Post by kari on Mar 13, 2012 1:13:41 GMT -5
GENERAL rules
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RESPECT - One of the key aspects to any successful site is for everyone to follow a little something called respect. Respect, that is, for the forum itself as a whole, meaning; it's rules, its staff, its foundations and the members. Failure to uphold a certain amount of respect for these things shall not be tolerated. Falling into this category rule of respect is to not discriminate a person because of their gender, their race, their culture, their religion, their beliefs, their intelligence, their sexual orientation, and so forth. Of course, we all know as mature people that there are times when this behavior is used in a joking matter and the like; we understand that, we accept that, and it isn't frowned upon so long as you don't overstep the boundaries of this type of joking to an extent where you are going to offend people.
THEFT - One of the most disheartening things for anyone - site creator, graphic designer, an everyday role player - is when someone steals your ideas, your images, and your characters. We take thievery, however little or big it is, very seriously. So don't bring your stolen material to this site. Don't copy off of it's ideas, the characters on it, the layout.
WARNINGS & BANS - When the time comes that someone has broken the rules or disobeyed a direct order/advisement of a staff member, or in cases where it is seen fit to, action will be taken. The severity of the action taken will be dependent on exactly what you have done. Instant bans will be given to people to have seriously broken the rules, for however long or if it is permanent depends on the exact severity of the offense. Repeat offenders of this nature shall be permanently banned if they do it again.
ACTIVITY - While we're not going to ask you to be on every waking minute of the day, we do ask that you not join the forum and never do anything after that with the account. We don't want that sort of clutter. After making an account, please do your best to get a character up and following that, contribute to the community.
GSP - Grammar. Spelling. Punctuation. Love these words, know these words, eat these words. Keep them in mind constantly and do not stray far from them. We all make mistakes here and there, we know that. But don't be making them constantly. Microsoft Word (or Open Office, google it) are your friends.
FACECLAIM - Stick to the faceclaim you chose for your character (which was approved), and do not use another faceclaim for the images in your signature. All faceclaim images must be of the animanga variety. no exceptions.
SIZE LIMITS – Please ensure any images you use on the site are no wider than 500 pixels. There is no limit on height for general use of graphics around the site, however don’t go overboard with it in your signatures.
CODING & FORMATTING - Generally, these days, we’re all UBBC/coding for posts friendly, right? Right. Everyone’s using it. It makes our posts look pretty. And pretty posts are all the rage. However, sometimes people abuse the coding and formatting of their posts. And this is where we step in to tell you lot about what not to do when you’re copying and pasting, and clicking on the blockquote button. Firstly, never center align your whole post. Header concoctions and all are fine to be centered, hell; sometimes people might even center speech in the post. But aligning the whole post in the center? That goes in the ‘do not’ section. As for colorizing, it’s not recommended, but it’s moderately allowed. Just make sure that you don’t blend anything into the forum skin, or use colours that are going to blind people. Fluro limegreen is a sexy colour, sure, but it’d just be complete murder if you used it for the whole post. Bolding should just be used for speech in a post, or the header concoctions. Italicizing should be for dream sequences and thoughts.
CHARACTER rules
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ONE CHARACTER - Per account. Yes I know this is a pain in the ass, but it keeps the board nice and organized and it doesn't confuse others regarding who plays who, who owns which pokemon, etc. So please, don't try and argue your way out of this. There are boards where you can link all the accounts, characters, and pokemon you own to keep things nice, simple and organized. HOWEVER...UNLIMITED - We are allowing members to make unlimited number of accounts. This doesn't mean that you can make ten accounts, and only have one active. Only make an account if you actually have a desire to keep it active in roleplay. Once we see inactivity in the members multiple accounts, we will put a on a limit. But for now, enjoy.
THIRD PERSON - Just to clear the air, all roleplay posts will be posted in third person. No, you cannot use first or second person. For all those who are confused with what third person is, it requires one to use "he, she, it, they," instead of "I, we, you, etc."
POKEMON rules
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NON CANON - Cosmic Love is strictly non canon. If we see you trying to sublty copy a legit canon in the pokemon series, then it will be automatically declined. We're trying to encourage members to use their own imaginations and be creative. We don't expect that much from you anyways application wise, so why try and copy a canon? No point!
BANNED POKEMON - All legendary pokemon have been banned globally. Don't try and argue this, it's not going to change. There is perhaps, chance that you'd run into a legendary - which is very slim might I add - but you're in no way allowed to catch one. If you wish to keep updated with what pokemon are and are not allowed, then please refer to the POKEMON 101 thread located in this board.