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Charas-Project

GaryCXJk — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:49:07 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* History */

'''Charas-Project''' (also known simply as '''Charas''') is a website devoted to [[RPG Maker]]. It contains [[Generators|Resource Generators]], a [[Complete Resources]] section, and [[Charas Forums|forums]] for help and discussion. It is arguably one of the better-known RPG Maker sites, due in part to the generators.

==History==
''Main article: [[History of Charas]]''

[[Alexander Boniverto|Alex]] first created the site in 2002, as a test for his PHP skills. The generators started small, but a community was quickly created around them - so a forum was [[Php Über Board|custom-coded]] for the site. It has since developed into a thriving community, with the Generators still a major part of the site.

The first version used actual physical images as resources. As of May 2005 the project has switched to a fully MySQL-driven system. One of the reasons was to make it easier for newer generators.

Currently there are plans for Charas 3.0.

==Sections==
The site is divided into two parts: [[Charas Main Page|the Main Page]], which includes the [[Generators]] and [[Complete Resources]], as well as several other links; and [[Charas Forums|the Forums]], where discussions of all sorts take place. These two parts are not exclusive of each other - the last 10 (or so) forum discussions appear on the main page, and accounts created on the forums also work as logins for the Generators and CR.

The site is community-driven; individuals can create and submit resources to the Generators or CR, and make posts on the forums.

[[Category:Charas-Project]][[Category:Articles in need of attention]]

Charas Movie Chronology

GaryCXJk — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:36:04 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Charas Team 1: First generation */

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]]

Talk:Lord Raffles

GaryCXJk — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:12:06 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Notice */

==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)

:Actually, to make this Wiki as accurate and objective as possible, I think we should even add such articles, even though it might "fuel someone's ego".
:But I do think the article looks horrid. It doesn't appeal to get read.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 14:11, 6 March 2007 (EST)

Talk:Lord Raffles

GaryCXJk — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:11:35 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Notice */

==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)

:Actually, to make this Wiki as accurate and objective as possible, I think we should even add such articles, even though it might "fuel someone's ego".--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 14:11, 6 March 2007 (EST)

Charas Movie Chronology

GaryCXJk — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:07:39 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Breaking out */

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.

Charas Movie Chronology

GaryCXJk — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:06:25 GMT

GaryCXJk:

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.

Charas Breakout

GaryCXJk — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:45:38 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Charas Breakout DX */

'''Charas Breakout''' is a breakout game with physics, created by [[Gary Kertopermono]] and made in Flash. The purpose of the game is to break at least 50% of all the blocks before time has passed. There is also a Deluxe edition with some major improvements. The game was highly inspired by beta screenshots of the second installment of Earthworm Jim 2, as well as the Puppy Love levels, which were in the game.

== The story ==

Charas is in trouble. Because of the many bitmaps uploaded to Charas the server has become more full, and the bandwidth usage is higher than normal, and since [[Alex]] doesn't have much money this is troubling. On top of that, Alex gets sucked inside the computer.

=== Background ===

The game was made in the time when Alex posted a notification that Charas was in need of money, in order to keep Charas running. Some members figured out that using bitmaps instead of the smaller PNG and GIF files would cost Charas a lot of bandwidth. This turned out to be the base concept of a new game.

== Gameplay ==

You control Alex with the direction keys, and you'll need to bounce the helmet back up. The helmet breaks the blocks of the "bitmap", which gets "uploaded" as time passes. When the image is fully loaded or you'll break every block, the level ends, and you lose if there are more than 50% is still present.

== Charas Breakout: Bitmaps are EFIL ==

The original game was made in Macromedia Flash MX, and programming started in August 2004, and was released September 2nd in the same year. It had a total of 26 bitmaps. Further more, you could only play as Alex. The only power-ups present in the game were the Low-Grav Helmet, High-Grav helmet and Demonspeed. The latter gave the helmet an increased speed.

=== Glitches and bugs ===

There are a number of glitches and bugs present in the game.

* When picking up the Low-Grav Helmet power-up while having Demonspeed, it can result in the helmet being launched, which can result in a few blocks in a row being broken.

== Charas Breakout DX ==

The Deluxe edition was made right after the original was done. It was released December 24th 2006, as an early Christmas present. It had a lot of improvements over the original version, most noticably a trophy room, where newly aquired characters and bitmaps can be reviewed. It also featured new game elements like boss battles.

This was the first time the entire community was involved.

{{spoiler}}

=== The characters ===

Charas Breakout DX had a total of 32 characters to choose from. They all had different stats.

* [[Alex]] - Usable from the start
* [[SMB]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 40,000
* [[SaiKar]] - Unlocked on level 2
* '''SaiKar♀''' (also known as Sai'Kar) - Unlocked on level 20
* [[Darkfox]] - Usable from the start
* [[GhostClown]] - Usable from the start
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - Usable form the start
* [[Red Giant]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,000
* [[Kijuki Magazaki]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,500
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - Unlocked on level 4
* [[Carmen]] - Unlocked on level 6
* [[Midnight9795]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Babycatjuh or on level 15
* [[Moosetroop11]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 20,000
* [[Bluhman]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 22,500
* [[Trevlac]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with GaryCXJk or on level 15
* [[Charaman]] - Unlocked on level 8
* [[Razor]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 5,000
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 7,500
* [[MrMister]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 10,000
* [[Babycatjuh]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Carmen or on level 15
* [[X-F3R]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 15,000
* [[Smokey_locs2006]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 30,000
* [[Osmose]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 27,500
* [[Tomi]] - Unlocked on level 12
* [[Moiledzep]] - Unlocked on level 14
* [[Meiscool]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 25,000
* [[RRWP]] - Unlocked after beating him during his boss battle, which is triggered when not dropping the helmet during a regular level
* '''Pirate''' - Unlocked after knocking the special pirate out during the Piracy boss battle
* '''Sprite''' - Unlocked after reaching 100% during the Sprite Love minigame
* '''Bas the Bear''' - Unlocked when not hitting any blocks during a regular level
* '''BannerGuy''' - Unlocked when unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner bitmap
* '''Santa''' - Unlocked on Christmas

