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    Assailant -- Year 226

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    "But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura


    Getting Started, Creating Accounts, and Account Switcher
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    We understand that this website can be a bit overwhelming at first, so I've put together a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up/edit your first account.
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    STEP 1:
    Making your Out Of Character profile

    So you've read the rules and you're ready to join? Great! But where to start?

    > Beneath the Beqanna header and associated links, to the left of your screen, you should see a small box labeled "Begin". At this point in the joining process it should read, "Hello there, guest!" with the two options "Login" and "Register" beneath. To make your Out Of Character [OOC] and character accounts, you'll want to click the "register" option, circled below in red.

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    Filling in the necessary information

    After clicking "register", you should be re-directed to a page that allows you to fill out the registration form. Here's where you'll fill out the basics needed to start playing the game.

    > In the field labeled "Username", you'll put in your very own unique OOC name! This is the name that everyone else will be able to identify you by in the game (Be sure you search through the member database so you don't use a name that's already been taken!)
    > Be sure to fill out the other fields, such as your password and a current e-mail address. (you'll need this email to confirm your registration)

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    Right below this information you'll see a tiny drop-down box labeled "Type of Account". This allows you decide whether or not you'll be making your OOC (out of character) account, or a Horse account.

    > You should make one OOC account and separate Horse accounts for each character you play. Generally speaking, making individual accounts for each of your characters allows you keep better track of them, plus you have more to personalize. Also, you can link all of your horse accounts to your main OOC account for easy switching back and forth. (I'll explain how to do this in Step 3.)

    After you've filled out all the information necessary you'll want to click "create account", this will direct you to a thank you page that will also tell you to go into your email and verify your account.

    > Proceed to your email and clicked on the verification link, it should re-direct you back to the Beqanna website and on the left where the 'Begin' box is, you should now see the name of your new account with all your account options!

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    STEP 2:
    Editing your profile

    Now's the fun part: Personalizing your account!

    > Under your 'Begin' box you'll see an option labeled "user cp". This is how you edit your profile.

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    After clicking on that it should re-direct you to a page where the right of the screen is your menu with all of your account options!

    > By clicking on the option, "Edit profile" underneath the label "Your profile", you can go to a page where all of your options to personalize your OOC account, or your horse's account, are located.

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    (this will take you to a page where you can fill in everything about yourself or your character!)

    Editing your avatar

    Underneath the menu on the right-hand side of your screen, you should see the option "change avatar".

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    This option will re-direct you to a page where you can edit your avatar and show all of Beqanna you or your horse character!

    > This changes the main picture that will be displayed for that particular account. Your avatar is just another way to visualize you, or your character.
    > If you find that your avatar is too big, save the picture to your computer and then upload it that way. The picture will automatically be resized to fit in the space provided.



    STEP 3:
    Linking your Accounts

    Linking accounts is a great, easy way to keep all of your characters neatly together while also providing the option to switch between them without having to log on and off again. Handy, right?

    > First things first: Make sure you are logged in to your OOC Account and click on "user cp". To the right of the screen should be your menu box. ALL the way at the very bottom should be an option labeled, "account switcher".

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    This does exactly what it says! Once you've clicked on it and gone to the account switcher page, under options there should be a search bar that you can type in.

    > Here's where you search for your horse profiles! Once you've found your horse and typed in the appropriate password you can click "attach" and it will attach that profile to your main OOC account.

    > You can attach unlimited accounts to your main OOC account. Once the account has been attached, you can access all your accounts straight from the "Begin" box on the left of your screen by clicking 'Attached Accounts'.

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    So there you have it! The basics of this site.

    > If you're wondering about how to create a horse account, Log out of your OOC account and follow the instructions listed in step one at the beginning of this tutorial, ONLY: Change the type of account from "OOC" to "Horse". Again, be sure you check the member database so you're not using a name that's already taken!

    After you've created your first OOC account, then you may proceed to the Join board and post your joining thread.

    > You don't need to wait to be accepted to start posting, but make sure you check back on the joining board in a day or two to ensure that an officer doesn't have any questions/concerns about your character/joining post.

    The more you play around with your profile the more you'll learn! Of course, if you have any questions at all be sure to ask for moderator help, and welcome to BQ!
    -Sporadic-
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