THESE RULES ARE THE GENERAL BASIS FOR ALL ROLEPLAYING EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THIS FORUM, FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THEM WILL RESULT IN A WARNING, CONTINUED VIOLATIONS WILL MERIT BANNING FROM THE FORUMS ENTIRELY, THIS IS A SPAM-LESS AND FLAME-LESS FORUM, AND WILL BE ENFORCED AS SUCH.
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First, a few explanations:
Topic Creator: Creator of the RP thread, the Topic Creator is considered the moderator of their topic, in such they design their own rules and regulations for their specific RP thread. They are also the initial storyline designer for their own topic, which will permit them to things such as narration and description of the setting, time, and situation. The Topic Creator may also choose to simulate a player in their RP thread, but still hold the responsibilities of keeping their RP thread organized. Topic Creators are also allowed to include Spectators and remove Players at will.
Player: Players are participants in an RP thread, and are expected to follow the rules that the Topic Creator of said RP thread set down. Players are permitted to involve themselves in the ongoing storyline so long as the Topic Creator permits them to, and may be ejected at any time by the Topic Creator should the Player get out of hand. If such a thing should occur, the Topic Creator should notify a moderator with the player's forum name, the time of the incident, the reason for ejection, and a brief log of what merited the ejection as well for proof.
Spectator: Spectators are simply viewers of a currently unfolding RP thread, and are not permitted to engage in RP threads they are not Players of. A Topic Creator may decide to replace an ejected Player with a Spectator, or decide to involve the spectator directly into the RP thread, but must update their log of Players (see below) so to prevent moderators from taking action against a forum member who is not registered as a Player in said RP thread.
RP Moderator: RP Moderators are the global moderators, and admins of the boards, and they have the authority to monitor the RP forums for various violations to the rules and regulations on the RP Forums. RP Moderators are permitted to interject in RP threads, but are advised not to unless it calls for the termination of the RP thread. RP Moderators are to contact violators of the rules and regulations via PM only, and those recieving the PM are expected to keep eyes out for these, ignorance will not be an excuse. RP Moderators will first issue a verbal warning to violators, and should continued offenses occur, forum warnings will begin being issued, as it will be considered an offense to the entire forums rather than just the RP Forum. Further information on RP Moderators (Namely global mods) will be listed below in their perspective areas.
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General Rules and Regulations:
For Topic Creators
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Please use the following format to label your RP Threads. (When posting a new topic for a new RP Thread, follow this guideline)
Topic Name: Title of your RP Thread, it shouldn't be offensive.
Topic Description: State the genre of your RP Thread, as well as the rating of your RP thread, adding an age limit can also be useful, here is an example.
Topic Name: Linda's Invitation
Topic Description: Action/Drama, Rated T (Teen)
Here's a list of genres and some ESRB rating systems.
Genres (Note the genre should be the main aspect of the Thread, you need not involve EVERY aspect involved in the Thread, just what you want to base it around. Note also that these are not the only genres you HAVE to use, you can use others as well.):
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Action: Usually involving thrilling and exciting events.
Adventure: Involves a journey of some sort, usually associated with another genre title to add more description.
Alternate: Deviating from the norm, usually associated with another genre title to add more description.
Comedy: Meant to entice humor, usually whimsy and laughable.
Drama: Involves suspense.
Fantasy: Involves surreal and unbelievable aspects, some such as magic or miracles.
Future: Involves futuristic aspects (Laser guns, post-apocalyptic, etc.)
Horror: Involves fear-inspiring aspects.
Musical: An event made in song.
Romance: Involves forms of love and passion.
Suggestive: Involves lewd behavior. (Do not use)
War: Involves war re-enactment or war commencement.
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Ratings (Ratings are subject to change during the process of an RP Thread, Topic Creator should throttle this to maintain both control and activities that occur in their thread)
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E (Everyone): All audiences are permitted to view this.
C (Early Childhood): This is preferably for younger viewers.
KA (Kids to Adults): Young Children should likely be kept away from this, but it should be safe for ages 10+.
T (Teen): Ages 13+ only, all others not permitted.