=== Boss levels and other special levels ===

There are a total of two boss levels, and two special levels. The two boss levels are:

* '''Virus''' - There are three virii, which need to be destroyed. The particles they shoot can stun the character.
* '''Piracy''' - Five canons need to be broken. Each time a canon gets broken an extra row of pirates come up, who can block the way.

The two special levels are:

* '''Sprite Love''' - A parody of Puppy Love and based on the Game & Watch game Fire, where you must bounce the sprites to safety. Shows up randomly after the first round.
* '''RRWP's Revenge''' - The regular stage with RRWP. Shows up when you don't drop the helmet in the regular stages.

Also, each two levels, not counting in the special and boss stages, contain double-breakable or even non-breakable blocks.

{{endspoiler}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/356094 Newgrounds link to Charas Breakout DX]

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:10:53 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Forum history */

{{addplz}}

{{CharasUserInfo|name=GaryCXJk|pic=GaryCXJkAvatar.gif |join=Feb 2003|stat=Senior Member|pos=Former Moderator|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=585|bday=August 9, 1985|gender=Male}}

'''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]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:09:58 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Influences */

{{addplz}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. This first draft contained a sort of tutorial in the style of the RPG Maker games, after which the screen faded out, and faded back in to a street which is supposedly Venice. In the background ''O Sole Mio'' can be heard.

Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

====The plot====
GaryCXJk made a topic in which the basic plot was outlined. In essence the story was all about betrayal and trust. The story often shifted to different characters, to give everybody a chance to be in the spotlight.

==Influences==
[[Image:CharasMovie.jpg|100px|thumb|The Charas Movie poster, with the All Your Game influence.|right]]
* A manipulated image was created for the Alex Carreer topic, in which Alex got put in several situations in which he supposedly worked. One was the Charas Movie one, in which the faces of the Jackass members, as depicted in the Jackass the Movie poster, were replaced by the faces of Charas-members. This later became a bitmap for the Charas Breakout game, and even appeared in the first draft for the Charas Movie.
* The profiles of the playable characters of [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]] were based on the characters for the second attempt. Whether or not this will forshadow another attempt is currently unknown.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

File:CharasMovie.jpg

GaryCXJk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:09:30 GMT

GaryCXJk: Charas movie image.

Charas movie image.

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:59:42 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Forum history */

{{addplz}}

{{CharasUserInfo|name=GaryCXJk|pic=GaryCXJkAvatar.gif |join=Feb 2003|stat=Senior Member|pos=Former Moderator|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=585|bday=August 9, 1985|gender=Male}}

'''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.

==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]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:57:47 GMT

GaryCXJk:

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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==

==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]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:07:37 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Bas the Teddybear */

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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.

==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]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:05:35 GMT

GaryCXJk:

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{{CharasUserInfo|name=GaryCXJk|pic=GaryCXJkAvatar.gif |join=Feb 2003|stat=Senior Member|pos=Former Moderator|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=585|bday=August 9, 1985|gender=Male}}

'''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.

==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.

==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]]

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:46:17 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Influences */

{{addplz}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. This first draft contained a sort of tutorial in the style of the RPG Maker games, after which the screen faded out, and faded back in to a street which is supposedly Venice. In the background ''O Sole Mio'' can be heard.

Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

====The plot====
GaryCXJk made a topic in which the basic plot was outlined. In essence the story was all about betrayal and trust. The story often shifted to different characters, to give everybody a chance to be in the spotlight.

==Influences==
[[Image:CharasMovie.png|100px|thumb|The Charas Movie poster, with the All Your Game influence.|right]]
* A manipulated image was created for the Alex Carreer topic, in which Alex got put in several situations in which he supposedly worked. One was the Charas Movie one, in which the faces of the Jackass members, as depicted in the Jackass the Movie poster, were replaced by the faces of Charas-members. This later became a bitmap for the Charas Breakout game, and even appeared in the first draft for the Charas Movie.
* The profiles of the playable characters of [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]] were based on the characters for the second attempt. Whether or not this will forshadow another attempt is currently unknown.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

File:CharasMovie.png

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:42:34 GMT

GaryCXJk: Charas movie image.

Charas movie image.

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:40:53 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Influences */

{{addplz}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. This first draft contained a sort of tutorial in the style of the RPG Maker games, after which the screen faded out, and faded back in to a street which is supposedly Venice. In the background ''O Sole Mio'' can be heard.

Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

====The plot====
GaryCXJk made a topic in which the basic plot was outlined. In essence the story was all about betrayal and trust. The story often shifted to different characters, to give everybody a chance to be in the spotlight.

