There are no fancy phrases hidden in here, because quite frankly I think we're all mature enough to read rules without fancy phrases and if you're reading this, I'm clearly right. So thanks for proving me right.

GENERAL

1. Please register with a first and last name, (middle name optional) all in lowercase. Also, use your common sense. Vamp99991 or Amelie Heather Smart will never be okay.

2. An important concept is that of MATURE CONTENT. If you need mature content for your plot to work, then go ahead, be my guest. As long as you M the TITLE (so people can see straight away) and as long as you don't make it literary porn or bloodfest. Also, if I'm contacted by anyone saying they're feeling uncomfortable about you - if you're trying to involve them in literary porn or just a thread they're uncomfortable with, I'll deal with it, so make sure both you and the other person are cool with it.

3. On the same topic, porn or extremely inappropriate content is not allowed at all.. Literary or photographic, please understand it will never be okay. Ever. Okay.

4. In fact, any HARMFUL CONTENT IS NEVER OKAY. That includes things like racist/sexist/ant-Semitic or any other possibly discriminative content. This will be severely dealt with. We want a friendly, respectful board here, and if you have issues with that, turn back now. However, if it is your character who is racist or anti-something, or is an Athiest, you have the right to express this. Just don't go overboard.

5. There's no word minimum here, because that's just lame and elitist. But I do expect a level of proficiency so no one-liners or two-liners, for that matter. We're HIGH INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED. Thanks, guys. Helps us out here. If it makes sense to be short, fine, but use your discretion. At least two paragraphs would get you on my good side.

6. Stick to BASIC RP RULES. That means no godmodding, no powerplay, no OOC talk in the posts, and a good understanding of literacy.. No Mary-Sues/Gary-Stus. ONLY write in Third Person. You know the drill.

THIRD PERSON: "Bob went to the store and bought some Tic Tacs."
FIRST PERSON: "I went to the store and bought some Tic Tacs."
SECOND PERSON: (rather difficult) "I go to the store and see the gum on a shelf."
A DEFINITE NO NO: *walks into the store* Ooh, gum. *picks it up*

7. PLAY NICE, be nice. Don't be mean, or cliquey to anyone. We're not a cliquey site. Let's be a friendly, happy site. Don't pick fights, enter arguments. Just be the bigger person and walk away.

IMAGES

1. You may have an avatar and a sig. It can have different images, but nothing that strays too far from your character, like...a picture of Stewie in your avatar. If your charrie is in a relationship, then you may post that person's pic there too if you want, cause it looks cute. ^^

2. No anime, cartoons, or drawings to portray your character. Yes, this includes dollmakers. You may, however, use video game characters TO A DEGREE. In other words, no Rayman, Kameo, or Spongebob. We want the realistic looking characters like Yuna or Leon, and making sure they look fairly modern. So no pics where Cloud has his big 'ole sword. <3 But if I start to see too many people using video game characters, there will be a temp ban.

3. Images are not to be HUGE. This is mainly for the benefit of people with finicky browsers (like meself...) or better things to do than wait for your pic to load. If you're uploading images, be sure they're PNG or in a format that isn't blurry or looks sloppy.

OTHER STUFF

1. Try to use plot pages that do not stretch the page. And for those of you posting in plot pages, make sure your icons are not placed so that they do the same thing.

2. In the cbox: no spamming, impersonation, or random complaints of I'M BORED. Don't pair yourselves off into cliques, either - we're going to try to involve everyone. Also, if you invited your friend over here, don't just rp with yourselves. Branch out!

3. If your characters are going to get preggers or die or something, you NEED to tell a admin about it and get one of our consents. This isn't a pregnancy help site or a graveyard.

HAVE FUN. That's the main thing.


rachel made the base of these, 'k?