Rules
Nov 17, 2010 22:04:59 GMT -8
Post by Sammael on Nov 17, 2010 22:04:59 GMT -8
1. Please be literate. We do not appreciate illiteracy, because we feel that literacy is very important, even when you are in an internet forum. Also, please try to use proper sentence structure, keep the spelling and punctuation errors to a bare minimum, and refrain from excessively using any word abbreviations that would be used when performing instant messaging, text messaging, or otherwise. Examples are using "ty" in place of "thank you", or "ppl" in place of the word "people". This is a role playing forum. Following these instructions will make your post easier for us to read, and it also means that you are more likely to draw replies.
2. Detail is absolutely necessary to guarantee your continued membership in this Forum. Do not post ambiguous one-liners. I will put a lot of work into each of my posts and I expect the same from any participant. If this is not the format you are used to then you can adapt or resign. I would suggest careful contemplation over each post.
3. Any action you perform on someone else’s character, no matter what the action might be, should be phrased as an attempt. By making an attempt instead of just doing it outright, you give the character’s player the chance to consent to the action or avoid it if it’s something they’d rather not have happen to their character. Never assume someone will react in a certain way just because you think they should. Always give others the chance to react in their own way, and don’t get upset if the reaction isn’t what you expected.
4. Player Limits
A: Avoid god-like abilities for your characters. Rp’ing isn’t about who can make up the best super powers for their characters, it’s about the personalities of the characters. Any character that is ridiculously powerful or has a perfect personality is going to be fairly boring to RP with and will end up being mostly ignored by others.
B: Power gaming is no fun for everyone else. Don't go around god-modding your character so that he's the only one who gets to do awesome stuff.
C: Respect the game world. Although this is a fantasy setting, we expect a certain amount of realism. Governments, Armies, and Gangs do not appear out of nowhere, nor do they topple for no reason. Every event IC should have a rational explanation within the game world. In other words, no god-modding.
5. No OOC racism, sexism, or other forms of discrimination or spreading of hateful speech will be tolerated. Depending on your character, IC racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination, and the spreading of hateful, or vulgar speech may be highly encouraged, even demanded.
6. There is no rush. Give others time to react to you. There’s no need to hurry, just relax and enjoy the interaction. People have lives, and won’t necessarily be online every few hours to respond to your posts. Bear in mind that they may be busy, or thinking up a clever way to counter your post, and wait patiently. The courtesy will be appreciated.
7. Be considerate of the role-playing mood of others. If you come into a situation where other characters are already engaged in some RP, don’t just leap in with a radically different mood unless you get permission (Either IC or OOC, depending on the situation and whether you have any way to contact them OOC). For example...say two soldiers are sitting at a bar table discussing a recently deceased comrade and you jump in acting drunk, and spill their drinks in their laps while explaining your hatred for the armed forces. Unless this is an agreed upon part of the story, or furthers the overall narrative in some way, you aren’t going to make any friends like this (especially if your actions offend the players behind the characters).
8. Combat
A: It is generally considered rude to just up and attack someone out of the blue. If you and your target are not part of some planned combat event, get OOC consent from the player before you attack their character (This can be done IC if you make your meaning clear enough and you can't contact the other players OOC). If there’s no good way to get this permission, at least give them plenty of IC warning that you might attack, and if they seem to approve IC, then go ahead. If they don’t seem willing to fight, or you can’t tell one way or another, it would be best not to attack them to avoid OOC troubles.
B: When RP’ing combat in-game, remember, no one likes building characters over and over. There’s always some way to avoid death. There are a few reasons for this...either the character that loses has to get resurrected, or the character is permanently dead or maimed. It gets very old having people die all the time or get dismembered only to show up the next day just fine. So it’s polite to steer events a bit, so that both parties fare evenly, or unevenly to an agreed upon level.
C: If the combat was a large battle, mention casualties but don’t give names to the dead. Just assume the two sides had several no-name extras along for the fight that can provide convenient dead bodies. If it was a duel, then have it be to first blood or to loss of consciousness...unless of course a character’s true death was agreed upon OOC ahead of time by the character’s player, but these situations will be very rare.
9. Don’t try to be the center of attention all the time. Be polite and share attention with other characters. You aren’t the only one here to have fun, give everyone their turn in the spotlight.
10. Never include someone else’s character in a post, or written history that didn’t happen or hasn’t happened yet, without letting that Player proofread and approve the story before you post it.
11. OOC and IC Distinctions
A: This really shouldn’t need saying, but it seems like one of the more common problems...stay In Character (IC) at all times. Do not drop Out Of Character (OOC) unless absolutely necessary (PM's would be best). If you absolutely must say something OOC in the presence of people who are IC, then enclose the OOC comment in parenthesis.
B: OOC should stay OOC, and IC should stay IC. If something happens to your character, do not take it personally, nor should you use OOC knowledge to further your characters agenda. Never use OOC information IC in any way. The best example I can give is...just because you can see someone’s name in the post, your character wouldn’t know that character’s name unless someone had told you in-game.
12. Treat other players (including staff members) with respect.
13. Do not advertise in the forum. There is an Affiliates thread to which staff adds websites and forums we all accept.
14. Do not add copyrighted or otherwise plagiarized content to our website.
15. Do not link to, add, or advertise stolen content on the forum.
16. Please refrain from Quoting. It only leads to more scrolling.
17. Do not bring up your issues with other members publicly on the forum. Contact a moderator instead. The forum is not a place to act on your personal vendettas and issues. This includes stuff you've read in IM, disagreements about roleplay, and things of that nature.
18. Remember, this is a game. We're all here to have fun.
Breaking any of the above rules may result in an administrator placing a warning on the user's account.
