Post by Crystal on Oct 23, 2011 20:43:30 GMT -5
Getting Started
[/u][/size][/center]First off, if you are new, allow me to welcome you! This site is full of friendly people, and there’s no doubt you’ll be able to fit in fine. I suggest you head over to the Chat Board and start a new topic to introduce yourself, say “Hey!”, etc. We don’t bite… Much.
This is a future Teen Titans roleplaying site focused on the animated television show that ran from 2003-2006. Please refer to the Premise of the Site page for more information.
Once you have read ALL the rules on this page, feel free to post your character! Go to the Character Skeleton page, copy the code, and fill in the information for your character.
After you have posted your character in the Characters board, you must wait for a staff member to read over the application and accept it before you may start using the character. Note that after it has been accepted, your character will be moved to a sub-board labeled after their corresponding alignment (Hero, Villain, or Neutral).
Roleplaying Rules
[/u][/size][/center]1. NO GODMODING
- Also known as autohitting. This means you may never take over another character’s actions (whether it’s them taking a hit or them following you somewhere) without them saying so.
- Right:
The warrior took his spear in hand and flung it at the General of the opposing army, in hopes of striking him off of his horse. - Wrong:
The warrior took his spear and threw it at the opposing General, striking him in the skull and knocking him off of his horse. "HA!" he exclaimed. "I have killed the opposing General!"
- Right:
2. NO POWERPLAYING
- Powerplaying is having an unstoppable or completely invincible character. Unless you have permission from an Administrator, or you are roleplaying a Canon Character that really IS all-powerful, you cannot be untouchable and invincible. Take a hit every once in a while!
- Powerplaying can come in other forms, too. Your character also cannot be unbeatable in battle. Even if you are letting your character take hits, if you have them kicking butt and being perfectly fine and functional when they have a giant gaping hole in their gut or a head cut off (unless they’re a zombie or something…), it is still powerplaying. Having your character walk around with a serious injury and being perfectly fine because they are “really strong” is an unacceptable excuse.
- You also cannot kill your character and constantly bring them back to life. Doing it more than about two times, or even on a regular basis, is powerplaying. If you have a character that has already twice before and you would like to bring them back for whatever reason, talk to an Administrator (no guarantees).
Specific plots are a different case and maximum times may vary. Please talk to an Administrator if you want to verify if it's alright or not. However, this does not mean that you can have your character die and come back to life an infinite amount of times through your plot roleplays!- Right:
The warrior fought off the other soldiers as best as he could, but their numbers were beginning to overwhelm him. He fought hard and managed to slay many of the attacking soldiers, but he soon grew weary from the fighting and injuries and had to retreat. - Wrong:
The warrior slew all the soldiers in one awesome powerful attack, the area totally desolated by the strength of his power, and he wasn't even tired and didn’t have a scratch on him.
or
The warrior destroyed the entire army in one powerful attack, the area destroyed completely from his awesome display of power. He wasn’t tired in the least despite the power he displayed and the sword wedged through his stomach, he just pulled it out and tossed the sword and walked away with a shrug.
- Right:
3. PLEASE BE LITERATE
- Keep your posts as detailed as possible. Each post should, on average, be around or at least 500 words. If you have writer's block and therefore have to make a severely illiterate post, please say so. Writer's block happens after all, but it's nice to know when you have writer's block and when you're just being lazy.
- One-liners are not, under any circumstances, acceptable.
- Use quotation marks when your character is speaking, and let us know when he is thinking and not speaking out loud.
- Typos are okay, we all make them, but try to use proper spelling so we know what you're saying. Copy your post into a Word document, or even use the handy-dandy Spell Check function next to the “Reply” button.
- Use proper punctuation and grammar.
- Regardless of where you are on the site (yes, this include the out of character section), do not use chatspeak. Meaning, dun talk likeh diz all z3 timez.
- Right:
The warrior tended to the wound on his arm he had received earlier during the intense battle, the cut already beginning to swell. "It's nothing, I suppose..." he said, though the injury was causing him a good amount of pain. - Wrong:
The warr3or luked at his woond. Ouch he said. He luked around. He blinked. Must d3stroy n00bs he said he luked again he saw sumthang!!!!!! he stood up oh no he said as he ran!!!!
- Right:
4. USE OOC
- When speaking out of character, please use some form of “Ooc:” to indicate this. You can use things like “Ooc:” before your post or putting DOUBLE parenthesis “((text))” around your post.
