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Rules Update - Staff Communication
A rule has been added to our list of community rules regarding communication with the staff. To better coordinate our efforts and to keep the entire team involved in all official sim matters, we request that any communication initiated for the staff is done via a ticket created in Discord.…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 27 Jan 2023 @ 9:22pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Nova URL Change, New Wiki, Returning Player
Greetings everyone! With the failure of our attempt to create our WordPress-based system, I've decided to return Nova to our main website. However, Nova doesn't have the most friendly wiki system, so I've created a new wiki to replace the functionality that WordPress did lend to that. We are still…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 07 Jan 2023 @ 5:35pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Activity Requirements Follow Up
Good afternoon,
I want to first apologize for not getting around to doing this when promised but this is precisely why I have elected to first suspend activity requirements and to take an LOA. I have a lot going on and didn't have time to deal with things but I'm…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 06 Dec 2022 @ 5:04pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Writing ideas and prompts: From AGM Pat B
Sorry everyone for the resend, wanted to get it out of the main plot thread
Hey folks,to encourage writing and interaction on the ship, and spur more activity and get some more amazing stories for people to read.
1) New Blue Noses, How do you feel about this, how do…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Ciara Mcclellandi
Posted on: 06 Sep 2022 @ 9:26pm
Category: Out of Character
Awards!
Please take a look at the new website for an announcement regarding the new awards system and our very first awards issued! Click here to access the announcement.
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 21 May 2022 @ 11:50am
Category: Sim Announcement
Communications Division & Rules Update
As a community we strive to be as transparent as possible and clear about the expectations of our members. That being said a small update to the community rules has been made that effects the staff expectations only. The new staff expectation states:
Utilize official USS Arizona email system to…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 29 Apr 2022 @ 9:54am
Category: Website Update
Nova Moved
The nova has been relocated to https://nova.arizonarpg.com and all mail will be sent from nova (at) arizionarpg.com moving forward. As a reminder this will also be a new domain for our official staff emails so please update your email system's whitelist for this domain to be sure you get all…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 08 Apr 2022 @ 3:19pm
Category: Website Update
Email & Nova Domain Change
Greetings!
Effective immediately the members of the Arizona Staff will be utilizing official staff email addresses for all official email communications. You may contact all members of the staff by using their first name (at) arizonarpg.com or all members at the same time by info (at) arizonarpg.com.
At some point…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 07 Apr 2022 @ 4:30pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Rule Update - Characters
In order to protect the quality of the story written and preserve the structure of a US Navy submarine the following rule has been instituted to the USS Arizona:
Any character belonging to a member that resigns (regardless of standing) or is removed by the staff shall remain as a…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 04 Apr 2022 @ 2:32pm
Category: Sim Announcement
New Assistant Game Manager
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Tristan, who writes for LT Broward, has accepted the role of Assistant Game Manager. Tristan is a founding member of the sim (Plank Owner) and has put forth great effort in his writing and helping to develop the sim. Our posts including…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 01 Apr 2022 @ 4:03pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Development Site Moving
The NEW website that we are developing will be going offline to be migrated to our nifty new domain name. That means that our database and some other links on the website will be unavailable intermittently while these changes take place. I will make an announcement when everything should be…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 01 Apr 2022 @ 1:33pm
Category: Website Update
Staff Expectations
Hello Arizona Members!
A new list of expectations for the Assistant Game Managers to follow have been added to the official rules of the community. The updated rules page can be viewed here. There have been no changes except for the addition below:
Staff Expectations
• Write actively for…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 31 Mar 2022 @ 2:35pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Website Development Update, Episode Updates
Greetings! I wanted to take some time to give an official update on the progress of the new Arizona website. We are now linking some of the items from Nova to our new website. The database on the new website will be utilized instead of the nova built in wiki…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 30 Mar 2022 @ 3:04pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Oops, Canon Change
So it has come to the attention of the staff that we made a mistake with the Arizona storyline/plot. The first ship to circumnavigate the globe while submerged was the USS Triton in 1960. It was not the USS Nautilus, we have no proof the Nautilus made a journey similar…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 21 Mar 2022 @ 10:25pm
Category: Out of Character
Rules Update
Our community rules have been updated for Arizona! All members are requested to head over to the new website to view them by clicking here. Any questions please contact a member of the staff.
-Stephen
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 16 Mar 2022 @ 5:28pm
Category: Sim Announcement
We Stand with Ukraine
You may notice that around Sim Central our logo has changed! This is being done in support of Ukraine. In the meantime if you've not followed you can find Sim Central on Facebook at https://facebook.com/simcentralrp and more at the website https://simcentral.org
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 08 Mar 2022 @ 8:01pm
Category: Website Update
The Future of Arizona
Greetings members of the USS Arizona!
I want to thank everyone in our community for putting forth the effort and giving this sim a try. Everyone has been doing a great job and I hope that the resources that I’ve found and provided are getting the job done. A special…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 10 Feb 2022 @ 2:23pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Security Update
Hello everyone,
Our server’s security has been updated and you will only be able to access the site if using https:// and not http://. While we used to have redirection enabled that may no longer function with these security updates so please check your bookmarks.
If you have any issues…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 01 Feb 2022 @ 4:03pm
Category: Website Update
Awesome Videos
I would like to invite anyone interested in joining the USS Arizona as well as current members to check out this playlist on youtube. Nuclear Submarine Deep Dive – A video series on YouTube by SmarterEveryDay about US Nuclear Powered submarines, specifically the Los Angeles Class USS Toledo.…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 23 Jan 2022 @ 4:29pm
Category: Out of Character
Now Part of Sim Central!
SPC Sims has been my personal domain for sim/RP/writing-related projects for fifteen or more years now. Starting as spcsimms.net and transitioning within the last year to spcsims.com. For a little more than a year now I have been a member of a wonderful community called Sim Central. I joined the…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 22 Jan 2022 @ 5:49pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Warrant Officers
As we now have a Warrant Officer character aboard I thought I would share information about Warrant Officers with the crew. All Warrant Officers and Chief Warrant Officers are addressed as Mr./Ms. or Sir/Ma'am as appropriate. A common mistake is that in the USN/USCG only Chief Petty Officers are addressed…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 18 Jan 2022 @ 10:35pm
Category: Out of Character
Control Layout, Rules, and Suggested Reading
Good morning,
Seems I had a burst of activity last night and would like to announce some updates to the website! We now have two visual displays of the control center of the submarine available on the about page. For those of you who haven't seen that page…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 07 Jan 2022 @ 12:25pm
Category: Sim Announcement
Official Timeline Available
With a lot of work and collaboration the official timeline of the USS Arizona has been completed. I would like to thank Aaron, Beth, Pat, and Penta for all of their hard work! To take a look head over to the wiki which has additional information available or click…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 29 Dec 2021 @ 7:25pm
Category: Website Update
Holiday Break!
Happy Holidays from USS Arizona! We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season but we will be taking a holiday break from MON 20 DEC 2021 until TUE 4 JAN 2022. During this time posting is still welcome and encouraged but all activity requirements will be suspended. You…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 20 Dec 2021 @ 11:53am
Category: Sim Announcement
Now Accepting Crew!
The USS Arizona is now accepting membership application! We do suggest that interested members that are interested in joining go to our Discord server and make contact with the members and staff to work together on an application. The website is not yet complete and we will be adding new…
Author: Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Watts
Posted on: 05 Dec 2021 @ 11:39pm
Category: Sim Announcement