Post by Sarah on Feb 4, 2012 23:10:27 GMT -5
Alright no one likes them so I'll try and keep things short and to the point. Please note everything here is susceptible to change at any point depending on what goes on as the site grows.
1: Respect. Respect the admins, respect the other members and respect the guests. We reserve the right to ban those who show intense disrespect to our community.
2: Don't fight. please If you have a problem with someone let an admin know or deal with it over PM. Fighting in the C-box makes the site look bad and will get you in trouble.
3: One account per character. This just keeps things clean looking and easy to manage for the staff.
4: This site is PG13 going along with the proboards TOS. Personally I don't mind violence as long as it's not graphic or cursing as long as it's not abused, use common sense.
5: Activity checks will be done once a month on the first week of every month. All you will need to do is post in the thread with any character saying all your active characters names. If you don't post with a character the account will be deleted but the application will be saved in the character graveyard.
6: If you are going to be gone past the activity check, please post in the absences board so you don't get deleted.
7: No perfect characters or Mary Sue/Stews. Everyone has weaknesses, they make things more interesting. There weakness should be an actual weakness, not something that doesn't matter.
8: Display name needs to be your character name. First, middle, last. No exceptions.
9: This is not a realistic site. I am a firm believer that crazy random ideas are the best kind. Your character can be as tall, big, silly, out there as you want. Your character's can be in a relationship with any sex or race they want. I want the site to be a creative outlit for people so go crazy! I only say within reason because or rule 7.
10: We are a semi-literate role play with a word minimum of 200. This is not strict but if you are constantly going under we might have a problem. This isn't to be mean or pressure people, it's to encourage people new to role playing to post and give our more experienced members something to reply to.
11: With the above said we welcome all levels of role players. Try your best to match the person you are role playing with. New players don't one line and I ask the more experienced players to not post novels if you know the person you are role playing with struggles to hit 200. Don't get me wrong though if you guys want to post novels with each other go ahead, just make sure you're not intimidating anyone.
12: Spelling and grammar. I'm the last person who should be preaching about this but I must. There is a spell check button for a reason, please use it.
13: If you want to kill a character or get them pregnant please ask first. This is not meant to micro manage your lives, and we will almost always say yes but we don't want a bunch of characters dying all at once or tons of babies crawling around.
14: Time is an important thing to touch on. You can post in as many threads as you can handle at any time. We will go through the months of the year together to avoid having some posts in the blazing heat and some with 3 feet of snow.
15: You can have as many characters as you want as long as they are on separate accounts. The species type is limited so make sure you read about species before creating your account.
16: Graphics, everyone needs an avatar so we know what your character looks like. I'm not overly picky about size as long as it doesn't stretch or even move the page.
17: For the sake of our members please avoid hard to read fonts, font sizes that destroy the page and colors that strain the eyes. No one likes it.
18: Characters obviously can't know things they can't know. For example, say you know a character is using a false name. This does not mean your character does. You may be able to read character profiles but they can not.
19: Please use the same email address with ALL of your characters. This allows the staff to manage the boards better and keep everything clean.
20: As far as warnings go, if you have broken any rules I will PM you personally. Depending on which rules are broken, members get 3-5 warnings before a ban. if you are banned more then twice ALL of your accounts will be removed and the characters will become adoptables.
21: Recentally we have had profiles where the RP sample is done in first person. We don't have a problem with first person in samples but posts on the boards need to be in third person to keep things consistant.
22: Because the site accepts human and anime PBs we need to talk about art theft. If you are using a drawing for your PB that you did not draw you need to credit where you got the drawing from weather that is the name of an artist or the URL you got the picture. This information should be placed somewhere in your sigg or have it as your personal statement.
1: Respect. Respect the admins, respect the other members and respect the guests. We reserve the right to ban those who show intense disrespect to our community.
2: Don't fight. please If you have a problem with someone let an admin know or deal with it over PM. Fighting in the C-box makes the site look bad and will get you in trouble.
3: One account per character. This just keeps things clean looking and easy to manage for the staff.
4: This site is PG13 going along with the proboards TOS. Personally I don't mind violence as long as it's not graphic or cursing as long as it's not abused, use common sense.
5: Activity checks will be done once a month on the first week of every month. All you will need to do is post in the thread with any character saying all your active characters names. If you don't post with a character the account will be deleted but the application will be saved in the character graveyard.
6: If you are going to be gone past the activity check, please post in the absences board so you don't get deleted.
7: No perfect characters or Mary Sue/Stews. Everyone has weaknesses, they make things more interesting. There weakness should be an actual weakness, not something that doesn't matter.
8: Display name needs to be your character name. First, middle, last. No exceptions.
9: This is not a realistic site. I am a firm believer that crazy random ideas are the best kind. Your character can be as tall, big, silly, out there as you want. Your character's can be in a relationship with any sex or race they want. I want the site to be a creative outlit for people so go crazy! I only say within reason because or rule 7.
10: We are a semi-literate role play with a word minimum of 200. This is not strict but if you are constantly going under we might have a problem. This isn't to be mean or pressure people, it's to encourage people new to role playing to post and give our more experienced members something to reply to.
11: With the above said we welcome all levels of role players. Try your best to match the person you are role playing with. New players don't one line and I ask the more experienced players to not post novels if you know the person you are role playing with struggles to hit 200. Don't get me wrong though if you guys want to post novels with each other go ahead, just make sure you're not intimidating anyone.
12: Spelling and grammar. I'm the last person who should be preaching about this but I must. There is a spell check button for a reason, please use it.
13: If you want to kill a character or get them pregnant please ask first. This is not meant to micro manage your lives, and we will almost always say yes but we don't want a bunch of characters dying all at once or tons of babies crawling around.
14: Time is an important thing to touch on. You can post in as many threads as you can handle at any time. We will go through the months of the year together to avoid having some posts in the blazing heat and some with 3 feet of snow.
15: You can have as many characters as you want as long as they are on separate accounts. The species type is limited so make sure you read about species before creating your account.
16: Graphics, everyone needs an avatar so we know what your character looks like. I'm not overly picky about size as long as it doesn't stretch or even move the page.
17: For the sake of our members please avoid hard to read fonts, font sizes that destroy the page and colors that strain the eyes. No one likes it.
18: Characters obviously can't know things they can't know. For example, say you know a character is using a false name. This does not mean your character does. You may be able to read character profiles but they can not.
19: Please use the same email address with ALL of your characters. This allows the staff to manage the boards better and keep everything clean.
20: As far as warnings go, if you have broken any rules I will PM you personally. Depending on which rules are broken, members get 3-5 warnings before a ban. if you are banned more then twice ALL of your accounts will be removed and the characters will become adoptables.
21: Recentally we have had profiles where the RP sample is done in first person. We don't have a problem with first person in samples but posts on the boards need to be in third person to keep things consistant.
22: Because the site accepts human and anime PBs we need to talk about art theft. If you are using a drawing for your PB that you did not draw you need to credit where you got the drawing from weather that is the name of an artist or the URL you got the picture. This information should be placed somewhere in your sigg or have it as your personal statement.