- Right:
((Hey guys! I kind of have writer's block so I'll wait for a while before I post if that's alright.))
or
Ooc: I have writer's block, so you guys start without me okay? - Wrong:
- Right:
Hi, I have writer's block so don't pay attention to me.[/li][/ul][/li][/ul]
5. NO MARY-SUE OR GARY-STU CHARACTERS
- This means you may not have any perfect characters. Your characters must have flaws and weaknesses, or they're just totally unrealistic and really... rather boring.
- You cannot have characters that are gods or goddesses.
- Right:
His hair was short and as black as coal, in contrast to his rather pale skin and dull blue eyes, which carried a weighted look of guilt, as belonging to someone who sought to rectify a past mistake. The scars on his arms suggested that he was a man who had seen many battles. - Wrong:
He had perfect skin and was the most handsome person you had ever seen, his eyes as gorgeous as perfectly cut diamonds and his voice sounding like the chorus of a thousand angels.
- Right:
6. NO PLAGIARISM
- You may not, under ANY circumstances, steal another member’s characters, ideas, character likeness, works, etc. Doing so will result in immediate banning.
- Respect individuality and respect uniqueness, and create your own characters from scratch. Remember that they put hard work into their characters, and to steal it from them is NOT right.
This also means that creating a character that is a basic rip-off of another character is NOT allowed. If a staff member finds that a character has been made that is a rip-off of another character THAT CHARACTER WILL BE DELETED. - You also cannot use artwork from the site created by others inside or outside of the site or edit said artwork without the creator's permission.
- If you use a picture from an image hosting website, (ex. Photobucket, imageshack, etc.) please include a note that you are neither the drawer nor owner of the picture! If you wish to use fan-art or artwork from websites such as DeviantArt, do remember to give credit where credit is due! You must always include the artist’s name or username. If you do not know who created the image, just say “Artist Unknown” or something along those lines.
7. BE CONSIDERATE
- Under no circumstances are you to ignore ANYONE’S posts. Even if you would rather them not be there, it’s wrong, rude, and unacceptable for you to ignore someone else’s post. Remember the golden rule from kindergarten? That applies here. If you believe someone is ignoring you, please contact a staff member and we will do our best to fix it, but we can’t control others. If you are found ignoring others, then you will be either warned or suspended.
- Be nice and understanding to other members of the forum. If you have something against someone, don’t go dragging everyone else into your quarrel, because we don’t need that drama. That also means NO BEING RUDE.
- In a roleplay, your character(s) cannot know something about another character, or something with the plot, unless they actually learn it in the roleplay or you have the other roleplayer’s permission.
- Right:
He wasn’t sure what was going on, but he figured that he would find out sooner or later. Until then he’d be stuck with guesses, but maybe they’d be enough for now. - Wrong:
He knew automatically what was going on even though nothing had been said, because he was just that good, and also! He’s a psychic! They know ALL!
- Right:
8. EASY ON THE ANGST
- Be easy on the drama. It’s okay once in a while, but constant angst is not cool. Remember you aren’t the only one on the site, not everyone enjoys drama as much as you might. We all like our characters to have a little drama behind them to make them more realistic, but don’t over-do it, otherwise a little bit of drama turns into a lot of soap-opera-self-pity and nobody likes that.
- This also applies with being considerate; everything doesn’t revolve around you and your characters, or just one character or whatever, so keep that in mind.
- As such, your characters CANNOT be suicidal, be self-abusive or anything like that. If you are found posting something like that your warning level will be raised, but if it continues will be suspended; the reason being that suicide and self-abuse are very serious subjects and should not be tampered with for personal amusement. If your character has a history where someone they knew committed suicide, that's different, but roleplaying it is not acceptable.
- Right:
She was sad, you could see it in her eyes, but she would never let it show otherwise. Not with a tear, not with a sob. She wouldn’t let herself cry; she feared it would show she was weak. So she kept it all inside, for the sake of being strong, if only for a while longer. - Wrong:
“WHY ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS TROUBLE?!?!?! WHY AM I SO MISERABLE?!!??!?!?!?!11!?1shiftoneshiftone” she shouted as she took the knife and slit it across her wrist. She was the only one who was alone, frightened and hurting, the only one in the world who was sad and tortured.
9. KEEP IT PG-13
- Try to keep everything PG-13. Nothing to the extreme, please! Sexual jokes are okay so long as they don't go too far.
- Violence is not a big issue, if you want blood, go ahead. But, please warn others when you are going to be graphic about it; not everyone has a strong stomach after all. Just do us all a favor and don’t over-do it. If you take things too far then an Administrator or Staff Member has the right to raise your warning level.
- Cursing and MILD use of alcohol and drugs is allowed.