Two warnings results in the user being placed in a special account where they will be unable to post in the OOC sections of the forum. Three warnings results in an automatic ban for a week, during which time the administrators will discuss whether any further extension of the ban is needed.
The administration reserves the right to jump to any level of punishment they feel is appropriate for the situation. It is also important to note that while administrators are happy to help, acting like an asshole will only lead to being treated like one.
2. Detail is absolutely necessary to guarantee your continued membership in this Forum. Do not post ambiguous one-liners. I will put a lot of work into each of my posts and I expect the same from any participant. If this is not the format you are used to then you can adapt or resign. I would suggest careful contemplation over each post.
3. Any action you perform on someone else’s character, no matter what the action might be, should be phrased as an attempt. By making an attempt instead of just doing it outright, you give the character’s player the chance to consent to the action or avoid it if it’s something they’d rather not have happen to their character. Never assume someone will react in a certain way just because you think they should. Always give others the chance to react in their own way, and don’t get upset if the reaction isn’t what you expected.
4. Player Limits
A: Avoid god-like abilities for your characters. Rp’ing isn’t about who can make up the best super powers for their characters, it’s about the personalities of the characters. Any character that is ridiculously powerful or has a perfect personality is going to be fairly boring to RP with and will end up being mostly ignored by others.
B: Power gaming is no fun for everyone else. Don't go around god-modding your character so that he's the only one who gets to do awesome stuff.
C: Respect the game world. Although this is a fantasy setting, we expect a certain amount of realism. Governments, Armies, and Gangs do not appear out of nowhere, nor do they topple for no reason. Every event IC should have a rational explanation within the game world. In other words, no god-modding.
5. No OOC racism, sexism, or other forms of discrimination or spreading of hateful speech will be tolerated. Depending on your character, IC racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination, and the spreading of hateful, or vulgar speech may be highly encouraged, even demanded.
6. There is no rush. Give others time to react to you. There’s no need to hurry, just relax and enjoy the interaction. People have lives, and won’t necessarily be online every few hours to respond to your posts. Bear in mind that they may be busy, or thinking up a clever way to counter your post, and wait patiently. The courtesy will be appreciated.
7. Be considerate of the role-playing mood of others. If you come into a situation where other characters are already engaged in some RP, don’t just leap in with a radically different mood unless you get permission (Either IC or OOC, depending on the situation and whether you have any way to contact them OOC). For example...say two soldiers are sitting at a bar table discussing a recently deceased comrade and you jump in acting drunk, and spill their drinks in their laps while explaining your hatred for the armed forces. Unless this is an agreed upon part of the story, or furthers the overall narrative in some way, you aren’t going to make any friends like this (especially if your actions offend the players behind the characters).
8. Combat
A: It is generally considered rude to just up and attack someone out of the blue. If you and your target are not part of some planned combat event, get OOC consent from the player before you attack their character (This can be done IC if you make your meaning clear enough and you can't contact the other players OOC). If there’s no good way to get this permission, at least give them plenty of IC warning that you might attack, and if they seem to approve IC, then go ahead. If they don’t seem willing to fight, or you can’t tell one way or another, it would be best not to attack them to avoid OOC troubles.
B: When RP’ing combat in-game, remember, no one likes building characters over and over. There’s always some way to avoid death. There are a few reasons for this...either the character that loses has to get resurrected, or the character is permanently dead or maimed. It gets very old having people die all the time or get dismembered only to show up the next day just fine. So it’s polite to steer events a bit, so that both parties fare evenly, or unevenly to an agreed upon level.
C: If the combat was a large battle, mention casualties but don’t give names to the dead. Just assume the two sides had several no-name extras along for the fight that can provide convenient dead bodies. If it was a duel, then have it be to first blood or to loss of consciousness...unless of course a character’s true death was agreed upon OOC ahead of time by the character’s player, but these situations will be very rare.
9. Don’t try to be the center of attention all the time. Be polite and share attention with other characters. You aren’t the only one here to have fun, give everyone their turn in the spotlight.
10. Never include someone else’s character in a post, or written history that didn’t happen or hasn’t happened yet, without letting that Player proofread and approve the story before you post it.
11. OOC and IC Distinctions
A: This really shouldn’t need saying, but it seems like one of the more common problems...stay In Character (IC) at all times. Do not drop Out Of Character (OOC) unless absolutely necessary (PM's would be best). If you absolutely must say something OOC in the presence of people who are IC, then enclose the OOC comment in parenthesis.
B: OOC should stay OOC, and IC should stay IC. If something happens to your character, do not take it personally, nor should you use OOC knowledge to further your characters agenda. Never use OOC information IC in any way. The best example I can give is...just because you can see someone’s name in the post, your character wouldn’t know that character’s name unless someone had told you in-game.
12. Treat other players (including staff members) with respect.
13. Do not advertise in the forum. There is an Affiliates thread to which staff adds websites and forums we all accept.
14. Do not add copyrighted or otherwise plagiarized content to our website.
15. Do not link to, add, or advertise stolen content on the forum.
16. Please refrain from Quoting. It only leads to more scrolling.
17. Do not bring up your issues with other members publicly on the forum. Contact a moderator instead. The forum is not a place to act on your personal vendettas and issues. This includes stuff you've read in IM, disagreements about roleplay, and things of that nature.
18. Remember, this is a game. We're all here to have fun.
Breaking any of the above rules may result in an administrator placing a warning on the user's account.
Two warnings results in the user being placed in a special account where they will be unable to post in the OOC sections of the forum. Three warnings results in an automatic ban for a week, during which time the administrators will discuss whether any further extension of the ban is needed.
The administration reserves the right to jump to any level of punishment they feel is appropriate for the situation. It is also important to note that while administrators are happy to help, acting like an asshole will only lead to being treated like one.
