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| Chanel | Jun 1 2009, 07:29 PM Post #1 |
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Temptation RP Rules and Guidelines Other Characters: They belong to their owners, whether their owner created them or adopted them. Do not play other people's characters. Unless you have been given permission to do so by the character's owner, playing characters that do not belong to you will result in loss of privileges. The only exceptions are NPC's, which can be played by any member - within reason. Any post that includes an NPC should only mention that character, not be written from that character's point of view, or have that character carrying on a lengthy conversation. This is what you do with your character. Do not do it with any character that is not yours unless specifically directed to do otherwise by the owner of the character in question, or by us. Speaking of which, we also reserve the right to move your character if that character is holding up the RP for everyone else. If your character is silent for an extended period of time, with or without advanced notice, we will reserve the right to skip ahead to keep the plot line flowing. Please be sure to let the others know if we need to skip you for any reason at all. It will not be held against you if your internet quits, or your computer crashes, or anything else happens that prevents you from telling us, but please. Remain courteous to the other players waiting on you. If there is a major plot line running, we will ask that all players within a certain area participate. For example, if we are having an epic battle of major proportions and your character comes in frolicking through the forest with a winsome wench, we will ask that you pay attention to your surroundings and move where it is practical. If we cut off any RP you may have going by doing this, feel free to RP it between those involved and post it as a story. Lastly, unless your character by nature likes keeping to themselves and avoiding contact with other players, please do not post to yourself and then complain to someone in private about how everyone is ignoring you. Interact with people and the drama could be avoided. Post Etiquette Please be sure to use proper pronunciation, grammar and punctuation in your posts. No one wants to see run on sentences, and no one certainly wants to see your sentences end with an exceptional amount of question marks, exclamation points, and other unneeded extra letters. And although we like quantity, we also like quality better. So keep out the three paragraphs about how you love scratching your nose. Also please be aware that upon joining, you will be asked for a sample post. It can be something relevant to the rp, or even a post sample from a past sample. For the forums: When replying to a post, delete all posts except the one to which you are specifically replying. Continuous disregard of this rule will result in suspension of all privileges. Having to scroll down through five pages of repeat posts is one of the most irritating things in the world, and our toleration for it is quite low. In addition, for the sake of uniformity and ease of reading, please post your reply after the post you are replying to, and delete anything that comes after your post, including email ads and those little >> thingies. When possible, avoid posts that are one or two sentences long. If you honestly can't think of anything to post, then it is acceptable, but this will not be acceptable on a regular basis. Be creative, describe what your character is thinking or feeling, and make mention of that squirrel that just fell off a tree. When making a comment that comes from you rather than your character, please label it with ( parenthesis ) or label it as OOC (out of character). ex. OOC: My nose itches. You will be asked to keep all ooc chatter to a minimum while rp is in session, unless it is something directly involving the roleplay itself. An example would be asking about the current setting, the location of characters, or anything else that may be relevant to the rp in question. In some cases, a single OOC post explaining a leave of absence or something similar is acceptable, but if it becomes a conversation or becomes disruptive to the rp in general, you will be asked to continue it in private. Roleplay Content Do not start any major RP storylines without permission from us first. It may conflict with a storyline we already have in place. However, do not hesitate to contact us with ideas. This is your RP as much as ours; we need your input and ideas to keep it going. If your idea won't work at the moment, chances are it will work at some point later on, or we can incorporate it somehow. This does NOT mean that you need our permission to do anything. This only applies to plotlines that will involve the entire clan/group or a significant portion of it. Roleplay Conduct No flaming. Ever. If you have a problem with someone on the list, settle it privately. If you cannot settle it privately, bring it to one of us and we will do our best to settle it for you only if you have tried every possible way to settle it yourself and still failed. We are not your mother, so don't come crying to us because little Johnny's elf hit your elf. If the problem is genuine, and we cannot do anything, one or both parties may be asked to leave the RP. We would rather not do this, so please don't let disagreements get out of hand. If you have a complaint to lodge against another member, please bring it to our attention and we will deal with it as we see fit. We will ask that the parties involved keep logs of the event. Logs bring credibility to the complaint in question and will be looked at more seriously than if it is dealt with from a he said/she said basis. Please also be aware that complaints may not be handled in your favor. Our decision is final. Although this is an Adult rated RP with adult themes, please keep foul language to a minimum. When posting in character, be as creative as you like with expletives, but do NOT, under ANY circumstances, have your character using modern-day human expletives that may be taken oocly and discriminate against another player or be viewed as violating the AUP. In other words, if you are upset at another player, please do not take your anger out on them through one character to another. Remember, your character is not YOU. You will be stripped of all privileges if you disregard this rule. When posting OOC, you may use our expletives, but please keep it to the milder end of the spectrum. We're sure that you're all intelligent enough to use a words that consist of more than four letters. Remember that you do not like people to talk to you in that fashion. Do not return it in kind. Keeping Player Knowledge Separate From Character Knowledge There may be points in the RP where a secret is revealed and out for everyone to read about. However, if character A told character B this secret while they were alone, no one else should know it. If you are unsure about whether your character could have overheard, please ask before throwing this piece of information out as a topic of conversation around the dinner table. This also falls into implied secrets. For example - we all know the drill. A guy character hangs out with a girl character, it's assumed by the players (often correctly) that these two will soon embark upon a romantic relationship. However, if they have done nothing in the RP to indicate romantic feelings for each other, the group should not be talking about how these two are madly in love. This requires discretion, and again, if there are any questions don't hesitate to ask them. READ THIS This is already in the RP Rules section, but I'm going to reiterate because this is a big one. THIS IS AN ADULT-RATED RP. Descriptions of violent and sexual acts will occur. You will not be forced to read or write any such acts yourself. All posts containing adult content will be labeled as such at the subject line [If used in the forums]. People who neglect to label their posts will be warned once and then stripped of privileges after that. Do not, at any time, complain about the adult content of the RP. You have been warned, you knew this would happen before you joined and you still chose to join, no one is forcing you to read or write it, so you have no right to complain about it or flame us for it. If you do, you will be removed from the RP, period, the end. On the flip side, if all your posts are labeled adult and your character never does anything but roll around in the furs like a weasel in heat, you will be warned. If you disregard that warning, something unpleasant will happen to your character, such as castration. Edited by Chanel, Jun 1 2009, 10:13 PM.
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