==Influences==
* A manipulated image was created for the Alex Carreer topic, in which Alex got put in several situations in which he supposedly worked. One was the Charas Movie one, in which the faces of the Jackass members, as depicted in the Jackass the Movie poster, were replaced by the faces of Charas-members. This later became a bitmap for the Charas Breakout game, and even appeared in the first draft for the Charas Movie.
* The profiles of the playable characters of [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]] were based on the characters for the second attempt. Whether or not this will forshadow another attempt is currently unknown.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:40:11 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Influences */

{{addplz}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. This first draft contained a sort of tutorial in the style of the RPG Maker games, after which the screen faded out, and faded back in to a street which is supposedly Venice. In the background ''O Sole Mio'' can be heard.

Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

====The plot====
GaryCXJk made a topic in which the basic plot was outlined. In essence the story was all about betrayal and trust. The story often shifted to different characters, to give everybody a chance to be in the spotlight.

==Influences==
* A manipulated image was created for the Alex Carreer topic, in which Alex got put in several situations in which he supposedly worked. One was the Charas Movie one, in which the faces of the Jackass members, as depicted in the Jackass the Movie poster, were replaced by the faces of Charas-members.
* The profiles of the playable characters of [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]] were based on the characters for the second attempt. Whether or not this will forshadow another attempt is currently unknown.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:37:12 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Projects he has been involved in */

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:36:50 GMT

GaryCXJk:

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:33:16 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* A second attempt */

{{addplz}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. This first draft contained a sort of tutorial in the style of the RPG Maker games, after which the screen faded out, and faded back in to a street which is supposedly Venice. In the background ''O Sole Mio'' can be heard.

Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

====The plot====
GaryCXJk made a topic in which the basic plot was outlined. In essence the story was all about betrayal and trust. The story often shifted to different characters, to give everybody a chance to be in the spotlight.

==Influences==
* The profiles of the playable characters of [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]] were based on the characters for the second attempt. Whether or not this will forshadow another attempt is currently unknown.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:27:12 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* History */

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:25:27 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Influences */

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:24:52 GMT

GaryCXJk:

Forum gaming

GaryCXJk — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:31:23 GMT

GaryCXJk:

#redirect [[Forum Gaming]]

Charas-Project

GaryCXJk — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:39:13 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* History */

'''Charas-Project''' (also known simply as '''Charas''') is a website devoted to [[RPG Maker]]. It contains [[Generators|Resource Generators]], a [[Complete Resources]] section, and [[Charas Forums|forums]] for help and discussion. It is arguably one of the better-known RPG Maker sites, due in part to the generators.

==History==
''Main article: [[History of Charas]]''

[[Alexander Boniverto|Alex]] first created the site in 2002, as a test for his PHP skills. The generators started small, but a community was quickly created around them - so a forum was [[Php Über Board|custom-coded]] for the site. It has since developed into a thriving community, with the Generators still a major part of the site.

The first version used actual physical images as resources. As of May 2005 the project has switched to a fully MySQL-driven system. One of the reasons was to make it easier for newer generators.

==Sections==
The site is divided into two parts: [[Charas Main Page|the Main Page]], which includes the [[Generators]] and [[Complete Resources]], as well as several other links; and [[Charas Forums|the Forums]], where discussions of all sorts take place. These two parts are not exclusive of each other - the last 10 (or so) forum discussions appear on the main page, and accounts created on the forums also work as logins for the Generators and CR.

The site is community-driven; individuals can create and submit resources to the Generators or CR, and make posts on the forums.

[[Category:Charas-Project]]

Charas Resource Contest

GaryCXJk — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:31:40 GMT

GaryCXJk:

The Charas Resource Contest is a contest with the purpose to contribute to the generator resources. There is no prize; the only prize is an honnerable mention on the Contest page.

==History==
The resource contest was created with the sole purpose of having fun. The ideas for the contest came on January 9th 2003, and in March 2nd the actual contest started.

===The first contest===
The first contest was restricted to just the charsets. Every participant was restricted to a maximum of three submissions. It had to be applyable to an existing set, and it had to be fully sprited by you.

The winner was TheBrave, followed by Cosmo and Nukes.

It ran from March 2nd 2003 to May 31st 2003.

===The second contest: Reloaded===
This contest basically had the same rules as the first one, but this time, you could also submit faceset resources. These two were seperately judged.

The winner of the charset resources was Adjuma, followed by The Brave with two submissions. However, technically The Brave had won this contest, but because he already won the last one, the judges thought it would be more fair to give the first prize to Adjuma.

For the facesets the winner was FFL2and3rocks, followed by Winterheaven and Sharu.

It ran from August 29th 2003 to November 31st 2003.

===The third contest===
This time the battle charset resources were counted in. Further more the popular types (normal-sized for charsets and facing left / right for facesets) were not allowed. Finally, there was a final prize for people who could make the same object for all three generators, the connection prize.

These were the result:

<table border=1 align='center' width='600' cellpadding=5 bgcolor="#3333cc">
<tr>
<th colspan=3>RESULTS AT A GLANCE</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Facegen</th>
<th>Charas</th>
<th>Battlechar</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align='left'>
1st - moiledzep<br>
2nd - Gold Dean<br>
3rd - Apex
</th>
<th align='left'>
1st - GhostClown212<br>
2nd - Sharu<br>
3rd - Pedro Lion
</th>

<th align='left'>
1st - SaiKar<br>
2nd - moiledzep<br>
3rd - Gold Dean
</th>
</tr>

</table>

Finally, the only people aiming for the connection prize were moiledzep and Apex. Since Alex couldn't choose, he gave them both the prize.

It ran from March 21st 2004 to May 1st 2004.

==Judging==
The jury consisted of members of the Charas board. The juries couldn't participate in any contest. They each assigned a rating from 1 to 10 to a resource. In the end the points per resource get averaged.

