Post by ( BOO. ) on Oct 18, 2009 22:00:54 GMT -6
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This board is rated R for sexual content, mature language, drug use, adult content, and sometimes offensive content such as eating disorders as well as self mutilation. If you are under the age of sixteen, and/or are offended or emotionally harmed by the content on this site, we encourage you not to participate. This is your only warning, and if you choose to participate, we will not be held responsible for any later issues or concerns.
The following rules are not difficult and will be enforced quite strictly. This is your first, and only warning. If you choose not to follow these rules, we will not hesitate to give out warnings, or worse, remove you from the site.
» General «
001. Staff members are key on this site. We all work hard to keep this site running smoothly, and we also work hard to keep it clean, neat, organized and active. Please respect all of our staff members, meaning, whatever they say goes. by this same token, the staff promises not to misuse their powers, and will keep things fair, and clean. If you have drama with any one from a different site, leave it at the door. This isn't a nursery school, and it certainly isn't high school, we are a drama free site.
002. Image and font sizing are important on this site. As far as avatars are concerned, you may use one of two sizes. I prefer avatars to be either 100x100 or 150x200. Signatures may be anything you wish them to be, my only wish is that you do not stretch out the page! As far as font is concerned, I would prefer you used the default font for all of your posts, unless you are replying to an out of character game, or using a larger font for a post heading. Also, please refrain from using more than two colors, besides the default, on any post.
003. Spam is not tolerated on this site, period. Spam stands for Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages. These messages will result in your post being deleted, as well as a 1% increase in warning if you are a member.
004. As of right now, there is no word limit on posts, as I have become a strong believer in quality over quantity, however, this is not an invitation for you to post a one line, or one paragraph post. If I see posts are slacking, I will put up a word limit in the blink of an eye. While quality is always better than quantity, it is difficult for your partner to post if you give them nothing to work with.
005. Please do not claim a celebrity before you have finished your application. You may reserve a celebrity for up to 48 hours, but please use your brain, check the canon characters before you decide to make an original with any celebrity, because they may be a canon.
006. Let's be real, this shouldn't even be a rule, however, you may not post out of character in any role play section. There is an out of character section where you may discuss things, as well as a c-box.
007. God-modding and Cybering are not allowed on this board. There are exceptions to this rule, but they are only as follows. If you are going to god-mod you must have the person's of whom you are playing with permission over their character. The second chance for that is if the other character belongs to you. Now for Cybering. If you must do anything that may be offensive, please mark your thread "NC-17" or "Private".
008. Spell check is your friend. Use it. I am a huge grammar geek.
009. I hate to even have to put this as a rule, because it should be common sense. Theft, racism of any kind, bashing, and threats are not permitted on this site, unless it is in Character form- and even then there are guidelines to follow. Anyone who shows any of these aspects, will be banned. I don't care if it's a private joke between to old friends, do not do it on this site. I will not tolerate a space where other writers cannot feel comfortable simply being here. Consider this your only warning.
010. Advertising is allowed on this site, as we have a guest friendly board for this, however, you must make sure the link to your site works. There is nothing more frustrating than to click on a link you may be interested in to find it doesn't work. Also, we must be able to link back. =]
011. If at any time you'd like to have your character killed, Celebrity change, Name Change, if you're Dropping the character, etc; this may be arranged. Please, contact a Staff Member and they will assist you. There will be no hard feelings, so please, do not be afraid to let us know.
012. You may have any symbols in your mini-profile you want, but you must have your character's first, middle and last name in regular font.
» Joining and Roleplaying «
001. No chat speak. This means any talk similar to n e thing lyk dis or shortening of words such as lol, lmao, ttyl, etc. If I see it in your posts, I will give you a 2% warning increase.
002. Please make sure all of your posts are in third person.
003. Once again, I don't want to see multi colored posts. It is okay to decorate your post headers any way you like, however, when it comes to your posts, if you have more than two colors, it will result in a 1% warning increase. I understand some people like to use different colors to indicate different people speaking, however, too many colors look sloppy.
004. Although I do not support any type of racism or prejudice, this board is a real life role play, and does depict people in modern day society, and let's face it, the world is not nearly as close to being in any type of peace or harmony as most of use would like, and there are people who don't accept certain races, religions, sexes or cultures. While I do expect there to be characters such as these on this site, I also ask that you bite your tongue. Watch what you say, and please try to be as respectful about these characteristics and traits as possible. I don't ant to see any N, C or H bombs. This is your first and final warning, be cautious about your words.
