Post by Wolfe on Dec 25, 2018 20:25:12 GMT -5
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No godmodding. Seriously, don't break rules to make other characters do things or to win. It's not cool.
Nothing that breaks the PG-13 rating. This will be strictly enforced. We are a fade to black forum.
No canon Face Claims or full character names. General concepts and semblances are fine if they otherwise fit into site rules.
If you don't claim your Face Claim, Class Spot, etc. and someone else finishes their application - you're sharing. If you can't bother to fill out your claims, especially if they're popular, don't be surprised when someone else does.
Please change your display name to be your character's first and last name. If your account name is IceCreamMafia, for instance, while you may have good taste in criminal organizations you're going to have to change it before your application gets accepted. OOC accounts are allowed, but they must be separate from your IC ones.
This site uses liquid time. Time progresses at the same rate it does IRL, so if it's July 21st in real life it is July 21st on TRP! You can have as many threads as you want going at the same time, and each can be at different points in the 'timeline' so long as they all fit together. Say it's July 21st on the forum, and you want to make a thread set a year before then. That's absolutely fine! Setting threads in the future is generally not allowed, but at any point in the past and having multiple threads going on simultaneously is not only allowed but encouraged. In your tracker, most people will put a rough chronological order of threads in it -- but specific dates for each thread is not needed. 'This was before that in the timeline' is more than enough.
Leave your previous baggage at the door. Every single forum roleplayer who has done this hobby for long enough has it, and to pretend otherwise is silly. Talking trash about people who most of the member base will never meet or interact with is not how a community is built. Build each other up, and don't focus on tearing people outside the community down.
No bullying other members to get your way. Harassing people for IC outcomes you want is not something that will be tolerated. This will be particularly monitored around PvP events.
Don't barge into threads not marked as 'Open' without permission. That's rude, dude.
You can't kill or permanently injure another character unless the thread is marked as 'Death Enabled'.
No harassing people for posts. We all have lives, and this isn't a rapid fire forum.
No harassing staffers to approve your stuff. A staff team is only as big and active as the members who volunteer to contribute their time and effort into making the site better. Note that term, volunteer. Do not be that jerk who abuses people who are volunteering to help you, seriously.
On that note, no harassing people period. Using 'it was a joke' as a defense might be fine the first time, but if someone got offended and you continuously use the same 'joke' to rile them up you're just a jerk. I also don't want to hear any arguments of 'I didn't mean to' when there is documented evidence of being a jerk. Actions speak louder than words, and if your actions are that of a bully and a jerk you will be treated like one.
Word counts are appreciated but not required, but warnings will be issued for highly inflated word count numbers on posts. Claiming to have 450 when you actually have 445 could be coding or a system error, but claiming to have 500 for the extra experience point when you only have 445 is attempted cheating and will be treated as such.
Posting templates are not required, but can be used. If it's unreadable, I promise people will tell you. As a general rule please use font sizes that are 10 or above whenever possible for at least the main text of a post. Be considerate to those who don't have the best eyesight.
Characters after the first are allowed, but the first character needs to have 20 (twenty) posts before the second character can be made. This pattern continues indefinitely, with the member being required to have 20 (twenty) posts on every existing character before a new one can be made. This rule is made to lessen the load on staffers to ensure that most applications that they work to approve will actually see play. There is no upper cap of characters allowed, so long as this rule is followed.
Characters who are accepted and interact with the world become part of the site's canon and I reserve the right to use them in the future even if the player leaves due to this being a collaborative roleplay where people want closure for their character arcs. If someone makes a big mercenary company in their backstory, for example, interacts with it a bunch and six months later the character is gone but I need a mercenary company I'll use the site canon one instead of making up my own because it's easier and players know it. If you dip in the middle of an evil scheme, you bet I'm taking the easy event and running the evil scheme anyway so all the people you screwed over to get there get some closure.
Activity checks will be done semi-regularly. This may be every month or every few months, and will be done mostly to archive characters who are inactive. These activity checks will include Discord as well, because I firmly believe that the Discord count should accurately reflect the actual number of players on TRP as much as possible. All that you need to do is post in these activity checks with your character within the time frame of what will usually be around two to three weeks.
As a tribute to Monty Oum, we're going to follow his naming conventions. Click the link here for the rules. For those of you who think that is limiting, here's a fan google doc with almost 2000 names on it that doesn't even scratch the surface of what is allowed. Only the first or the last name need to follow this rule, not both.
July 21 and December 25 are off-limits for villainous activity IC. Committing crimes and being a jerk on Ice Cream Day and Christmas is unforgivable.
