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Rules
Apr 10, 2010 22:59:12 GMT -5
Post by Vale on Apr 10, 2010 22:59:12 GMT -5
[These are done for the most part, but if you see anything that should be added just let me know or modify it.]
Out of character:
a. Be nice. This one should be pretty obvious. I want you to keep all fights to the inbox and if you feel threatened please contact a staff member. This is a place for roleplay, not personal problems. Let's keep it that way.
b. Please my dears, do not use chat speak (aside from the occasional 'brb' or 'lol' or anything of that nature.). I die a little inside whenever I see 'kewl' or 'thnx'.
c. Lets talk for a moment about advertising, shall we? I basically have to draw a line here, even if you just want someone to check out your site, no off site links in the chat box. This is a nono unless they are unobtrusively in your name. I know that sometimes all you want if for your friends to see you're roleplay, but please keep it to private messages.
d. Be respectful. Respect the hardworking staff, your fellow members, and yourself. I don't feel that I need to go into details here seeing as you all should be mature enough for this, if not, please remove yourself from this site.
In character:
a. The word count is 300 words. I feel that this is a reasonable goal. I am not trying to be uptight, or to value quantity over quality, but I just want to make sure you put effort into your posts.
b. Please post frequently as you can. I want Shallow Water to be a successful site, and if the members are not active that cannot happen. If you are going to be gone for a long period of time, please post in absences.
c. This is an advanced site, so please put try to respect that. Use capitalization and punctuation and description. We are accepting of new roleplayers as thing as you uphold this to the best of your ability.
d. I should not have to say this, power playing is not going to fly. Power playing is when you control other people character:
See the difference? You control your character and your character only.
e. No Mary sues. These will not be accepted. If you make a beautiful pure white cat who's brave and sweet, but you don't want to make her mad, I will personally hunt you down.
f. No godmoding. Your character cannot be invincible. Let it get hit a couple of times, and let it miss a couple of times. No cat can win all the time.
g. Fighting. This is a fraught issue, so I'll make it as simple as possible. Unless this fight is part of a plot, with a predetermined winner, staff will moderate the fight to ensure that it is fair. You get five hits and three dodges, staff will determine the winner based on literacy and literacy alone. An admin has the same chance of winning as a new member.
h. Breeding. Hm, some sites allow this but I'm going to have to draw a line. No graphic breeding, if you really wish to roleplay that, by all means do it over PM. You may breed and give birth in any season, but please take into consideration that giving birth in the middle of winter might result in still births, or weak kits.
i. Here at Shallow Water, we operate on a Member per account system. So all of your characters will be on one account, the name of the account should be the name you use in the chat box. There is no limit to the number of characters as long as you keep them all active.
Misc.
a. Only one more rule to go, and that's have fun. That's what we're all about here at Shallow Water, having a good time!
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