M (Mature): Ages 17+ only, any younger not permitted. (Do not Use)
AO (Adults Only): Ages 18+ only, will be inaccessible to any but ages 18+. (Do not use)
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*If Violated: This is an important field for an RP Thread, and should be done correctly. RP Moderators that find missing fields in this portion should edit the topic's description to say (Please include all details). Should the topic's details not be changed within 3 days of the editing, the topic should be locked.
Please use the following format in the first post of your topic to provide all necessary information on the RP Thread.
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Topic Creator: Forum name of Topic Creator
Title: Title of RP Thread
Genre: Genre(s) of the RP Thread
Rating: Rating of the RP Thread
Age Limit: Preferred Age Limit, used primarily to throttle towards peers.
Original Characters?: Permit or deny the use of Original Characters to Players.
Description: A brief description on the RP Thread, this is the place to list involved characters, the basis of the storyline, and other necessities. THIS IS NOT WHERE TO WRITE THE RULES.
Rules: Any unique rules of the RP should be listed here, and should be kept updated as per the Topic Creator's preference. These rules can be amended, and new rules can be added. If you have no special rules set for the
Current Players: This is the Player Log; players should be linked to their perspective characters here. (See the example for a better view)
Updates: Any time this format is edited, this section must be updated with the current date.)
****
(Here is an example of the format in its entirety)
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Topic Creator: Linda Maltinie
Title: Linda's Invitation
Genre: Action/Drama
Rating: T (Teen)
Age Limit: 13+
Original Characters?: Yes
Description: Once again, the Maltinie girl of Snow Town has sent invitations to the people of Snow Town to the now well-known "Maltinie Cup" Snowboard Competition. Various competitors have joined this year to compete, how will this year's competition turn out, and how will Linda Maltinie herself do?
Rules:
- Free-Action RP, be fair on how the character's interact.
- No godmoding, do not pretend you are invincible, everyone deserves a chance.
- Attempted shots upon opponents should be made using the d20 system provided at http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm , player firing must beat player defending's roll, with ties going to the attacker.
- Stay active if you are in a race, so it can be done quickly and the thrill keeps going.
- If you must step out for a time, please notify with a topic via OOC, it will signal us to disengage you until you return. If no one will be around when you leave, just signal via OOC topic with (Paused) as the message.
- If you are using an original character, distribute 10 status points between Trick, Corner, and Speed statuses. Each of these will be used for how fast you can recover (Speed), how well you can make very sharp turns (Corner) and how you manage to do tricks (Trick), all three will also be used in defending yourself (Trick for deflection bonus, Corner for dodging "this includes shots deflected back at you, with -2 to the total" and Speed for being able to allow yourself more time to act "each Speed Save allows a +1 to either Trick or Corner on next attempt to trick or corner, value will then reset after it is performed.")
- If you are using one of the main characters, their values are already set and are in the second post of this topic.
- Items are described in the second post, as well as Shots. Read them carefully to find out what they do in terms of placement of characters when they are hit by them.
Current Players:
Linda Maltinie - Linda Maltinie
enigmaopoeia - Nancy Neil
Raichu862000 - Jam Kuehnemund
Sarahsuke - Cleo Marron *Original Character*
Veertje - Slash Kamei
nicole couch - Nicole Couch
Polish Snowboard Kids Maniak: Shinobin
Pamela Rasteri - Pamela Rasteri
Skids - Ruby Green
LinksLegends - Tommy Parsy
Mario Gamer - Kaede
zapdos: Wendy Lane
Updates: (12/09/06)
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*If Violated: Violation of this will likely be common early on, and will rarely ever issue a warning. RP Moderators are recommended to make sure every value is in place, and if it is not, the Topic Creator should be informed of the missing fields, and urged to include them.
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For All Users
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Control In/Out of Character Status - Make sure you are being clear when you are speaking as a character in an RP thread, and should you need to ask an OOC (Out of Character) question to the Topic Creator, do so using the following format (minus the quotations):
" (OOC: Your text here) "
*If Violated: Violation of this rule is minor, but can become troublesome if constantly violated. Verbal warning will be issued to the offender (preferably by the Topic Creator) and if still being violated, RP Moderator action may be taken. *
No Flaming - No clear insults of other Players or the Topic Creator, this should be obvious from the General Forum Rules, but in the RP Forum, this rule has a zero-tolerance policy, as not only can it hurt one's feelings, it can completely shatter the motivation of the RP Thread to continue.
