Post by Hyperactivefox on Aug 21, 2006 17:27:20 GMT -5
I know you hate them, but you WILL follow these rules or face my wrath. I may simply give you a warning, I may change your posts, I may ban you, I may delete you, or I might make your life a living heck—you don’t want to know how. It all depends on how great the offence is and how I'm feeling that day. I'm usually really nice so you probably don't have to worry about those last three unless you're purposely being a jerk. These are for your safety, the safety of other members, and for the enjoyment of this site. But, most of all, it's for your safety—you don't want to get on my bad side.
General Rules
-I am Admin. My word is law.
-NO GIVING OUT OR ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION! I'm sorry, but stalkers do exist and I don't want anything to happen to people on my site. Just don't do it. I'm very strict about this rule.
-Speaking of stalkers, if I find out there are any on my site they will be hunted down and shot. Ok? Ok.
-Swearing is allowed as long as it is kept to a minimum and you bleep out parts of it with *’s.
-No nudity or profane posting. Period. If you break this rule it's an automatic ban that will probably be permanent.
-No posting profane or extremely violent images. Don’t even post links to them in the cbox. Again, automatic ban and this one will be permanent.
-Respect the admins. I know they can be a pain but if you have a problem with them come talk to me. If you have a problem with me just tell me so and I'll set up a time when you can yell at me all you want.
-Respect other members. Keep in mind that there is someone just like you sitting at their computer somewhere else in the world.
-As part of respecting other members, respect the beliefs and political status of other members as well. If you want to debate something then you have to do it peaceably without yelling or insulting each other. Don't insult religion, political beliefs, ANYTHING, unless you can do it without making everyone feel like crap. I'm VERY strict about this one. If you can't handle it, get off my site!
-Don’t harass other members, don’t annoy me too much, don’t purposely break the rules repetitively or that final threat that I mentioned up at the top will come into play.
-No racist, sexist, or religionist comments.
Roleplaying Rules
-No Godmodding or Powerplay. Actually, I’ll allow minor powerplay but be careful not to go overboard cause other members might get mad too.
-Like it says in the basic rules, nothing profane. Also, anything that would be done behind closed doors in real life (you know what I mean) will not be posted on here. Just skip it. If you don’t like that idea, post it over PM’s cause if I see it I’ll ban you.
-Be realistic in your roleplaying and stay true to your character’s personality unless you put him/her through some experience to change that personality. Cause we like realistic-ness.
-Try to use correct spelling and grammar while posting in character. A few mistakes is fine, I don’t care, but the other role-players need to be able to understand it.
-Please post in 3rd person. If you don’t know what that is then it’s time to go back to English Class.
-pls dun uz chatspeak whIl rping, itz jst anoyN. U cn uz it OoC, bt mAk suR evry1 cn stil undRstNd it, k?
-This one’s pretty much common sense, but there can’t be two characters with the same name. That’d be weird…
-When creating a character you must use the appropriate forum. You can find them in the bio boards. Post them under the appropriate board in a new thread.
-You cannot post IC until your character is accepted and then you can only post with your characters.
Character Rules[/u]
-You can have as many characters under one account as you want, but make sure that you don’t get swamped with them. Also, go for variety!
-If you play one of the shifters, at first your character can’t control when they transform or what they do in that form. You will have to roleplay them slowly gaining self-control before that no longer applies. If you do not show them trying to gain self-control then when they transform they will always be feral.
-Also if you play one of the shifters, your character is allowed to transform into only one kind of animal.
-You can make your character's other form any type of animal that you want. Heck, I'll even let you have them transform into a butterfly. But please, choose something with personality.
-Yes, it is possible for your character's other form to be a ledgendary creature. This is called a ledgendary shift, and it is RARE. These would include gryphons, pegasi, ect.--no humanoid ones like centaurs and faries cause that's just kind of wierd. From now on I'll only let you create one if you have a really great bio. And each member can only RP one. There may be exceptions to that, but ask me first.
-When a character is in animal form they cannot talk. They communicate through actions and small gestures. Roleplay accordingly.
