, click your own name, and look at the link in the top bar; the number at the end of the link is your ID). The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

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CharasVerse

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The '''CharasVerse''' is a fictional cosmic construct, known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse multiverse], which contains an infinite set of realities based on the [[CharasVerse#Mythos|mythos]] of [[:Category:Charas Forums members|Charas members]]. It can be compared to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (Marvel Comics) Marvel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse (DC Comics) DC] multiverses.

==Nature==
The CharasVerse is divided into an infinite number of branching universes. Each of these universes, called "realities", are shaped by a particular member of Charas corresponding to their member ID; for example, Reality 261 is shaped by [[SaiKar]]. Reality 0 is considered to be the "real world" (that is, Earth). Travel between the realities is not impossible; for example, [http://editthis.info/iseo_system/Iseo Iseo] is known to break down the barriers between realities, and the [[Charasverse:Osmose|Continuum]] has created and refined technology allowing inter-reality travel (though these are not the only means of travel between realities). For the most part, though, these realities are isolated.

==Getting Involved==
In order to become part of the CharasVerse, you only need to post a few snippets about your reality. Put it in a category called "Reality XXXXX", where XXXXX is your member ID (to check this, go to the [http://charas-project.net/forum/whoisonline.php Whois Online] page, click your own name, and look at the link in the top bar; the number at the end of the link is your ID). The Wiki Sysops will be able to change or delete articles or categories if they don't follow the general rules.

==Sharing Ideas==
The concept behind the CharasVerse is summed up like so: If one person can create a world, a group can create a universe. Thus, sharing is a major player in its creation. Feel free to take another person's ideas, but don't just rip them off - be creative about it. Other people can draw off of your ideas, too. That's one of the conditions for posting your work here - so if there's an idea that you ''really'' don't want other people to use, don't post it here (but please do - that's how we expand the project).

[Category:CharasVerse]

Lord Raffles

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:44:47 GMT

Admin:

History is written by the victors, or at least the people with the most time. And the person with the most time right now is SaiKar. So while a goodly number of nice people joined and great number of awesome things happened between December 1st 2004 and August 1st 2005, Sai didn’t enjoy this period entirely too much, which is why it is being labeled as the dark ages.

[[Image:LordRafflesAvatar.png|100px|thumb|Jerk|right]]
The dates for this age and the main reason for its name unquestionably involve Lord Raffles. December 1st is when he registered. August 1st is when he was banned by Alex. For a whole eight months he was on the forums.

Lord Raffles, we now know, was a malicious [[trolls|troll]] having a good time laughing with other trolls on a faraway forum about how much trouble he was causing Charas. He, like most trolls, is also an ego whore and will delight from having a large section of history about him. But unfortunately it can’t be helped; to skip over this is to ignore extremely vital parts of Charas’s development.

That said, every single post by Lord Raffles has been deleted. Every one, down to the last. Probably by Raffles himself. So it falls to looking at the wake of destruction to piece things together.

Nobody knew that Raffles was intentionally trying to destroy Charas back then. Oh sure, a lot of people had their guesses, mainly Osmose, but we had no proof of anything. All people knew is that Raffles was posing a lot of interesting and disturbing questions and that a goodly number of members were getting rilled up about it. Raffles’s main arguments were why moderators were punishing threads that were out of line instead of the specific people that were causing trouble. To be fair, that held a ring of truth. Some of the rest of his stuff was more nonsensical, such as the moderators getting great delight out of lording over common members and the plight of the average guy just trying to post online. Almost everything he said was a carefully calculated attempt to divide and fragment the forum.

It was disturbingly effective. Though almost everyone universally disliked him, the bigger question of what to do with him was a major raging issue. Should we ban him? On what grounds; he hasn’t broken any specific rules. Should the mods try to talk with him? They did, nothing meaningful was accomplished? What does Raffles want? Why is he asking so many questions? Doesn’t he have a point with some them? These issues and others built a great deal of tension.

The lesser problem, but still a crippling one, was the staff’s continued inability to get along. Well, that’s not entirely true. Everyone was getting along except for SaiKar, whom became the next scapegoat. Sai was assuming more of Alex’s roles in managing the forum but there was growing resentment and discontent in his ability to manage as an admin. Sai began to resent the hardliner approach of locking a lot of threads and tried to come down on Carmen and the other mods, but they all universally opposed lightening up on moderation, even SMB and Kijuki that had previously supported Sai. Everyone feared a return to the previous summer so much that they were willing to go to any lengths to keep the forum under control. Bizarrely, as some sort of disturbance in the force, the only one remotely on Sai’s side was Red Giant, who questioned fellow All of All mod Carmen’s policies of deletion often until giving up and going inactive.

A deep rift between the mods and members opened. The mods became the enemies, sort of cops to avoid, instead of people to trust. A few protests among the public about the hardliner approach sprung up, but, as said previously, this wouldn’t become a major issue until 2006. The hardliners won out and continued to lock and delete stuff, and Sai essentially left the forum to play FFXI mostly, popping in every so often for the next year to try to sort out policy and meeting the same hostile reactions. A lot of people sent messages to Sai to try to set things right and send the heavy-handed moderation, and try he did several times over the period, but to no avail. Essentially Sai was stuck between a frustrated population and a staff that resented an outsider meddling with their policies. It sucked pretty hard.

If you’re clever at reading, you see the strange irony here. Though Sai was an admin attempting to save the forum and Lord Raffles was an evil troll trying to destroy it, they were essentially on the same “side” against the hardliner mods. Yeah, that’s why I didn’t ban him quickly. Sorry about that, I was getting desperate. Though in retrospect it did help get a lot of people to see how whack the staff was getting.

With Sai fallen entirely off the planet, the staff had to combat Raffles by themselves. The fact that a few key members such as Carmen and SMB didn’t see him as a threat in the slightest didn’t help them reach a decision. Kijuki lead the camp favoring letting Raffles get things out of his system and locking threads if they became too close to being flames. Alex showed up to add the Almost Banned feature in early March, which didn’t really help either. Long story short, the staff spent their fighting energies fighting themselves instead of Raffles and ever-increasing spam. Except when Sai showed up, of course; they’d unite against him. And the months ticked by.

More to the point, the staff saw Sai’s absence as a good time to get him kicked out of his admin position. They nominated Kijuki as a replacement but for reasons not entirely clear he never actually got the job. Again and again the issue came up until, on May 6th, Sai gave in the Private forum one of the most self-satisfying things he ever said (the “you” refers to Darkfox):

{{Quote|name=[[SaiKar]]|text=I'd resign in disgust and let you try to moderate (HAHAHA!) the forums, but I'm not going to for three reasons. One, I don't want to give you the satisfaction of finally getting rid of me. Two, I actually don't think anyone, with the exception of Kijuki, could do the job and I'm not willing to let you get the job and grind the forum into the ground. I like Charas more then that. And three, because I have hopes that eventually I can get rid of the people that are dragging this place down and focus more on the real problems of this community outside this little private forum.}}

The fourth reason being that he knew how much of the general population supported him against the mods if he could only figure out a way to remove some of them without so many accusations of power abuse that Alex would demote him. And so Sai kept his job against a tide of opposition but was forced to wait a bit longer.

All this staff drama must be boring. Facts are, during this time, the staff didn’t organize any contests nor appoint any new mods. All their efforts were focused on locking and deleting threads. Many members left Charas claiming the fun was gone, and though a few joyously would return, a good number did not. The naysayers claiming the end of Charas started up again (and got their stuff deleted, naturally) but it actually seemed they were right this time. Darkfox tried to combat Raffles as best as he could and, the longer he did, the more personal it became until his mental health was in danger. All this because of one stupid troll and a few stubborn mods.

Eventually the gnashing of teeth reached Alex, and he proved himself awesome again by talking to Raffles, researching him, deciding he was an evil jerk, and banning him on August 1st. Though many were still fearful because the day before, July 31st, word came out that Darkfox allegedly had tried to kill himself. For real. But thankfully he didn’t and came back smiling and everyone was happy.

Trolls, tools and other rejects

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:43:11 GMT

Admin:

Throughout Charas' history, there have been many names that have attempted to disrupt the peace in the forums. While most of them do not succeed in that right, they do often create a hectic atmosphere, gaining the attention of many a member and making work for the moderators.

