Post by Sora on Jun 19, 2009 22:30:18 GMT -5
1.) Please be respectful. We're all one big family while we're here. This means no put downs, no fighting, and no arguing. This goes doubly for arguments with Admin. If an Admin makes a ruling, it is law. The site's best interests are in our hearts, and in the end, your best interests too.
2.) Stay in character. If you can't stick with a canon's personality, please, pick one that you can or make an original character. We don't need Zexion running about giving everyone flowers and hugs. It's just not natural!!!
3.) Stay active. If for some reason you cannot continue with the forum for any length of time, you must alert an administrator and/or post in the vacations thread or risk having your account deleted. You must also make every monthly activity check (Unless you have posted in the vacations thread) or risk losing your characters.
Activity checks take place on the 5th and end on the 25th of each month. After the deadline, I will be deleting all who have failed to post.
NOTICE: In respect to people picking up dropped characters; In-Game History and Memory of a dropped character is wiped as soon as they are dropped. Meaning any attacks/techniques/relationships they acquired during their time controlled by a particular person will be "forgotten" and they will be given a clean slate. This makes it easier for the player to pick up a canon character and keeps staff from having to archive months worth of posts for them to read up on, which no one wants to do anyway.
4.) There will be no siblings of canons. So no you can't be Sora's brother or anything like that. Non-Canon relationships will be allowed if A) they are permitted by both/all parties involved (If the characters already have canon love interests and those characters have players, they may have a say in whether the relationship is permissible or not.) We would PREFER that CANON relationships to be prevalent. If it becomes rampant or just ridiculous, we'll step in and either remove characters or go through the corrective action system B) ALL NON-CANON AND NEW RELATIONSHIPS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN REAL TIME! THERE IS NO "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" ON THIS FORUM AS FAR AS NON-CANON PAIRINGS GO! If either partner already has another canon partner, you have to go through a thread of breaking up (realistically as possible) with that character before going and jumping into a relationship with another. Keep the triangles as few and far between as possible.
5.) No copycat characters. This includes no characters that 'look like Sora' or 'dress like Kairi'. Please keep all OCs ORIGINAL. Also, OCs with keyblades are not allowed. Keyblades are earned, not given for free. There will be events set up or if an admin thinks you deserve one, you will be PMed with the details. Other events such as ones for abilities will also be in the works.
6.) Content of Threads: Powerplaying, godmoding, scrypting, chatspeak, and any other manner of inappropriate role-play depiction will not be tolerated. It's very frustrating to other members and unprofessional.
If you must have a mature or R rated thread, take it to an private or instant messages. Any "racy" or "adult" themed threads or happenings in threads that push the forum up past PG13 will result in a warning/ban, the length of which determined by the moderator who has to clean up the thread. We consider this a large offense.
7.) Format of Posts: When roleplaying, please speak in third person. This means no me's and no I's unless you're character is speaking. Sentences should like like this. 'Roxas went to..'
(The password for your character profile is 'Kingdom Key'.)
8.) Post Requirements: This is a very literate site. The minimal role-play post length for this site is two paragraphs. That is counted as at least five sentences per paragraph. The smaller your post, the harder it is for others to role-play with you. Please bear this in mind.
9.) Dialogue : When posting, please use color when you character is speaking. It helps the dialogue to stand out from the rest of the paragraph.
Ex: Roxas walked quietly up to the counter. "3 ice creams please." He dropped the money into the shop keeper's hand as he took the bag in his grasp. "Thanks!"
10.) Imagery and Pictures : Images posted on the site must not be offensive. Given the fanart images people make of this game, it's sort of obvious why this is necessary. The farthest I'm willing to allow is simple romance: kissing, hugging, etc. You can't please everyone, I know this. If problems arise, the staff will step in to resolve the issue. If you repeatedly disobey this rule, a picture will be selected by staff for you.
11.) Personal Conflicts: Any conflicts between members must be reported to the staff immediately. If true hostilities cannot be calmed, the members in question will be banned temporarily from the forum as a warning. It's not hard to avoid each other. If it truly cannot be avoided, measures will be taken.
12.) The warning system for the forum is as follows:
First-time/minor offense: A warning
Second-time/medium offense: A warning and a ban lasting five days from the forum.