10. NO SPAMMING
- Do not spam the boards with needless posts. Spamming means pointless threads or irrelevant posts in the wrong area, created to be distracting, annoying, or funny.
- Saying hello to everyone is fine, but posting just useless out of character posts in the roleplay boards is spamming and spam will be deleted. There is a whole category for spamming and random posts, use them. They were created to be used for that very reason, the roleplay boards were not.
11. DO NOT TAKE THE PLOT INTO YOUR OWN HANDS
- If there is a plot going on, you MAY NOT take it into your own hands. Leave it with the people behind the plot. If you have questions, ask them. If you are unsure about something or an action you want to take, ask them that as well.
- This also means that if there is a plot going on, you ARE NOT to try and steal the spotlight or steal attention from the plot. The focus can't always be on you or anyone else; you'll get your turn, so be patient and wait for it.
For example, if there is a plot going on where a character falls ill with a fatal disease, then unless you have permission from the plot writers your characters CANNOT fall ill as well. If a Moderator or Administrator finds that you are doing this you will be warned, and if it continues, suspended.
12. INDICATE YOUR CHARACTER(S)
- While roleplaying, if you are using multiple characters in one post, please use different colors for different characters' actions to indicate so. It makes everything a lot less confusing. To change text color, use the following code:
[color=COLOR OR HEXCODE]TEXT[/color]
- If you use multiple characters frequently, I also suggest (not demand though, so this is not mandatory) you show the characters you mainly roleplay with in your signature or avatar. It's just a nice touch.
Site Rules
[/u][/size][/center]13. DON'T PICK FIGHTS
- Don't pick fights for the sake of fighting, and don't argue for the sake of arguing. If you're an argumentative-happy guy keep it to yourself. It isn't fair to those not involved because it still affects everyone on the site.
- Try to avoid it complaining if you can, because usually it leads to only trouble. Don't complain for the sake of complaining, either. If you have a complaint about another member or something else, PM one of the Administrators about it.
Please note that there is a large difference between complaining and bringing something you think is wrong to attention. If you go about it in a calm and civilized and respectable manner then it's safe to say you are not complaining. However, playing the victim and pointing blame every which way would count as complaining.
14. RESPECT
- Respect the Staff members and the senior members of the site, they know more about the site than you do and what goes on.
- Respect decisions made by the staff members, especially the Administrators. Don't complain that actions Administrators or Moderators take are unfair. If you really do feel that a Staff Member is being unfair, and can explain your case in a sensible, intelligent way, do so and we'll listen. But if you cannot state your case in a calm, sensible, and friendly way, then don't even bother to try and say anything.
- If you are found harassing a Staff Member, YOU WILL BE SUSPENDED.
- If one of the other Administrators tell you to stop something, but you continue to do it anyway, your warning level will be raised (depending on the frequency of your continuance to do so, you may also be suspended). Further, don't make excuses saying, "Oh I didn't know that you said that to me, I must not have been paying attention." because there's a whole rule up above if you read it about not skipping or ignoring other people's posts. If it's about a PM you missed, there is a feature under references in your inbox that you can select so that you get a notice every time you receive a PM.
15. PLEASE DON'T STRETCH OUT THE SCREEN
- If you can avoid it, don't use pictures for your characters, post pictures, or have signatures that stretch out the screen on desktop computers (i.e., no bigger than 600 pixels wide)
[/li][li]Do NOT use wallpapers for signatures. This majorly stretches out the screen. If you like something on a wallpaper and want to use it, then cut a part of it that you like most and use that. However this only applies if it does not go against rule six (see above).
[/li][li]For signatures, please keep the images in the signatures within 500 pixels wide and 350 pixels tall (this applies to individual signatures or pictures; when it comes to stacking multiple pictures on top of one another there is no limit for the amount of pictures you post or use in profiles, but for signatures try to keep it within 600 pixels tall if you can). If you remain within those boundaries or at those boundaries you can be assured that you most likely will not stretch out the computer screen.
[/li][li]If you don't want to take the time to resize the picture, or if you don’t want to resize it because you want to keep the picture quality, then post it as a link instead so people can click on it and see the picture without it stretching the board. However URL links can stretch out pages, too, so please use the hyperlink feature. Use the following code to do so:
[url=URL OF PICTURE]insert words like “CLICK HERE” or “PICTURE”[/url]
[/li][/ul]To prove that you've read the roleplaying rules, put one of the following quotes at the end of your character’s profile:
Hero: "Titans, go!”
Villain: “Go forth and conquer.”
Neutral: “There is good and there is evil, but the line between them can be almost impossible to find.”
If you think there’s a rule missing, PM an Administrator about it.[/size]