*If Violated: Violation of this rule is critical, and will be dealt with harshly. Violators of this taboo rule will be suspended from the forums for a period of one week, and will have their forum warning level altered depending on the severity of the flame-ridden topic. In critical states, this can even lead to complete banishment from the forums. *
Stay in Topic - Do not start multiple topics on the RP Forum unless you plan to monitor all of them at once, this is disruptive and will be treated as a General Forum Violation.
*If Violated: Poster of said topics will be asked of their purpose for them. If considered disruptive, posts will be moved and violator will receive a forum warning. Higher cases may result in loss of posting privileges for a duration.
No Godmoding - Godmoding in an RP Forum is never fun for those who aren't godmoding, so we expect the courtesy of fair play between all players and Topic Creators. Godmoding of any sort should be reported to an RP Moderator should the Topic Creator be unable to control the situation.
*If Violated: Godmoders should be handled by the Topic Creator first, and if they cannot be handled, can be reported to an RP Moderator to be warned. Should it continue, it will be considered a disruptive event, and a forum warning will follow on the Godmoder.
No Spectator Feedback - Spectators, not being players in an RP Thread, are not allowed to post in a thread they are not a Player in. If they want to participate, they must PM the Topic Creator, or apply to the part via the "RP Recruitment" forum in the RP Forums.
*If Violated: The Topic Creator should send a PM to the Spectator to cease disruption of the RP Thread currently in progress. Should continued disruption occur, the Topic Creator should PM an RP Moderator about the issue.
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(Writer's Note: This took me about 2 hours to type up, a lot of thinking during the night {a surprisingly good time for me to be thinking} and an energy drink to prevent myself from losing consiousness, so please read this thoroughly.)
- Linda
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First, a few explanations:
Topic Creator: Creator of the RP thread, the Topic Creator is considered the moderator of their topic, in such they design their own rules and regulations for their specific RP thread. They are also the initial storyline designer for their own topic, which will permit them to things such as narration and description of the setting, time, and situation. The Topic Creator may also choose to simulate a player in their RP thread, but still hold the responsibilities of keeping their RP thread organized. Topic Creators are also allowed to include Spectators and remove Players at will.
Player: Players are participants in an RP thread, and are expected to follow the rules that the Topic Creator of said RP thread set down. Players are permitted to involve themselves in the ongoing storyline so long as the Topic Creator permits them to, and may be ejected at any time by the Topic Creator should the Player get out of hand. If such a thing should occur, the Topic Creator should notify a moderator with the player's forum name, the time of the incident, the reason for ejection, and a brief log of what merited the ejection as well for proof.
Spectator: Spectators are simply viewers of a currently unfolding RP thread, and are not permitted to engage in RP threads they are not Players of. A Topic Creator may decide to replace an ejected Player with a Spectator, or decide to involve the spectator directly into the RP thread, but must update their log of Players (see below) so to prevent moderators from taking action against a forum member who is not registered as a Player in said RP thread.
RP Moderator: RP Moderators are the global moderators, and admins of the boards, and they have the authority to monitor the RP forums for various violations to the rules and regulations on the RP Forums. RP Moderators are permitted to interject in RP threads, but are advised not to unless it calls for the termination of the RP thread. RP Moderators are to contact violators of the rules and regulations via PM only, and those recieving the PM are expected to keep eyes out for these, ignorance will not be an excuse. RP Moderators will first issue a verbal warning to violators, and should continued offenses occur, forum warnings will begin being issued, as it will be considered an offense to the entire forums rather than just the RP Forum. Further information on RP Moderators (Namely global mods) will be listed below in their perspective areas.
-----------------------------------------
General Rules and Regulations:
For Topic Creators
----------------------------------
Please use the following format to label your RP Threads. (When posting a new topic for a new RP Thread, follow this guideline)
Topic Name: Title of your RP Thread, it shouldn't be offensive.
