Post by "Chaos" Chaotica Angelous on Nov 21, 2007 13:09:35 GMT -5
Here are the rules and regulations read them well and keep them in mind when handling and participating on the site.
Profanity/Cursing
Not a lot. I will allow it we're all mature individuals here. But don't over do it. Try to keep it IC (in-character).
Respect
This is one of my main rules! Everyone wants it. That includes me especially! I won't allow disrespect of me, my staff, or any of the members of this site. You have a problem with someone?, PM the staff or an Admin and we'll see to it, if the issue is with a staff member then come directly to myself or my other Admin there will only be two of us so bare with us if the issue is with a member of our staff. We will see to them. Don't mess with any of the staff and no back-talking, if you feel a call was unjust or you were wrongly treated, you will have the chance to appeal or/and present your side of the story but will refer to pms and other evidence so be prepared to have proof and evidence to clear your name. However, you disrespect me, or my staff and piss me off?
You will be banned. It takes a lot to get me mad, don't do it! Other than that really, you don't have a lot to worry about but, get me mad, you'll find out there are worse things than death for your character on my site. Lets leave it at that shall we. K?, Good. Hope we're on the right track with this.
De Staff
Listen to ALL of my staff members. If I hear from any of the staff that someone is going-up against them, or not listening then that member will immediately be issued a warning. All staff members are different, and therefore act differently, but they all are SUPPOSE to use their ranking and levels to maintain and improve upon the site. no matter what they do, however, you must still listen to them. If you have a problem with the Administration/staff, and I mean a literal and actually serious problem, then just PM myself or the other Co-owner. Don't start any fights, problems, or something around that level. Both parties involved will be placed on upon probation, staff involved will lose their privileges during probation and members involved will be placed on probation consisting of the one strike and you're gone rule.
We're Writers
*We're all writers, and everyone should know what I mean by this. Otherwise, you wouldn't really be looking around on RP sites...would you? So, because we're writers, we should have a sense of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and common sense. Use spell check every now and then and use the correct sense of grammar. Spell check =s you not having to look over your writing continuously which =s making life simpler for yourself, as well as fellow members.
No slang and/or chat-speech! Unless in the C-box. It's extremely annoying and makes things hard to read and understand.
Romance
Alright, I'll allow it but in moderation only. Note the word moderation. There can be a bit of romance but nothing too major, and you should know what I mean by that. Kissing and light to moderate touching pretty much sums it up. If you want to take it further then that I and my staff can't stop the pming but if caught you will be removed and secondly if done publicly you will be permanently removed, besides we will have a board password guarded for the "adults" of our site when you don't want things out there that everyone can see or you feel like keeping something between yourself and a set group of people. However If there is anything major sexually happening publicly then you will immediately be deleted and permanently without a warning or PM from anyone.
Activeness
Do not join unless you are going to stay ACTIVE and if you are per-chance happening to leave for a while, then say so and let everyone know that you are departing for a while. Accounts that are in-active majorly without reason are banned after one month unless you notify a staff member of your departure. Once you join,you have three weeks to make at least one post or post a character up after that your account will be deleted. Occasionally, I will PM you asking for you to come back or to find out whats going on. I naturally stay concerned about my members but if you have no reason then hey you're outta here.
SPAM:
What does SPAM mean? It means, from my knowledge, Stupid. Pointless. Annoying. Message. And I want NO spam on my categories....you can however SPAM in the OCC board, but really...no where else. Don't bug other members to join your site or go see a certain site or video, it really is annoying to others, just post it in the OCC board or something. SPAM, also is a no go by PMs, especially. If I hear from anyone that they are getting SPAM through PMs, its a warning then further actions will be taken on related reports. Besides we also have an Advertisements Board ^_^;; So if anyone wants to share their own site...then simply post it there.
Role Playing Rules:
Point of View?
Third and first person, please. Nothing else unless used in your character's bio or building your home.