Starting from the second resource contest the jury also had people from well-known RPG Maker sites.

==Trivia==
* So far every banner was created by [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]].
* A character called Bannerguy was featured in [[Charas Breakout#Charas Breakout DX|Charas Breakout DX]]. You unlocked him by unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner.
* The second resource contest was created around the time the second Matrix movie, ''The Matrix: Reloaded'', was released. The banner also featured a spoof of the scrolling code.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:41:47 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* History */

{{Memory}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around the end of 2003, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Charas Movie

GaryCXJk — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:39:02 GMT

GaryCXJk:

{{Memory}}

The Charas movie is a community project, which never took off. In other words, epic PHAIL.

==History==
The Charas movie started off as an idea from a member called Cosmo around June 2004, and sprouted from the bandwidth problem issue, where Charas needed exposure, so that it could earn money to pay off any server bills. The idea was to show every member with their typical traits, for example, [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] as a flamer and [[Alex]] as the main man.

The first version was made by GaryCXJk, but was never completed. Eventually the idea died down.

===A second attempt===
In January 2006 a second attempt was started. However, it also died. This time it had an actual storyline. There was only an outline of the story, but no actual animation had been made.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

History of Charas

GaryCXJk — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:28:30 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* The Charas Judgment */

{{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===
Enter into paradise in January 2004 [[RRWP]], a somewhat tragic historical figure. To understand RRWP you need to understand Charas at this point in time. The atmosphere was one of almost construction and optimism. Literally not a disparaging word could be seen anywhere on the forum. Every change of any kind was greeted with cheering and enthusiasm. And Charas maintained this for an entire '''year'''. I know this sounds surreal, but it’s true. Read 2003 posts if you don’t believe it.

RRWP was a talented spriter and game maker that had come to Charas for basically the same reason everyone else did at this point; to share resources. The difference was that RRWP was a critic. If he thought something was poorly done, he said so, but in a very constructive criticism-type way. Likewise, if he thought something was good, he said so. He wasn’t even mean about it or anything. But the very fact that he dared speak his mind in a negative way threw Charas into turmoil.

[[Image:GaryCXJkAvatar.png|100px|thumb|[[Gary]]'s feud with RRWP dominated the forum|right]]
The forum at large was revolted by RRWP’s criticisms, of which he gave out often. He was basically branded as a troll and became very disliked quickly. [[Midnight]] had a small fight with him, the details of which that are lost. [[Gary Kertopermono|Gary]], a well respected moderator that had been at the forum from near the beginning, got into a larger fight with him, the details of which are also lost. Most everyone didn’t like RRWP except for one spriter named SaiKar who sympathized with him. Yet the forum wasn’t entirely on Gary’s side either, for he was being rather dirty in the fight.

The culmination of all this happened when Alex created a “RRWP vs Gary Kertopermono, Welcome in the arena!!!” thread and them promptly went on vacation. In the thread Alex encouraged people to “vote” on who was better, RRWP or Gary, in sort of a tongue-and-cheek manner. Long story short, all hell broke lose. Both RRWP and Gary got real dirty and lots of other people didn’t help much. Sai tried to defend his friend RRWP and end the fighting so Alex wouldn’t come back to a mess of a forum. It didn’t help much, but this made Alex notice Sai as a community figure.

In the aftermath, RRWP left the forums, saying (rightly so) that the immaturity was appaling. Gary got demoted from being a moderator. And Alex appointed several new mods to better watch over the forum. The new moderators were announced on Febuary 29th, 2004. Leap day! I’m sure that’s symbolic somehow. The appointment thread was deleted at some point, but as follows are Alex’s appointmens from the [[Private]] forum.

Saikar - All of All and requests
* Because he demonstrates good feeling with many users, really active on the forum and wise in calming down "riots" when needed.

Kairou - Magazine team
* It's his Team, and he is an old user of Charas (he knows how the forum works)

Reain_ - Beta Testers Team
* It's his Team, he's an active member, often good also in difficult discussions.

Smo or Midnight - Net Hunters Team
* Again, it's their team, but better to have just one mod per Team.
* I think they've to talk between themselves to say me who will become Mod here. (note from editor – Smokey won this position)

GaryCXJk - Movie Team
* It's his Team, he never left it. Plus he's the only one who really takes care of it, i think it should be better if he can manage it.

FFL2and3rocks - Resources and Gallery
* Old user, incredible "recolorer" and huge BMP hunter.
* I think he can helps a lot with new users and their first "graphics experiences" on these boards.

Rowan - Tutorials
* Active memeber, plus the tutorial section was an idea of him.
* Mainly here he can check the goodness of posted things and add eventual addons.

Things generally calmed down, though RRWP’s legacy became permanent. Gone were the days of absolute optimism and a total focus on the generators, and replacing them was the rise of All of All and off-topic discussion as the main focus of Charas’s forums. Some were bitter to see the old days go, but on the upside the non-RPGMaker focus drew a lot of oddball people that would have probably found the forum too boring to hang around otherwise.

====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 RPGMaker 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, 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]] lost their modship for stupid reasons. The whole [[Pop]] incident, the details of which still confuse me, 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 elections for moderators that [[Reain]] and [[Trevlac]] won. 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. 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.

[[Image:ElectionProp2.png|300px|thumb|Propaganda was the best part of the election (click the image for full size and better color depth)|right]]
At this point 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.

