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| Ivory Vein | Mar 20 2008, 05:47 PM Post #1 |
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GODRIC'S HOLLOW Well, first off we’d all like to welcome you to Godric's Hollow! We hope that you will enjoy your future role-playing experiences here, and we have compiled a list of general rules that we would like you all to pay special attention to. They’re easy enough to follow, so I wouldn’t be too afraid of them. - - - Names and Registry As non-registered members you will notice that each user has a first and last name as their character’s name. This is of course mandatory for all new members who are registering on the board. Please if you can, try not to get into anything too extravagant. Simple, ordinary names work well for everyone, so perhaps it’s best to try and stick to those instead. However, we will allow you to have a foreign name of course. Multiple Characters We will allow you a maximum of one character. If you would like more than that, you must obtain permission from an Administrator by posting in the request topic. You must keep all characters you make active and failure to do so will result in the deletion of said account. Remember, multiple accounts are a privilege not a right. Sound familiar? It should if you've read all the rules. Examples of acceptable names: Joe Smith, Carey Warrington, Geoffrey Hinton Unacceptable names: Joeyxsmithers, iluvharrypotter243, ScarletMarian, chris_is_cool And also names like this will not be accepted under any circumstances: Lulubell XVI Xavier Johanna Margarita or Sprinkles Charmane Kitters We don’t care how cute you think your name is, if we won’t accept it we will not have you arguing with us about it. It is our say, and most times we will end up asking you for an alternate name to change the unaccepted one anyway. NO MARY-SUE OR GARY-STU CHARACTERS ARE PERMITTED This means that your character cannot be perfect at everything, look perfect, and be ideal in every way etc. etc. Characters, just like real people, are chock full of flaws and that’s what makes them unique. No one cares if your Miss. Isabella MaryAnn Susanna has long golden tresses that reach down to her knees, or if her eyes are a shimmering shade of lavender that change colour depending on her mood. Be realistic, people; don’t make a person like this. No one likes them, period. Species and Special Powers Species Vampires and werewolves we will allow (since they were once human as well) but other different species we would like to keep to a minimum. Please, when you're registering try to keep your character strictly human if you can. It's great to be different, yes, but we really don't need dozens of foreign species running around the school. Special Powers Now, if you've all read the Sorting Guidelines, you will notice that it says 'Special' in the application form. This spot is basically reserved for any out of the ordinary talents your character possesses. We do allow special powers but please try not to abuse this. There are only so many parseltongues and the like we will allow. The majority of students in the regular Harry Potter weren't parseltongues either, anyway. RULES REGARDING POSTING Spelling/Grammar Be forewarned, we have a Spelling & Grammar Nazi. Before posting, please run your posts through a spelling and grammar check. Then re-read it again to catch your mistakes because Spell Check will not pick up on certain things. If you are unsure about your post, you can also pass it through one of the Administrators and we’ll be more than happy to run through it. If you don’t know what a word means, then I highly suggest you either look up its meaning to find the proper context in which it is used, or you do not use it at all. Also, if English is not your first language, the first part of this section is what you should refer to as well. You don’t necessarily have to run it by an Administrator; it can also be done by one of your RPers as well if they are willing to.
The actual RP posts themselves… ABSOLUTELY NO ONE-LINER POSTS Again you will be warned if any of us catches you making one-liner posts. They are not acceptable on this board. The minimum number of lines to write is a grand total of five. However this is just a minimum. We highly encourage you all to write more than just five lines per post. If you’re not sure what to write, just go back to your five senses. Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch, Smell – you don’t necessarily have to use all five but with these you can give some description to what your character is feeling at any given moment or what they see, etc. Unacceptable
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Threads With Multiple Characters In threads with multiple characters, to avoid confusion and lack of response on some character's parts (remember, you want to include everyone right?) try your best to set a pattern for who posts next. Ex. With Person A, Person B, and Person C A - Hello, my name is A. B - Omg, nice to meet you, I'm B! C - What's up? I'm C. A - Nothing much, you? C - Same here, just decided to bug you. A - Nice... See how Person B got left out? Yeah, this is what you want to avoid when RPing. The correct version of this scenario would be something along the lines of: ABC, ABC, and so on. We realize that this may be difficult, but when you are RPing the point is to interact with everyone. Okay? Okay. No God-Moding For those of you who don’t know what God-Moding is, it is basically when one person controls a character already in existence that is not their own. If we call you on godmoding, please correct your post without argument. We probably wouldn't have asked you to if your fellow rper had not contacted us first. If you feel like you are being godmoded, please PM an Admin. For example, Person A is named Karl and Person B is named Jim. God-Moded RP Sample
Now, imagine you were Jim and someone just did that to you. Can you see how annoying that would get? I thought so. And that is not even bad, it gets worse. That’s why we absolutely do not allow God-Moding. The only exception we will make to this rule is if you’ve had permission to use someone else’s character in your thread, nothing else. All public threads are to be kept at a PG-13 rating. That means that kissing, handholding, and other things are allowed, as well as minor gore and violence. You are allowed to have topics with a higher rating IF you place a warning in the subtitle of the topic and in a few posts to warn the oblivious reader. ![]() OOC Spamming in Thread Topics This is a big fat no no, and an Administrator will warn you if they catch you constantly making OOC (Out of Character) comments all over a Role Playing thread. We have Spam topics for a reason, and if you are worried that this will affect your post count; fear not, it won’t. You may also contact your fellow RPers as well as the Administrators through PM’s. Signatures A signature image may be no larger then 500x200. You can have several small images, but if your signature is too large, it will be removed and an image of the admin's choice will be put in its place. You may have no more then 15 lines of text. Advertising in signatures is allowed, but ONLY in your signature. - - - I believe that sums it up. If you have any more questions or suggestions please feel free to contact one of the Administrators and we’ll be more than happy to help you. If there’s something we need to improve on, don’t be shy. Just tell us. |
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