RP Sin
God Modding.
Nothing I really wish to touch on about this, other then, DON'T DO IT! This is something I am extremely serious about. Don't mess with me. Occasionally, it will be allowed, and sometimes under special circumstances, too. But nothing major. Understand? Godmodding is usually a no-go in roleplaying for good reason. Lets not remind ourselves of those reasons through doing shall we.
4 those who don't know: God modding is controlling another person's character. We don't want any of that. So don't bring it here and I'm sure we'll get along just fine. ^__^
No apocalyptic characters: That means, no characters that are all powerful and immortal. Characters must have at least one physical weakness for them to be accepted and it has to be reasonable. No members may have a God or Goddess as a character unless they are a staff-member, and myself and the other owner will be making sure that they, too, do not abuse their "powers/rankings or levels".
*Make sure to follow the character form completely and descriptively, before applying to get your character accepted by either me or another staff member! Again. You may not begin roleplaying until your character has been accepted by a staff member, or more preferably myself and/or the other owner.
Being Descriptive
*Please be descriptive in your post, and please, NO one-liners. These are very stressing for the other RPer and makes it hard to write something back, plus it is very...uninteresting to other members. It is OK to do that every now and then but not constantly. I understand completely when people get writers block and just can't write that much or don't have the time right then and there but you can at least say so in that post let the others now you'll be back later to edit it or add more two it.
*Please make sure your character profiles are descriptive, I'm going to be checking for that. Add more then a few words and let people actually know more about your character instead of only the general or basic stuff. Be descriptive in Appearance(unless using a picture), Personality, Abilities, and especially past! We want to know about your character so we can act accordingly but at the same time just cause you give us the information does not give anyone the right to use that info against your character or someone else's!
Crowding
*Meh. More of a request then a rule, but I would prefer no double-posting. It crowds up boards and simply wastes space. Wait until another member has posted before posting again I know waiting sucks but you wouldn't want your character doing it all by themselves, you came here to interact with others, so do so just remember you're gonna need patience. Everyone has a life outside the site even you. Besides you can always simply edit your post.
Not a lot. I will allow it we're all mature individuals here. But don't over do it. Try to keep it IC (in-character).
Respect
This is one of my main rules! Everyone wants it. That includes me especially! I won't allow disrespect of me, my staff, or any of the members of this site. You have a problem with someone?, PM the staff or an Admin and we'll see to it, if the issue is with a staff member then come directly to myself or my other Admin there will only be two of us so bare with us if the issue is with a member of our staff. We will see to them. Don't mess with any of the staff and no back-talking, if you feel a call was unjust or you were wrongly treated, you will have the chance to appeal or/and present your side of the story but will refer to pms and other evidence so be prepared to have proof and evidence to clear your name. However, you disrespect me, or my staff and piss me off?
You will be banned. It takes a lot to get me mad, don't do it! Other than that really, you don't have a lot to worry about but, get me mad, you'll find out there are worse things than death for your character on my site. Lets leave it at that shall we. K?, Good. Hope we're on the right track with this.
De Staff
Listen to ALL of my staff members. If I hear from any of the staff that someone is going-up against them, or not listening then that member will immediately be issued a warning. All staff members are different, and therefore act differently, but they all are SUPPOSE to use their ranking and levels to maintain and improve upon the site. no matter what they do, however, you must still listen to them. If you have a problem with the Administration/staff, and I mean a literal and actually serious problem, then just PM myself or the other Co-owner. Don't start any fights, problems, or something around that level. Both parties involved will be placed on upon probation, staff involved will lose their privileges during probation and members involved will be placed on probation consisting of the one strike and you're gone rule.
We're Writers
*We're all writers, and everyone should know what I mean by this. Otherwise, you wouldn't really be looking around on RP sites...would you? So, because we're writers, we should have a sense of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and common sense. Use spell check every now and then and use the correct sense of grammar. Spell check =s you not having to look over your writing continuously which =s making life simpler for yourself, as well as fellow members.