005. Staying active is a huge part of any board. I am not going to look up your IP address and hunt you down if you don't post every day, however, I do ask that you post at least twice a week, and this does not include staying active on our in character chat. I want to see actual posts, guys and gals, especially if you are a canon character. Others always rely on your character, and you, to be active.
006. Let's talk about character limits. I understand that this is the year 2009 and people LOVE to make twenty million characters each, especially because they are always plotting and helping others who need characters made. I think it's a wonderful thing, however, I do ask that you make sure you can stay active with all of your characters. My rule stands, if you create a character, I expect you to stay active, meaning, you post with your character at least twice every week, and yes, this includes every single character. So to break this down one more time, if you have four characters, you must post with each of those characters a total of two times per week.
007. When posting your application, please post your character's last name first in capital letters followed by their first name in lower case letters as the subject.
008. Do not change the format of our application under any circumstances. Our pending application board is not password protected so you can stop looking for a password, you won't find it, however, we encourage you to keep reading. =]
009. No Mary-Sue's or Gary-Stu's. No one is perfect, and as close to perfect as you'd like to make your character, they're still going to have flaws because they're human. I'm not saying you have to make your character an emotional or physical mess, but sometimes a little spice to jazz things up is always nice.
010. Please, do not god mod. People work hard on their characters, and so when you're posting with others, there is nothing more frustrating than to have some one else control your character. Unless you have permission from the person you're role playing with, or it is a group character where you are controlling another one of your characters, please just don't do it. Also, don't misunderstand this rule. It is not a free invitation for you to role play one character under another character's account. If you are posting for Jane, don't post under Amy's account.
011. You may not be any one's sister, step sister, half sister, brother, step brother, half brother, mother, step mother, father, step father, foster parent, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather, lover, ex, husband or wife without their permission. If they okay it, you must still have your application accepted. Also, pregnancy has been a big problem in the past so let's keep it low in numbers. There are other tragedies in life for teenagers to deal with than pregnancies, and so if you are planning to have your character go through a pregnancy, please speak with your role playing partner, as well as an administrator and get permission. Keep in mind that we have the right to deny your request for any reason at all. If your request is accepted, an admin will choose the sex of your character's child. You don't get to choose the sex of your baby in real life, and so on this board, we will keep it as real as possible. We will make special exceptions for those who have a valid reason to have specific sex.
Also, we are moving in real life, as you can see in the side bar, our setting says the month, and so if you are prepared to have your character become pregnant, be aware that it will be nine months until they can be holding their baby in their arms. It is a long commitment.
012. Parties may be planned, but please speak with an administrator beforehand. It's annoying when there's fifty million parties happening at the same time.
» In Character Chat «
001. Please do not speak out of character. It's not necessary. There is a c-box set aside for this, as well as an out of character section.
002. Please don't roleplay in this chat. There are boards for that, and plenty of them. I have personally made sure that EVERYONE has a place to post. We have boards for neighborhoods, high school, cell phones and everywhere from beaches to skate parks hotels and restaurants. Literally, any where you can think of, we have it. Let's be realistic, if you are on a public chat, you're probably typing from your computer so if your character leaves to go meet up with another character, chances are, they won't be on the chat any more.
» C-Box «
001. Use alias', please. Some people don't want others to know who they really are. By that same token please be safe. Don't give away any personal information over the c-box. If you'd like to exchange information with some one, please do it on over pm. Again, Renegade Studios releases all legal actions that may later go into effect. Exchanging information with others over the internet is your own risk.
002. Cursing is fine. Trust me, I'm a sailor, but let's not over do it mmkay? There's no need to make every word out of your character's mouth be fuck, bitch or shit.
003. Don't roleplay here!
004. This is simple, don't advertise. We have guest friendly boards for that. Also, we only accept proboards advertisements. This means you can not advertise your board if it is not proboards.
005. Absolutely NO racist, sexist, or prejudice comments! If you have an issue with some one, bite your tongue. This is an out of character chat and I will not tolerate it. Lets keep this clean and friendly, hmm?
006. Don't bug people about replying to a thread in the c-box. It's annoying and stressful especially when we all have busy schedules. We know we're roleplaying with you, and we will reply just give us a little time. =] Also, if you create an open thread, only mention it once, and tagging is also fine.