No godmodding. Seriously, don't break rules to make other characters do things or to win. It's not cool.
Nothing that breaks the PG-13 rating. This will be strictly enforced. We are a fade to black forum.
No canon Face Claims or full character names. General concepts and semblances are fine if they otherwise fit into site rules.
If you don't claim your Face Claim, Class Spot, etc. and someone else finishes their application - you're sharing. If you can't bother to fill out your claims, especially if they're popular, don't be surprised when someone else does.
Please change your display name to be your character's first and last name. If your account name is IceCreamMafia, for instance, while you may have good taste in criminal organizations you're going to have to change it before your application gets accepted. OOC accounts are allowed, but they must be separate from your IC ones.
This site uses liquid time. Time progresses at the same rate it does IRL, so if it's July 21st in real life it is July 21st on TRP! You can have as many threads as you want going at the same time, and each can be at different points in the 'timeline' so long as they all fit together. Say it's July 21st on the forum, and you want to make a thread set a year before then. That's absolutely fine! Setting threads in the future is generally not allowed, but at any point in the past and having multiple threads going on simultaneously is not only allowed but encouraged. In your tracker, most people will put a rough chronological order of threads in it -- but specific dates for each thread is not needed. 'This was before that in the timeline' is more than enough.
Leave your previous baggage at the door. Every single forum roleplayer who has done this hobby for long enough has it, and to pretend otherwise is silly. Talking trash about people who most of the member base will never meet or interact with is not how a community is built. Build each other up, and don't focus on tearing people outside the community down.
No bullying other members to get your way. Harassing people for IC outcomes you want is not something that will be tolerated. This will be particularly monitored around PvP events.
Don't barge into threads not marked as 'Open' without permission. That's rude, dude.
You can't kill or permanently injure another character unless the thread is marked as 'Death Enabled'.
No harassing people for posts. We all have lives, and this isn't a rapid fire forum.
No harassing staffers to approve your stuff. A staff team is only as big and active as the members who volunteer to contribute their time and effort into making the site better. Note that term, volunteer. Do not be that jerk who abuses people who are volunteering to help you, seriously.
On that note, no harassing people period. Using 'it was a joke' as a defense might be fine the first time, but if someone got offended and you continuously use the same 'joke' to rile them up you're just a jerk. I also don't want to hear any arguments of 'I didn't mean to' when there is documented evidence of being a jerk. Actions speak louder than words, and if your actions are that of a bully and a jerk you will be treated like one.
Word counts are appreciated but not required, but warnings will be issued for highly inflated word count numbers on posts. Claiming to have 450 when you actually have 445 could be coding or a system error, but claiming to have 500 for the extra experience point when you only have 445 is attempted cheating and will be treated as such.
Posting templates are not required, but can be used. If it's unreadable, I promise people will tell you. As a general rule please use font sizes that are 10 or above whenever possible for at least the main text of a post. Be considerate to those who don't have the best eyesight.
Characters after the first are allowed, but the first character needs to have 20 (twenty) posts before the second character can be made. This pattern continues indefinitely, with the member being required to have 20 (twenty) posts on every existing character before a new one can be made. This rule is made to lessen the load on staffers to ensure that most applications that they work to approve will actually see play. There is no upper cap of characters allowed, so long as this rule is followed.
Characters who are accepted and interact with the world become part of the site's canon and I reserve the right to use them in the future even if the player leaves due to this being a collaborative roleplay where people want closure for their character arcs. If someone makes a big mercenary company in their backstory, for example, interacts with it a bunch and six months later the character is gone but I need a mercenary company I'll use the site canon one instead of making up my own because it's easier and players know it. If you dip in the middle of an evil scheme, you bet I'm taking the easy event and running the evil scheme anyway so all the people you screwed over to get there get some closure.
Activity checks will be done semi-regularly. This may be every month or every few months, and will be done mostly to archive characters who are inactive. These activity checks will include Discord as well, because I firmly believe that the Discord count should accurately reflect the actual number of players on TRP as much as possible. All that you need to do is post in these activity checks with your character within the time frame of what will usually be around two to three weeks.
As a tribute to Monty Oum, we're going to follow his naming conventions. Click the link here for the rules. For those of you who think that is limiting, here's a fan google doc with almost 2000 names on it that doesn't even scratch the surface of what is allowed. Only the first or the last name need to follow this rule, not both.
July 21 and December 25 are off-limits for villainous activity IC. Committing crimes and being a jerk on Ice Cream Day and Christmas is unforgivable.