Most of the election threads have been deleted, but it’s clear this was a MAJOR event that was essentially the center of Charas’s talk for weeks. Public elections! For the most popular mod position! Wealth and power, hell yeah! There were propaganda images drawn up supporting various people and slamming others. Good times were had by all.

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.

[[Image:ElectionProp1.png|300px|thumb|More propaganda|right]]
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!

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. At least until December 1st, the day Lord Raffles joined.

====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===
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.

Except about that whole topics getting locked thing.

====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 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====
* 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.

===TrollKingdom and Sanctuary Fortress===
After these events things went good for a while. However, as it turns out, Charas wasn't completely out of trouble, as there would be a troll invasion. (this section is next - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]])

==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]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:17:11 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Use of capitalisation */

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'''Gary Keropermono''' (known also by his nickname of '''GaryCXJk''') is a longtime member of Charas. Formerly a [[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.

==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.

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Talk:Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:15:46 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* This page */

==This page==
In theory, Gary's page should be /Gary CXJK instead of his last name.

GaryCXJk. Capital CXJ, lower case k. Get it right. Also, it doesn't really matter, since I lately often use Gary Kertopermono for my work.
--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 08:06, 18 January 2007 (EST)

:Yeah but I thought the idea was to have the name of the page the same as the member name.[[User:Razor|Razor]] 15:32, 18 January 2007 (EST)

: You do realize that having the lowercase k makes no damn sense if it's an initial for your last name, right? If anything it should be capitalized and your CXJ title thing in lowercase. I was just reading this article and thought it was so funny you'd snap at people for completely backwards convensions. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

:Well, if you really think of it good, it does make sense. Sure, it isn't the "right" convension, but from an artistic point of view it just works better. Making the K capital makes you think the K belongs to the CXJ part, which makes you wonder what the K means. Making the CXJ lower case makes you think the CXJ is part of my name. So basically the only thing I'm really picky on.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 01:15, 23 January 2007 (EST)

Talk:Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:15:03 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* This page */

==This page==
In theory, Gary's page should be /Gary CXJK instead of his last name.

GaryCXJk. Capital CXJ, lower case k. Get it right. Also, it doesn't really matter, since I lately often use Gary Kertopermono for my work.
--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 08:06, 18 January 2007 (EST)

:Yeah but I thought the idea was to have the name of the page the same as the member name.[[User:Razor|Razor]] 15:32, 18 January 2007 (EST)

: You do realize that having the lowercase k makes no damn sense if it's an initial for your last name, right? If anything it should be capitalized and your CXJ title thing in lowercase. I was just reading this article and thought it was so funny you'd snap at people for completely backwards convensions. - [[User:SaiKar|SaiKar]]

:Well, if you really think of it good, it does make sense. Sure, it isn't the "right" convension, but from an artistic point of view it just works better. Making the K capital makes you think the K belongs to the CXJ part, which makes you wonder what the K means. So basically the only thing I'm really picky on.--[[User:GaryCXJk|GaryCXJk]] 01:15, 23 January 2007 (EST)

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:20:52 GMT

GaryCXJk:

{{CharasUserInfo|name=GaryCXJk|pic=GaryCXJkAvatar.gif |join=Feb 2003|stat=Senior Member|pos=Former Moderator|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=585|bday=August 9, 1985|gender=Male}}

'''Gary Keropermono''' (known also by his nickname of '''GaryCXJk''') is a longtime member of Charas. Formerly a [[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.

==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.

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:17:33 GMT

GaryCXJk:

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:16:06 GMT

GaryCXJk:

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GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:15:23 GMT

GaryCXJk:

Gary Kertopermono

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:13:37 GMT

GaryCXJk:

{{CharasUserInfo|name=GaryCXJk|pic=GaryCXJkAvatar.png |join=Feb 2003|stat=Senior Member|pos=Former Moderator|profile=http://charas-project.net/forum/viewmember.php?userid=585|bday=August 9, 1985|gender=Male}}

'''Gary Keropermono''' (known also by his nickname of '''GaryCXJk''') is a longtime member of Charas. Formerly a [[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.

[[Category:Charas Forums members]][[Category:Charas Forums moderators]][[Category:People who have submitted Generator resources]][[Category:People who have submitted Complete Resources resources]][[Category:Charas developers]]

Charas Breakout

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:00:06 GMT

GaryCXJk:

'''Charas Breakout''' is a breakout game with physics, created by [[Gary Kertopermono]] and made in Flash. The purpose of the game is to break at least 50% of all the blocks before time has passed. There is also a Deluxe edition with some major improvements. The game was highly inspired by beta screenshots of the second installment of Earthworm Jim 2, as well as the Puppy Love levels, which were in the game.

== The story ==

Charas is in trouble. Because of the many bitmaps uploaded to Charas the server has become more full, and the bandwidth usage is higher than normal, and since [[Alex]] doesn't have much money this is troubling. On top of that, Alex gets sucked inside the computer.

=== Background ===

The game was made in the time when Alex posted a notification that Charas was in need of money, in order to keep Charas running. Some members figured out that using bitmaps instead of the smaller PNG and GIF files would cost Charas a lot of bandwidth. This turned out to be the base concept of a new game.

== Gameplay ==

You control Alex with the direction keys, and you'll need to bounce the helmet back up. The helmet breaks the blocks of the "bitmap", which gets "uploaded" as time passes. When the image is fully loaded or you'll break every block, the level ends, and you lose if there are more than 50% is still present.