In chronological order:

==Linkline==
A persistant pest whose FF5 chipset edits haunt complete resources.

==kAiRoU==
{{mainarticle|link=Kairou}}
Once a moderator of the [[Charas Project Official Magazine Team]]. After the whole [[pop]] fiasco, he kept claiming that he was killed by pop, or that pop stole his soul, etc. Eventually, he lost it and posted a new thread in [[Test & welcome board|Test & welcome]], where he revealed his password. This angered [[Alex]], because kAiRoU was a moderator, and Alex didn't want any regular person to have access to a moderator account. Because of this, Alex immediately fired kAiRou from his position as moderator.

Not long after this, he began to spam the forums, mostly by copying large amounts of text from somewhere and then pasting them into new threads. He was banned shortly after. He later came back as Lighting Half Dozen, asking for redemption. Then he later came to be a quasisemiregular.

He is currently unable to log in due to losing his password.

==pop==
[[pop]] was a friend of [[White Dwarf|White Dwarf's]] who showed him Charas. pop then blackmailed White into making him an account. He decided that instead of contributing to the community, he would just spam the hell out of it. So he did. He was the very first person to be banned from charas.

It didn't stop there though. Afterwards, three other accounts were made, '''pop 2''', '''pop3''' and '''LloydBanks'''; pop 2 was banned for spamming, but pop3 wasn't as that account was never used. LloydBanks another account that was made as a threat in one of his AIM conversations in which he claimed in a classic and cliche villainous fashion "I am no longer pop, for I have ascended that name," bad spelling included. Later it was revealed that pop 2 was actually pop's younger brother, trying to make him feel better, and [[Apex]] made the third account, for the lulz. [[Red Giant#Bizarre Troll Connection|More on that, here]].<br />
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Strangely, he shared an IP with [[Trolls, tools and other rejects#Lord Raffles|Lord Raffles]].

==Wahba==
Some insane bastard who exploited a forum bug, making hundreds of topics. After he was banned, [[Alex]] made a few changes, including the 1 post per minute rule.

Later on, [[Osmose]] admitted to being Wahba, in conjunction with another member, Chaotic Paradox. Osmose claims that he did it to illustrate the glaring flaws in the forum system, and does not regret the security gained by the 1 Post Per Minute rule.

==Lord Raffles==
:''Main Article: [[Lord Raffles]]''

==Saint Lucifer==
Saint Lucifer is probably the most well known of trolls, despite his moderately short stay. His trolling technique was rough and hard. He also holds the record for the fastest ban on Charas ever.

He used offensive language in hopes of looking big, yet only made himself look very, very small. ZeroKirbyX had a ball messing with him.

Talk:Lord Raffles

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:41:07 GMT

Admin:

==Notice==
Originally, we agreed to not make a Lord Raffles article, as it would only fuel his ego - but I now feel that it is unavoidable.

This is bound to be a very controversial article. For now, I am protecting it, so any edits that you want made to the article will have to go here first. If you don't like it, then screw you: it's my wiki, and I'll do whatever the hell I want with it. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 23:41, 5 March 2007 (EST)

Lord Raffles

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:38:49 GMT

Admin:

History is written by the victors, or at least the people with the most time. And the person with the most time right now is SaiKar. So while a goodly number of nice people joined and great number of awesome things happened between December 1st 2004 and August 1st 2005, Sai didn’t enjoy this period entirely too much, which is why it is being labeled as the dark ages.

[[Image:LordRafflesAvatar.png|100px|thumb|[[Trolls%2C_tools_and_other_rejects#Lord Raffles|Lord Raffles]] is a jerk|right]]
The dates for this age and the main reason for its name unquestionably involve Lord Raffles. December 1st is when he registered. August 1st is when he was banned by Alex. For a whole eight months he was on the forums.

Lord Raffles, we now know, was a malicious [[trolls|troll]] having a good time laughing with other trolls on a faraway forum about how much trouble he was causing Charas. He, like most trolls, is also an ego whore and will delight from having a large section of history about him. But unfortunately it can’t be helped; to skip over this is to ignore extremely vital parts of Charas’s development.

That said, every single post by Lord Raffles has been deleted. Every one, down to the last. Probably by Raffles himself. So it falls to looking at the wake of destruction to piece things together.

Nobody knew that Raffles was intentionally trying to destroy Charas back then. Oh sure, a lot of people had their guesses, mainly Osmose, but we had no proof of anything. All people knew is that Raffles was posing a lot of interesting and disturbing questions and that a goodly number of members were getting rilled up about it. Raffles’s main arguments were why moderators were punishing threads that were out of line instead of the specific people that were causing trouble. To be fair, that held a ring of truth. Some of the rest of his stuff was more nonsensical, such as the moderators getting great delight out of lording over common members and the plight of the average guy just trying to post online. Almost everything he said was a carefully calculated attempt to divide and fragment the forum.

It was disturbingly effective. Though almost everyone universally disliked him, the bigger question of what to do with him was a major raging issue. Should we ban him? On what grounds; he hasn’t broken any specific rules. Should the mods try to talk with him? They did, nothing meaningful was accomplished? What does Raffles want? Why is he asking so many questions? Doesn’t he have a point with some them? These issues and others built a great deal of tension.

The lesser problem, but still a crippling one, was the staff’s continued inability to get along. Well, that’s not entirely true. Everyone was getting along except for SaiKar, whom became the next scapegoat. Sai was assuming more of Alex’s roles in managing the forum but there was growing resentment and discontent in his ability to manage as an admin. Sai began to resent the hardliner approach of locking a lot of threads and tried to come down on Carmen and the other mods, but they all universally opposed lightening up on moderation, even SMB and Kijuki that had previously supported Sai. Everyone feared a return to the previous summer so much that they were willing to go to any lengths to keep the forum under control. Bizarrely, as some sort of disturbance in the force, the only one remotely on Sai’s side was Red Giant, who questioned fellow All of All mod Carmen’s policies of deletion often until giving up and going inactive.

A deep rift between the mods and members opened. The mods became the enemies, sort of cops to avoid, instead of people to trust. A few protests among the public about the hardliner approach sprung up, but, as said previously, this wouldn’t become a major issue until 2006. The hardliners won out and continued to lock and delete stuff, and Sai essentially left the forum to play FFXI mostly, popping in every so often for the next year to try to sort out policy and meeting the same hostile reactions. A lot of people sent messages to Sai to try to set things right and send the heavy-handed moderation, and try he did several times over the period, but to no avail. Essentially Sai was stuck between a frustrated population and a staff that resented an outsider meddling with their policies. It sucked pretty hard.

If you’re clever at reading, you see the strange irony here. Though Sai was an admin attempting to save the forum and Lord Raffles was an evil troll trying to destroy it, they were essentially on the same “side” against the hardliner mods. Yeah, that’s why I didn’t ban him quickly. Sorry about that, I was getting desperate. Though in retrospect it did help get a lot of people to see how whack the staff was getting.

With Sai fallen entirely off the planet, the staff had to combat Raffles by themselves. The fact that a few key members such as Carmen and SMB didn’t see him as a threat in the slightest didn’t help them reach a decision. Kijuki lead the camp favoring letting Raffles get things out of his system and locking threads if they became too close to being flames. Alex showed up to add the Almost Banned feature in early March, which didn’t really help either. Long story short, the staff spent their fighting energies fighting themselves instead of Raffles and ever-increasing spam. Except when Sai showed up, of course; they’d unite against him. And the months ticked by.

More to the point, the staff saw Sai’s absence as a good time to get him kicked out of his admin position. They nominated Kijuki as a replacement but for reasons not entirely clear he never actually got the job. Again and again the issue came up until, on May 6th, Sai gave in the Private forum one of the most self-satisfying things he ever said (the “you” refers to Darkfox):

{{Quote|name=[[SaiKar]]|text=I'd resign in disgust and let you try to moderate (HAHAHA!) the forums, but I'm not going to for three reasons. One, I don't want to give you the satisfaction of finally getting rid of me. Two, I actually don't think anyone, with the exception of Kijuki, could do the job and I'm not willing to let you get the job and grind the forum into the ground. I like Charas more then that. And three, because I have hopes that eventually I can get rid of the people that are dragging this place down and focus more on the real problems of this community outside this little private forum.}}

The fourth reason being that he knew how much of the general population supported him against the mods if he could only figure out a way to remove some of them without so many accusations of power abuse that Alex would demote him. And so Sai kept his job against a tide of opposition but was forced to wait a bit longer.

