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Topic Started: Dec 30 2010, 08:24 PM (177 Views)
Mariane Quicompoix
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Everything Sounds Better In French: Official Rules and Regulations

We'll make this as painless as possible.

First of all, by joining, you agree that you have read these rules and will follow them.

But just so you know, if you don't follow them, we'll send Bellatrix, Tom Riddle, Fenrir Greyback and a dozen Inferi after you. Not to mention Neville's gran.

Mmkay? Good.







CHARACTERS
Limits? There are no limits here. We welcome character whores (I myself am a recovering whore.) We only ask that you only create what you can handle. Able to handle only 3? That’s cool. Create three. Able to handle 10? More power to you. Create 10. If we find that characters start to slip, we will delete them. Also, no hogging the cannons. A general rule of thumb, for every cannon, you should have an original.

Also, since most people seem to like playing girls, we ask that for every two girls you play, create a guy.

ACTIVITY
We will have monthly activity checks. We recommend that you get on at least once a week. That shouldn’t be too hard to manage. If you are going to be MIA for a while, make sure you make a note in the Hiatus thread. And when you get back, make a reply in there so we know we can delete it.

Keep ALL RP’s active. There’s nothing we hate more than having to wait a week to get a response.

No muse? That’s a tired excuse. Just write through it. It will come back.

FACE CLAIMS
Be realistic. Do you think Hogwarts is going to have 15+ Emo/Scene/Over Pierced/Over Tattooed Characters? Probably not. Also, you must use a celeb claim. You CANNOT use pictures of yourself. And you CANNOT use a celeb that you haven’t registered.

Keep true to the cannons. Most likely, any Weasley kid will have red hair. Unless we have twins, then no one should be using the same celeb.

REGISTERING
Register with a real name. That means Abbi Nicole Adams NOT abbinicoleadams or abberz1553. We admins don’t like having to go through and change names. Also, don’t register an original with a cannon’s last name. So Anna Marie Potter? It's a no go.

SIGNATURES AND ICONS
Limit your siggy size to something that doesn't stretch the page.

All Characters must have a signature. Signatures let us see the character we are rping with. Can’t make graphics? There are plenty of places to get graphics. Caution, RPG-U, and we even have our own Signature Request thread.

No porn in the siggy. That should be obvious. We're an all-ages site, here.

Keep animations to a minimum.

--->DON’T STRETCH THE BOARD<---

RATING
This board is rated PG-13. Going to have excessive swearing or lots of physical contact? Put MATURE in the thread title.

Time for a quote:

Quote:
 
"swearing is allowed but don't make it a second language. since Rosetta stone doesn't offer it, I don't consider it a language, kay? "


OOC
No fighting OOC. This WILL result in an instant ban. Drama is for the role-plays.

FLAWLESS CHARACTERS (aka Mary Sue/Gary Stu)
All characters have flaws. No character is impossibly beautiful, all powerful and invincible. NO ONE on here is immortal. We do NOT want a bunch of Mary Sues or Gary Stu’s running around. Be original.

CONTROLLING OTHERS CHARACTERS (God-Moding)
You are NOT allowed to God Mode without the other characters permission. Giving permission? Make sure you post that OOC in the boards. ((God Mode Allowed)) simple right?

God Moding includes saying whether or not a spell will hit.

POSTING
Post at least 10 sentences in an RP. We also follow the Reciprocation rule. I don’t know who said it, but they had the right idea:

Quote:
 
"If someone spends two hours writing a 1700 word response, don't reply with one paragraph with no dialogue. Now this does pose a problem with open threads. The simple answer? Make it medium length. for an open post do something along the lines of 400-600 words. not too long, not to short. Then, if you want to lengthen it or shorten it you have a nice starter. problem solved."


All RP posts must be in third person.

PROBLEMS WITH OTHERS
Having an issue with another player? First, always try to talk to that person. If that doesn’t work, then talk to a mod. Having a problem with a mod? Talk to an admin. Is an admin your problem? Well, that SUCKS for you.

Admins and mods do talk so don’t think you’ll be able to make up crap. If you really having a problem, save all pms and threads. Screenshots are your friend.

ADVERTISING
Ads are allowed but ONLY in specified board--which can be found in the rules. No ads in your siggy please. Feel free to use this and advertise as much as you want. More advertisements ---> More members ---> more people to roleplay with ------> fun.

RESPECT
Everyone deserves respect. I don’t care if you’re Miley Cyrus or Sarah Palin or Tom Green or Brad Pitt. EVERYONE deserves respect. Yes, everyone. Admins, Mods, even newbies. Disrespect the admins? That’s a sure way to get a ticket out of here. Disrespect others? BANNED.

STEALING
No. Don’t do it. Don’t even THINK about doing it. Because we WILL hunt you down. Site content is copyright Katy and Kiki unless otherwise specified. Individual posts are copyright their poster. Graphics, copyright the creator.

SPAM
Big no-no. We have OOC boards for a reason.

DOUBLE POSTING
See that little thing in the top right corner of your post. It’s called an edit button. Use it. You also have the power to delete your own posts.

Double posting does not count if you have more than one character. However, you must log out of one and into the other.

INSTANT BAN
Warnings will NOT be given for any of the following behavior:
-Racism (OOC)
-Sexism (OOC)
-Bigotry
-Disrespect (OOC)
-Threats (OOC)
-Lying To The Admins

STAFF
Don’t argue with Admins. Their decision is final.

CBOX
No advertising in the CBOX. Chat speak is allowed. The rules of respect still apply here.

ADMIN PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR
-Pets (unless they are the general ones, Owls, Rats, Toads, Puffskeins, Cats). Want a pet Grindylow? Or Acromantula? Shoot us an PM, or label it in your character sheet.
-Death
-Serious Injury (Coma, full body casts, etc.)
-Teen Pregnancy
-Abilities (any power we offer and others as we don’t)
-Races (Vampire, Veela)
-Long Lost Siblings
-Plots (We're talking about being on the run from death eaters. Major stuff. If it's just that Britney Lewis likes Bobby Ranes, go for it.

CREDIT
Always. We credit. You should too.

WARNING SYSTEM
We go by the three strikes rule. Except in cases an instant ban is invoked.

LONG LOST SIBLINGS
Admin permission is required. Also, permission from EVERYONE you will be related to. So you want to play Rex Weasley? You’ll need permission from Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Harry, Percy, Molly, Bill, Charlie.. Need I say more?

UNFORGIVABLE CURSES
Yeah. They’re unforgivable here too. Also, only Death Eaters would be using those. No student would. And Imperious curse must be cleared for use by the person you are using it on.

APPARATING
No apparition on Beaubatons Academy grounds except during apparition class.


DETENTIONS
Will be given. Prefects and Head boy/girl are allowed to give them, not to mention Professors. If you get one, you MUST RP it or you will not be allowed to RP on any other board.

A Final Note

We’d like to welcome you to Beaubatons Academy. If you have any questions or concerns about these rules (or anything else about our role-play) please take a look at the FAQ’s section, or send a message to an Administrator.

These rules should be looked at as guidelines. We understand that mistakes happen, and we will never ban a player for simply over-looking a mistake. Just be open to constructive criticism. We understand that nobody’s perfect – not even us!

And remember: have fun! We want everyone to enjoy their time here.

So. You made it through the rules. Congrats!

They look really scary, but it's for YOUR benefit.

--See you on the inside!
Katy and Kiki

CREDIT: SpencerAtwood (soon to be Loony SLASH Kayla SLASH Spencer) of CAUTION 2.0
Edited by Misty Ravenfield, Dec 31 2010, 01:39 PM.
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