Post by Professor X on Jan 24, 2009 20:27:03 GMT -5
We all know that rules are the most annoying part of a board, both for the members and the admins but they are a must. Just please take your time to read through these carefully. And of course, obey them, because otherwise there's no sense in making/reading them in the first place.
Account Name Every account must consist out of a first and last name. Nothing like stargurl222 either will be allowed, and accounts under that type of name will be deleted upon sight. Remember, you may sign up with a name like stargurl222, but once you activate your account, go to your profile, modify profile, and change the display name to your character's name. Below are some good and bad examples of Account Names.
Respect & Arguing Treat all other members and the admins with respect. People come on this site to have fun, not to be yelled at, capice? Also, no arguing on the boards. You have a problem with someone? Pm an admin, they’ll solve it. Please remember, whatever happens in roleplay, stays in roleplay. That means if Boby Sue's character gets mad at Curly Sue's character it stays between the characters, not the roleplayers.
Discrimination This is very simple; if you have any problems at all with other races, religions, etc. you might as well leave this board right here and now. We won't tolerate any kind of discrimination and you will be banned without warning at the first attempt of it.
Going Away/Activity If you’re going to be absent for a period of time, please let us know. There is an absence board under the ooc section for you to make a topic informing us about your time away. We want you to be active on this board, so we expect you to at least post twice a week. If you don't post at least twice a week, and you have not let us know you'll be absent, you'll be put in the inactive category for 30 days. After which, you will be deleted, if you have not come back to the board, and your character will be up for adoption.
PB/celebrity You must choose a celebrity or model as a representation for your character. We also ask that you provide an image in either your signature or avatar or both. Also, we will not be accepting any scenester or myspace/etc people as PBs. NO EXCEPTIONS! also, DO NOT CLAIM A CELEB BEFORE BEING ACCEPTED.
Signatures & Avatars There's really no rules here, however, no signature with a width over 700 is allowed.
Applications All character applications are supposed to be posted in the right forum, and that forum would be the one labeled ‘Character Applications’. I don't want to see character applications posted in any other forums than that one. If you haven't finished your application yet, please state so at the beginning of you application. If a week goes by and it’s not done, it’ll be moved to the ‘drawer’. Also, please don’t start roleplaying until you’re accepted.
Despies, Power Players, God Modders and Mary Sues I don’t want to see them. Period. If you are unsure on what those mean, PM an admin and they’ll kindly explain.
Rating This board is rated PG-13. This means that violence, some sexual content and swearing are allowed. But keep in mind that this is not a porn board, and we don't want it to become one either. So please don't be too detailed, and definitely put a rating in the topic title when you feel it's going that way. Not everyone wants to read that. For violence, it's not up to you to kill someone, you can't say that you hit someone and that he was killed instantly. That's not up to you to decide, and that would be godmodding. And either way, it's not exactly in the nature of the board to be killing off people.
Spelling & Grammar We are aware of the fact that not everyone here speaks English at home as first language, but please try to use proper spelling and grammar. Actually, take the please out of that. You should use proper spelling and grammar. Sure, you may not speak English at home, well, guess what, I don’t either. It's not nice when you first have to spend hours on reconstructing a post before you can reply to it. Also, no internet speak. I don't want to see 'u' instead of 'you' or '2' instead of 'too' or whatever. Just use proper language. And the correct way of roleplaying on here is in third person, past tense.
Good Example: Beverly walked through the hallways of school, thinking about her boyfriend.
Bad Example: I walk through the hallways of school, thinking about my boyfriend.
Post Length We want every post to be at least two paragraphs. And people, a paragraph is about five sentences. Put some effort in it and make your posts as long as possible. How would you feel when you made a three paragraphs long post and someone else replies to it with a post existing out of only 2 sentences? I don’t think you’d like that. Everyone can have his bad days and a writers block, We understand that, but don’t let it happen too often. And also take your time to make a post. If you have read and accept all of these rules, please put "hmmno" at the bottom of your application where it says ‘anything else’. You’ll get a warning when your posts are too short and if we don’t notice any changes, you risk deletion and/or to be banned.
Pregnancy You must have the permission of all the admins to have a pregnant character. We don't want to have a baby boom around here and not everyone gets pregnant while still in school. It can happen, but it doesn't happen to everyone. Even if you’re a staff member/mod, you still need to have the permission of the admins. Whenever you ask for permission, please remember to include why it's good for your Character's plot. We won't just give permission for just anything.
Number Of Characters You may have up to seven characters, but don’t create so many characters that you can’t handle them. You have to be active with all of your characters. If we notice that you aren’t active with one of your characters, you’ll be asked to give him/her up, especially is it’s a canon.
Advertising All advertisements are supposed to be in the Advertisements forum. We don't want to see any advertisements in your signature, in your posts or anywhere else but the advertisements forum, which was specifically designed for this purpose. The only exception is when you want to credit a site or something for your signature or avatar. Then you can put the link to that site in small in your signature. But no links to other rpg boards, okay?
Concerning ClassesDo NOT think that just because you're roleplaying, that means you don't really have to attend any of the classes. Correction: You HAVE to attend at least two classes. You may sign up for them in their sign up threads, however, I will cut you some break and will not request you attend a class until all of the teaching positions have been filled.
SPECIAL NOTE: You may not RP as the close family member of a pre existing character unless you have discussed it, and gained approval from both Professor X, and the character you will be related to. This includes long lost family members who the character doesn't know. (i.e an evil twin can't suddenly appear without permission from the other twin.)
So, thanks for reading through them.
Happy roleplaying!