All this staff drama must be boring. Facts are, during this time, the staff didn’t organize any contests nor appoint any new mods. All their efforts were focused on locking and deleting threads. Many members left Charas claiming the fun was gone, and though a few joyously would return, a good number did not. The naysayers claiming the end of Charas started up again (and got their stuff deleted, naturally) but it actually seemed they were right this time. Darkfox tried to combat Raffles as best as he could and, the longer he did, the more personal it became until his mental health was in danger. All this because of one stupid troll and a few stubborn mods.

Eventually the gnashing of teeth reached Alex, and he proved himself awesome again by talking to Raffles, researching him, deciding he was an evil jerk, and banning him on August 1st. Though many were still fearful because the day before, July 31st, word came out that Darkfox allegedly had tried to kill himself. For real. But thankfully he didn’t and came back smiling and everyone was happy.

History of Charas

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:37:21 GMT

Admin:

{{Memory}}

(this is a history of the forum, pieced together as best as possible from my own rambling memory and available posts that haven’t been deleted or something. Site history will be on a separate page and likely about 100 times harder to research…)

[[SaiKar]] wrote the core of this article. Have pity on his strained memory and add/clarify anything you can think of! Especially in the early days. Check the lingering questions part for specific holes I'm aware of.

==2003==
===The Beginning===
[[Image:AlexAvatar.png|100px|thumb|[[Alex]], the MASTER, was around near every day|right]]
The forum was established on January 19th, 2003 with this likely as its [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2&forumid=2&catid=2 first post]. [[Alex]] was (and remains) the webmaster and owner. [[De KoFfie]] , also known as Steven Rombauts, and Ralph Rombauts apparently coded the forum script itself. What [[SMB]]’s role in everything isn’t entirely clear, but it seems he was a sort of global [[Moderator]] and a keeper of the peace.

Apparently the forums were established as support for the Charas [[Generators]] and character set creation in general. Most of the original posts are questions about how to use and submit the generators and announcements on new generator features, though even early on there were off topic posts in the [[All of All]].

For roughly a year, Charas stuck to the focus of the generators and RPG Programming. Three resource contests were held to gather resources. Non-RPGMaker talk was light. Moderator positions were relatively unimportant. There was essentially no drama between anyone that can be seen today. Alex frequented the boards most every day, and the generators were upgraded often.

It is an interesting piece of trivia that all languages were welcome on Charas at the beginning, but almost immediately English became the only accepted language. Alex himself conducted all business in English despite being Italian himself, and did this ''“Because this is an INTERNATIONAL forum!!!!”''

===Other Events===
Other Charas happenings between January 2003 and January 2004
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

==2004==
===RRWP and the First New Mods===
:''Main Article: [[RRWP]]''
Enter into paradise in January 2004 [[RRWP]], a somewhat tragic historical figure. Notable for breaking the atmosphere of constant optimism that had been a major part of the forum for nearly a year, he and several older members were at odds due to his criticism. This culminated in a thread called "RRWP vs Gary", after which he deleted all of his posts and vowed to leave the forum forever. Though the opinion of RRWP has changed over the years, he still remains oe of the most referred-to and known forum members.

===Other Events===
Other Charas happenings between January 2004 and Feburary 29th, 2004
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

===Chaos and the Tightening Fist===
Broken out of the “all [[RPG Maker]] all the time” mold, the spring and summer of 2004 brought Charas considerable growth, but not all of it entirely good. Spam and personal attacks began to become a major problem and it didn’t take very long for the off-topic aspect of Charas to reach a boiling point. By mid summer most everyone’s nerves began to fry. Even with three All of All moderators ([[Kijuki Magazaki]], [[Darkfox]], and [[SaiKar]]) the influx of bad feelings became overwhelming. Even Forum Gaming was full of more spam than usual.

Several moderators such as [[Kairou]] and [[Smokey Locs]] lost their [[Moderator|modship]] for stupid reasons. The [[Pop]] incident, and the first instance of someone being banned, happened around this time. Naysayers declared the end of Charas, as naysayers are wont to do. To quote Sai in the private forum, “It seems like half the topics are spam and the other half are people complaining spam.” Also, a lot of people created joke accounts to confuse and spam with impunity.

Tired of watching Charas slip away down a dark road, Alex made a few adjustments. One of the first was in April and countered smiley overuse by limiting posts to a total of 8 smileys maximum. On July 3rd, 2004 he promoted Darkfox and Kijuki to Global Mods; moderators of all forums, so that they could better watch over the forum as a whole and fight increasing spam. To replace them at All of All, Alex held the [[First Moderator Elections|first]] public [[Moderator Elections]] for moderators, resulting in [[Reain_|Reain]] and [[Trevlac]] winning. A few people, mainly [[Apex]], annoyed the hell out of Trevlac by posting a lot of spam, but it was later revealed to be a test authorized by Alex.

Things didn’t really calm down; it was more like there were enough people watching to lock or delete the spam before too much piled up. Also, Darkfox began doing very odd things with his new powers. He deleted apparently random posts in odd places and edited other posts to make the original poster look stupid. There was a big controversy surrounding deletion of Seth Aechi’s posts, though it’s rather disturbing and best not to go into. Darkfox also started a lot of arguments on the forums he was supposed to be modding. Tired of cleaning up after his messes in All of All, SaiKar retired from that forum on July 23rd, preferring to focus more on Requests and real-life concerns. On the other hand, Trevlac changed his forum profile to female and started hitting on people (including Alex) and also created two fake accounts himself. Needless to say the two didn’t get along very well, and Trevlac and Darkfox fought often in the shadows of the Private forum.

[[Double_account#wahba|Wahba]] (who later admitted to being [[Osmose]]) spammed the absolute crap out of some forums on August 25th and the “one post per minute” rule was implemented to prevent further such actions. Kairou continued to make vague threats about killing people and got banned September 6th (for publicly posting his password). These were the signs of the times.

And in one was probably record bad timing, Alex announced in mid September 2004 that he wasn’t going to be on the forum much due to his impending marriage. In reality, this was the last time he would be on the forum much at all other than to check in with people. But before taking off to start his new life with his wife, on September 28th he appointed Request mod SaiKar as an [[Administrator]] of the forums, a move that would alter how the forums were run forever.

====Other Events====
Other Charas happenings between Feburary 29th, 2004 and September 28th, 2004.
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

===Life After Alex===
[[Image:SaiKarAvatar.png|100px|thumb|Seeing [[SaiKar]]'s name in admin yellow caused a stir!|right]]
It’s not like Alex is dead or anything. In fact he will pop up quite often in the next two years of history, even including the more recent stuff. Today if we really needed to we could probably get him to show up in a day or so. However the promotion of SaiKar as an administrator was effectively the end of Alex’s frequent visits to the forum.

The key here is that ''none of the staff knew or expected this at all''. Alex had mostly been around for the past two years and the staff assumed he’d be back soon. They assumed very wrong. SaiKar received a very fancy title on September 28th but no immediate actual power to back it up. Only after it became more increasingly obvious that Alex was taking more than a honeymoon off did Sai begin to take on some roles that had previously been held by Alex, and these often came with bloody battles between the staff in the Private forum.

Darkfox immediately objected to Sai’s promotion from mere moderator straight to administrator, skipping over the global mod level that he and Kijuki held and bypassing SMB, the “uncle of the forum” and long standing member. This lead to a rather long Darkfox vs. SaiKar feud which, since they both had high positions on the staff, highly crippled the staff’s ability to get along. [[Ghostclown]], a newer moderator, also expressed reluctance to the choice. SMB wanted to protest himself being skipped but eventually realized that his lack of mastery over English would have gotten in the way and consented. Kijuki largely supported the appointment. Most of the other mods didn’t care one way or the other. Even so, the only thing that kept the staff together was largely Alex’s faith in his decision and Sai’s ability, but even so, staff tensions would only grow for the next year and a half without Alex’s presence.

