Post by Kam on Mar 10, 2010 5:58:55 GMT -5
1. Don't be an asshat!
2. Don't godmode!
3. Don't mindread!
4. No Mary Sues!
5. Make fun the priority!
This includes but is not limited to complaining in the CBOX if someone doesn't reply quickly enough for your tastes, complaining about the admins not doing their job quickly enough, spamming anywhere but the ad board, and taking the fun out of the place for anyone else on the board. (Only I am allowed to do that, and only for good reasons like preserving canon, making sense, and retaining my sanity.)
2. Don't godmode!
Do not RP the actions, thoughts, or words of any character but your own. Don't say an attack landed on another character unless you have prior permission. Talk to each other before you make a call in RP that will affect the other character. You may only control NPCs if everyone in the thread is on the same page where those NPCs are concerned.
3. Don't mindread!
Don't read a paragraph of narrative where someone describes their characters thoughts and automatically have your character know everything the writer said. I will smack you. Hard. Please put 'double check' in the rule check on your application. Only have your character know the stuff they have a really good reason to know or guess, or talk to the other writer to figure out what your character can and can't know.
4. No Mary Sues!
Your character must make sense. Your character may only do things that make sense. Perfect characters do not make sense. Characters who have, know, think, say, do, or feel things without any foundation make no sense. I will be able to catch some of this in the character approval process, but if I see your well constructed character acting like a Mary Sue elsewhere I won't hesitate to PM you and tell you all about it. So don't, because those PMs are embarrassing!
5. Make fun the priority!
The bottom line here is to make fun a priority not only for you but for everyone you RP with here. Come here with a good attitude, a kind heart, and a fun purpose, and everyone will get along fine. Otherwise, I will ban you. Ignore the ruleword in rule three and simply put your own favorite rule there instead. Or I'll PM with a reminder about the rules, whatever. :P