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Forum Rules
Topic Started: May 18 2011, 01:28 AM (212 Views)
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In this you will find a comprehensive guide on the various rules and systems that make up what we know as Megaman: Beyond. Located below is a table of contents on what you can find in these rules:

  • General Board Rules
  • Character Information
  • Battle System
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Basic Rules

Section I.I
General Forum Rules
 
This is a list of some of the most general rules of the forum, they are listed in no particular order but know that some carry heavier punishment than others:
  • STAFF IS LAW: This board is governed and ran by the staff and the rules/systems they design. That makes their rulings final and should be followed to the best of directions. The hierarchy of staff goes as the following Member < Forum Moderator < Global Moderator < Head Moderator < Admin < Head Admin. With that, rulings can be overturned by higher staff or by an overwhelming amount of support by staff.
  • Flaming is banned: Flaming is known as an online argument where the content becomes very nasty and is aimed toward a specific person or group of people. Harassing and tormenting members is also considered flaming. If you are a victim please save a log of the Flaming and contact a staff member.
  • Language/PG13: Please refrain from the use of excessively vulgar language on the site. Mature themes are also frowned upon, such as drugs, explicit sex scenes, ect. Please remember that there may be some younger members on this site and we want to respect them.
  • Spamming is banned: Spamming is an unnecessary amount of posts that seem to be completely unrelated to the topic at hand. No matter where the posts are they are banned, as nobody wants to have to clean up the spam or deal with it.
  • Don't argue in public: If you and someone else are having an argument please respect that others may not want to hear it or be dragged into it. With that said please find a more personal way of dealing with the dispute such as keeping it between Personal Messages or an instant messager.
  • Grammar: On this board we respect the varying levels of education or the language barriers of other countries but we expect an average level of literacy. Please use proper grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation when Roleplaying. We want it so all people have a common understanding of what is happening while Rping. With that being said there is a three sentence rule when posting in a Roleplay.
  • People have Lives: This forum has a diverse group of members that come from different places and have different lives. Therefore please be respectful of said lives and know that it may take some people a longer time to reply to your post. Please remember everyone is not like you either, be respectful of religion, culture, customs, ect...
  • Backseat Moderation: Backseat moderation is frowned upon greatly. To backseat mod is to act in place of the staff and assume a position of power when you are not entitled to it. Telling the staff what to do also falls under this category. This also goes along with the hierarchy of staff where each staff member should know their place.
  • Only One Account: Each member of this site can only have one and only one account. Enough said. Administrators will easily be able to catch you if you have multiple accounts, so BEWARE.
  • Unwritten Rules: Every place has unwritten, common sense rules. They are not written out because there is a certain level of expectations and most should know common sense. Such as cheating, money fraud, ect. Its hard to follow something you don't know of, but please act with common sense and courtesy.

Section I.II
Punishments for Violations
 
There are many rules to be broken and there are punishments that come along with them. Below is how we will deal with violations to our rules:

  • Verbal Warning: This is the lowest form of punishment. It can be anything from a slap on the wrist to increasing your warn level. Offenses that will garner a listing of a minor offense include small violation of the above rules. If you offend someone unintentionally we aren't going to ban you for a week, you will only receive a slap on the wrist or in some cases a raise in warn level. Because we are not nazi strict on these doesn't mean you should keep doing it as they will add up.
  • Post Moderation: This is in response to several minor to a moderately serious offense. This is a probation of sorts where if placed under post moderation your posts have to be approved by a moderator before they actually appear on the site. This punishment has varying lengths depending on the severity of the offense.
  • Temporary Ban: This is for a failure to follow rules multiple times. A temporary ban can last from three to seven days depending on the severity of the offense. Simple enough, you cannot post or anything if you are banned and it is a time-out type of punishment.
  • Permanent Ban/Account Deletion: This is only in the most severe of cases. As it is stated we will either IP address ban you from the site, blocking your access to it or even delete your account. This is a serious offense such as continued godmodding, intense flaming, repeated major violations, ect... We hope this does not have to happen.
Note: Some staff members may act out of bias and give a higher punishment to someone who they do not like. SO with that being said if you feel that you have been treated unfairly please contact any member of the staff and inform them so that they can review your case.

Section I.III
Roleplaying Rules
 
Below are some of the basic guidelines and rules about roleplaying with other members:

Basic Roleplaying:
Roleplaying is a literary exchange between oneself or between multiple people. Roleplaying is done through a third-party device, such as the characters you make here. When roleplaying you can act out different types of personalities and dreams.