What also didn’t help the situation was that Sai’s appointment didn’t mystically solve a lot of the bad feeling that were going on at the time. The staff was still very concerned about the falling away from days of RPGs and general respect. [[Carmen]], at the time the moderator of the magazine team, asked Alex to make her a global mod because, according to her, SaiKar was doing an awful job (and in fact said such to Sai in the private forum), but Alex refused. A staff already saturated with feuds gained another.

Finally, after some time of bickering, the staff as a whole largely agreed on two points. One, Sai needed the ability to hire, fire, and promote mods while Alex was gone. And two, at Carmen’s suggestion, the mods needed to take a more hardliner approach. Simply asking people to shape up wasn’t working. Shows of force through editing, locking, and deleting posts and topics were necessary. Alex approved all these changes assuming the staff agreed as a whole in the future.

Carmen’s hardliner approach would be a major problem later, but not until 2006. In the fall of 2004 this policy was actually quite necessary to beat some sense into what was becoming an unreadable forum. The staff agreeing on everything would also be a major problem later, but for the time an uneasy truce existed. But enough about the bickering staff for now.

The event that largely ended the unorganized spam and general doom and gloom was, without a doubt, the second All of All moderator elections in mid October 2004.

'''Main Article: [[Second Moderator Elections]]'''

The elections, which resulted in [[Red Giant]] and [[Carmen]] becoming the new All of All mods, ended most of the spam on the forums. Generally, everyone was happy around this point - until another event that would redefine Charas.

====Other Events====
Other Charas happenings between September 28th, 2004 and December 1st, 2004.
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

==2005==
===The Dark Ages===
:''Main Article: [[Lord Raffles]]''
A user by the name of Lord Raffles registered around December 2004. Though he was a slight nuisance, he would later grow to become quite the annoying pest, as detailed in the main article.

====Other Events====
Other Charas happenings between December 1st, 2004 and August 1st, 2005
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

===Oppression and Conspiracy===
Despite being banned, Raffles didn’t get the hint. He registered a number of other logins and immediately started doing suspicious stuff on them. The staff, taking Alex’s banning of Raffles as precedent, banned these double accounts as well. A small-scale secret war between the mods and Raffles took place over the next few months. Darkfox and SaiKar, working as a team, became quite adept at finding a suspicious login, IP matching it to Raffles, and banning it sometimes even before its first post. The staff kept this quiet to prevent a witch hunt and return to the more panicked times.

The staff also fired the inactive Red Giant in almost the same manner as they fired Trevlac; they announced attention to remove him, Red returned and said he was sorry, the staff decided it was too late for that and fired him. Also, Ghostclown became a global mod and [[Warxe]] and [[Razor]], two well-liked and generally popular guys, joined the staff, the former as [[RPGMaker Programming]] and [[Tutorials]] mod and the latter got [[Forum Gaming]], and Carmen took over Requests in addition to All of All. Oddly enough, having to be on the constant watch meant the staff was working together better then they had since Sai’s admin appointment.

The rest of the forum was mostly uneasy because of Raffles. Despite the best work of the staff a few Raffles logins spread around word that Raffles was still sneaking onto the site. [[Charaman]], a then-Raffles supporter, also posted messages from Raffles and that added to the tension.

Eventually though Raffles’s attempts to disrupt the site became less potent and people relaxed. And they began to wonder about a few things. Why were the hardliner mods still cracking down so hard on spam? When Raffles was around it was easier to justify, but now that he was gone, it began to look less like security and more like needless squeezing the fun out of things.

[[Image:CarmenAvatar.png|100px|thumb|[[Carmen]], the most influential mod at the time, went a bit too far|right]]
Ghostclown, though a hardliner, stayed mostly under the radar and did a decent job as global mod. Carmen though almost went out of her way to make enemies in blatant shows of moderator force. Osmose, who had hated her essentially since he joined the forum, had a field day pointing out her stranger moves. [[Midnight]], a once popular member that had dropped out for a while before coming back, had one hell of a feud with her that ended with Carmen saying disturbing things like “Don't get in a fight with me, you won't win.”

Carmen made other enemies, but the reason these two people are being mentioned is that they are the best friends of SaiKar on Charas. The private forum had a discussion where Kijuki was trying to call Carmen on the point and Sai jumped in to try to emphasize how bad moderators fighting was getting, but Carmen shrugged it off and accused everyone of ganging up on her. A new resolve began to burn in Sai to gain his control over policy back. At this point Sai was more-or-less resigned to not being able to sway the staff through diplomacy, but the abuses became so blatant that he decided to take a more forceful approach if only the circumstances would present themselves.

====Other Events====
Other Charas happenings between August 1st 2005 and March 2006
* These sections are for any significant history that doesn't really fit well above.
* Everyone is encouraged to add stuff to this part!
* Probably best to keep them in bulleted format, though they can be a few sentences long.
* Try to include an external link to a thread if one can be found.

==2006==
===The Charas Judgment===
The Charas Judgment itself is one of the smallest pieces of history time-wise, taking place over a few weeks at the end of March 2006 and was essentially the violent reaction to months of built up population annoyance against tight moderator control over the forum. Several relatively unimportant people quickly rose in power while others fell from high in a matter of days and drastically different policies on what would be allowed were put into effect. Depending on which side you supported, it was either a revolution or a mutiny, but it’s hard to argue against the long-term effects it had on how Charas is run today.

For a year Sai had stewed on how to remove the oppressive moderators without getting himself fired without any real good ideas until one landed right in front of him. Razor and [[Robotam]], the community contest moderator (a very minor position) discussed on MSN how bad the lockings were getting and decided to seek help. Robotam approached Sai and asked for some sort of action. Sai decided that the time was right and encouraged Robotam to create a public thread on the All of All forum asking for an investigation. Knowing this would immediately get locked, Sai promised Robotam his admin protection of the thread to prevent people from mucking with it.

[[Image:RobotamAvatar.png|100px|thumb|[[Robotam]], dissatisfied with Carmen's modding, took action|right]]
On March 14th, 2006 Robotam posted [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15936&forumid=12&catid=6 the thread] bringing attention to the massive number of moderator actions by Carmen and Ghostclown that month alone (70!) including the aforementioned permission from Sai. Carmen and Ghostclown locked it anyway, saying essentially that they didn’t care what Sai said; this sort of moderator criticism was highly inappropriate. Sai showed up, unlocked it, told everyone it was okay to speak their mind, and gave them both a stern warning to the mods not to touch that thread at all until it was done. Carmen and GC edited (and later deleted) their posts and said nothing more. And the fun began!

A whole 12 pages, and the uncharacteristic part is, the vast majority of it is actually civil debate between people with somewhat different viewpoints. Except for MrMister, who was mainly trying to use weird examples to make the whole thing seem stupid. Most of the people that responded found that the lockings and deletions were. Sleepy users that hadn’t been seen much showed up for the event and tossed in their two cents. [[DragonBlaze]] is largely credited for making some of the best points, as is [[Arcanagirl]].

Naturally, behind the scenes, there was a lot of shady MSN talk, mostly between conspirators Osmose, Midnight, SaiKar, and probably a few other trusted mods like Razor and FFL. Most everyone supported some sort of revolution? But what? And would word reach Alex and he react harshly? Sai hesitated for a bit, but decided meh, what the hell, and posted the [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15968&forumid=12&catid=6 Judgment] thread on March 17th.

As far as fire and brimstone on the mods went, it was light. Carmen was removed from All of All mod but kept Requests and GC got off with only a sideways glare. More revolutionary were the policies put down that effectively countered a lot of Carmen and GC’s moderator actions; posts would no longer be edited and topics locked or deleted for “poor reasons”, with poor reasons being most anything that wasn’t illegal in some way. Also that topics that went off topic but stayed civil would be allowed to remain open. The damage to Carmen and GC was done though. Carmen essentially said her peace and gave herself a fair defense, then left immediately. Ghostclown more or less consented to the changes for a few weeks before going AWOL himself. They both resigned in May but played no further part in any Charas events.

