Post by • QUEEN OF HEARTS • on Oct 9, 2008 14:39:37 GMT -5
» R U L E S «
• GENERAL •
RESPECT! Do unto others as you wish others to do unto you.
NO PREJUDICE! This includes, but is not limited to: gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political preference, and economic standing.
PROFANITY! It's allowed, but keep it to a minimum, preferably no stronger than that used in the books. Words that I will not tolerate and do not want to see are the following two: god d*mn and f*ck.
PG-13! If you are under the age of thirteen, you cannot join. Sorry. This is in the Proboards Terms of Service. There is some content that may not be appropriate for those under the age of thirteen.
• MEMBERSHIP •
REGISTRATION! Register with a real email. Register with a name you will remember, preferably that of your character. Make sure that you register with a password easily figured out by you, but not my others.
ACCOUNT LIMITATIONS! No more than four. This means you can have four characters on four accounts. One character per account. If you go over that, you will get into trouble. Also, please only make the amount you can handle.
ACTIVITY! Please remain active. Posting at least once each day is preferred, but four times a week is enough. If you're going to be absent, please let us know.
• CHARACTERS •
BOYS! The world doesn't have just girls. Please play some boys. For each girl you make, there must be a boy.
CANONS! You can have only one canon character, the rest must be original. Please do not talk me into letting you have more than one canon. It's not going to happen. Sorry. Also, please see the canon list to see which ones are available. Please follow Lexicon with ages and such.
PERFECT! Mary-Sue and her male counterpart Gary-Stu are really good friends. They love to invade what could be a really good profile and make it bad. Mary-Sue and Gary-Stu think they're perfect. If you create a Mary-Sue or Gary-Stu, your application will not be accepted. Simple as that.
BLOOD! Not everyone can be pureblood. They're actually rare. Make some Muggleborns and half-bloods. It's not that hard. And it's not that bad.
APPEARANCE! All characters must have a celebrity claim. It cannot be an anime character, random MySpace or Facebook person, nor can it be a picture of yourself. It must be a celebrity or some kind, whether popular or not. Please do not use someone that doesn't look the age of your character. Yes, it's hard finding celebrities to match your character's age, but don't use a 40-year-old to play a 16-year-old.
PREGNANCY! Only adult characters may become pregnant unless you have this AWESOME plot for a teenage pregnancy. Remember that in the 1970s, teen pregnancy is not as common as it is today. Thank you very much.
• APPLICATIONS •
PICKY ADMIN! I take applications seriously. Follow all of the application guidelines to make sure your application is accepted without problems. If I ask you to change something in your application, don't get mad. Just change it. I do not kid when it comes to stuff like this.
CANONS! Canon applications must be good. There’s nothing more to say.
FORMAT! Please use the format. Do not alter it. Do not add color. Do not take away color. Do not change the coding around. Do not do anything to it but put the information into the correct place. If you change the format, I reserve the right to deny your application.
LENGTHS! I set lengths for certain sections. You are always allowed to give more, but never give me less. If you give me less, you're going to be asked to add more or to redo the application. I do not joke around with this. If I say "no less than five sentences," I mean NO LESS THAN FIVE SENTENCES.
TIME! I have a life outside of the site. I cannot be on every waking moment of the day even though I wish I could be. Your application will usually be looked over and accepted/denied a within a few moments if I am on. If I am not on, your application should be accepted/denied within 24-hours. DO NOT BUG ME TO LOOK AT YOUR APPLICATION! The more you bug me to look over it, the longer I make you wait. It's as simple as that.
DENIAL! If I post in your application thread and say that you are denied, I will give reasons. Read through the reasons and suggestions and alter your application accordingly. It's not that hard. Hint: Do as the admin says or else she won't be very happy.
ACCEPTANCE! If you are accepted, make sure you claim your celebrity and get to posting! Enjoy the site!
• ROLE-PLAYING •
LENGTH! No one-liners! Your posts are to be no less than two paragraphs, which is roughly ten or more sentences. I know we all have those museless days, but you cannot go under this limit. If you do, you will be warned.
TENSE AND TIME! Third person. Past tense. The only exceptions are when your character is speaking or if you are posting in the OOC section.
SPELLING! There is a spell check. Use it. It's not there to look pretty, but to help.
SYNTAX AND OTHER! Use punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, please. English is not everyone's first language, but I am asking that you try your best to do the best you can. If you need help, ask me. I don't bite, I promise!
CODING IN POSTS! Put your thoughts in italics; it makes them distinguishable from talking and other parts of text. You may NOT change your posting color. You may change the font type to one of the following: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, or Times. You may change your font size to one or leave it at default. If you use Times for your font, do NOT change your font size.
THREADS! If the thread says it's closed, don't post there unless your name is on it. If the thread is open, feel free to join it. If it's open but there are already posts, please act both members of the thread if it's okay for you to join. I'm sure they won't mind.
MATURE CONTENT! Role-playing graphic scenes of violence and sex are not allowed. You can use fade scenes to let people know what happened, but you may not go into detail about it. Kissing and hugging and that stuff is okay. Just not the actual other "stuff."
• GRAPHICS •
AVATARS! 100x100 - no exceptions
SIGNATURES! No taller than 300 pixels. No longer than 600 pixels. Smaller is preferred
CONTENT! No nude pictures. No almost nude pictures. Females are preferred clothed, not in bathing suits. Males are preferred wearing shirts. No derogatory pictures or text, please.
• CBOX •
CONTENT! The box is out-of-character. Don't bring in-character stuff to the c-box.
NO FIGHTING! Please don't fight. I don't want to ban you from the c-box or have to take it off the site. I really don't.
NO ADVERTISING! This includes telling people to click your name, or hinting that you posted an advertisement in the advertising area or any of that stuff. If you're a guest advertising, I will delete your post and probably respond with an advertisement in your c-box. Fair is fair, right?
NO SPAMMING! Do not post stupid stuff over and over in the c-box. This is one of my pet peeves, and I will not tolerate it. If I see it happening, I will say something.
ALL OTHERS! All other site rules apply. Please keep this in mind.