Top Frequently Asked Questions
Can I be a Vampire/Shapeshifter/Hybrid?
How do I get an avatar and signature?
Can I be a staff member? How are they chosen?
FAQ Categories
Character Information
Forums
Roleplaying
Dazzles
Items and Money
Baseball
Zenith
Staff
Support the Site
Affiliation and Site Information
Character Information
- How do I change my character information?
Your character's history, appearance, and personality can be changed by clicking on "Your Page" at the bottom of the left side menu. Once there, click "Profile" at the top. You can enter any changes to your character's info you'd like and then click the submit button. Your changes will be reviewed by the staff and then either accepted or rejected. You will receive a notice at the top of your screen letting you know whether or not your changes were approved.
- Can I have more than one character/account?
At this point in time, we are allowing users who have been active for at least a month to purchase a second roleplaying account for 1,000 dazzles. Those who have a canon character may transfer dazzles to their second character if they so desire since some canon characters cannot make any purchases with their dazzles. Case in point – Renesmee Cullen is a vampire hybrid who is an imprintee, so there’s no need for her to buy a relationship or to pay to be bitten or to shift. If Renesmee buys a second account, she can transfer the dazzles she earns with her canon to use with her non-canon character so that her non-canon character can shift, obtain a driver’s license, etc. Staff members are allowed to have up to three accounts so that they do not have to be “on call” constantly for staff duties, whereas normal users are limited to the two. Rules and limitations apply to all accounts, regardless of primary or secondary use.
- Can I be a Vampire/Shapeshifter/Hybrid?
Yes, possibly. And eventually. We have recently instated a "points" system, which is described below in the section called "Dazzles". In order to qualify to become these species, you must earn enough Dazzles.
- How do I become a Canon character?
Currently there are several smaller canons that are available via regular application. If you are a new member, apply as that character, and if you are a current one, PM an admin about it. As for our larger canons, sadly, at times it become necessary for one to leave the site for a while (or switch to a smaller role) due to their life being too busy or simply not having time. Other times our canons will move to playing a different canon character. This means that a canon will open for availability. When this happens, the staff will post news about it in the main page of the site which is what comes up when you type in Nox's URL into your browser. There will be instructions for how to apply for that particular character at that time.
Normally, one of the staff members offers to host the "auditions" and if you're already a member you'll need to do a write up of that character's personality, appearance, history and an RP sample and PM it to that staff member. If you're not a site member yet you just need to click the "Register" link on the left of the page and fill out the form there.
- How do I imprint/get imprinted on?
As mentioned above you must earn a certain number of "Dazzles" to imprint or be imprinted on. See below for more details.
Forums
- How do I use the forums?
Forum use is relatively easy to learn. If a forum specifies that it is a role-play forum only, then the forum is restricted to posts intended for role-play use only, not for out-of-character (OOC) conversation. There is an OOC thread that all users can access, and all species bases contain their own OOC threads as well. In order to post a thread, simply click “New Topic” at the top of the forum. To post a reply, scroll down to the bottom of the thread and you will see a box where you can type a reply. There are buttons that allow you to edit the text within your post to make it boldface, italic, underline, etc. Also, you have the option to quote a person’s post simply by clicking “Quick-Quote” at the bottom of the reply you want to quote. Some forums are restricted for use by only a certain group of users, e.g. administrators, species mods, canon characters.
- What is a Species Base and where can I find it?
The Species Base is a forum for that specific species. For example, the human species base is humans-only, the shapeshifter species base is only accessible to shapeshifters and the vegetarian vampire species base and non-vegetarian vampire species base are only accessible by the vegetarian vampires and non-vegetarians, respectively. In the Species Base, you can talk to members of your species and roleplay with them. You can find it in the menu, located under "Role Playing".
- How do I get an avatar and signature?
First, you’ll need pictures for that (you can go to the Graphics Forum to request signatures and/or avatars). Upload them to an image site (for example, Photobucket), copy the Direct Link for the avatar and the "IMG" code for the signature, then go to “Preferences”. Paste the links in the correct fields, enter your password as confirmation and click “Submit”.
(Note: the maximum size for the avatar is 100w x 100h, signatures are 500w x 400h, and that includes everything in your signature.)
- What is a squishy and how do I get one?