If Sai miscalculated anything during the power play, it was how SOLID the forum was behind him on the changes. Though there was understandable nervousness for the future and a bit of regret at how badly Carmen and GC were getting smeared by it, as a whole the forum greatly praised the policies that reduced moderator actions and gave more freedom to the average, non-spammy guy that was just trying to talk on the forum.

Probably the best thing to give validation to the whole deal was when Alex himself showed up and [http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=16019&forumid=12&catid=6 expressed approval] to the changes. ALWAYS a huge relief when the boss tells you you’re doing a good job!

Trying to ride on the success of the revolution, on the 25th Sai appointed Robotam, the real instigator of the whole deal, as the new All of All mod. He also snuck in Osmose and Midnight in as [[General Programming]] and [[Test and Welcome]] mods since those two helped with the whole thing in ways that don’t really show up well in this history, but they helped a lot, darn it. Oh and Warxe got his old jobs back. Sai also said he would appoint another All of All mod after a month had passed, but this decision was forgotten in the absolute chaos of the next month (see below section)

(purely biased aside from [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]: at this point I’m supposed to admit I treated them badly and regret the whole thing, since time heals all wounds, or something. Well I’m not going to. My only major regret is that I waited so long and had so many people leave the forum before acting with strength. It’s sort of funny reading about how Carmen was defensive about everyone ganging up on her when all I did was finally stop her from silencing people and let them speak their mind. She said with her last words as a mod how she was just a person with feelings, but didn’t seem to care about the feelings of others when she said their posts were useless topics nobody wanted to read. And there is a junk bin for a freakin reason. And Alex said he didn’t want things locked or deleted unless they were totally unsalvageable. Meh. I don’t want to turn this into a Carmen and GC bash, but I mean, ''damn''. Though, to be fair to Carmen, she among everyone figured out that I had essentially planned the whole event to fire her. Which was true and it worked brilliantly.)

And so the conspirators won the day, and there was general dancing in the streets, and things eventually calmed down a bit while the staff tried to put some of their speeches into policy. But they would only get just over two weeks before the largest outside attack in Charas’s history would threaten to destroy it all.

====Other Charas happenings during March 2006====

===Troll Invasion and Sanctuary Fortress===
The Troll Invasion was a coordinated attack on Charas’s forums; the only one the forum has ever seen. It was one of our lowest moments as Charas had to face a situation that they really had no plan for.

As many online veterans know, attacking people and forums online is partially an exercise in futility. Honestly, there is only so much you can do. Saying “I stab you in the face!” won’t make you many friends and sure won’t be taken seriously. On the other hand, using hacking methods to disrupt or delete online files can bring real legal consequences and is generally suicidal to even talk seriously about. And so forum wars are largely a joke.

However, there is one way to attack a forum that doesn’t break the law but still does damage. Forums are run by people, and people enjoy certain aspects of talking online: comfort, security, freedom, and a general lack of worry. It is possible to disrupt these things and cause the forum’s inhabitants a good deal of stress. This was the sort of assault Charas faced in April 2006.

On April 9, 2006 an oddball group of weirdos began to trickle in. A mother concerned about violence in video games, an anti-environmentalist, a bible thumper, and others. Oh those trolls! Always so original with their personas! Immediately the anti-Raffles warning lights went off and all the logins were IP traced. One matched and was banned, but the others, for lack of serious evidence against them, were left alone for a while. But something definitely seemed wrong.

A day later it was clear that they had no intentions of playing nice. All of the threads they created were obviously designed to stir up opinions on controversial topics. One by one they were all banned until only Omega Weapon (the least offensive of the group) was left. Problem was, more accounts were created the following two mornings. These too were given a chance to prove that they weren’t trolls, these too failed, and they were banned as well. By now most everyone on Charas knew that there was some sort of massive troll invasion taking place. Once again complaints about how unfun Charas was began to surface and people drift away from the site.

On April 11th, while experimenting with forum security late at night, Sai created [[Sanctuary Fortress]], a semi-secret forum that required 800 posts to view. The following day many Charites discovered Sanctuary and its purpose and began to discuss plans to thrart the invaders. These varied from diplomatic solutions of talking to the trolls to shutting down the forums to an outright attack, but in the end everyone agreed to wait longer. More practically, Charaman, a previous Raffles-supporter, redeemed himself and threw his lot in with the mod staff to reveal Troll Kingdom as the source of the invaders with, of course, Lord Raffles as its protagonist. The staff began to watch TKs forums while TK remained ignorant that they had been discovered. Many trolls revealed their troll login names on their forums and these names were banned from Charas often before a single post. This greatly increased the defense of the forum but the energy drain of having to be constantly on the ball to ban the next troll took its toll on the staff and they began to search for a permanent solution.

The next day yet more troll logins were banned: the total of which was nearing 15. Sanctuary continued to debate the invasion but reached no reasonable conclusions. The most popular ideas involved shutting down easy resignation, but after researching TK lead the staff to ExIsle, a forum that TK had also trolled that was now a barren inactive shell, Sai vowed to never restrict registration. Still, something needed to be done. Realizing it was only a matter of time before their vigilance gave out, the staff talked with Alex and Trevlac about forum security, a discussion that lead to the implementation of an IP ban feature that, while useful against certain people like Raffles, didn’t exactly provide much defense against multiple invaders.

The staff plotted to use undercover operatives in TK to undermine the attack, but before any serious plans were made up a TKer named CHARAS UNITED posted a “victory” thread that had a link to TK itself. With all hope of subtlety out the window, on April 13th SaiKar authorized what he judged the least awful of all the awful plans: the invasion of TKs forums. A dozen or so Charas members spammed up TK. Some tried to debate, some flung insults, some just posted really long portions of random text. The TK response was more amused than anything else and everyone waited for the inevitable counterattack.

Said counterattack never happened. A few TK members registered on Charas but didn’t troll and eventually lost interest. Likewise a few Charas members stayed over at TK but themselves got bored. A bunch of strippers (of all things…) joined TK and the trolls mostly forgot about us. What seemed to be an uneasy peace began between the sites. The staff declared victory.

Yet, in the days that followed, no such peace could be said to take place within Sanctuary and on Charas in general though. Despite inexplicitly ending the invasion, many people were outraged at the lows Charas had sunk to get the job done. Osmose, frustrated by both his lack of duties as a mod and lack of voice on the staff, resigned in protest. Many people loudly proclaimed everyone else was acting childish or blowing it all out of proportion. Several members loudly declared that they were no longer participating in Sanctuary and were leaving Charas for a time. Facing increasing opposition, SaiKar, the only active admin with banning powers, also left for several days between the 18th and 23rd. SaintLucifer, a troll from TK that had gotten himself banned, apparently caught wind of Charas and trolled the forums most of the time Sai was away as the single unbanned troll remaining.

SaiKar returned to on the 23rd and revealed he wanted to take some time off to see of the forum could handle itself. No words can describe the hostility that met him. SaintLucifer himself was quickly dispatched but the anger lasted nearly a week. Arcanagirl posted a big thread in the All of All about what a bad job the staff (specifically Sai) was doing. In Sanctuary, many users, the most vocal of which was DragonBlaze, declared that Sai’s actions were totally unacceptable. Charaman and Midnight supported their friend, if not all his actions, in his dark hour, but basically everyone else was firmly upset.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Taking action made Sai enemies. Not taking action made Sai enemies. Most everyone wanted Sai to stay as an admin but definitely didn’t want him to do essentially anything he did during the entire Troll Invasion ever again. Sai began to wonder if all the time he was spending on Charas was worth it if he had so little support and announced his resignation, which sobered the hostility a little, but not much.

Finally, on April 29th, Sai announced that Kijuki was going to be promoted to administrator as his replacement. Sai himself stayed an administrator but with greatly reduced activity for some time and only a few token appearances. And on May 2nd, Sai made the following speech in Sanctuary.

{{Quote|name=[[SaiKar]]|text=Sanctuary Fortress will be closed soon. I'll make it a forum invisible to all but admins and there will be no activity here.

The trolls have been repelled through a combination of good strategy, bad ideas, and dumb luck. Though far too often the real enemies are ourselves and our inabilities to listen or compromise or admit we're wrong. No no, don't feel guilty. I'm just sayin'.