No slang and/or chat-speech! Unless in the C-box. It's extremely annoying and makes things hard to read and understand.
Romance
Alright, I'll allow it but in moderation only. Note the word moderation. There can be a bit of romance but nothing too major, and you should know what I mean by that. Kissing and light to moderate touching pretty much sums it up. If you want to take it further then that I and my staff can't stop the pming but if caught you will be removed and secondly if done publicly you will be permanently removed, besides we will have a board password guarded for the "adults" of our site when you don't want things out there that everyone can see or you feel like keeping something between yourself and a set group of people. However If there is anything major sexually happening publicly then you will immediately be deleted and permanently without a warning or PM from anyone.
Activeness
Do not join unless you are going to stay ACTIVE and if you are per-chance happening to leave for a while, then say so and let everyone know that you are departing for a while. Accounts that are in-active majorly without reason are banned after one month unless you notify a staff member of your departure. Once you join,you have three weeks to make at least one post or post a character up after that your account will be deleted. Occasionally, I will PM you asking for you to come back or to find out whats going on. I naturally stay concerned about my members but if you have no reason then hey you're outta here.
SPAM:
What does SPAM mean? It means, from my knowledge, Stupid. Pointless. Annoying. Message. And I want NO spam on my categories....you can however SPAM in the OCC board, but really...no where else. Don't bug other members to join your site or go see a certain site or video, it really is annoying to others, just post it in the OCC board or something. SPAM, also is a no go by PMs, especially. If I hear from anyone that they are getting SPAM through PMs, its a warning then further actions will be taken on related reports. Besides we also have an Advertisements Board ^_^;; So if anyone wants to share their own site...then simply post it there.
Role Playing Rules:
Point of View?
Third and first person, please. Nothing else unless used in your character's bio or building your home.
RP Sin
God Modding.
Nothing I really wish to touch on about this, other then, DON'T DO IT! This is something I am extremely serious about. Don't mess with me. Occasionally, it will be allowed, and sometimes under special circumstances, too. But nothing major. Understand? Godmodding is usually a no-go in roleplaying for good reason. Lets not remind ourselves of those reasons through doing shall we.
4 those who don't know: God modding is controlling another person's character. We don't want any of that. So don't bring it here and I'm sure we'll get along just fine. ^__^
No apocalyptic characters: That means, no characters that are all powerful and immortal. Characters must have at least one physical weakness for them to be accepted and it has to be reasonable. No members may have a God or Goddess as a character unless they are a staff-member, and myself and the other owner will be making sure that they, too, do not abuse their "powers/rankings or levels".
*Make sure to follow the character form completely and descriptively, before applying to get your character accepted by either me or another staff member! Again. You may not begin roleplaying until your character has been accepted by a staff member, or more preferably myself and/or the other owner.
Being Descriptive
*Please be descriptive in your post, and please, NO one-liners. These are very stressing for the other RPer and makes it hard to write something back, plus it is very...uninteresting to other members. It is OK to do that every now and then but not constantly. I understand completely when people get writers block and just can't write that much or don't have the time right then and there but you can at least say so in that post let the others now you'll be back later to edit it or add more two it.
*Please make sure your character profiles are descriptive, I'm going to be checking for that. Add more then a few words and let people actually know more about your character instead of only the general or basic stuff. Be descriptive in Appearance(unless using a picture), Personality, Abilities, and especially past! We want to know about your character so we can act accordingly but at the same time just cause you give us the information does not give anyone the right to use that info against your character or someone else's!
Crowding
*Meh. More of a request then a rule, but I would prefer no double-posting. It crowds up boards and simply wastes space. Wait until another member has posted before posting again I know waiting sucks but you wouldn't want your character doing it all by themselves, you came here to interact with others, so do so just remember you're gonna need patience. Everyone has a life outside the site even you. Besides you can always simply edit your post.