Post by Megumarhitori Nure on Jul 29, 2008 17:05:29 GMT -6
RP Rules
Major Rule
You may only be in one thread at a time. This is to make the site run smoothly and the plot line flow easier. If I see that you have posted in another thread, and you have either not closed that thread or left it, your newest post WILL be deleted. I will not tolerate it.
Slightly Major Rule
I recommend that each time you make a character you create a new account for that char. Just so it's easy on people to see that the character they are RPing with has replied. You are able to have multiple accounts on one e-mail address, if you didn't know that.
1.) Look at a thread title before joining one.
Does it say (Open)? If it does, or says nothing next to the title, it's open for anyone to join. If there is a person's name there, it's meant for that person. If you wish to join a thread -ASK- the creator of the thread first unless it states it's open RP. It's highly rude to crash a thread, and if you do it enough times, your character(s) will be suspended.
If you crash a thread, these will be your consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
2.) Read a thread before joining it.
Suddenly jumping into things without reading and paying attention to what is going on is not acceptable. This can potentially disrupt the RP going on if two people are RPing in a private area like a home, and you RP that you're entering a bar and ordering a drink right next to them. You would not like it if it was done to you, so don't do it to others.
Again, every time you ruin a thread with an irrelevant post, there will be consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
3.) We use 3rd person for this RP site.
Using anything else just makes people confused, and your post could be outright ignored or misread. If you want to contribute the utmost to your RP, or the thread of someone else, please use this way of writing.
4.) Post quantity.
This is one of the -biggest- rules. -DO NOT ONE LINE-. Don't think two lines will suffice either. We will push that posts need to be at least TEN sentences. It highly frustrating for a person to put paragraphs of RP forward, to then return, and there is one line of the person doing almost nothing. With OC's who do this too often, we can suspend your account. If you can't bother to contribute positive things to our site, we don't need you to contribute at all.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
5.) How to give a post -quality-.
RP between people is much like a dance. One leads, and the other follows. Break down the other person's post, and contribute by writing how your character responds to what is going on. The five senses are your best friend here. Hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell, and the secret sixth: thought. Use them where you can. If you have only a small bit of time to post, don't. Wait until you can give the other people the right amount of attention. You'll only cheat yourself and them otherwise.
Also, use CORRECT GRAMMAR. Every one who joins is no doubt educated to at least a third grade level, right? Good. Unless otherwise, you CAN use correct grammar, right? That is what we expect of you. It's not too much to ask is it? An exception to this rule would be dialogs of course.
If you do not use correct grammar, the consequences will be as follows:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
6.) Thread Hijacking.
This has been happening a bit as of late, and must be addressed. This is when a person or persons join a thread, and begin to post back and forth at a very quick rate, leaving the others in the thread pretty much out of what is going on. -DO NOT DO THIS-! Some people can not post as often as others, and if you can not be patient, start a different thread with other people who can. There is more to this, but that will have it's own section.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
7.) Post order is your friend.
Whenever in a thread with more then two people, assume Posting Order is in effect. Starting from the post creator, and look to where the creator posts again, this will become the order. You wait until your turn. Anything else is very rude, and will make people not want to RP with you. If you can't wait, start your own thread, and keep it small. Also, do not hound people to post if you're waiting on them. It's going to make them not want to, and that can cause problems all it's own.
If you post out of order, there will be consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
8.) Things going past PG-13.
Swearing and violence are allowed on this site, but if it's going to be in huge amounts, or it's going to be very graphic and you know this, try to put it in the thread title, or as an OOC, not in the first post. If you can, please try to not describe nudity or adult actions of that nature, since we have players younger then Eighteen. TS-ing (Otherwise known as Tiny Sex or Typing Sex) is not allowed here... If you wish to have such RP with another consenting adult, use Email or other media. If you do not, you will be banned. Last thing we need is a parent seeing what you're doing, and get on our case for your behavior.
9.) God-moding.
This is a general rule, but I feel it should also be covered here in etiquette as well since it involves RP. This is not acceptable: 'Rukia grabbed Ichigo by the throat, and then tossed him out the open school window.' No-no big time! Do this instead: 'Rukia moved to grab Ichigo by the throat, with the intention to throw him out of the open school window.' This allows Ichigo's player to dodge if he wishes, but if he allows it, he can also react to the throwing however he might want to.