This forum will shut down officially some time tomorrow. Copy any threads you want for blackmail purposes soon. Some day, maybe, the fortress will arise again.}}

And so the Troll Invasion ended. Perhaps ironically, the trolls did far less damage to Charas than the Charites did to themselves. Though eventually most people got over it and resumed business as normal, trying to forget the chaos of March and April as best they could, with Kijuki mostly handling site affairs.

===Other Charas happenings during April 2006====

==Lingering Questions (and other sections)==
* Does anyone really remember Pop and Kairou and the whole conspiracy there? I think I missed that entirely.
* Why do I need some cheese?
* Didn't Asakura Hao have something going on? Something to do with Kairou, and he and Charaman agreeing with Raffles, setting the whole forum off at them or something?
* Anyone have logs of all the MSN chats from spring 2006? I know some important stuff was decided there.

==Sources==

This section will get integrated into the history eventually.

* Alex's first post - http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2&forumid=2&catid=2
* Gary’s “A history of Charas” - http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=15958&forumid=12&catid=6
* My own LiveJournal, an oddly good source for events and dates back then - http://saikar.livejournal.com/tag/charas
* Lots of sneaky Private forum threads you can’t read.

==Related articles==
* [[RRWP]]
* [[Pop]]
* [[Trevlac]]

[[Category:Charas Forums]][[Category:History of Charas]]

Talk:History of Charas

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:32:44 GMT

Admin:

==Intro==

Just so everyone knows, this article is a massive work in progress. It ends right now still in 2004. I'm going to try to take it up to the present and will be using the topic created on the forums to supliment my own research/rambling memories. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

Oh, and I've essentially given up trying to avoid putting my bias into the article. The section labeled "The Dark Age" pissed me off to no end and caused a ton of trouble for the forum. [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

:I'll try to get rid of some bias, if needed, and I will try to add some more light in it.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 09:58, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:Okay, never mind. Somehow this article is too messed up to fix.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 09:59, 19 January 2007 (EST)

::It's not really messed up. It's just very long. <_< [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 10:32, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:::Dude, you really need a life. And from what I've read about this whole TrollKingdom thing, I really don't like it. It's like, when I'm not around, things get really whack. As if the whole forum's on crack. Ya dig?--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 10:37, 19 January 2007 (EST)
::::I like typing, so what? And I dig about TK. Not some of my better moments. But I didn't see any bright ideas from anyone else on how to stop an infinite influx of Raffles-esque trolls. We did the best we could. [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 10:39, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:::::Actually, I did like how you handle it. It's just that I didn't like the whole "ZOMG IT R TEH FAULT OF TEH MODERATORZ UND SAIKARZ DAT WE R IN TEH SHITZ". They basically put blame on others of their own failure. That is so weak. And you really had the right to leave, seeing as moderators and administrators can't do everything.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 10:54, 19 January 2007 (EST)

Oh, and I would also like to add this, because it is a great quote which should be used for this article, to conclude the troll article:

{{Quote|name=SaiKar|text=Sanctuary Fortress will be closed soon. I'll make it a forum invisible to all but admins and there will be no activity here.

The trolls have been repelled through a combination of good strategy, bad ideas, and dumb luck. Though far too often the real enemies are ourseleves and our inabilities to listen or compromise or admit we're wrong. No no, don't feel guilty. I'm just sayin'.

This forum will shut down officially some time tomorrow. Copy any threads you want for blackmail purposes soon. Some day, maybe, the fotress will arise again.}}

Maybe just the center part, but it's really a good closure for the article.
--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 11:39, 19 January 2007 (EST)

: Kay. When I finish the troll article that is next that will go on there. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 12:20, 19 January 2007 (EST)

==Bonk!==
After the troll wars, you've got to mention the bonking thing. It's amazing how such a simple idea of keeping people inline exploded so terribly, with absolutely no help from Kijuki. Wait. Except, he was helping the exploding. But he wasn't helping us. And that's what I meant.[[User:Razor|Razor]] 05:14, 21 January 2007 (EST)
: In good time, in good time. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 06:29, 21 January 2007 (EST)

Oh, don't mind me. I'm just EAGERLY AWAITING THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF SAI'S FANTASTICALLY WRITTEN UP TEXT. [[User:Razor|Razor]] 18:41, 1 February 2007 (EST)
: Ok that was pretty awesome. But it lacked a cliffhanger, for the next exciting installment! Whatever that is. ... What did happen next? [[User:Razor|Razor]] 02:01, 7 February 2007 (EST)
:: Kijuki's appointments and increasing moderator / member tensions that finally erupted into the Bonk argument / Kijuki getting banned. I think. I haven't researched it that much yet.

==Removal of Second Moderator Elections==
I thought we were going to cut up the History AFTER it's been finished? [[User:Razor|Razor]] 20:01, 9 February 2007 (EST)
:If not that at least a more orderly system being established before it gets chopped. Having that random link there throws the whole thing off. [[User:Osmose|Osmose]] 20:13, 9 February 2007 (EST)

==Taking up the Cross==
For now, I'm going to split the article up. It's up to other users to fix those sections so that they appear coherent, though I'll do the best I can (for now). [[User:Admin|Admin]] 23:32, 5 March 2007 (EST)

Talk:History of Charas

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:32:24 GMT

Admin:

Just so everyone knows, this article is a massive work in progress. It ends right now still in 2004. I'm going to try to take it up to the present and will be using the topic created on the forums to supliment my own research/rambling memories. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

Oh, and I've essentially given up trying to avoid putting my bias into the article. The section labeled "The Dark Age" pissed me off to no end and caused a ton of trouble for the forum. [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

:I'll try to get rid of some bias, if needed, and I will try to add some more light in it.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 09:58, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:Okay, never mind. Somehow this article is too messed up to fix.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 09:59, 19 January 2007 (EST)

::It's not really messed up. It's just very long. <_< [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 10:32, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:::Dude, you really need a life. And from what I've read about this whole TrollKingdom thing, I really don't like it. It's like, when I'm not around, things get really whack. As if the whole forum's on crack. Ya dig?--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 10:37, 19 January 2007 (EST)
::::I like typing, so what? And I dig about TK. Not some of my better moments. But I didn't see any bright ideas from anyone else on how to stop an infinite influx of Raffles-esque trolls. We did the best we could. [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 10:39, 19 January 2007 (EST)
:::::Actually, I did like how you handle it. It's just that I didn't like the whole "ZOMG IT R TEH FAULT OF TEH MODERATORZ UND SAIKARZ DAT WE R IN TEH SHITZ". They basically put blame on others of their own failure. That is so weak. And you really had the right to leave, seeing as moderators and administrators can't do everything.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 10:54, 19 January 2007 (EST)

Oh, and I would also like to add this, because it is a great quote which should be used for this article, to conclude the troll article:

{{Quote|name=SaiKar|text=Sanctuary Fortress will be closed soon. I'll make it a forum invisible to all but admins and there will be no activity here.

The trolls have been repelled through a combination of good strategy, bad ideas, and dumb luck. Though far too often the real enemies are ourseleves and our inabilities to listen or compromise or admit we're wrong. No no, don't feel guilty. I'm just sayin'.

This forum will shut down officially some time tomorrow. Copy any threads you want for blackmail purposes soon. Some day, maybe, the fotress will arise again.}}

Maybe just the center part, but it's really a good closure for the article.
--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 11:39, 19 January 2007 (EST)

: Kay. When I finish the troll article that is next that will go on there. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 12:20, 19 January 2007 (EST)

==Bonk!==
After the troll wars, you've got to mention the bonking thing. It's amazing how such a simple idea of keeping people inline exploded so terribly, with absolutely no help from Kijuki. Wait. Except, he was helping the exploding. But he wasn't helping us. And that's what I meant.[[User:Razor|Razor]] 05:14, 21 January 2007 (EST)
: In good time, in good time. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]] 06:29, 21 January 2007 (EST)

Oh, don't mind me. I'm just EAGERLY AWAITING THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF SAI'S FANTASTICALLY WRITTEN UP TEXT. [[User:Razor|Razor]] 18:41, 1 February 2007 (EST)
: Ok that was pretty awesome. But it lacked a cliffhanger, for the next exciting installment! Whatever that is. ... What did happen next? [[User:Razor|Razor]] 02:01, 7 February 2007 (EST)
:: Kijuki's appointments and increasing moderator / member tensions that finally erupted into the Bonk argument / Kijuki getting banned. I think. I haven't researched it that much yet.

