Post by Collision Falls Extraordinaire on Jun 7, 2013 15:13:29 GMT -5
EXTRAORDINARY COLLISIONS
THE RULES
The Key
- if it looks like this it's old news
- if it looks like this it's been updated/modified
- if it looks like this it's brand new
Joining
- Every username must be the first name of your character. That makes it easier for other people to message you, and it makes it easier for staff.
Applying
- The application form needs to be filled it out correctly and with care.
- For the subject of your applications, please use first and last name in proper caps - species. For example: John Smith - Specialist
- If you do not use the code given, the application will be ignored until you fix it.
- Once the application has been submitted, please do not send messages to the admins about acceptance. Like you, we have real life to attend to so be patient and wait at least 48 hours before catching an admin’s attention.
- Claims may not be filled out until after you have been accepted. If you do go ahead and fill them out, that's fine, but they will be ignored until you have been accepted, and it's not our fault if you have to change them.
- Once you have been accepted, you must have at least one in character thread going before you may post an application for another one.
Character
- No one is perfect, therefore perfect characters are not allowed. Your character may have good qualities, but that doesn't mean they never make mistakes. Make sure there's that something that sets your character apart from the rest.
- We are not going to set rules on how many of each species you can or can't make, because not everyone wants to play one of every species (I myself have no real desire to play a witch/wizard). However, it IS important to keep stats relatively even, so if we find we have too many of one species we may put a ban on them until things even out a little.
- When it comes to the face claim, do not use unknown people...make sure we can find them EASILY through google. If we type in the name and only a couple pictures of said person pops up, then use someone else. And please, no anime or cartoon characters either.
- Also on face claims, if your character has been accepted and you decide you want to change the face claim, you may only do this until you begin role-playing. If you start a thread then you are stuck with your play-by.
- Children 13 and under may not be used - per Proboards terms of service. If it were up to us we wouldn't care but we don't want the site shut down. That would be bad.
Role-playing
- All levels of experience are accepted, as long as the person in question can post up to the word count of 250.
- Please one character per account. You may have as many characters and accounts as you can keep up with. But don't go too crazy.
- One line posters are NOT tolerated. We have a minimum word count of 250 words. That's really not that much. If you don't think you can keep up with that, then this probably isn't the site for you. I understand people have off days, but every post can not be too short.
- We prefer replies to be in third person, keep in mind you're not writing your own diary. And NO slang language
- When you're character is speaking use quotation marks (" "), and for thoughts use Italic, but you are welcome to get more interesting with the coding if you enjoy those things.
- God-modding and power-play is FORBIDDEN
- OOCs should be AVOIDED in role-play, unless it's a small note at the bottom of the post or something to that effect.
- Creativity and originality are encouraged, especially when it comes to coding which makes posts look more attractive.
Housing
- The students here are put into different houses, similar to how Hogwarts is organized, except that they are organized by species and/or specialty.
- Each house has their own dormitories, which is where ALL students live.
- Teachers and staff can live either on campus or in the town nearby.
Rating
- Proboards is strictly PG 13
- Mature content is FORBIDDEN. Violence, sex, and drug-use and cursing may occur, but can NOT graphic. Anything graphic will NOT be tolerated. You will be warned and the post will be deleted. If you REALLY want to RP anything explicit, please have fade to black. You can continue in PM's or just continue off after the fading to black.
- As far as pregnancies go, you must have been role-playing with the "significant other" for several months. You must role-play your character being pregnant for at LEAST a month. Longer is preferred but I understand that people get excited to see that baby!
Anything else
- You are allowed to have as many characters as you like, as long as you keep the whole lot active.
- Always respect the staff and other members.
- If you're having a bad day, either keep off the board, or try to keep it under control. We have a whole board just for ranting. Nothing about other members please.
- We would also appreciate if you don't spend your whole time on the c-box, keep in mind that you are here to role-play and it's not nice to keep others waiting for a long time.
- Please do not stretch the board with images. Images in signatures and posts should be no bigger than a width of 500.
In Closing...
We will be watching you, so do not break any of the above rules. I'm sure you're all old enough to understand how to act...I don't want to have to ban anybody but if you get too out of hand I will do what I have to. Behave yourselves and most important of all, have fun :] We also reserve the right to change and alter these rules however we want and whenever we want, so check back often.
Your loving admin, NeverLand
by rimy ♥ of btn!