Third-time/large offense: No warning and a ban that lasting anywhere from a week to permanently from the site.
2.) Stay in character. If you can't stick with a canon's personality, please, pick one that you can or make an original character. We don't need Zexion running about giving everyone flowers and hugs. It's just not natural!!!
3.) Stay active. If for some reason you cannot continue with the forum for any length of time, you must alert an administrator and/or post in the vacations thread or risk having your account deleted. You must also make every monthly activity check (Unless you have posted in the vacations thread) or risk losing your characters.
Activity checks take place on the 5th and end on the 25th of each month. After the deadline, I will be deleting all who have failed to post.
NOTICE: In respect to people picking up dropped characters; In-Game History and Memory of a dropped character is wiped as soon as they are dropped. Meaning any attacks/techniques/relationships they acquired during their time controlled by a particular person will be "forgotten" and they will be given a clean slate. This makes it easier for the player to pick up a canon character and keeps staff from having to archive months worth of posts for them to read up on, which no one wants to do anyway.
4.) There will be no siblings of canons. So no you can't be Sora's brother or anything like that. Non-Canon relationships will be allowed if A) they are permitted by both/all parties involved (If the characters already have canon love interests and those characters have players, they may have a say in whether the relationship is permissible or not.) We would PREFER that CANON relationships to be prevalent. If it becomes rampant or just ridiculous, we'll step in and either remove characters or go through the corrective action system B) ALL NON-CANON AND NEW RELATIONSHIPS HAVE TO HAPPEN IN REAL TIME! THERE IS NO "LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT" ON THIS FORUM AS FAR AS NON-CANON PAIRINGS GO! If either partner already has another canon partner, you have to go through a thread of breaking up (realistically as possible) with that character before going and jumping into a relationship with another. Keep the triangles as few and far between as possible.
5.) No copycat characters. This includes no characters that 'look like Sora' or 'dress like Kairi'. Please keep all OCs ORIGINAL. Also, OCs with keyblades are not allowed. Keyblades are earned, not given for free. There will be events set up or if an admin thinks you deserve one, you will be PMed with the details. Other events such as ones for abilities will also be in the works.
6.) Content of Threads: Powerplaying, godmoding, scrypting, chatspeak, and any other manner of inappropriate role-play depiction will not be tolerated. It's very frustrating to other members and unprofessional.
If you must have a mature or R rated thread, take it to an private or instant messages. Any "racy" or "adult" themed threads or happenings in threads that push the forum up past PG13 will result in a warning/ban, the length of which determined by the moderator who has to clean up the thread. We consider this a large offense.
7.) Format of Posts: When roleplaying, please speak in third person. This means no me's and no I's unless you're character is speaking. Sentences should like like this. 'Roxas went to..'
(The password for your character profile is 'Kingdom Key'.)
8.) Post Requirements: This is a very literate site. The minimal role-play post length for this site is two paragraphs. That is counted as at least five sentences per paragraph. The smaller your post, the harder it is for others to role-play with you. Please bear this in mind.
9.) Dialogue : When posting, please use color when you character is speaking. It helps the dialogue to stand out from the rest of the paragraph.
Ex: Roxas walked quietly up to the counter. "3 ice creams please." He dropped the money into the shop keeper's hand as he took the bag in his grasp. "Thanks!"
10.) Imagery and Pictures : Images posted on the site must not be offensive. Given the fanart images people make of this game, it's sort of obvious why this is necessary. The farthest I'm willing to allow is simple romance: kissing, hugging, etc. You can't please everyone, I know this. If problems arise, the staff will step in to resolve the issue. If you repeatedly disobey this rule, a picture will be selected by staff for you.
11.) Personal Conflicts: Any conflicts between members must be reported to the staff immediately. If true hostilities cannot be calmed, the members in question will be banned temporarily from the forum as a warning. It's not hard to avoid each other. If it truly cannot be avoided, measures will be taken.
12.) The warning system for the forum is as follows:
First-time/minor offense: A warning
Second-time/medium offense: A warning and a ban lasting five days from the forum.
Third-time/large offense: No warning and a ban that lasting anywhere from a week to permanently from the site.