==Removal of Second Moderator Elections==
I thought we were going to cut up the History AFTER it's been finished? [[User:Razor|Razor]] 20:01, 9 February 2007 (EST)
:If not that at least a more orderly system being established before it gets chopped. Having that random link there throws the whole thing off. [[User:Osmose|Osmose]] 20:13, 9 February 2007 (EST)

==Taking up the Cross==
For now, I'm going to split the article up. It's up to other users to fix those sections so that they appear coherent, though I'll do the best I can (for now). [[User:Admin|Admin]] 23:32, 5 March 2007 (EST)

List of Charas moderators

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:28:27 GMT

Admin:

The following is a list of the [[Moderator|moderating staff]] at Charas.

===Current Moderators===
* [[Alex]] - [[Moderator#Webmaster|Webmaster]]
* [[Razor]] - [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Mod]]
* [[Osmose]] - [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Mod]], [[Moderator#Generators Manager|Generators Uploader]]
* [[Ace of Spades]] - [[Games]], [[Requests]]
* [[Darkfox]] - [[Moderator#Honourary Moderator|Honourary Moderator]], [[Moderator#Complete Resources Uploader|Complete Resources Uploader]]
* [[De KoFfie©]] - [[PUB (Php Über Board)]], [[PHP]], [[HTML & DHTML]]
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - [[Charas Project (forum)]], [[Resources]], [[Gallery]]
* [[GPI]] - [[Charas.EX]]
* [[Grandragora]] - [[SEER (Simple Engineering Environment for RPGs)]]
* [[Midnight]] - [[All of All]]
* [[Moosetroop]] - [[Creative Arts]]
* [[MrMister]] - [[Test & welcome board]]
* [[Robotam]] - [[Moderator#Honourary Moderator|Honourary Moderator]]
* [[SMB]] - [[Resources]], [[Requests]]

(Note that all current non-Honourary Moderators also have moderation power in the [[Junk Bin]].)

==Former Moderators== (incomplete)
* [[SaiKar]] - [[Moderator#Admin|Administrator]]
* [[Kijuki_Magazaki]] - [[Moderator#Admin|Administrator]]
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Mod]]
* [[GhostClown]] - [[Moderator#Global Moderator|Global Mod]]
* [[carmen]] - [[All of All]], [[Community Contest Team]], other ones
* [[Reain_]] - [[All of All]], others
* [[Trevlac]] - [[All of All]]
* [[Red Giant]] - [[All of All]] (Seeing a pattern here?)
* [[PyroAlchemist|PyroAlchemist/Gary]] - [[Creative Arts]]
* [[Trolls, tools and other rejects#kAiRoU|kAiRoU]] - [[Charas Project Official Magazine Team]]
* [[Charaman]] - [[THE MODIFIERS]]
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]], [[RPG Maker Programming]], [[Tutorials]], [[Forum gaming]], [[Complete Resources Uploader Team]], [[Moderator#Complete Resources Uploader|Complete Resources Uploader]]

==References==
* [http://charas-project.net/forum/forumleaders.php Forum Leaders]

==See also==
*[[Moderator]]
*[[List of forums in the Charas Forums]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]]

Moderator

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:27:23 GMT

Admin:

A '''Moderator''' is a rank on the Charas Forums. Typically, they have the power to lock, delete and move posts and threads in a specified forum; many moderators have more than one assigned forums. They generally have an orange name on the forums, although the introduction of [[colored names]] has changed this.

==Promotion==
A moderator is assigned to a forum by the administrator or webmaster; typically, this has been through a vote in the [[Private]] forum, although there have been cases where [[moderator elections]] have taken place. Regardless, popular opinion has almost always determined the moderators chosen - this is seen as a mixed blessing by some.

===Powers===
Once assigned a forum, the moderator's job is to keep order in that particular forum. To this end, they have special "powers" that they can use at their discretion:

*Locking and unlocking threads. This prevents anyone from posting in said thread, but does not delete it outright, in case there is a chance that the thread may be salvageable.
*Deleting specific posts or entire threads. Post deletion is available to all members, but only to their own posts - moderators can delete any person's posts. This is typically used when the post is [[spam]]. Thread deletion is only supposed to be used as a last resort.
*Moving threads. If a thread is made in the wrong section, a moderator can move it to the correct section. This can also be used to move locked threads to the [[Junk Bin]].
*Stickying and unstickying threads. "Stickied" threads always appear at the top of the forum page they're in, and are mostly reserved for rules.
*Viewing the [[Private]] and [[Quarantine]] forums, which are both reserved for the staff only.
*Using the IP Check tool. This can be used to check all of the IPs that a forum member has used in the past, and is useful for determining who has a double account.
*[[Bonk|Bonking]] members.

==Administrators==

In addition, there is a rank above Moderator, called Administrator. There are three levels of Administrator:

===Global Moderator===
A '''Global Moderator''' is the lowest level of Administrator. They have access to all of the [[Moderator]] powers, but in every forum (hence, they have "global" power). Currently, the Global Moderators are [[Razor]] and [[Osmose]].

===Admin===
An '''Admin''' has access to all of the Global Moderator's powers, as well as the ability to ban members, promote new moderators, and even [[TestGroundZero|delete members]]. They have a degree of control over the forum, but are unable to edit the forum code. The only admins in Charas history have been [[SaiKar]] and [[Kijuki_Magazaki]], though both resigned.

===Webmaster===
The '''Webmaster''' has access to all levels of Charas, not just limited to the Forums; he can also edit the Generators as he likes. The current (and only) Webmaster is [[Alex]].

==Other types==
Though not strictly "moderators", there are other ranks on Charas that are more privileged than standard members. They may or may not be simply symbolic.

===Honourary Moderator===
This is used when a moderator has resigned, but is still recognized as an important member of the community. These people can still view the Private and Quarantine forums, and also have access to the IP Checker and Bonk tools. The current Honourary Mods are [[Darkfox]] and [[Robotam]].

===Complete Resources Uploader===
These people are able to upload and delete resources from the [[Complete Resources]]. Currently, the only Uploader is [[Darkfox]], although [[carmen]], [[GhostClown]] and Woundedgoat also have this power (despite their inactivity). They can be contacted in the [[Complete Resources Uploader Team]] forum.

===Generators Manager===
This group is able to upload and delete resources in the [[Generators]], as well as create new generator sections and edit current resources. [[Alex]], [[SMB]] and [[Osmose]] all have this ability, though only the latter is considered "active".

===Sysops===
On the Charas Wiki, there are a number of people who have access to special page functions (protect/unprotect, delete, move). Known as '''Sysops''', they are the equivalent of Global Moderators on Charas. The current sysops are [[User:Admin|Warxe]], [[Osmose]], [[Archem]], [[Razor]], [[Darkfox]], [[FFL2and3rocks]] and [[Saikar]].

==See also==
*[[List of Charas moderators]]

[[Category:Charas Forums]]

Moderator

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:26:56 GMT

Admin:

A '''Moderator''' is a rank on the Charas Forums. Typically, they have the power to lock, delete and move posts and threads in a specified forum; many moderators have more than one assigned forums. They generally have an orange name on the forums, although the introduction of [[colored names]] has changed this.

==Promotion==
A moderator is assigned to a forum by the administrator or webmaster; typically, this has been through a vote in the [[Private]] forum, although there have been cases where [[moderator elections]] have taken place. Regardless, popular opinion has almost always determined the moderators chosen - this is seen as a mixed blessing by some.