Our very own Carlisle Cullen says: "Squishes are the secret to the universe and to get them you must go to the nearest McDonald's and take the drive-thru road down to the rabbit hole, on the other side of which is the land of squishy goodness." It seems poor Carlisle was misinformed. A squishy is a little animated image of an animal or an object that users like to put in their signature for decoration. To find a squishy you can simple go to google and search for animated ".gifs". A lot of users have found squishies through searching photobucket and deviant art as well. To put it in your signature, simple copy the image location (URL) and paste it into your signature as show below:
[*img]imageurlgoeshere[/img*] (remember to remove the stars.)
- How do I use forum code?
Forums use BB Code. A useful site for learning this code can be found here.
- How do I use smilies?
Smilies can be used by entering the proper code in your posts. The codes for all of the smilies available on Nox can be found in this thread.
- How do I submit an idea to the site?
Ideas for the site can be submitted in the Suggestions Forum. If you aren't a member of Nox already, you can contact us via this form.
- Why can't I edit my own posts?
Only staff can edit posts. However, if you feel strongly about removing or adding something to a specific post (note: strongly...otherwise the staff will be forever busy), then you can private message one of them.
- How do I send a private message?
You can send a private message (also known as a PM) to another member by clicking on the "Messages" link at the bottom of the left menu. Once there, click on "Compose" and fill in the information: the username of the person you wish to message, a subject for your PM, and then, of course, the message itself. Click the send button.
- How do I use my friends list?
Friends list can be used to keep track of people's profiles, to send them a message quickly, and many other things. To view your friends list, go here. To add someone to your friends list, simply enter their username in the box at the bottom of the list. When someone adds you to their friends list, you receive an event message at the top of your page.
Roleplaying
- How can I find someone to roleplay with?
You can look through the RP forums for people and send them a message or you can simply post an open RP somewhere (an open RP is an RP that everyone can join). You can also post a thread in the Sub-Plots forum requesting people to RP with you. To start an RP strictly for earning dazzles, please use the thread that is pinned in the Sub-Plots forum.
- What is an RP rank?
Coming Soon
- How do I roleplay?
Roleplaying is essentially a written blurb about your character's actions and interactions with others on the site. For a good idea of what roleplaying is, you can look at some of the existing roleplaying threads on the site or see the Roleplaying Guidelines for more help.
- What is the site rating?
The site rating is PG-13, as this is the rating of the Twilight books and movie. This means that you may use mild language and go slightly further than you could on a basic PG site. Writing should still not be too graphic, and it must fit in with your writing - No one should be adding in unnecessary language or other things every three sentences just for the sake of it. (That goes for you, too, Emmett). If you feel like your thread might border on being a more mature (not explicit) thread, please put PG-15 in the thread title. Essentially, PG-15 allows for slightly more mature topics while still restricting the level of profanity a user may post. Basically, use discretion.
- What are the RP Guidelines and why do I need to stick to them?
The guidelines can be read HERE.
We need to have some Roleplaying rules on the site in order to keep things reasonably realistic, and to ensure that things don't clash with Stephenie's books. If it's not going to happen in the books, then it's extremely unlikely to happen here. We can't have 500 girls trying to steal Edward, for example. And the Romanians have been waiting for centuries for someone to challenge the Volturi so it's not likely that a dozen rebel groups would spring up all at once.
As well as keeping the site as close to the books as possible, the guidelines are there to protect the writing of the members. Imagine if you'd spent hours writing a long, detailed Roleplay, only to have a another member jump in playing a winged mutant with weapons embedded in his or her body and lasers for eyes, who killed everyone instantly. You'd be annoyed, right?
- Will Edward (or any other Canon character) date me?
Our larger Canon characters, especially those in relationships in the actual books, are not available to be in relationships. Some smaller Canons have not been decided yet, so those will be handled on a case-by-case basis. However, all of our site canons have their own personal lives outside of Nox. They are NOT their characters in real life, and so being hounded by dozens of members wanting to date Edward, or Jacob, or Rosalie, is only going to frustrate or embarrass them. Bella would like us to further mention that not only is her character in a relationship with "Edward Cullen," but she too is involved with him in real life, and has been for quite some time. So ladies, try to keep your hands off. ;)
However, all of our canons are available to RP with, so just send them a message!
Dazzles
- What are Dazzles?
Dazzles are points you can earn on Nox. You can earn them by several things and when you have enough Dazzles, you can exchange them to become a shapeshifter/vampire, for example, or you can get a driver's license. You can also exchange your Dazzles for special items (a list of said items should be up soon). You can check your current amount of Dazzles here.
- How can I earn Dazzles?