-DO NOT DODGE EVERYTHING- Another big no no. Even people like Ichigo and Byakuya get hit from time to time, and so should you. Do not edit posts after the other person has attacked you either, so it sets you up to be able to dodge and such. You do this, you will have your character suspended first, and banned for a repeat offense. If a Canon character, you will have it removed from you outright. This sort of behavior will not be tolerated, and you must understand the seriousness of this rule.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
10.) No Flaming. Flaming is the open discrimination of another person on this forum due to any reasons such as race, gender, religion, sexuality, the flamer just being a dick, etc.
Depending on the severity of the flame, the consequences may vary.
First offense: Warning or three day ban.
Second offense: A second warning or one week ban.
Third offense: One day ban or permanent ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban or permanent ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban or permanent ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum, regardless of the severity of the flame.
11.) No baiting. Baiting is what it is called when an individual purposefully tries to get another to flame them.
Consequences are as follows:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
12.) Respect the Staff. Disrespect will not be tolerated on the site, the staff worked hard to make the site as you see it now and deserve a little bit of credit for all the blood, sweat and tears that they had to gush to create it!
Consequences are as follows:
First offense: Warning and a week ban.
Second offense: Permanent ban.
13.) Read the Help Files: If you have a problem with your application or maybe you're confused about a certain race, or even the Zanpakutô there are help files that you can find throughout the site that can help you. This isn't really a rule with Consequences, but if you have something on your application that you're not supposed to have then we'll tell you that you should've read the help files before applying.
14.) Don't Plagiarize: The staff of this site worked hard to bring the site to what it looks like today. We like being credited on our work. If you steal our work it means that you don't respect the time and effort that we put into the site. There is only one punishment for plagiarism.
First offense: Ban. Forever.
17.) Don't Sexually Harass Others: Please defer from doing so. We don't need to listen to other people complain about you as you say sexual things to them. If its consensual do it in PM, otherwise it'll be punished just the same.
First offense: Warning.
First offense: One week ban.
First offense: Permanent Ban.
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After you read the rules PM me the number that is missing number and i will PM you the password to get into the Character Creation.
Major Rule
You may only be in one thread at a time. This is to make the site run smoothly and the plot line flow easier. If I see that you have posted in another thread, and you have either not closed that thread or left it, your newest post WILL be deleted. I will not tolerate it.
Slightly Major Rule
I recommend that each time you make a character you create a new account for that char. Just so it's easy on people to see that the character they are RPing with has replied. You are able to have multiple accounts on one e-mail address, if you didn't know that.
1.) Look at a thread title before joining one.
Does it say (Open)? If it does, or says nothing next to the title, it's open for anyone to join. If there is a person's name there, it's meant for that person. If you wish to join a thread -ASK- the creator of the thread first unless it states it's open RP. It's highly rude to crash a thread, and if you do it enough times, your character(s) will be suspended.
If you crash a thread, these will be your consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
2.) Read a thread before joining it.
Suddenly jumping into things without reading and paying attention to what is going on is not acceptable. This can potentially disrupt the RP going on if two people are RPing in a private area like a home, and you RP that you're entering a bar and ordering a drink right next to them. You would not like it if it was done to you, so don't do it to others.
Again, every time you ruin a thread with an irrelevant post, there will be consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
3.) We use 3rd person for this RP site.
Using anything else just makes people confused, and your post could be outright ignored or misread. If you want to contribute the utmost to your RP, or the thread of someone else, please use this way of writing.
4.) Post quantity.
This is one of the -biggest- rules. -DO NOT ONE LINE-. Don't think two lines will suffice either. We will push that posts need to be at least TEN sentences. It highly frustrating for a person to put paragraphs of RP forward, to then return, and there is one line of the person doing almost nothing. With OC's who do this too often, we can suspend your account. If you can't bother to contribute positive things to our site, we don't need you to contribute at all.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
5.) How to give a post -quality-.
RP between people is much like a dance. One leads, and the other follows. Break down the other person's post, and contribute by writing how your character responds to what is going on. The five senses are your best friend here. Hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell, and the secret sixth: thought. Use them where you can. If you have only a small bit of time to post, don't. Wait until you can give the other people the right amount of attention. You'll only cheat yourself and them otherwise.
