Post by Martha Jones on Jul 10, 2011 0:01:42 GMT -5
Rules:
- Be helpful and kind to newcomers -- it's not so much as a rule as a guild line -- just remember to use common courtesy.
- Follow the basic rules of thumb of the Proboards. Most of you probably haven't read the rules first hand, but just use common sense please.
- This is a literate forum, and we ask that you post atleast two good paragraphs, OR, should you have the admin's A-OKAY you may use script style -- however, this must be advanced script and the two 'paragraph' minimum is still applied. However, there is to be no text talk what so ever.
- Keep your avatar and signatures images appropriate. No female or male genitalia, vulgar or racist paraphernalia etc.
- Be helpful and kind to newcomers -- it's not so much as a rule as a guild line -- just remember to use common courtesy.
- Follow the basic rules of thumb of the Proboards. Most of you probably haven't read the rules first hand, but just use common sense please.
- This is a literate forum, and we ask that you post atleast two good paragraphs, OR, should you have the admin's A-OKAY you may use script style -- however, this must be advanced script and the two 'paragraph' minimum is still applied. However, there is to be no text talk what so ever.
- Keep your avatar and signatures images appropriate. No female or male genitalia, vulgar or racist paraphernalia etc.
RolePlaying
- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, when making a thread, put which town you are in somewhere in the title or at the beginning of your post!
- No God-modding. The Admins and other staff members reserve the right to delete or ask for editing on any posts where it appears this is happening.
- No killing another person's character.
- Grammar is your friend! Please, put some effort into your grammar and spelling.
- Stick to one character unless you've been approved by staff. You have to hit atleast 20 posts in order to take a new one, unless you show us that you'll be able to stay active on both character accounts. Only two characters are permitted per player.
-A gender-bend is allowed if it takes the place of the regular gendered character. So only one gender of a character is allowed.
- If you take a second character, make an account separate from your original.
- Please do your best to remain in-character. Don't take someone you have no confidence in being able to write. It isn't expected that you know the character to the point of what brand of underwear they buy, but please, at least have a grasp on them.
- You are welcome to send your character wherever your please (I.E: Germany starts a thread with Russia, the Bad Touch Trio be....the BTT, etc.) but please, try not to join too many topics at once. If you are going to join more than one thread, please try to keep the timeline smooth -- no jumping around through time.
- If you do not post with your character after one week, and are not active in the site at all, your profile will be moved to "frozen". You are welcome to come back and claim them within another week, but after two full weeks, you lose the character unless you post a reason of leave in the extended leave forum.
- Romance is allowed, of course, but pairings must be submitted and approved via the pairing thread. This is to avoid fights or shipping wars, and to avoid awkward turtle situations.
'Verse Specific Rules
- Just because the forum is set in a magical!creatures 'verse does not mean everything HAS to do with said magical creatures. Yes, the human cast may be fueled by paranoia, fear, or even hate for the magical folk of the area, but that doesn't mean everything is centered around them.
- Not everyone is a noble, and although I won't tolerate favoritism, first come, first serve. There is to be only one noble family for each town, and there only being two towns that we'll be RPing in, there is only two noble families, one in Norden and the other in Süden.
- Your character may indeed travel between villages, but if they're serfs make sure they aren't caught! Just like, be realistic here man. It takes about a day or so to get between 'villages', two in bad weather, so plan your thread accordingly.
- And following into the above -- yes, you may have a pairing with another character in another village, and if you should get married/move/whichever, you either go to their village or vice versa.
- Although I adore the idea of character journals or logs, the literacy rate of Medieval Europe crushes my dreams of having the character write letters and such to each other. However, if your character day dreams while working in the fields or likes to gossip in the pub, then feel free to do that instead, just be sure to post any pub gossip in either short lit. or extended script form, and the daydream threads can be, once again, short lit or extended script.
- Speaking of witch hunts -- no, unless approved by a mod or in a past thread, you may not start random witch hunts, even if it IS fun to quote Monty Python and create giant human BBQ parties.
- Unless you are approved by a mod before hand, you may not apply for a magical creature, only humans.
- As weird of a rule as this is -- please RESEARCH your magical creature before or while you app for them. This admin is a BIG folk lore nut, and takes this shiz to be srs bnz. Plus, there's TONS of stuff on anything from centaurs to red capes in ye olde google machine.
Chatango rules:
- We know its fun to curse and 'CAPSLOCK' in the Cbox, but it's rude to the more timid newcomers and the people who want to do semi-serious RPs in the Cbox. Translation: if it annoys the crap out of you, don't do it unto others.
-Please stay in your appropriate Chantango account whilst on the forum. That means Italy stays in Italy's RP account, and Italy can't get onto his/her Norway account from another forum.
-Please be polite and courteous to your fellow RPers, and respect them while on the forum and the Cbox in general.
-If your Cbox RP is getting to inappropriate for the younger RPers, you will be asked to move it elsewhere, as mentioned above.
-Chat RP is encouraged! It gets character chemistry and ideas flowing, and all around gets people to cut loose and make friends! But if you feel like the cbox is being un-inclusive, tell us. We don't want to push anyone away.
-If someone's behavior is making you feel uncomfortable, please tell them. if the behavior persists, tell a staff member.
Applications:
-We are accepting OCs, including states and other countries, and cities. And only then, states and cities will only become available when a certain amount of countries are taken. We also ask that those who apply for OCs work a little extra hard and put in time and thought to their characters.
- As mentioned before, absolutely no chat speak. This is a literate RP.
- Use a character's human name. There really is no point in using the country names, considering this is a human AU RP.... If your character does not have a name, make one up.
- Do not post in any of the boards (outside of the application board, of course) before being excepted.
- Just because your applying does not mean you will be accepted. [/center]