You can see a list of ways to earn dazzles here.
Items and Money
- How do I buy an item?
Items will soon be able to be purchased in stores. We are working on getting that feature up and running, and it will hopefully be available shortly.
- How do I get more money?
Coming Soon
- How do I get a job?
Coming Soon
Baseball
- How do I play baseball?
The rules for baseball can be found here.
- How can I join a baseball team?
Baseball teams are currently on hold. However, we will be opening up applications for them soon.
Zenith
- What is Zenith?
Zenith is a Twilight rock band, comprised of members of Equinox. We just recently won the Twilight Battle of the Bands competition at EdwardsMeadow.com, and are currently working on writing and recording new music.
- Who are the members of Zenith?
The current members of Zenith are:Isabella Cullen (Laura) - Bass, Vocals
Alec Volturi (Jen), Alice Cullen (Jaimie), and Rosalie Hale (Dee) - Backing Vocals
Cristiano Neruda (Angel) - Piano/Keyboard
DJ Horn (DJ), Jemilie Milosovici (Steph) - Guitar.
- Are you looking for more members?
Currently, no. We have a full band.
- Where can I get Zenith songs?
Zenith is working on making songs available to the public. If you have any other suggestions for Zenith, please message us at Zenith-at-EquinoxRPG.com
Staff
- Who are the staff members?
The current staff members are:Listed Here. They are the people responsible for making sure the site keeps on working and they enforce the rules, along with the Site Helpers.
- How do I contact the staff?
You can contact the admins by going to the Contact Us page, or you can send a message to them on the site.
- Can I be a staff member? How are they chosen?
Staff members are hand picked by the Administrators. There is no application process and you cannot become one if you simply ask. All our current staff members were chosen because their knowledge and dedication to the site that stood out above the rest. Staff positions are limited and this means that not every dedicated and helpful user will be promoted to staff.
Support the Site
- How can I support the site?
You can help support the site by leaving reveiws on the few topsites that we have joined - the links are beneath the affiliates on the right navigation bar. You may also help to keep the site up by donating through paypal. In return for donations of $5.00 or more, members will receive a special forum title, a donator button under their name in the forums, a special rare item for each month that they donate, and a 10% discount on dazzle purchases.
- How do I buy a T-Shirt?
Coming Soon
Affiliation and Site Information
- Will you link to my site?
Any affiliation requests can be submitted using this form.
- How did you make the site?
EquinoxRPG.com is a self-coded site. It is not a site like those found on Proboards, Invisionfree, etc. It was made, and is maintained, by several dedicated staff members that put their time and effort into making Equinox into the advanced and fully-functioning site you see today.
- Will you help me to make my site?
Even though we would really like to be able to help, the truth is, there are a lot of Twilight sites out there and we can't help with every single one. If you have a specific question about making a site we can try to help with that, just drop one of the staff members a PM. In particular, our site scripter, Alec Volturi, might be the best person to direct your scripting questions to.
- How was Equinox started?
Equinox started out in the fall of 2007. In August 2007 Eclipse was released and Beck (Carlisle) was trying desperately to talk two of her closest friends Laura (Bella) and Mike (exEdward) into reading the Twilight series - not that this was hard thing to accomplish. At the time, funnily enough, it was impossible to even find the Twilight series in London where they live. (How things change...) They managed to get copies of the first three books and read them. Laura, who also runs a Harry Potter site and had a lot of experience working on them, got the idea of making a Twilight site for Role Play. Beck and Mike eagerly agreed and promised to help. They started asking around to find people they knew were Twilight fans who knew something about getting a site off the ground and asked them to join staff. Laura did almost all of the actual PHP coding for the site on her own, though she was later joined by Jen (Alec) and Mimi (Meg). After the basic coding for the site was done, the staff members made the forums, the graphics, and created the basic skeleton of the site. After the basic site was created we started talking it up amongst the Twilight community and by November 1st 2007, we were ready to open our doors to the public as a site and we've been here ever since!
- What are the site rules?
The site rules can be read here.
- What happens if I break a rule?
Coming Soon
- The site has technical issues! Where can I go to talk to other Noxians?
We have made a ProBoards site that is to be used for when Nox is unavailable to members. It can be found here. When Nox is up and running, this site will be inaccessible. However, you will be able to register even during those periods. And if/when Nox is temporarily down, the site will be opened up for all members to post in until Nox is back up.
Did we answer your question? If not, email us at FAQ [at] EquinoxRPG.com
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