Also, use CORRECT GRAMMAR. Every one who joins is no doubt educated to at least a third grade level, right? Good. Unless otherwise, you CAN use correct grammar, right? That is what we expect of you. It's not too much to ask is it? An exception to this rule would be dialogs of course.
If you do not use correct grammar, the consequences will be as follows:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
6.) Thread Hijacking.
This has been happening a bit as of late, and must be addressed. This is when a person or persons join a thread, and begin to post back and forth at a very quick rate, leaving the others in the thread pretty much out of what is going on. -DO NOT DO THIS-! Some people can not post as often as others, and if you can not be patient, start a different thread with other people who can. There is more to this, but that will have it's own section.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
7.) Post order is your friend.
Whenever in a thread with more then two people, assume Posting Order is in effect. Starting from the post creator, and look to where the creator posts again, this will become the order. You wait until your turn. Anything else is very rude, and will make people not want to RP with you. If you can't wait, start your own thread, and keep it small. Also, do not hound people to post if you're waiting on them. It's going to make them not want to, and that can cause problems all it's own.
If you post out of order, there will be consequences:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
8.) Things going past PG-13.
Swearing and violence are allowed on this site, but if it's going to be in huge amounts, or it's going to be very graphic and you know this, try to put it in the thread title, or as an OOC, not in the first post. If you can, please try to not describe nudity or adult actions of that nature, since we have players younger then Eighteen. TS-ing (Otherwise known as Tiny Sex or Typing Sex) is not allowed here... If you wish to have such RP with another consenting adult, use Email or other media. If you do not, you will be banned. Last thing we need is a parent seeing what you're doing, and get on our case for your behavior.
9.) God-moding.
This is a general rule, but I feel it should also be covered here in etiquette as well since it involves RP. This is not acceptable: 'Rukia grabbed Ichigo by the throat, and then tossed him out the open school window.' No-no big time! Do this instead: 'Rukia moved to grab Ichigo by the throat, with the intention to throw him out of the open school window.' This allows Ichigo's player to dodge if he wishes, but if he allows it, he can also react to the throwing however he might want to.
-DO NOT DODGE EVERYTHING- Another big no no. Even people like Ichigo and Byakuya get hit from time to time, and so should you. Do not edit posts after the other person has attacked you either, so it sets you up to be able to dodge and such. You do this, you will have your character suspended first, and banned for a repeat offense. If a Canon character, you will have it removed from you outright. This sort of behavior will not be tolerated, and you must understand the seriousness of this rule.
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
10.) No Flaming. Flaming is the open discrimination of another person on this forum due to any reasons such as race, gender, religion, sexuality, the flamer just being a dick, etc.
Depending on the severity of the flame, the consequences may vary.
First offense: Warning or three day ban.
Second offense: A second warning or one week ban.
Third offense: One day ban or permanent ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban or permanent ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban or permanent ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum, regardless of the severity of the flame.
11.) No baiting. Baiting is what it is called when an individual purposefully tries to get another to flame them.
Consequences are as follows:
First offense: Warning
Second offense: A second warning.
Third offense: One day ban.
Fourth offense: Three day ban.
Fifth offense: One week ban.
On your sixth offense, you will be permanently banished from this forum.
12.) Respect the Staff. Disrespect will not be tolerated on the site, the staff worked hard to make the site as you see it now and deserve a little bit of credit for all the blood, sweat and tears that they had to gush to create it!
Consequences are as follows:
First offense: Warning and a week ban.
Second offense: Permanent ban.
13.) Read the Help Files: If you have a problem with your application or maybe you're confused about a certain race, or even the Zanpakutô there are help files that you can find throughout the site that can help you. This isn't really a rule with Consequences, but if you have something on your application that you're not supposed to have then we'll tell you that you should've read the help files before applying.
14.) Don't Plagiarize: The staff of this site worked hard to bring the site to what it looks like today. We like being credited on our work. If you steal our work it means that you don't respect the time and effort that we put into the site. There is only one punishment for plagiarism.
First offense: Ban. Forever.
17.) Don't Sexually Harass Others: Please defer from doing so. We don't need to listen to other people complain about you as you say sexual things to them. If its consensual do it in PM, otherwise it'll be punished just the same.
First offense: Warning.
First offense: One week ban.
First offense: Permanent Ban.
--------------------------------------------------------
After you read the rules PM me the number that is missing number and i will PM you the password to get into the Character Creation.