Post by ashley cortez on Apr 4, 2009 21:13:08 GMT -5
[/b][/u][/size]general rules
1) respect all staff and members. without them there would be no site. if they annoy you, then calmly pm an admin and we can work out a solution.
2) flaming, trolling etc. will not be tolerated. that means no cyber-bullying or anything like that.
3) if you break the rules, you will receive a warning. more than then three warnings will get you a ban depending on the degree of your offense. another warning after you come back from your first ban will mean a ban for life.
4) if you disagree with a staff member on something they have mentioned to you in a thread please pm them to discuss. do not talk about it in the thread. remember, screaming at them will only get you a warning. our staff are reasonable people, if you talk calmly and tell them why you think they were mistaken then we'd be more than happy to review it.
5) when creating a new character follow all guidelines posted in the character template. trying to slack off and post the minimum will only result in being asked to add more.
6) you are not allowed to post anywhere but the first and last categories until your profile has been accepted.
7) no more than one image per signature, please! quotes are fine, but keep the images to a minimum. if they stretch the site, you'll be asked to resize them. this rule doesn't apply if you're using three 100x100 images as a signature. virtual pets don't count, but please don't have any more than five.
8) no spamming! we have a plug board for a reason. of you would like to advertise that's the place. spamming the chatbox, pming and other boards will result in us blocking your ip.
*however* you're welcome to put your site's link in your name in the cbox. just so long as there's not a message of 'click my name!' with it.
9) this is moderate to advanced literate role-playing. we do ask for about two good sized paragraphs per post. we understand that some of you just don't have the muse sometimes, but please try to get at least two paragraphs. if you don't think you can do that, then this isn't the forum for you.
10) net speak iz nt ok. if u type lyke dis, u r in da wrong place n u will get a warningz.
11) if you want to say something out of character in an in character post, then put 'ooc:' up the top. this must, however, be accompanied by an in character post. as much as we'd all love this to be a completely out of character site, it's a role-playing forum and it's staying that way. this doesn't apply if you're discussing where to continue the thread.
12) turn the bad language dial right down. i've removed some words from the censored list, but if this gets abused they'll go right back up again. it's normal to swear sometimes, but only when there's a reason. i don't want to see any "joe picked up his &%#@ ruler and put it in his &@$#% pencil case" or anything like that. if people start abusing this, then the censored words will go right back up again.
13) posting etiquette! if you join a thread that is open, you have until the end of page one to do so if there's already someone posting. if there are already two people there and you join you must obey posting etiquette. which means it goes like this:
person a starts the thread
person b joins
person c joins
then person d joins
everyone involved must wait for person a to post again. then person b, then c, then d. person b and d can't have a ten post conversation in that thread, people get swallowed up. posting order it keeps things from running out of control unless it's a party thread. i know that can be frustrating waiting so if you want you should go open another thread if you both want to rp that badly. you can have a different posting order if everyone in the thread agrees to it. party threads are the exception to this rule.
in addition, please make sure you at least try to give what the person before you gave you as a post back! while i know that not all of us are capable of massive long posts, please at least try to keep the amount of posting to the same level the person before you set! for example, if the person who started the thread has about four decent, good size paragraphs, and you enter and post a simple paragraph, that is just downright rude to the person who created the thread! so please don't do this! cannot stress it enough.
14) alt characters are great, but please try to keep on top of them. don't make so many you can't keep them all active.
15) we're a pg13 site, but we do allow romances and rivalries. in fact, we encourage them. it makes the site more interesting. however, if it's going to get past heavy making out or a shouting match (r-rated) then post a clear warning in the title.
16) necromancy, aka reviving old threads, is not allowed. if it's been dead more than a month, leave it alone. this doesn't apply to threads in the games section.
17) please no double-posting, unless you really, really have to.
18) mary-sues are not allowed! a mary sue/gary stu is a perfect character. not everyone is breathtakingly beautiful, effortlessly brilliant at everything and saves the day every say. but beware also the angst sue/angst stu. let's face it, your character is not going to have lived with violent parents who died when they were six, forcing them to live on the streets or go to their mean aunt who abused them constantly. these characters are notorious for popping up when you least expect them, so be careful.
19) please be realistic in your role-playing. if someone creeps up behind you and smashes you on the head with a shovel, you aren't going to dodge it or turn around and punch them. realistically, you will be knocked out. we all like our characters to be the heroes, but sometimes it just doesn't work. you'll get your moment, it just might not be right now.
rules for the chatbox[/u][/i][/size]
1) there is absolutely no advertising. however you may put a link to your website in your name, just so long as there isn't a message of 'click my name!' with it.
2) spamming, trolling, flaming, arguing, etc, will not be tolerated. it greatly annoys many people and drives people away from using the chatbox for what it is meant to be used for: a fun way to talk to other people on this forum.
3) impersonating members is not allowed and will give you a place in the bad book of staff members. it's rude, i think it's illegal, and if you do it, you will suffer the consequences. because we can check ip's and we know when you've been doing so.
4) spreading rumors about other members, etc, stuff like that that you're not supposed to do in school yet still do it when there is only one person on besides yourself is frowned up here.
5) more of a common sense thing, but please hold any and all private conversations off-forum. the chatbox is not the place for those. (under 'password' in the character template, put 'arabian nights'). if you have an issue with another member, don't post in the chatbox with something like: "so-and-so is so annoying, ban them plzkthnxbye" just pm a staff member and explain why you find them annoying and such.
Thanks for reading the rules![/blockquote][/blockquote]