Post by Temperance Summers on Dec 13, 2009 23:11:35 GMT -8
Before I begin to hound you with rules, I want to get a few things straight at the very beginning. These rules are a compulsory factor in your relationship with the administrator and the members of this board. In order to avoid all future conflicts, the rules posted here are not intended to sound nasty or controlling. These rules are not placed up here for debate, if you decided to sign up and play here you will be expected to follow all of these rules and respect each other. We as the staff will try our best to make every attempt to be fair but our word are final. Once you register here you agree to follow our guidelines and desires to get involved with the community. Any failure to do so will lead to appropriate action in our part and can leaded to suspension or banning.
Disclaimer: These are our rules, if it sounds like the same or similar rules to another site because there is only so many ways in English you can say the same laws over. The admins reserved the right to stop and address anything they see that can be harmful to the site, members, etc. The staff here are to run things smoothly, what hey say goes. Please do not argue with them or pit them against each other. If you have a problem accepting this then this might not be the right forum for you.
1. Be respectful to all staff and member on this site. Absolutely NO harassing others. Especially not in your PM’s, OOC posts and the Cbox. No spamming, play nice.
2. Drop the discrimination when you enter this site, it will not be tolerated. Don’t judge people or treat them differently because of their religious beliefs, sex, political views, race, sexual orientation, age etc.
3. We are not putting an age limit on our forum but it moves more toward the teens. Although, according to Proboards TOS you must be 13 so we must abide by that.
4. Cursing is fine, most people fine the humor in it even. BUT do not direct it toward another player on purpose. Or talking dirty, like cybersex etc. If you are against swearing or easily offended by it, this might not be the right site for you to join.
5. Please be realistic as possible. If you want to have a relationship with someone, please don’t sign up and immediately pounce on someone. It’s rude, a real relationship should develop properly and naturally. Or if you are walking down the streets and a werewolf appears, your character should not just keep walking and say, “There goes another mad dog.” They should feel something or at least do something. Or you walk into a room and your character just magically knows who everyone is, what they are and which side they’re on. But if you’re a psychic then this can happen to some extent. Also, you must know some facts about the character your role playing with. You cannot just make up facts about them that aren’t real. Do yourself a favor to read their application so you know what to expect. See where I am getting at? (Ask if you do not understand.)
6. Do not quarrel with the staff, they are here to run things smoothly so we can have this forum. What they say goes, if you have a problem with one of the staff. PM one of the administrators.
7. Do not direct your problems or drag your personal life problems in the Cbox. If you have a problem, PM one of the staff members, they will try there best to help you. If you continue to break the rules of the Cbox it will get you BANNED. We will NOT put up with unexpected behavior.
8. The writing level for this RP is basically intermediate. There isn’t an minimum posts limit for now but we hate to see a bunch of short plain posts. Posts need to be descriptive and your best quality. Use the five senses in your posts and write what your character is thinking. If we see any problem in this area then we will imply more strict rules here. As long as you make an effort to post something of good quality then we are all good.
9. Please no chat play in the role playing boards. That’s why we put up the Cbox for. (If you don’t understand please feel free to ask)
10. All new members will have 2 weeks grace period to make a character and be accepted. If they have not done so by that time, then the account will be DELETED! We want to keep our numbers down to ACTIVE characters. If the player comes back after that time then they can make another account but they will have ONE week from that point to make their character and be accepted. If they haven’t done so by that time then the account will once again be deleted. If that player would like a third chance then they will have to speak with an adminastrator.
11. Spelling counts. There is a spelling checker on proboards, use it; that’s what it is for. We are all prone to spelling errors, typos and using the wrong words instead of the one you intended , like deer instead of dear. But if the spelling error is intended in a riddle or a joke then there is a difference. We don’t expect you to be perfect and have no spelling errors we know we aren’t perfect but we are expecting you to put some effort into this. In fact you might find some mistake in these rules and other administrator posts. I’ll be happy to correct them if those errors are implied to me.
12. Grammar/substance also count. Make sure your posts make sense. There might be people from another country here and English might be their second language, third or fourth. This is not what I mean for using proper grammar. Use proper puncuaton. Spacing in between sentence and paragraphs so your post is easy to read. Things that are important in RP'ing are using quotes and making sure you distinguish who is doing the talking if you have your character talk and also quote someone else in the thread. Don’t use slang and others in your posts, unless it is the way your character prefers to speak. (If you have trouble with what I am trying to tell you please ask.) Also, please bold any speach texts and italic any thoughts.
13. Please don’t disappear on us. This is a game but it is also something you have entered with expectation that you will keep up with the plot and the posts. I know everyone has stuff going on in their lives. There are people who are mothers/fathers, husbands/wives, and on a top of that they work full-time and may even be attending school. It is not much to ask you to keep up with what is going on either. If you have a problem in this area, please let us know, just don’t vanish into thin air without telling us.
14. The signature should only be 500 px wide and no taller then 300 px. So a 500 x 200 is acceptable but a 600x 100 is NOT.
15. No power play, or god modding. Everyone or thing has a weakness. We understand something maybe necessary to your character but if we find excessive god modding or we receive a complaint we will address it. (If you don’t understand please ask.)
16. You cannot just decided you have a history with other character of this site. Ask the character’s owner first before you randomly jump in.
17. Please don’t give out personal information on this site or ask for personal information. If you like to get to know each other, guess why they invented MSN, Yahoo! Etc.
18. Please use 3rd person format when your posting. First person will make no sense for most people who are reading your post. (If you don’t understand please ask.)
19. There is a modify button on every one of your posts. Use it, instead of double posting.
20. There is a plot application form to apply for a plot. Please use it, that's what it is there for. Its no fun if someone makes a plot and there is no adventure for it. The application allows a staff member to help improve the plot if it is needed so it can become a more active rp.
21. There is a character application form to apply for your character(s), please us it that’s what it’s there for. It will not be consider or approved otherwise. If you do not see the character type that you desire to use please PM one of the admin BEFORE you begin your application. We will not hold the responsibility for turning an application down, that has been made without our knowledge. The password is mockingbird.
22. Last but no least is for FUN. So please have fun but not to ruin it for other peoples fun in process. Listen to the staffs they will tell you something and everyone will be just fine.
We reserve the right to add/delete/modify rules as we necessary without warning.
