Post by LOTTIE on Nov 25, 2011 18:17:59 GMT 1
THE RULES
right so basically, these rules are vital and you should read through these before you make a character because if you do there's a chance that you'll break the rules and say nobody explained them to you. the staff are here to help and what we put out there isn't for our benefit, it's for yours. now that we've covered that it's time to go through the rules.
OUT OF CHARACTER
arguments. sure, everybody has them, it's life. however this doesn't mean we condone them nor do we promote them but if any tension is to form between you and another member, you come straight to a member of staff. the staff will then find out about the circumstances and will deal with it appropriately. if you see two other members having an argument, report it and don't get involved, it's pretty much standard.
cyber bullying. i don't care how severe the incident is, if it's bullying it's bullying and you will receive the worst punishment we can come up with. it might sound harsh but there's no need to attack somebody across the internet if they haven't provoked it and i certainly don't want to see what i have saw on certain other sites were pictures are posted against a member's will and details leaked. it's unacceptable and you should all know that.
respect. sure you can say respect is earned, not given but despite any arguments that anyone can provide everyone deserves a little bit of r-e-s-p-e-c-t. especially the staff team, they have worked their socks off to make this a fun environment for you to rp in.
graphics. right so to begin with no nudity in your images but that's pretty obvious. secondly avatars are to be either 100x100 or 150x200 and signatures can vary, just don't stretch the page. if you break any of these rules your avatar/signature will be removed.
racism. We do not tolerate racism or discrimination, nor cyber bullying. This can cause you a permanent ban, and any staff member would really hate to ban you, it isn't the easiest thing to do but if we have to, we will! We want to make sure that all of our members feel comfortable in the site, and we do not want them to be insulted.
character limit. I know a lot of people can manage twelve characters, and if you can then that is amazing! However, if you start falling inactive, you may be asked to let a few characters go. There isn't a character limit, but don't create like ten characters because your bored, make as many as you can handle!
joining. When you join please change your characters name to all capitals. Also, you will have a week to complete your application before I move it, of course you can ask to have it unlocked but only if you have a good reason for why. You can't have two characters on the same account. If you want to have to twins, then please make them on a different account, not the same account. When your accepted or before, which ever suits you best, make your claims. This goes for Face claim, qudditch teams, magical abilities, prefects etc. If you don't make your claim and someone takes the celebrity your using, tough luck.
IN CHARACTER
powerplay. When roleplaying please don't powerplay or godmod, if you do i won't be happy because i simply hate people that do this, unless you have permission by the person your roleplaying with, if so, leave a note in case a admin peers in. Example; Now Paul was very irritated by Florence, grabbing her hair tightly he smacked her in the face, causing her nose to bleed, then she fell to the floor crying. Noooo, it isn't aloud! Having your character beaten up by someone who godmods is a awful experience, believe me! If you want to godmod ask the player for permission first and then PM either admins so we don't lock your thread.
grammar. Please remember to check your spelling, if you know you can't spell, please click the spell check button before you post your reply, since I'd hate to have to site their and try and figure out your post.
characters. If you have more than one character and see someone has posted in a thread with your other character, please don't reply to the wrong character and put ( POSTING AS REBBECCA ), seriously, it makes me go all what the frank!? Who am i roleplaying with here?! Don't be lazy, post with the right character.
third person. Please post in third person, not first, so none of i walked down the road with my friend, no thank you; Tina walked down the road with her friend. Looks much better, doesn't it? Although first is allowed for the application.
mature. Everyone let's slip a swear word now and again and I'm not bothered if you do swear. There are some words that I won't tolerate here and I'm sure your all aware of the more offensive swear words. As for anything that involves sex with your characters, you will have to RP the next morning rather than the whole shabam. If your thread does contain heavy kissing fondling, then it'll probably be marker as M by a admin and we will be watching to make sure you don't break this rule. Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking are also allowed with a certain extent. I mean, you wouldn't see a twelve year old getting ridiculously drunk or snorting something unknown to them? Keep it real. If your going to get your character pregnant or kill them off, PM a admin first! We don't want loads of teenage mothers around or suicidal hufflepuffs. That would just be like a hogwarts asylum really, and we wouldn't like that, would we?
word count. We all have off days where we can only manage a paragraph so the word count is only low, it's very low. It will provide enough for someone to reply to so don't complain okay? 200 words per post. It isn't difficult okay, and there is plenty of things to write about, also if you do write 190 words we will let it slid but your next post will need to hit the word count.
