SBURB Beta Walkthrough
Version 1.0, April 13, 2016
By pharaohLeap

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1. Cavets and Condolences ............................................................ [ 0000 ]
2. Pre-Character Creation ............................................................ [ A000 ]
3. Character Start Up ................................................................ [ B000 ]
4. Entering the Medium ............................................................... [ C000 ]
5. Playing the Game .................................................................. [ D000 ]
6. The End Game ...................................................................... [ E000 ]
7. Miscellaneous Information ......................................................... [ F000 ]

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[ 0000 ] Cavets and Condolences
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As a roleplaying forum centered around fictional characters battling their way through the equally fictional game SBURB, it's impossible to stress the importance of understanding the game in question and it's many mechanics. A single read-through of the “Ulysses of the Internet” likely hasn't given existing Homestuck fans a solid idea of all that goes on in the “game of the year”, not to mention how little those who are joining us with minimal or no prior knowledge can be expected to know, so referring to the following guide is likely in everyone's best interest regardless of how long ago it was that you offered your soul up to Andrew Hussie (if ever). At the very least, some canonical aspects of the game – namely ectobiology, off the top of my head – will be modified, if not completely disregarded for the sake of roleplay, so even if you are quite the expert of SBURB already, perhaps you, too, should think of poking your head into this mess of information every so often; just to be sure. Note that all information hosted here is optional reading, but I think I've made myself clear on why you might want to familiarize yourself with it, anyway.

That being said, however, we do not ask that you read through all of this in one sitting. Heavens, we almost ask that you do just the opposite. Information about the game has been sorted into various categories, as seen above: what you'll need to know prior to character acceptance, what you'll need to know before really digging into the roleplay experience, what you'll need to know to get started “playing the game”, what you'll need to know once you have “officially kicked off the game” and everything becomes rather... up in the air, and what you'll need to know in order to officially beat your session of SBURB. Unless you enjoy torturing yourself, we suggest that you read these in snippets at a time. Only read what parts concern your character immediately for now, and maybe brush up on everything else when you have some spare time or feel like sitting down and taking in a long, nice read.

With all of that out of the way, I suppose the only thing left to do is wish you luck – both in trekking through this mess of a guide and in playing your session through to completion... or its inevitable doom. Only Skaia knows what the outcome will be for certain, after all.

My condolences.

~ PL