Post by Kaitlyn Jones on Jan 7, 2008 18:59:05 GMT -5
theRULES
.percival academy.
.percival academy.
g e n e r a l
o1. Grammar. Please, please, PLEASE use correct grammar. Oh, and spelling. Between us two admins, I think we could both bite your head off for each of those. In other words, please space TWICE after a period, etc. Which, of course... you should already know about that if you've had decent English classes. Also, please do not talk in chat or n00b speak in the roleplaying boards [lol, g2g, rofl, etc.]. However, you may use them in the oh-oh-see boards.
o2. Site Rating. This site is rated R, though anything that is for the older set of teens will be marked and maybe even moved to a seperate topic if it gets a little too... graphic? Swearing is allowed, but I don't want every other word coming out of your character's mouth to be 'the eff word.'
o3. Spamming & Hate Wars. None, none, NONE! Roleplaying is about improving your writing talent, not bashing someone elses or messing up a board. If you have a problem with any of the members or staff on this site, please take it OFF OF THIS SITE. I have actually had someone on another site go off on us three admins because we were helping her with her application. Don't do it or I swear we will hunt you down and stab you with pitchforks. As for spamming, that's what the oh-oh-see boards are for.
c h a r a c t e r s
o1. Joining. When registering, please register with a FIRST and LAST name. As in, Jennifer Banks; not J Banks or Jenn Banks... your character's FULL NAME. And please, don't have someone's name that's about twenty-five syllables in just the first name! And not a lot of simple names either, like Bob or Jill.
o2. Profiles. Each member is required to have a profile; that is what they are accepted on. You are not to post anywhere except the oh-oh-see section after you have posted your profile, and only after you've posted. In other words, post your profile and either go post in the oh-oh-see boards or just wait to be accepted.
o3. Mary Sues/Gary Stues. Oh. My. Gosh. If I see a MS / GS I think I will scream and chase after you with said pitchfork. That means that I will forchpick you to death. No character or family is perfect, and none lives a total Hellhole where everyone ends up dying. Please get some originality in there, people!
o4. Multiple Characters. You may have up to five characters on here. Your first two characters may either be a boy or girl, but your third character must be of the opposite gender that your other characters are. We want to have a good male to female ratio on here!
p o s t i n g
o1. Tense. All posts must be in past tense, third person. That means no I, me, we in general descriptions. As in, "Josh walked through the crowd at the bonfire, looking out for Alison. She said that she would meet him, and she was twenty minutes late."
o2. No Double Posting. Pretty simple, no? The edit button is your friend, it will not bite. Please use it.
o3. Birth & Death. Sure, this stuff happens in everyday life, but do you seriously have that many dead kids running around a boarding school?! I think not. Oh, or that many babies-on-board? Nope. if you've read this. One or two of the subplots may deal with death or birth, though it will not be a huge part of this roleplay.
o4. God-Modding/Power-Playing. Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT god-mod or power-play. Both are when you do something and say what the other person does. For example, if you hit someone, they have the choice of getting hit or dodging the punch. Sure, I understand that sometimes you have to nudge the person in a direction in a roleplay, but don't all out "Jason pushed Marcus into the back of the table, his head bouncing across it like a bouncy ball." ...or anything like that!
o5. Speech & Thought. Please speak in quotation marks ("TEXT") and do not bold or color your speech. It doesn't exactly...look the best. As for thoughts, you may either put it in single quotation marks ('THOUGHT') or in italics (THOUGHT). As long as you can tell what's going on, it's pretty much okay.
c - b o x
o1. Posting. Yes, you may double post, as long as it is not spam. An example of spamming the c-box would be: "Hey you guys!" ... "You guys!?" ... "fjkdlas" ... "Gosh, everyone left!" ... "Thanks a lot, you guys." and so forth and so on. I understand that you may have to continue your text into a new message, and that is perfectly fine, as long as it isn't nonsense!
o2. Advertising. Some sites that have c-boxes have it to where you can insert an e-mail or website URL. Well, as you probably noticed, our's doesn't have one. You are not to link to another site without a person asking for it, and if you post " OMG! Join my site!!!!!" I think I will forchpick you again. Plus, advertising is done in the advertising forum. Duhhh.
o3. Bashing/Rude-ness. Don't do it. If you have a problem with a member, as stated before, please take it off of s&s. Anywhere else besides something that deals with our site. If enough bad stuff happens, we can take the c-box down as easily as we put it up.