===Powers===
Once assigned a forum, the moderator's job is to keep order in that particular forum. To this end, they have special "powers" that they can use at their discretion:

*Locking and unlocking threads. This prevents anyone from posting in said thread, but does not delete it outright, in case there is a chance that the thread may be salvageable.
*Deleting specific posts or entire threads. Post deletion is available to all members, but only to their own posts - moderators can delete any person's posts. This is typically used when the post is [[spam]]. Thread deletion is only supposed to be used as a last resort.
*Moving threads. If a thread is made in the wrong section, a moderator can move it to the correct section. This can also be used to move locked threads to the [[Junk Bin]].
*Stickying and unstickying threads. "Stickied" threads always appear at the top of the forum page they're in, and are mostly reserved for rules.
*Viewing the [[Private]] and [[Quarantine]] forums, which are both reserved for the staff only.
*Using the IP Check tool. This can be used to check all of the IPs that a forum member has used in the past, and is useful for determining who has a double account.
*[[Bonk|Bonking]] members.

==Administrators==

In addition, there is a rank above Moderator, called Administrator. There are three levels of Administrator:

===Global Moderator===
A '''Global Moderator''' is the lowest level of Administrator. They have access to all of the [[Moderator]] powers, but in every forum (hence, they have "global" power). Currently, the Global Moderators are [[Razor]] and [[Osmose]].

===Admin===
An '''Admin''' has access to all of the Global Moderator's powers, as well as the ability to ban members, promote new moderators, and even [[TestGroundZero|delete members]]. They have a degree of control over the forum, but are unable to edit the forum code. The only admins in Charas history have been [[SaiKar]] and [[Kijuki_Magazaki]], though both are inactive.

===Webmaster===
The '''Webmaster''' has access to all levels of Charas, not just limited to the Forums; he can also edit the Generators as he likes. The current (and only) Webmaster is [[Alex]].

==Other types==
Though not strictly "moderators", there are other ranks on Charas that are more privileged than standard members. They may or may not be simply symbolic.

===Honourary Moderator===
This is used when a moderator has resigned, but is still recognized as an important member of the community. These people can still view the Private and Quarantine forums, and also have access to the IP Checker and Bonk tools. The current Honourary Mods are [[Darkfox]] and [[Robotam]].

===Complete Resources Uploader===
These people are able to upload and delete resources from the [[Complete Resources]]. Currently, the only Uploader is [[Darkfox]], although [[carmen]], [[GhostClown]] and Woundedgoat also have this power (despite their inactivity). They can be contacted in the [[Complete Resources Uploader Team]] forum.

===Generators Manager===
This group is able to upload and delete resources in the [[Generators]], as well as create new generator sections and edit current resources. [[Alex]], [[SMB]] and [[Osmose]] all have this ability, though only the latter is considered "active".

===Sysops===
On the Charas Wiki, there are a number of people who have access to special page functions (protect/unprotect, delete, move). Known as '''Sysops''', they are the equivalent of Global Moderators on Charas. The current sysops are [[User:Admin|Warxe]], [[Osmose]], [[Archem]], [[Razor]], [[Darkfox]], [[FFL2and3rocks]] and [[Saikar]].

==See also==
*[[List of Charas moderators]]

[[Category:Charas Forums]]

SaiKar

Admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:25:58 GMT

Admin:

Second Moderator Elections

Admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:12:09 GMT

Admin:

The '''Second [[Moderator Elections]]''' was an event that occurred mid-to-end November 2004. Like the [[First Moderator Elections|first elections]] before it, it was meant to find two [[Moderator|moderators]] for [[All of All]]. [[Red Giant]] and [[Carmen]] won.
[[Image:ElectionProp2.png|300px|thumb|Propaganda was the best part of the election|right]]

==Background==
[[Reain]] and [[Trevlac]], the previous All of All mods, were both inactive and blaming them for the problems in All of All was the latest trend among staff and general population alike. Reain seemed to realize this and gracefully retired. Trevlac, though not being allowed on the computer, stubbornly refused to quit and promised activity eventually, but Sai fired him anyway and opened up the second spot.

==The Elections==
The actual election process was almost comically drawn out however. First a nominee needed to announce they wanted the job and get at least one person to support them. This removed at least half the candidates that couldn’t get a supporter. Next the six finalists needed to answer a few questions about their future policies and how to fix the All of All’s current situation. And then there was the final showdown to see who would get the job.
During the elections, several [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda propaganda] images were made, supporting or questioning a member's candidacy. Though these images were mostly in good fun, some did take offense to them. Nevertheless, they were one of the more notable things about the election, as can be seen by the two images in this article.
[[Image:ElectionProp1.png|300px|thumb|More propaganda|right]]

==Voting==
By the finals it became clear that it was a race between Red Giant and Carmen. [[MrMister]] had some third party support but threw it behind Carmen and dropped out. The final tally was taken in a Charas poll which, we know now, let people vote more than once and even vote if not signed in. So the results were bunk and the vote redone by people manually posting their votes. Members were actively keeping up with who was winning throughout the whole thread, and a few people were disqualified because they registered in between or didn’t follow obscure rules or something. In the end Red Giant won by a very small margin.

But! But! There is that second spot open from firing Trevlac! Originally the (unofficial) plan was for the winner to pick the second mod, but because of the closeness of the vote Sai awarded it to Carmen. So both popular candidates won and everyone was happy. Yay!

==Lasting Impact==
The elections essentially ended most of the major problems with Charas by themselves. The entire staff, Alex included, worked together on the event and most everyone enjoyed the fun. There were a few unimportant problems but they were mostly droned out by a renewed wave of optimism.
However, both Red and Carmen were fired from the job - the former due to inactivity, and the latter because of an event known as the [[Charas Judgement]].

==See Also==
*[[Red Giant]]
*[[Carmen]]
*[[Moderator Elections]]
*[[All of All]]

[[Category:History of Charas]]

Word Association Game

Admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:01:19 GMT

Admin:

The '''Word Association Game''' is a thread in the [[Forum Gaming]] forum. It is notable for being the single largest thread on the [[Charas Forums]], as well as one of the oldest.

==Rules==
The rules of the game are simple; you take the word given by the previous poster, and post the first word/phrase/sentence that you think of. If you can't think of anything (a rare occurrence), you can start another chain with an unrelated word. Generally, posts are 3 words or less.

==History==
It was started by [[FFL2and3rocks]] on December 11, 2003. In its first day, it received about 17 posts, a large number at that time (even for a forum game). From there, it exploded into popularity - as of March 4, 2007, it has 8287 separate posts by a myriad of different users. This officially makes it the single largest thread on the Charas Forums, and it very rarely drops off the first page of Forum Gaming. Its post date also makes it the second-oldest active thread on the forums (with the first being [[Post a photo of yourself]]).

==See Also==
*[http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=1723&forumid=32&catid=6 The thread itself]
*[[Forum Gaming]]
*[[FFL2and3rocks]]

[[Category:Forum games and RPs]]

Forum Gaming

Admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:38:53 GMT

Admin:

The '''Forum Gaming''' forum is located in the Off-Topic section. It is one of the most popular forums in the [[Charas Forums]].

== Overview ==
The Forum Gaming section of Charas is where most of the off-topic word or picture games are held. The word "most" is used because RPs are held in their own section, and the occasional game gets by in [[All of All]] (this is rare, since they are usually moved to the appropriate section by a mod very quickly or just barely manage to pass themselves off as acceptable).

== Popular Games ==
:''See the [[:Category:Forum games and RPs|Forum games and RPs category]] for more information.''
Many games have come and gone in the time that Charas has been up, and some continue to survive after years of activity. A good example would be the current [[Charas Pub]], which is dated back to August 15, 2004. Other popular games would be the Topic kicking game, which dates December 30, 2005 (this game is also one of the few non-stickied topics that are immune to the no-topic-kicking rule). There are even a few reappearing games that show up for a fairly short period of time, die down, and are reborn as a new topic, and these would include The Big Emerald, Guess the MIDI, and Avatar Wars (although the second and third were exponentially less populated). There are also a wealth of "questionnaire" games, such as What is the Blob?, 20 Questions, and Which Beat What?

==Posts in Forum Gaming==
Originally, posts made in the Forum Gaming forum were considered "normal", but due to the vastly inflated post counts of members (such as [[Darkfox]]), [[Alex]] made a special Forum Gaming post count. They still count towards a member's total post count, though.

== See Also ==

*[[2007 Forum Gaming attack]]
*[[List of forums in the Charas Forums]]

[[Category:Charas Forums forums]][[Category:Forum games and RPs]]