Post by FORSAKEN PI CEO on Feb 28, 2012 21:16:18 GMT -5
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Respect
First and foremost, we have a zero tolerance for people who see fit to cause trouble. We are solely here to have fun, anyone who intentionally negatively effects the atmosphere here will be asked to leave/will be banned.
We ask that all members, STAFF or otherwise (and guests) respect one another. We have a zero tolerance policy for any kind of bullying or abuse aimed toward ANYONE on this board. We ask that you treat people in the way that you would wish to be treated.
That in mind, if anyone is experiencing some problems be it with a member they MUST contact STAFF and address this problem. If we do not know of these situations, we can't mend them. Hopefully, it won't come to that and you'll have nothing but fun here. But, if it does, we are here to help you.
Registering
You can register with any name you like, however once your character application has been approved, please change your display name to that of your character! This stops any confusion. Also, we dont mind you having multiple characters as long as you can keep them all active but please make one account per character.
Applying
Please finish your Application within one week of registering. If you have any problems with that then contact a member of staff to let them know. Only register if you are going to stay. Please don't register and then don't return, it's extremely annoying and running from the crime scene isnt nice.
You application is like an audition so try fill it out to the best of your ability. We don't expect every application to be a work of art but we would like to have a good idea of what your character is like and why they're like that from their application. Take your time and don't rush it and we're sure you'll submit a good application!
Character play by's must be real people. It gives us a better view of what your character looks like. Please don't use random google search people, make sure you know their name whether they're an actor, musician, singer or youtube sensation. As long as their a living breathing person with a name we're not too picky.
Character play by's must be aged within 5 years of the character they are portraying. For example, if the play by is 33 they cannot play a 17 year old..they can however play a character 5 years younger then their actual age (so if the play by is 33 the character can be no younger then 28 or no older then 38). If the play by does not fit within these rules, you will be asked to change the play by or the characters age.
(however, we do ask that you do NOT use your own face as a CC)
When you are accepted you MUST place your characters location on your member profile (where your character is based most of the time). We also request that you fill in the Face Claim and Who's Who so that we can keep all lists up to date.
Graphics
Everyone needs a 100x100 pixel avatar of their character. If your unable to make one yourself then PM the admins who'll be happy to help you out, we don't bite, honest!
We always love seeing pretty signatures too but these are not compulsory. We do ask, however, that you don't stretch the page, they may look nice but having to scroll down half a page of graphics can again be annoying. The maximum size is 500x300 pixels.
Activity
We understand people have real lives outside that of roleplay, however, to keep the board active we ask that you log in at least once a week unless you have posted your absence in the board provided in the OOC section of the site.
If a member has not noted us of their absence and has not logged in for some time we will send out a few warning emails and if no contact is made eventually moving their character to the archives or deleting them. WE DO NOT FIND IT AMUSING DOING THIS, we hate having to portray the mean admin side so please try to stay active to avoid this and don't leave other peoples characters at a stand still.
Characters
We do not have a character limit and welcome those who create multiple characters. We do ask that you are able to keep all these characters active.
Staff has the right to refuse a new character if they believe the player is not maintaining activity with the characters they already have.
If you dont want to keep a character anymore then you can kill them off, put them up for adoption, or whatever, just remember to inform an admin of your choice. Also, please try to have a mixture of male and female characters if you are creating many. We don't want the site over run by lots of female characters and only a few guys.
Originality. When creating a character please be original. We do not want to see any Edward Cullens, Buffy Summers or Harry Potters. The characters you create here MUST be original. That is not to say that you cannot use a play by used from any popular fantasy show or movie, but just that you make the character your own.
We do our research. Anyone whose caught copying will be asked to amend there applications, or worse case scenario submit a completely new one.
Role Playing
Minimum word count of 250 words please! This is a low figure and expect most posts to exceed this, we know that sometimes this cant be helped on museless days but please do try. Small posts often make it difficult for others to respond so consider the five senses while posting and you'll reach way over 250 words without even noticing it.
We will keep an eye out for those who persistently post below this word count so try to keep creative!
God-moding is a big NO. We do not accept god-moding here. This is basically making your character godlike, or controlling other characters without their consent.
Chat Box
We all love the chat box! But please keep to the rules within the box or we may be force to delete it. There have been sites suffered in the past because of psycho drama so if you have any issues with people on the site please contact an admin or work this out in PMs or IMs.
Please do take advantage of the cbox to discuss plots, roleplay, arrange threads, ask questions and generally talk to each other out of character.
In character chat is something that often takes place in cbox, however, for those who don't want their questions to be lost in a jumble of 'X holds Ys hand' then please keep this to the IC chat room. We understand IC chat can help with character advancement and future plots but please please please do not live in the IC chat or Cbox! This is not an rp chat room, rp for the most part belongs in threads which lets be honest, are so much better for complex and descriptive rp!
Advertising
Advertising is welcome on this site but please only do so in the board provided for this in the OOC area. This includes ads in signatures or tags in any posts. This is rude and inconsiderate to the admins of this site. We wouldn't do it on your site so we don't expect you to do it on ours.
We do hope you can follow these simple rules to keep this site active and friendly! If you have any questions don't hesitate in contacting a member of staff, we're always happy to help you out!
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