== Charas Breakout: Bitmaps are EFIL ==

The original game was made in Macromedia Flash MX, and programming started in August 2004, and was released September 2nd in the same year. It had a total of 26 bitmaps. Further more, you could only play as Alex. The only power-ups present in the game were the Low-Grav Helmet, High-Grav helmet and Demonspeed. The latter gave the helmet an increased speed.

=== Glitches and bugs ===

There are a number of glitches and bugs present in the game.

* When picking up the Low-Grav Helmet power-up while having Demonspeed, it can result in the helmet being launched, which can result in a few blocks in a row being broken.

== Charas Breakout DX ==

The Deluxe edition was made right after the original was done. It was released December 24th 2006, as an early Christmas present. It had a lot of improvements over the original version, most noticably a trophy room, where newly aquired characters and bitmaps can be reviewed. It also featured new game elements like boss battles.

This was the first time the entire community was involved.

=== The characters ===
{{spoiler}}

Charas Breakout DX had a total of 32 characters to choose from. They all had different stats.

* [[Alex]] - Usable from the start
* [[SMB]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 40,000
* [[SaiKar]] - Unlocked on level 2
* '''SaiKar♀''' (also known as Sai'Kar) - Unlocked on level 20
* [[Darkfox]] - Usable from the start
* [[GhostClown]] - Usable from the start
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - Usable form the start
* [[Red Giant]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,000
* [[Kijuki Magazaki]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,500
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - Unlocked on level 4
* [[Carmen]] - Unlocked on level 6
* [[Midnight9795]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Babycatjuh or on level 15
* [[Moosetroop11]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 20,000
* [[Bluhman]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 22,500
* [[Trevlac]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with GaryCXJk or on level 15
* [[Charaman]] - Unlocked on level 8
* [[Razor]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 5,000
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 7,500
* [[MrMister]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 10,000
* [[Babycatjuh]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Carmen or on level 15
* [[X-F3R]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 15,000
* [[Smokey_locs2006]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 30,000
* [[Osmose]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 27,500
* [[Tomi]] - Unlocked on level 12
* [[Moiledzep]] - Unlocked on level 14
* [[Meiscool]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 25,000
* [[RRWP]] - Unlocked after beating him during his boss battle, which is triggered when not dropping the helmet during a regular level
* '''Pirate''' - Unlocked after knocking the special pirate out during the Piracy boss battle
* '''Sprite''' - Unlocked after reaching 100% during the Sprite Love minigame
* '''Bas the Bear''' - Unlocked when not hitting any blocks during a regular level
* '''BannerGuy''' - Unlocked when unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner bitmap
* '''Santa''' - Unlocked on Christmas

{{endspoiler}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/356094 Newgrounds link to Charas Breakout DX]

[[Category:Community Projects]]

RRWP

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:38:56 GMT

GaryCXJk:

{{memory}}
{{cleanup}}

RRWP was one of the great members of [[Charas|Charas']] past. He has long since left Charas.

===The Person===
The one thing RRWP will best be remembered by was his ability to criticise. Instead of being the average "you suck, your game sucks and that band you like sucks" type of critic found ''en masse'' on the internet, he would point out the problems he saw and give advice on how they could be improved.

===The Fights===
At some point, he and [[Midnight]] got into a fight over something. It may or may not have split the community into sides.

After or during that, he and [[Gary]] also got into a fight over something. It also may or may not have split the community into sides.

===Left===
After these little fights, and his mum having gotten scared, he decided to leave Charas to join his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. He vowed never to return to Charas, and he never did.

===Return===
About a year later, give or take some amount of time, RRWP returned to Charas, despite what the previous sentence says. However, his return did not last long, as he left soon after, never to be seen again.

===Where Is He Now?===
Every now and then, he could be seen on MSN. After he left a final time, however, he also stopped appearing on MSN. The most probable turn of events is that he ditched the name and email in favour for something new, in order to escape the past, or perhaps just to get a more mature name.

===What Does RRWP Stand For?===
''''Real Robots Wear Pants''''.

===His legacy===
Although not many remember him, he has been seen as a God or Messiah, and people always believed that RRWP will return for the final judgement. Some claim to have seen him at the nearest Google station.

[[Category:Old, inactive members]][[Category:Articles that need more information]]

Charas Breakout

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:54:09 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* External links */

'''Charas Breakout''' is a breakout game with physics, created by [[Gary Kertopermono]] and made in Flash. The purpose of the game is to break at least 50% of all the blocks before time has passed. There is also a Deluxe edition with some major improvements.

== The story ==

Charas is in trouble. Because of the many bitmaps uploaded to Charas the server has become more full, and the bandwidth usage is higher than normal, and since [[Alex]] doesn't have much money this is troubling. On top of that, Alex gets sucked inside the computer.

=== Background ===

The game was made in the time when Alex posted a notification that Charas was in need of money, in order to keep Charas running. Some members figured out that using bitmaps instead of the smaller PNG and GIF files would cost Charas a lot of bandwidth. This turned out to be the base concept of a new game.

== Gameplay ==

You control Alex with the direction keys, and you'll need to bounce the helmet back up. The helmet breaks the blocks of the "bitmap", which gets "uploaded" as time passes. When the image is fully loaded or you'll break every block, the level ends, and you lose if there are more than 50% is still present.

== Charas Breakout: Bitmaps are EFIL ==

The original game was made in Macromedia Flash MX, and programming started in August 2004, and was released September 2nd in the same year. It had a total of 26 bitmaps. Further more, you could only play as Alex. The only power-ups present in the game were the Low-Grav Helmet, High-Grav helmet and Demonspeed. The latter gave the helmet an increased speed.