Topic Description: State the genre of your RP Thread, as well as the rating of your RP thread, adding an age limit can also be useful, here is an example.
Topic Name: Linda's Invitation
Topic Description: Action/Drama, Rated T (Teen)
Here's a list of genres and some ESRB rating systems.
Genres (Note the genre should be the main aspect of the Thread, you need not involve EVERY aspect involved in the Thread, just what you want to base it around. Note also that these are not the only genres you HAVE to use, you can use others as well.):
****
Action: Usually involving thrilling and exciting events.
Adventure: Involves a journey of some sort, usually associated with another genre title to add more description.
Alternate: Deviating from the norm, usually associated with another genre title to add more description.
Comedy: Meant to entice humor, usually whimsy and laughable.
Drama: Involves suspense.
Fantasy: Involves surreal and unbelievable aspects, some such as magic or miracles.
Future: Involves futuristic aspects (Laser guns, post-apocalyptic, etc.)
Horror: Involves fear-inspiring aspects.
Musical: An event made in song.
Romance: Involves forms of love and passion.
Suggestive: Involves lewd behavior. (Do not use)
War: Involves war re-enactment or war commencement.
****
Ratings (Ratings are subject to change during the process of an RP Thread, Topic Creator should throttle this to maintain both control and activities that occur in their thread)
****
E (Everyone): All audiences are permitted to view this.
C (Early Childhood): This is preferably for younger viewers.
KA (Kids to Adults): Young Children should likely be kept away from this, but it should be safe for ages 10+.
T (Teen): Ages 13+ only, all others not permitted.
M (Mature): Ages 17+ only, any younger not permitted. (Do not Use)
AO (Adults Only): Ages 18+ only, will be inaccessible to any but ages 18+. (Do not use)
****
*If Violated: This is an important field for an RP Thread, and should be done correctly. RP Moderators that find missing fields in this portion should edit the topic's description to say (Please include all details). Should the topic's details not be changed within 3 days of the editing, the topic should be locked.
Please use the following format in the first post of your topic to provide all necessary information on the RP Thread.
****
Topic Creator: Forum name of Topic Creator
Title: Title of RP Thread
Genre: Genre(s) of the RP Thread
Rating: Rating of the RP Thread
Age Limit: Preferred Age Limit, used primarily to throttle towards peers.
Original Characters?: Permit or deny the use of Original Characters to Players.
Description: A brief description on the RP Thread, this is the place to list involved characters, the basis of the storyline, and other necessities. THIS IS NOT WHERE TO WRITE THE RULES.
Rules: Any unique rules of the RP should be listed here, and should be kept updated as per the Topic Creator's preference. These rules can be amended, and new rules can be added. If you have no special rules set for the
Current Players: This is the Player Log; players should be linked to their perspective characters here. (See the example for a better view)
Updates: Any time this format is edited, this section must be updated with the current date.)
****
(Here is an example of the format in its entirety)
****
Topic Creator: Linda Maltinie
Title: Linda's Invitation
Genre: Action/Drama
Rating: T (Teen)
Age Limit: 13+
Original Characters?: Yes
Description: Once again, the Maltinie girl of Snow Town has sent invitations to the people of Snow Town to the now well-known "Maltinie Cup" Snowboard Competition. Various competitors have joined this year to compete, how will this year's competition turn out, and how will Linda Maltinie herself do?
Rules:
- Free-Action RP, be fair on how the character's interact.
- No godmoding, do not pretend you are invincible, everyone deserves a chance.
- Attempted shots upon opponents should be made using the d20 system provided at http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm , player firing must beat player defending's roll, with ties going to the attacker.
- Stay active if you are in a race, so it can be done quickly and the thrill keeps going.
- If you must step out for a time, please notify with a topic via OOC, it will signal us to disengage you until you return. If no one will be around when you leave, just signal via OOC topic with (Paused) as the message.
- If you are using an original character, distribute 10 status points between Trick, Corner, and Speed statuses. Each of these will be used for how fast you can recover (Speed), how well you can make very sharp turns (Corner) and how you manage to do tricks (Trick), all three will also be used in defending yourself (Trick for deflection bonus, Corner for dodging "this includes shots deflected back at you, with -2 to the total" and Speed for being able to allow yourself more time to act "each Speed Save allows a +1 to either Trick or Corner on next attempt to trick or corner, value will then reset after it is performed.")
