Post by Desiree Turner on Mar 30, 2010 1:36:18 GMT -6
BOARD RULES
These rules are for everyone's enjoyment of the site! We want to make sure that everyone gets a good and fair chance at RPGing on this site. We all want to have a good time and to do that we need to follow the rules and make sure that everything is alright for any new members as well. Yes yes...I understand. No one likes them. However, they are necessary for the smooth running of a board. No secret phrases. The honor system is much nicer, right? Don't make me regret this...pretty please?
These rules are for everyone's enjoyment of the site! We want to make sure that everyone gets a good and fair chance at RPGing on this site. We all want to have a good time and to do that we need to follow the rules and make sure that everything is alright for any new members as well. Yes yes...I understand. No one likes them. However, they are necessary for the smooth running of a board. No secret phrases. The honor system is much nicer, right? Don't make me regret this...pretty please?
GENERAL RULES
2. The RP is in TrueBloodniverse. If you need to do research, that's fine. None of us are real vampires, shapeshifters and the like here, and if you are - I'm sorry some of us might bother you with slow and sometimes labored responses, but we are all working hard to make this as reliable as possible.
3. Be civil! There’s no need for anyone to be rude and obnoxious. If it’s in your character’s nature to be rude, that’s fine, however, OOC I would like people to be civil to one another. Remember, just because your characters don’t get along doesn’t mean that you don’t have to!
4. Language: There will be a very low tolerance for swearing on this board. We will allow a little leeway with certain words, however, if I notice any extremely rude or offensive language is used, it will result in admin interference.
5. Chat speak: Don’t use chat speak on the board. An RP involves using proper English and spelling. There’s some ability to use abbreviations in OOC boards and such, but it’s easier for everyone to understand and looks much better for the board, if people try to use proper spelling and some grammar.
6. Narrative: This RP is in third person. You are also required to post in paragraph form. By posting in paragraph form, I mean separating thoughts. Don’t try to indent, just skip lines in between paragraphs.
7. Posting Limits: All posts much be a minimum of two paragraphs. That means at least two sets of four complete sentences. It's not fair for the people who put a lot of effort into their posts to get a two word reply. Be considerate and remember, your characters are always thinking and always moving! Describe, describe, describe!
8. Staff Powers: For Staff members, do not abuse your powers. We trust you when we give you this position, so make sure you'll keep it that way.
9. Listen to Staff members. Do as all Staff members say, if they say Not to do something then don't or you'll get 2 warnings, over 2 will mean you get a ban for 48 hours and if you get another 2 warnings. You'll be banned. Permanently!
10. Passwords: Make sure you have good passwords, especially the staff members.
11. Characters: You may have as many characters as you wish. However, please keep them all active. And for each character you have, please create a different account for each of them. You MUST use your character’s name for the display name of the account. It will be so much easier for those involved in a thread to know who they are posting with.[/ul]
IC RULES
2. Mary-Sues/Gary-Stu’s: Mary Sue/Gary-Stu’s is an utterly perfect character. He/She stands in for the author and performs every heroic feat known to fandom, often outdoing the main characters of the story. He/She is beautiful/handsome, fit, wise, and incredibly intuitive. He/She is either the best friend, lover, or unrequited love of the most handsome/beautiful and desirable male/female character. He/She often has psychic or supernatural powers (not so much here since we are dealing with some unknown races of beings), which he/she uses in the most predictable and boring ways. He/She is introduced without preamble, has not a single weakness or flaw, and can kick the butt of the most powerful person in the story.
This is not acceptable on my boards. Mary-Sues/Gary-Stu’s aren’t realistic and can’t be realistically thrown into the plot. Make a character that is developed in every way and has flaws as well as strengths. No one wants to RP a cliché! Have fun and create your own UNIQUE characters. Seeing this definition should steer people away from creating this type of character.
3. Romance: Romance is fine! There is no reason people can’t be in love! However, there are times at which one should draw the line. Don’t drag out love scenes. If people are going to kiss/make-out please keep it to a minimal. We don’t want to read about people eating each other’s faces.
Same goes for “romantic” scenes. KISS (Keep It Simple Sam/Samantha) it.
4. Violence: People can fight, but I don’t want to see huge descriptions of bloody fights and such on the board. Grace over the really bad parts of the violence and just post the after effects if that’s better for you. Just consider other people when you post fight scenes and such.
5. Tagged Threads: If a thread is tagged with names, don't join if your name isn't in it. If you really want to join then ask the one who started the thread to join via a PM.
6. Mature Threads: All threads with adult and mature content must be labeled with ‘Mature Thread (+18)’. For example: If you are involved in a thread in Paris and it turns into non-kiddie appropriate, change the subject to include the ‘Mature Thread (+18)’. PLEASE USE IT! This is your one and only warning.[/ul]
Graphics Rules
2. Signatures: All signatures will be no bigger than 500 pixels wide by 200 pixels tall.
3. Other Graphics: All other graphics will be no wider than 500 pixels.[/ul]
C-BOX RULES
2. No Adult Content. You can poke, kick, hug, whatever. But nobody wants to see anyone going any further then that. Little kids can see what goes on in the C-Box. DON’T GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN TO MOMMY AND DADDY ABOUT!
3. Be Nice, No Fighting. Playing around fighting is fine. Like poking, kicking, don't do anything too severe though, and make sure you both are playing around. No actual fights. No yelling, swearing, being bitches to each other. Also, NO PICKING FIGHTS WITH PEOPLE.
4. No Advertising! Means, No advertising. No posting links to other sites on the box, talking about your site so much that people can figure out the url to it, or talking about sending someone a PM to a url of a site. All is NOT allowed. There is a board strictly for this.
5. Have Fun! There’s no need for anyone to be rude and obnoxious. I would like people to be civil to one another.
6. Guest Friendly. You do not have register or join anything to chat in the C-Box. It is 100% guest friendly!
7. Language: There will be a very low tolerance for swearing on this C-Box. We will allow a little leeway with certain words; however, if I notice any extremely rude or offensive language is used, it will result in admin interference. The C-Box is used for talking.[/ul]
Rule outline is created/formatted by December, Esq of RPG-D. The rules themselves are created by Desiree Turner. December, Esq is not responsible for attitude of rules/admin.