=== Glitches and bugs ===

There are a number of glitches and bugs present in the game.

* When picking up the Low-Grav Helmet power-up while having Demonspeed, it can result in the helmet being launched, which can result in a few blocks in a row being broken.

== Charas Breakout DX ==

The Deluxe edition was made right after the original was done. It was released December 24th 2006, as an early Christmas present. It had a lot of improvements over the original version, most noticably a trophy room, where newly aquired characters and bitmaps can be reviewed. It also featured new game elements like boss battles.

This was the first time the entire community was involved.

=== The characters ===
{{spoiler}}

Charas Breakout DX had a total of 32 characters to choose from. They all had different stats.

* [[Alex]] - Usable from the start
* [[SMB]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 40,000
* [[SaiKar]] - Unlocked on level 2
* '''SaiKar♀''' (also known as Sai'Kar) - Unlocked on level 20
* [[Darkfox]] - Usable from the start
* [[GhostClown]] - Usable from the start
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - Usable form the start
* [[Red Giant]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,000
* [[Kijuki Magazaki]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,500
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - Unlocked on level 4
* [[Carmen]] - Unlocked on level 6
* [[Midnight9795]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Babycatjuh or on level 15
* [[Moosetroop11]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 20,000
* [[Bluhman]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 22,500
* [[Trevlac]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with GaryCXJk or on level 15
* [[Charaman]] - Unlocked on level 8
* [[Razor]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 5,000
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 7,500
* [[MrMister]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 10,000
* [[Babycatjuh]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Carmen or on level 15
* [[X-F3R]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 15,000
* [[Smokey_locs2006]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 30,000
* [[Osmose]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 27,500
* [[Tomi]] - Unlocked on level 12
* [[Moiledzep]] - Unlocked on level 14
* [[Meiscool]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 25,000
* [[RRWP]] - Unlocked after beating him during his boss battle, which is triggered when not dropping the helmet during a regular level
* '''Pirate''' - Unlocked after knocking the special pirate out during the Piracy boss battle
* '''Sprite''' - Unlocked after reaching 100% during the Sprite Love minigame
* '''Bas the Bear''' - Unlocked when not hitting any blocks during a regular level
* '''BannerGuy''' - Unlocked when unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner bitmap
* '''Santa''' - Unlocked on Christmas

{{endspoiler}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/356094 Newgrounds link to Charas Breakout DX]

[[Category:Community Projects]]

Charas Breakout

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:53:53 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* External links */

'''Charas Breakout''' is a breakout game with physics, created by [[Gary Kertopermono]] and made in Flash. The purpose of the game is to break at least 50% of all the blocks before time has passed. There is also a Deluxe edition with some major improvements.

== The story ==

Charas is in trouble. Because of the many bitmaps uploaded to Charas the server has become more full, and the bandwidth usage is higher than normal, and since [[Alex]] doesn't have much money this is troubling. On top of that, Alex gets sucked inside the computer.

=== Background ===

The game was made in the time when Alex posted a notification that Charas was in need of money, in order to keep Charas running. Some members figured out that using bitmaps instead of the smaller PNG and GIF files would cost Charas a lot of bandwidth. This turned out to be the base concept of a new game.

== Gameplay ==

You control Alex with the direction keys, and you'll need to bounce the helmet back up. The helmet breaks the blocks of the "bitmap", which gets "uploaded" as time passes. When the image is fully loaded or you'll break every block, the level ends, and you lose if there are more than 50% is still present.

== Charas Breakout: Bitmaps are EFIL ==

The original game was made in Macromedia Flash MX, and programming started in August 2004, and was released September 2nd in the same year. It had a total of 26 bitmaps. Further more, you could only play as Alex. The only power-ups present in the game were the Low-Grav Helmet, High-Grav helmet and Demonspeed. The latter gave the helmet an increased speed.

=== Glitches and bugs ===

There are a number of glitches and bugs present in the game.

* When picking up the Low-Grav Helmet power-up while having Demonspeed, it can result in the helmet being launched, which can result in a few blocks in a row being broken.

== Charas Breakout DX ==

The Deluxe edition was made right after the original was done. It was released December 24th 2006, as an early Christmas present. It had a lot of improvements over the original version, most noticably a trophy room, where newly aquired characters and bitmaps can be reviewed. It also featured new game elements like boss battles.

This was the first time the entire community was involved.

=== The characters ===
{{spoiler}}

Charas Breakout DX had a total of 32 characters to choose from. They all had different stats.

* [[Alex]] - Usable from the start
* [[SMB]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 40,000
* [[SaiKar]] - Unlocked on level 2
* '''SaiKar♀''' (also known as Sai'Kar) - Unlocked on level 20
* [[Darkfox]] - Usable from the start
* [[GhostClown]] - Usable from the start
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - Usable form the start
* [[Red Giant]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,000
* [[Kijuki Magazaki]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,500
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - Unlocked on level 4
* [[Carmen]] - Unlocked on level 6
* [[Midnight9795]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Babycatjuh or on level 15
* [[Moosetroop11]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 20,000
* [[Bluhman]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 22,500
* [[Trevlac]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with GaryCXJk or on level 15
* [[Charaman]] - Unlocked on level 8
* [[Razor]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 5,000
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 7,500
* [[MrMister]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 10,000
* [[Babycatjuh]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Carmen or on level 15
* [[X-F3R]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 15,000
* [[Smokey_locs2006]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 30,000
* [[Osmose]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 27,500
* [[Tomi]] - Unlocked on level 12
* [[Moiledzep]] - Unlocked on level 14
* [[Meiscool]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 25,000
* [[RRWP]] - Unlocked after beating him during his boss battle, which is triggered when not dropping the helmet during a regular level
* '''Pirate''' - Unlocked after knocking the special pirate out during the Piracy boss battle
* '''Sprite''' - Unlocked after reaching 100% during the Sprite Love minigame
* '''Bas the Bear''' - Unlocked when not hitting any blocks during a regular level
* '''BannerGuy''' - Unlocked when unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner bitmap
* '''Santa''' - Unlocked on Christmas