- If you are using one of the main characters, their values are already set and are in the second post of this topic.
- Items are described in the second post, as well as Shots. Read them carefully to find out what they do in terms of placement of characters when they are hit by them.
Current Players:
Linda Maltinie - Linda Maltinie
enigmaopoeia - Nancy Neil
Raichu862000 - Jam Kuehnemund
Sarahsuke - Cleo Marron *Original Character*
Veertje - Slash Kamei
nicole couch - Nicole Couch
Polish Snowboard Kids Maniak: Shinobin
Pamela Rasteri - Pamela Rasteri
Skids - Ruby Green
LinksLegends - Tommy Parsy
Mario Gamer - Kaede
zapdos: Wendy Lane
Updates: (12/09/06)
****
*If Violated: Violation of this will likely be common early on, and will rarely ever issue a warning. RP Moderators are recommended to make sure every value is in place, and if it is not, the Topic Creator should be informed of the missing fields, and urged to include them.
----------------------------------
For All Users
----------------------------------
Control In/Out of Character Status - Make sure you are being clear when you are speaking as a character in an RP thread, and should you need to ask an OOC (Out of Character) question to the Topic Creator, do so using the following format (minus the quotations):
" (OOC: Your text here) "
*If Violated: Violation of this rule is minor, but can become troublesome if constantly violated. Verbal warning will be issued to the offender (preferably by the Topic Creator) and if still being violated, RP Moderator action may be taken. *
No Flaming - No clear insults of other Players or the Topic Creator, this should be obvious from the General Forum Rules, but in the RP Forum, this rule has a zero-tolerance policy, as not only can it hurt one's feelings, it can completely shatter the motivation of the RP Thread to continue.
*If Violated: Violation of this rule is critical, and will be dealt with harshly. Violators of this taboo rule will be suspended from the forums for a period of one week, and will have their forum warning level altered depending on the severity of the flame-ridden topic. In critical states, this can even lead to complete banishment from the forums. *
Stay in Topic - Do not start multiple topics on the RP Forum unless you plan to monitor all of them at once, this is disruptive and will be treated as a General Forum Violation.
*If Violated: Poster of said topics will be asked of their purpose for them. If considered disruptive, posts will be moved and violator will receive a forum warning. Higher cases may result in loss of posting privileges for a duration.
No Godmoding - Godmoding in an RP Forum is never fun for those who aren't godmoding, so we expect the courtesy of fair play between all players and Topic Creators. Godmoding of any sort should be reported to an RP Moderator should the Topic Creator be unable to control the situation.
*If Violated: Godmoders should be handled by the Topic Creator first, and if they cannot be handled, can be reported to an RP Moderator to be warned. Should it continue, it will be considered a disruptive event, and a forum warning will follow on the Godmoder.
No Spectator Feedback - Spectators, not being players in an RP Thread, are not allowed to post in a thread they are not a Player in. If they want to participate, they must PM the Topic Creator, or apply to the part via the "RP Recruitment" forum in the RP Forums.
*If Violated: The Topic Creator should send a PM to the Spectator to cease disruption of the RP Thread currently in progress. Should continued disruption occur, the Topic Creator should PM an RP Moderator about the issue.
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(Writer's Note: This took me about 2 hours to type up, a lot of thinking during the night {a surprisingly good time for me to be thinking} and an energy drink to prevent myself from losing consiousness, so please read this thoroughly.)
- Linda
Linda Maltinie: Snowboard Princess of Snow Town
For the Pride of Maltinie Company! The Couch Corporation crumbles under the Maltinie Company!
*This Message Brought to you by the Butlers and Servants at Linda's Castle: "Do remember, our little Princess is the TRUE Number 1!"*
For the Pride of Maltinie Company! The Couch Corporation crumbles under the Maltinie Company!
*This Message Brought to you by the Butlers and Servants at Linda's Castle: "Do remember, our little Princess is the TRUE Number 1!"*