-People can only become infected (become shifters) between the ages of 10 and 17, cause that’s when they’re most susceptible to it. Yes, there is a scientific reasoning I put together for why that is the age limit, but honestly it's kind of boring and I don't think anyone will actually read it. If you really want to know, PM me. So anyways, stay in the age limit with shifters. There may be a few acceptions to this, but it requires special circumstances. PM me first before you create a Shifter that's not in the age limit.
General Rules
-I am Admin. My word is law.
-NO GIVING OUT OR ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION! I'm sorry, but stalkers do exist and I don't want anything to happen to people on my site. Just don't do it. I'm very strict about this rule.
-Speaking of stalkers, if I find out there are any on my site they will be hunted down and shot. Ok? Ok.
-Swearing is allowed as long as it is kept to a minimum and you bleep out parts of it with *’s.
-No nudity or profane posting. Period. If you break this rule it's an automatic ban that will probably be permanent.
-No posting profane or extremely violent images. Don’t even post links to them in the cbox. Again, automatic ban and this one will be permanent.
-Respect the admins. I know they can be a pain but if you have a problem with them come talk to me. If you have a problem with me just tell me so and I'll set up a time when you can yell at me all you want.
-Respect other members. Keep in mind that there is someone just like you sitting at their computer somewhere else in the world.
-As part of respecting other members, respect the beliefs and political status of other members as well. If you want to debate something then you have to do it peaceably without yelling or insulting each other. Don't insult religion, political beliefs, ANYTHING, unless you can do it without making everyone feel like crap. I'm VERY strict about this one. If you can't handle it, get off my site!
-Don’t harass other members, don’t annoy me too much, don’t purposely break the rules repetitively or that final threat that I mentioned up at the top will come into play.
-No racist, sexist, or religionist comments.
Roleplaying Rules
-No Godmodding or Powerplay. Actually, I’ll allow minor powerplay but be careful not to go overboard cause other members might get mad too.
-Like it says in the basic rules, nothing profane. Also, anything that would be done behind closed doors in real life (you know what I mean) will not be posted on here. Just skip it. If you don’t like that idea, post it over PM’s cause if I see it I’ll ban you.
-Be realistic in your roleplaying and stay true to your character’s personality unless you put him/her through some experience to change that personality. Cause we like realistic-ness.
-Try to use correct spelling and grammar while posting in character. A few mistakes is fine, I don’t care, but the other role-players need to be able to understand it.
-Please post in 3rd person. If you don’t know what that is then it’s time to go back to English Class.
-pls dun uz chatspeak whIl rping, itz jst anoyN. U cn uz it OoC, bt mAk suR evry1 cn stil undRstNd it, k?
-This one’s pretty much common sense, but there can’t be two characters with the same name. That’d be weird…
-When creating a character you must use the appropriate forum. You can find them in the bio boards. Post them under the appropriate board in a new thread.
-You cannot post IC until your character is accepted and then you can only post with your characters.
Character Rules[/u]
-You can have as many characters under one account as you want, but make sure that you don’t get swamped with them. Also, go for variety!
-If you play one of the shifters, at first your character can’t control when they transform or what they do in that form. You will have to roleplay them slowly gaining self-control before that no longer applies. If you do not show them trying to gain self-control then when they transform they will always be feral.
-Also if you play one of the shifters, your character is allowed to transform into only one kind of animal.
-You can make your character's other form any type of animal that you want. Heck, I'll even let you have them transform into a butterfly. But please, choose something with personality.
-Yes, it is possible for your character's other form to be a ledgendary creature. This is called a ledgendary shift, and it is RARE. These would include gryphons, pegasi, ect.--no humanoid ones like centaurs and faries cause that's just kind of wierd. From now on I'll only let you create one if you have a really great bio. And each member can only RP one. There may be exceptions to that, but ask me first.
-When a character is in animal form they cannot talk. They communicate through actions and small gestures. Roleplay accordingly.
-People can only become infected (become shifters) between the ages of 10 and 17, cause that’s when they’re most susceptible to it. Yes, there is a scientific reasoning I put together for why that is the age limit, but honestly it's kind of boring and I don't think anyone will actually read it. If you really want to know, PM me. So anyways, stay in the age limit with shifters. There may be a few acceptions to this, but it requires special circumstances. PM me first before you create a Shifter that's not in the age limit.