{{endspoiler}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/356094 Newgrounds link to Charas Breakout DX]

[[Category:Charas Projects]]

Category:Templates

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:51:10 GMT

GaryCXJk:

Various templates used throughout the wiki.
They can be inserted into articles by typing <nowiki>{{template:NAME}} or just {{NAME}}</nowiki>.

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GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:50:33 GMT

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Charas Breakout

GaryCXJk — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:47:35 GMT

GaryCXJk: /* Charas Breakout DX */

'''Charas Breakout''' is a breakout game with physics, created by [[Gary Kertopermono]] and made in Flash. The purpose of the game is to break at least 50% of all the blocks before time has passed. There is also a Deluxe edition with some major improvements.

== The story ==

Charas is in trouble. Because of the many bitmaps uploaded to Charas the server has become more full, and the bandwidth usage is higher than normal, and since [[Alex]] doesn't have much money this is troubling. On top of that, Alex gets sucked inside the computer.

=== Background ===

The game was made in the time when Alex posted a notification that Charas was in need of money, in order to keep Charas running. Some members figured out that using bitmaps instead of the smaller PNG and GIF files would cost Charas a lot of bandwidth. This turned out to be the base concept of a new game.

== Gameplay ==

You control Alex with the direction keys, and you'll need to bounce the helmet back up. The helmet breaks the blocks of the "bitmap", which gets "uploaded" as time passes. When the image is fully loaded or you'll break every block, the level ends, and you lose if there are more than 50% is still present.

== Charas Breakout: Bitmaps are EFIL ==

The original game was made in Macromedia Flash MX, and programming started in August 2004, and was released September 2nd in the same year. It had a total of 26 bitmaps. Further more, you could only play as Alex. The only power-ups present in the game were the Low-Grav Helmet, High-Grav helmet and Demonspeed. The latter gave the helmet an increased speed.

=== Glitches and bugs ===

There are a number of glitches and bugs present in the game.

* When picking up the Low-Grav Helmet power-up while having Demonspeed, it can result in the helmet being launched, which can result in a few blocks in a row being broken.

== Charas Breakout DX ==

The Deluxe edition was made right after the original was done. It was released December 24th 2006, as an early Christmas present. It had a lot of improvements over the original version, most noticably a trophy room, where newly aquired characters and bitmaps can be reviewed. It also featured new game elements like boss battles.

This was the first time the entire community was involved.

=== The characters ===
{{spoiler}}

Charas Breakout DX had a total of 32 characters to choose from. They all had different stats.

* [[Alex]] - Usable from the start
* [[SMB]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 40,000
* [[SaiKar]] - Unlocked on level 2
* '''SaiKar♀''' (also known as Sai'Kar) - Unlocked on level 20
* [[Darkfox]] - Usable from the start
* [[GhostClown]] - Usable from the start
* [[FFL2and3rocks]] - Usable form the start
* [[Red Giant]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,000
* [[Kijuki Magazaki]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 3,500
* [[Gary Kertopermono|GaryCXJk]] - Unlocked on level 4
* [[Carmen]] - Unlocked on level 6
* [[Midnight9795]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Babycatjuh or on level 15
* [[Moosetroop11]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 20,000
* [[Bluhman]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 22,500
* [[Trevlac]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with GaryCXJk or on level 15
* [[Charaman]] - Unlocked on level 8
* [[Razor]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 5,000
* [[Warxe_PhoenixBlade]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 7,500
* [[MrMister]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 10,000
* [[Babycatjuh]] - Unlocked when finishing level 5 with Carmen or on level 15
* [[X-F3R]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 15,000
* [[Smokey_locs2006]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 30,000
* [[Osmose]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 27,500
* [[Tomi]] - Unlocked on level 12
* [[Moiledzep]] - Unlocked on level 14
* [[Meiscool]] - Unlocked after the score reaches 25,000
* [[RRWP]] - Unlocked after beating him during his boss battle, which is triggered when not dropping the helmet during a regular level
* '''Pirate''' - Unlocked after knocking the special pirate out during the Piracy boss battle
* '''Sprite''' - Unlocked after reaching 100% during the Sprite Love minigame
* '''Bas the Bear''' - Unlocked when not hitting any blocks during a regular level
* '''BannerGuy''' - Unlocked when unlocking every Charas Resource Contest banner bitmap
* '''Santa''' - Unlocked on Christmas

{{endspoiler}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/356094 Newgrounds link to Charas Breakout DX]

Category:Community Projects

GaryCXJk — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:13:32 GMT

GaryCXJk:

The community projects are projects are several projects, which were either innitiated by the community, or were made to contribute to the community and Charas or to get the community together.

Charas Resource Contest

GaryCXJk — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:11:32 GMT

GaryCXJk:

The Charas Resource Contest is a contest with the purpose to contribute to the generator resources. There is no prize; the only prize is an honnerable mention on the Contest page.

[[Category:Community Projects]]

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