Post by Vash the Stampede on Oct 12, 2009 22:19:56 GMT -8
These are the rules and guidelines for Smoking Gun! Please follow them and if you have any questions feel free to contact a member of the staff!
REGISTRATION/ACCOUNT
► After registering, please be sure to change your display name to the name of the character you will be playing on the site. You can do this by clicking on profile, modify profile, and it will be the fourth field down. Please do not keep something random as your username. It will be changed by the staff if it has not been changed after you posted your character application.
► You may have one account for multiple characters. But only the limit of two characters on one account is allowed! The name of these other characters must be somehow included either in your display name or signature to prevent confusion. A better alternative is to make a separate account, but it is not necessary.
GENERAL
► First and foremost no excessive swearing, we don't need your character cussing left and right. Sure, you can curse in a thread, just try not to make it every other word!
► Secondly NO bashing on other members because of opinions, ideas, race, gender, sexuality, religion, or anything else that can be brought up. Not abiding by this rule is a serious offense and will warrant an account time-out or a ban. Do NOT discriminate.
► Absolutely and positively NO BITING THE NEWBIES. This includes, insulting, harassing and making biased reviews on applications. Constructive criticism is allowed by staff members only. We want to create a friendly atmosphere on the site, so please don’t scare away the new people.
► Keep all NC-17 related things under the mature board. If you want the password, we will gladly send it to you via Private Message; remember not to abuse the privilege of having the board. Posts that become too hot and heavy will automatically be transferred to the mature board, meaning you will probably need the password anyway. However, if you do not want to see anything in the forum past PG-13, then do not, I repeat, do not, ask for the password. You and your partner can continue the RP through some form of instant messaging program.
► Absolutely, positively, NO SPAM. If you happen to post a thread which does belong somewhere else on the forum, it will be moved by a member of the staff. It is recommended that new members get to know where things are on the forum. Get comfortable! And if there are ever any questions, the staff will be more than willing to answer them!
► No harassment. If you believe that you are being harassed, you are to report it to one of the administrators, who will look into the issue. You may play with people, and tease them, but do not go overboard in doing this. Teasing almost crosses the fine lines of harassment and disrespect, so be sure that you know the person.
ROLEPLAY
► No spamming in RP threads, we aim for IC threads that are not cluttered by OOC (Out Of Character or Out Of Context) thoughts. If there must be an OOC post or comment, make sure to use the following symbols ((YOUR TEXT HERE)) or [YOUR TEXT HERE], or at the very least indicate that it is OOC to prevent confusion.
► Regarding post-length—Smoking Gun is a place to have fun, but we also believe in developing characters and stories. Thus, we aim for three good sized paragraphs per post. This is very important. A paragraph will be considered anything in the range of 5-7 good, clean sentences.
► When in fights, there is to be absolutely no god modding, meta gaming etc. The definitions and examples of these two things are listed below:
"God Modding" is in essence when someone’s character has the ability to do practically anything without limits or boundaries. And example is when they simply cannot be harmed by any and all means other RP-ers try.
- It can be when they simply can’t be hit and dodge all attacks or anything for this matter aimed at them.
- It can also be using other characters that other people RP with. In other words, you cannot control another character's thoughts or movements without the player's permission.
Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. In other words, sometimes using out-of-game information, or resources, to affect one's in-game decisions.
Look at it this way. This is the world of Trigun. Sure, some characters are powerful or good at their trade. Some even have borderline-paranormal abilities. However, try not to get a big head and lead a fight to a stalemate because both characters "cannot be hurt". That's just silly and unrealistic.
► You cannot kill another character without the player's prompt permission.
► You must have an accepted application before you start RPing in threads. All threads that are posted prematurely will be deleted.
► Proper grammar and punctuation are to be followed, because that is common sense. Spell check is your friend!
► No 1337 speech. Save chat talk for MSN, AIM, etc. We do not want it in RP posts. You will have to correct it yourself.
CHARACTER
► You are not allowed in any circumstances to ever have a character that is godlike. Meaning your character can not dodge every attack thrown at them or kill in one move.
► Please NO Mary-Sues or Gary Stus.
► The Character limit is as follows:
Allowed Canon: 1
Allowed Customs: 3
When you first apply, you are allowed only one original character. Other custom characters will be open to you after you have been involved in roleplays with other members. As of now, after you have been involved in three threads and developed your original character, you may make another. This same rule applies for the third. After the third, you must pay for further OCs with the site currency, which is only accumulated from RP posts. The cost of a fourth custom character is 5,000 bones, and after that you will not be allowed any more.
You may only claim one canon character unless other circumstances arise.
► When completing your character application, do not bash other races, sexualities, genders, etc. in your character’s likes and dislikes section. This section is supposed to be for creativity; give your character some depth! If it does happen that this rule is not followed, it will lead to the complete deletion of that character’s profile.
GRAPHICS
► No Pornographic or extremely offensive material is allowed in your signature, your avatar or your custom title.
► Your signature should NEVER be one giant image, and the staff will ask that it be changed if it stretches the page.
► There are many members that happily create graphics for your characters. Be sure to give them the appropriate credit in your signature. Do not try to pass it off as your own.
CBOX
► NO disrespect for other members in Cbox. Cbox is for fun banter between members and for new people to drop in and say hi.
► Keep arguments in PM and out of Cbox.
► NO advertising for a site in Cbox.