Now that you know some about what actual roleplaying is we can move on to what to do. There are many different types of roleplaying that you will see on this forum and any of them really work. We're sure you'll develop your own sense of roleplaying soon enough. Here is one basic guideline, when roleplaying in any of the In-Context areas, please make sure you separate you In-Context or IC content of a post from your Out-of-Context or OOC section. If you are asking a question to your roleplay partner include the tag OOC: the put your question, and put the tag IC: to RP again.

If you would like to have a private RP with a person or group of people simply put Private: in your title or indicate at the top of your post that you would like this to be a private topic.

Godmodding:
Godmodding is a serious offense that is punishable by a ban. Godmodding is when you control another person's character without permission and making your character become god-like. This would be considered manipulating their actions and/or imposing your will by making your actions successful without giving them a chance to reply. Here is an example of godmodding:
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Harry easily evades Matthew's attack and then crushes Matthew to the ground with a debilitating hit.
As you can see, the player "easily" evaded the attack without providing an adequate explanation and then proceeded to land a hit on his opponent without their consent.

There are also other actions that fit into this category which include but are not solely limited to the following:
  • Dodging anything and everything that comes your way. No character has god-like reflexes and they certainty cannot teleport without help, therefore you are not able to dodge everything. When evading attacks you must provide a viable description.
  • Giving your character supernatural and additional abilities. If you have a heavy and slow character, you can't just make it so he can jump over skyscrapers. This also includes' hidden weapons or abilities that are outside of your approved weapons and abilities. Such as pulling a concealed blade out of your back pocket and attacking an enemy with it is a no-no.
  • Controlling elements. Your character is not a god, they cannot darken the sky and cause a hurricane. With that said, there are certain circumstances where you can "set" the environment, such as saying that it started raining heavily or you left the building and was bombarded by heavy snow. That is acceptable, but when your character can "change the weather" at will is where godmodding comes in.
  • Everyone stumbles a bit after taking a hit, its natural. SO when it comes to getting hit by an enemy attack your character most likely will "flinch". Saying your character shrugged off the attack or wasn't phased is not acceptable. The only circumstance is if your Armor's program is like that of "Superarmor" where you can negate flinching or something related to that.
  • Remember those are not the only circumstances and there are more acts of godmodding.

Metagamming:
Metagamming is another serious offense that cannot be taken lightly. This is the application of outside knowledge to a Roleplay. Such as drawing information about someone's character from their profile and using it the first time you meet them.

For an example, if you have watched over how a specific member battles and know their battling style, you cannot use that in a battle with them unless you have actually fought them. "I knew you were going to do that move and I came prepared." is a statement that would fall under metagamming. You are strictly prohibited from using knowledge on other's playing styles from OOC observation in a battle against said person.

Although, there is a circumstance where you can use knowledge about a certain person. This is if you have an "ally" that has met or fought a specific person and they pass on their knowledge IC to your character. An example would be a Global Control Operative briefing another member on how to stop a specific criminal and how this said criminal acts. This hypothetical GCO must have fought and met the criminal in question multiple times.

Metagamming is serious and the staff will take action if it is found.

Your Character:
Every member is limited to one IC main character that they RP, battle, and collect money with. That said character is only allowed to be in ONE place at a time. Your character cannot be committing a crime in one place and shaking the hand of a fellow criminal in another place at the same time. You must wait until one topic is done before moving to another.

In certain circumstances such as a very important Site-wide Plot, the staff may grant anyone wanting to participate a Free Roleplaying slot in which that player may participate in the plot, while Roleplaying outside of the plot at the exact same time. Just because there is a sitewide plot, do not assume a free RP slot unless stated explicitly.

Posting during RP:
Please know that some people have things to deal with in their lives and they may not be on here 24/7 to reply to a RP you are having with them. That means that you should be courteous about your RP and wait for them to post. Please keep in order as not to uninclude people. This does not prevent you from moving on without people, but just remember other people have lives as well.

Classifying Your Topics:
When creating new topics please let people know what it is. This is done by labeling what you are doing either in the Topic title, description, or at the top or within your post. Some of the common classifications include:
  • Private: For a private RP with someone
  • Crime: Includes any criminal-like activity
  • Patrol: For GCO and any do-gooder
  • Restoration: For anyone who wants to repair an area
  • Any topic without these will be considered an open free-for-all to join in on
The specifics of the crimes, patrols, restorations...will be explained in detail later on.
Edited by Acora, May 19 2011, 12:33 PM.
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