Post by albus dumbledore on Jul 26, 2008 9:02:48 GMT -5
The Rules
01. Let an admin know if you're going to be gone for over three days.
02. You can have as many characters if you want, but there are some rules. For every two female characters you have, you must have one boy. Personally, I don't care if you're 'absolutely horrible' at playing guys. Make one anyway and use him.
03. One character per account. If you accidentally post as the wrong account then edit saying ((sorry wrong account)) or something and make sure that whatever character that is supposed to be talking name is used.
04. If you register a canon, you MUST role-play that canon at least once every three days. If I find that your canon character is not active, I will give it to someone else who will be able to use it more.
05. After registering, you must fill out a student application and be accepted before you may begin posting anywhere else. Applications must be filled out completely and with the correct form before they will be accepted. You only have three days to complete it. It's not that hard to finish
06. Please detail your application, or they will not be accepted.
07. Please don't do this. It happens a lot. It may be easier but still. If you have another character already made and accepted please don't post -see so and so- for RP Sample. I don't want to go find your character and reread it. Just copy and paste it in your new topic. It's really not that hard. Trust me.
08. If you want to play a teacher or an adult, there's no need for an application form. Just PM me, and I'll say yes or no.
09. No chat speak. The only exception to this is in Cell Phones, Emails, and IMs. If you talk like this on all your other sites or whatever I don't care. It's hard for me to understand and looks ugly. This is not allowed in the in character threads nor the out of character threads.
bad example: julie walked inta da livin' room & yelled to her buddy HEYYYYY LLLILLYYY!!!
good example: Julie walked into the living room and shouted to her friend, "Hey Lilly!"
10. Respect all of the staff members. Being disrespectful to someone, especially someome with power over you, will not get you far.
In Character Rules
01. NO GODMODING, please & thanks
02. This site is based on JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. The plots in the book don't really have to be followed to the T, but the general information regarding the school, surroundings, and people attending the school have been taken from this book.
03. PLEASE write something worth reading in your posts. Not just 1 liners. You must write a least one paragraph which is atleast five discriptive sentances. More will be accepted. Be descriptive!
04. Characters are allowed to die. PM me if you want to kill of your character.
05. This shouldn't come up, because of the 'NO SEX' rule, but characters should not become pregnant. Unless you're playing a parent for some reason. Then I guess they can.
06. Please use proper spelling and grammar. I understand if you make a spelling error. But it's also possible to go back and edit a post. Please capitalize the first letter of the first word in your sentance and all names. I expect you are above 6th grade and know spelling and grammar.
07. Posts should always be in third person and past tense. Exept when your character is talking.
bad example: I am walking into the room and looking for my cell phone. I found it so I'm calling my friend.
good example: She walked into the room and found what she was looking for, her cell phone. SHe then called her friend.
08. Try not to double post. If you do notify me and I will delete one of them.
09. Try to keep your swearing to a minimal. Of course your characters may swear once in a while but don't do so every other word. There will be younger people on this board, and I'm sure they don't want to read it. No one does.
10. If a topic is tagged do not reply unless it says your name. Simple enough.
11. Don't have crazy font colors in your posts. It's okay for character plotting, of course, but people might not want to read the posts if they are all a zillion different colors and sizes. You can either use the small font, size one (like i'm using right now) or the normal one.
12. As for font faces don't use anything like Symbol, Wingindings or Webdings. You can use Georgia, Serif, Sylfean, the default one or any other legible ones.
Signatures and Avatars
01. You must have both. Most people like to have a general idea of who they are talking to looks like. You must have one before you are accepted. That means no roleplaying until you have both. There is a forum made for requesting graphics so go post there if you can't make one for your character.
02. No huge signatures. You may have one big one that isn't any bigger then 500x250, two images that are around 250x250, or up to six icons. Text is okay in your signatures but don't put to much.
03. Avatars should not be bigger nor smaller then 100x100
04. Coding to center a signature is: [center*][/center*] without the *.
05. Absolutely no nudity.
C-box
01. Don't spam the c-box. Spam is small pointless annoying messages. Conversations are welcomed. That's what it's for. But absolutely no SPAM.
02. Also, no advertising. It's okay to have your site linked to your name, but don't draw attention to it. And no flat-out advertising, like saying "Hey people come to my site!" or anything related to that.
03. Lastly, no cursing or fighting. This is not tolerated at all. You will be suspended for a day or two if this happens and if it continues being banned from the site is an option.