The Guidelines
Jul 21, 2013 22:16:48 GMT -5
Post by Falling Moon on Jul 21, 2013 22:16:48 GMT -5
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001 Due to Proboard's Terms of Service, this site is PG-13. You may not thread detailed sex (fade to black, if occurs), gory violence, excessive dug usage, or language. Since this is a real life roleplay, pregnancies, miscarriages, death, and marriage will occur. Please PM a staff member if you plan any pregnancy, fight, death, or marriage. If a pregnancy or marriage happens, both members must stay active or the event will not follow through.
002 There is no word count, we just ask that you write as much as the person(s) before you or work out an agreement. If you need a word count to play, set one for yourself. Nobody wants to be put down if they can't write as much as the next player and lower count players don't want to hear a member boast about posting 2,000 words.
003 Images are allowed. Face Claim / Playbys are encouraged, though you do not have to use one. If you do, you can use any celebrity or model over the age of 12 years (13+) due to Proboard's ToS. Please remember there are people who do not want their face used and so they have been banned. Check out that list here. You can also use any drawing you drew of your character. Now that Proboards has their own avatar maker, you can also make your character with that. Signatures can be no larger than 450x400 pixels.
004 You can sign up with whatever username you would like, but please remember you cannot change it once it's done. Display names are just that, for display. You do not log in with your changed name. Before you begin roleplaying, make sure your display name is the First M. Last name of your character. Only exception is if your character goes by a one name alias, then you may use that name, or put it in the middle of the First and Last with "quotation marks" around it.
005 Bios are allowed to be posted before completion. We prefer it that way so we know it is being worked on and not forgotten about. One pending character at a time! Once that one has been accepted, you can post another. We do not have a limit on how many characters you have. Just make sure they are all active or the account will be deleted in the monthly activity check. Only exception is if the character is dead or "retired."
006 The time here is simple. Every one month in real life is a new season in the game. We will set up a calendar at some point so you guys can get a feel of what day is what. We do have liquid time here. Your character can be in more than one thread at a time. But please keep in mind that time does exist. When a thread starts, it's that time. When you join/start another thread it's the time of whatever it was when that thread was created. If you would like to make a thread that happened before that time, post it in the "Time Zones" sub-board located in the Plot Pages.
007 Make sure you log into each of your accounts daily, or at the very least weekly. Our activity checks consist of random monthly searches through the member log and deleting any account that has not been logged into for an entire month before the check. There is not a set date, or even the first Sunday of every month, it's random. Please, so we don't have any drama about deleted accounts, make sure you log in every day with all of your accounts.
008 No advertising in the cbox. We don't care about your site. If we did we'd be there already, or looking at your thread in the adverts boards. If someone asks for you to link them to your site, then you may link them once. No Spamming / Trolling. It's rude. Need I say more? No bashing the site, the members, or staff. We worked hard to make it what it is. Again, this act is extremely rude and you will be immediately banned. "Bored" is the word we do not permit in the cbox. If you're bored, check out the open threads list or make a new thread and ask for someone to join. We also do not accept racial slurs or anything negative against someone else's beliefs. If you have something negative to say about it, say it to yourself, but don't type it or you will get banned from the box when a staff member sees it.
009 The new Shoutbox provided by Proboards is for In Character use only. Please make sure you are logged into the right account. It's alright if you mistakenly post from another account. Just let the other person(s) know you made the mistake and log into the right account and continue. This is the only In Character place where you are allowed to *astrics* your actions. This cbox is used for no other purpose. At the moment, we don't have it open all the time. If you would like to roleplay in it, just ask a staff member in the chat box or PM one to open it for temporary use.
010 Punishment for not following the rules follows a 3 strike method. First time, a PM warning will be sent to you. Second strike, you will be suspended for any amount of time depending on the crime. Third strike, you out. You're banned and never to return.
~ Falling Moon