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Post by ISA TG ! ? ! on Aug 16, 2009 13:29:13 GMT -5
GENERAL RULES ----------------------------------- rules in general are simple to follow. please make sure you follow the rules. yes this is a rule about following rules.
when you register, please register with your character’s first and last name. If you create another character please be sure to PM a mod about it so that we can keep track of all your characters better.
you will probably hear this alot in here, but it does need to be said often because some people like to play meany pants. you are to show each staff member, member, guest with respect. we are all here to have fun, and insulting and being mean to others is not a fun time. follow the golden rule your mama's taught ya: if ya ain't got nothin' nice ta say, d'an don't say anythin'.
while it is certainly acceptable for characters to fight, please don't bring it out of character. all ooc fights should be dealt with in private. no one wants to see people trying to tear each other apart. ooc fighting scares away members, and we all want members don't we.
if you spam our site, be assured, we will spam back. it is considered an insult if you post your sites ad anywhere but the advertising board. this also includes chatboxes and private messages. don't post in the chatbox for people to join your site, and do not private message people asking to join. use common sense when trying to advertise. no ads in signatures either, we aren’t here for you to whore yourself out.
graphics should be kept tasteful. Invision has a rule against pornography, and so do we. make sure your graphics are at least covered and not nude. each person should be represented by an age appropriate celebrity or model, no anime, character, myspace, facebook, deviantart people please.
we will not set a rule on the size of your graphics. just know this, if you stretch our forum, your graphic will be removed.
do not ask to be on the staff. we have to trust our staff completely. when we do, we will ask them to join staff. if and when we put a staff request thread, feel free to apply there.
IC POST RULES ----------------------------------- godmoding|auto hitting, is a roleplaying sin, doesn't matter what the site, this is frowned on. this is the act of controlling another person's character, be it in battle or anything else. if you need a further description of what this is, perhaps this is not the site for you.
this is a literate site. this does not mean advanced literate. we ask that your posts be no shorter than three hundred words. this is reasonable and equals about two paragraphs generally.
we are going to assume that we all know that you should post all in character posts in third person. this should be a given. you are not telling a story about yourself, but about your character. remember that please.
mary-sues and gary-sues will be shot upon sight. absolutely no one is perfect, not in real life, and not in role playing world. everyone has flaws, so make sure your character does too. and no one really has violet or golden eyes, come on people.
while we do ask for flaws, please don't give your character overwhelmingly sad pasts. not everyone has been abused, abandoned etc... be realistic please. enough with the car crashes, seriously.
if your character is too much like another character already on the board, your character will not be accepted, you will be asked to make changes, be ready for that.
do not steal another person's character. if you didn't create the character, but were given permission to play the character, you should let us know. as for canons, well canons are copy righted to their original maker, i.e. us.
the site rating is M for mature. things happen in real life, and shouldn't be excluded here in the roleplaying world since in a way this is a reality of life. things like sex, murder, drugs, suicide, etc happen. be tasteful though. please within the first post or title warn us if your going to have sex. that'd be great.
pregnancy is possible with every creature on the site, with the exception of vampires. Once again this is not twilight people. HOWEVER, pregnancies must be okayed with every single admin before it is played out. any pregnancies not approved with be removed from the site with no warning.
you are to complete the application before you post anywhere else. you must wait for a staff member to approve you. once you have been approved make sure to make your claims.
yes playing girls is fun, but we need to keep numbers even. don't make all your characters be female. make some males! we'll give you cookies if you do! same goes with races, there shouldn’t be 3485 vampires and 223 werewolves and no shapeshifters or witches. if the numbers become uneven we will close that race and deny any who apply for it.
we don't care how many threads your in, just be aware of the time line. you can't be in two places at the exact same time.
have separate accounts for each of your characters. remember the rule about what your account username should be.
if you so dare to use chatspeak language, we will have to smack you. it is incredibly annoying. there is a difference between chatspeak and accents. use common sense in this area please. we don't want to have to get our preteen sisters to try and translate what you are saying.
POWER RULES ----------------------------------- you must read and follow all the descriptions and rules in the creature guide. Anyone not following this guidelines will have their posts removed from the site without warning. see we say guidelines but what we mean is ironclad laws.
OOC POST RULES ----------------------------------- getting to know your fellow members is fun and important. it makes a site feel more like a family when you know who your roleplaying with. as many know, not all family members get along. we don't expect everyone to like everyone. just to respect each other, as we have mentioned before earlier.
play as many games as you want, just don't be playing them to boost up your post count. if you know fun games don't keep them to yourself, please share! sharing is caring and it can be fun.
don't forget that this is a roleplaying site. don't spend all your time in the out of character sections. remember that other people are waiting for you in the roleplaying areas.
don't make a thread that will just end up with everyone yelling and fighting at each other. it will be deleted with no questions asked.
we use the out of character threads to help us with the spotlight areas, as well as the actual rping threads. this is to see who truly deserves the spotlight. just because your name isn't on the spotlight doesn't mean your not important, however these people seemed to stand out. besides spotlights will change fairly often and you may end up on the next one.
CHATBOX RULES ----------------------------------- the chatbox is a privilege, not a right. you break the rules and it can and will be taken down faster than isa’s uncle joe can scarf down a twelve pack of beer.
do not advertise in the chat box. its okay to put a link in your email area but don't go around asking for people to join your site. remember we spam back.
don't scare away the members by being rude to each other. horse play is fine, its when things start to get too serious and start to explode. guests look at the chatbox to see the activity of a site as well as to see how the members are. if they are nice or not.
if a guest is being rude, please ignore them. do no agrue back, it looks bad on us. just tell them if they have a problem to take it up with the admins. say no more than that though. carry on the way you were before the guest. inform us if this happens please, only through a PM, wouldn't mind all those involved to send us what was said, that'd be great. not really required, just nice.
ACTIVITY RULES ----------------------------------- if you join this site that means you are committing to playing it out. do not just sign-up and vanish.thats just rude. if you sign up and realize this isn't the kind of site for you, then just delete your account silently.
we expect everyone to post at least three times a week in the role playing area. sites go dead because people don't keep up with the posting. canons and staff must post at least every other day in the roleplaying section.
you have exactly three days to get your application finished after applying,. if for some reason you are unable to do this, please inform one of the admins that way we don't ban your account for 32 days and lock the thread up, which is what we do to those who don't finish. we don't ask questions on this.
activity checks are random and we require you to respond to them. if you dont, your account will be put on a ban for seven days. activity checks will be announced through mass emails and pms, so there is no reason why you would miss it.
THE CREDITS ----------------------------------- this rules template was created by Isa The Great over at CAUTION TO THE WIND. do not take out the credits or claim this to be your own work.
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