Rules

[Head of Administration]

GENERAL RULES

1:: RESPECT. Be nice. I don't want any OCC harassment, bullying, insulting, ect. Everyone is open to their own opinion. Be grown-up on here. We're all here to have fun and enjoy ourselves. If you have a problem with someone, take it to PMs.

2:: REGISTERING. When registering, please register as the FIRST and LAST name of your character. No screen names, nicknames, and so on.

3:: PLAY BYS. Play-bys must be real life people, not drawings or computer generated. Anime PB"s are not allowed either, sorry. Once your character is accepted, please post in the face claim to make sure no one else can take your play-by. I'm not going to be hard about using people from Deviantart, emo kids, goth kids, ect. because there are people like that in the real world. Before registering your character, please make sure the PB you want is not already taken to avoid any mess.

3.5:: APPLICATIONS. You MUST wait three days after being accepted and have at least 5 in character RP posts with all of your other characters to begin working on your next character. We want to make sure that you're here to stay and that you can handle your first one before you get wrapped and tied in with another. You get three chances to fix and spruce up your application. Which means that we'll look at it three times and tell you what we think and let you fix it before we don't accept you. Just think everything through and read the accepted applications and it won't happen!

4:: SIGNATURES. Signatures must not exceed 275 in height and 500 in length, and avatars can not be larger than 100 in height and 100 in length. if your images exceed this limit, you will be asked to change it. As well, keep all signatures appropriate in what you use. No topless/naked women, and men can not be naked below the waist.

5:: YOU MUST BE THIRTEEN TO REGISTER! If you are below thirteen years of age, sorry, you cannot join. This is not our rule, but rather, this is the rule of proboards and part of the “Terms of Service.” If you are under thirteen, we, the administration and site in total, can get into some severe trouble. Please abide by this rule!

6:: NO OOC POSTING IN IC POSTS Sure, if you have to go and want to let someone know you are leaving, tell them SHORTLY in the post by saying at the beginning or the end, "OOC.....". There is an OOC board for you to use to talk OOC. If there is a MUST for posting OOC in IC topics, you must make it noticeable that it is OOC. Ways of doing this are brackets, double parenthesis, or other ways that make it obvious.

7:: DO NOT STEAL THE SITE WORK! The work on this site is copyright to the members, being that their work is their work and not yours. If you wish to possibly use something on the site, please ask for administration permission and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

8:: HAVE FUN! This is the most important thing. Please make sure that you have fun and enjoy yourself. There are rules for a reason, but we want you to have plenty of fun so that we can have a nice enjoyable RP environment.

IN-CHARACTER RULES

1:: The minimum requirement for posts is 300 words AT THE ABSOLUTELY MINIMUM. That's an easy three or four paragraphs, so I hope to see everyone able to make that. I understand that muse is evil sometimes, but everyone is only allowed two warnings before further consequences. The only time this rule is reduced to 250 words as a minimum is in classes. This is only to bump up attendance and because classes are sometimes hard to RP in. However, if you go 300 it is much[/u] preferred so please do so if you can.

2:: All posts must be in third person. Such as: he walked down the street and sighed. Not: I walked down the street and sighed. I don't care if your character bio's are in first person, but all posts must be in third.

3:: No Godmodding or Powerplaying. If in a fight scene, you may not control another character besides your own. There are powerful characters, yes, but there are no gods.

4:: Cussing....I don't want the f-bomb every other word.

5:: Please strive to use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The cleaner and better your post is the more fun and easy it is on the replier.

6:: If you do not have a specific format for your RP posts then it is suggested that you, at minimum, post 2 icons at the top of your posts. It makes it nice and neat and is much appreciated. Any questions about this should be directed to Head of Administration The codeword is: lavaishot

7:: We expect that you make at least two in character RP posts per month (per member, not per character). This means two posts in the RP boards as your character. It does not mean IC games. This is to keep the site active and ensure all members keep up with their threads. We understand that muses are not always cooperative and we may give exceptions under certain circumstances if they are brought to our attention either through the absences board or a PM to an admin account.

(You understand all this? These can change at any time and when it does you are expected to follow the new and/or improved rules.)

[Head of Administration]

CBOX RULES (OOC and IC)

These rules definitely need to be in tact for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, anyone who breaks the rules (depending on which one) will be banned from the cbox. That would really suck and I would REALLY hate to do that so please don’t make me, but it may have to happen. Just keep in mind that you are in control of your own actions.

Before I start with the rules, please keep in mind that the cbox is seen by everyone. This includes guests. When a guest comes on to the site to see how friendly the community is, most look to see how the cbox looks. If it’s full of profainity and members fighting, GOOD LUCK with them joining. We want to encourage our guests to join and make them as at home as possible. With the cbox, we have a lot of affect on them, more so than we think.

So here are the rules:

Respect:[/u] Please respect the members and guests in the cbox. No one deserves to be bullied, harassed, or discriminated against in there nor do they need to be called colourful names. Any of the above will be a clear ban from the cbox.

Profanity:[/u] I know we are older (for the most part) but not everyone will be. We are still PG-13 and there should be NO talk about sex toys, or drug use etc. Any of that is completely inappropriate.

Bullying:[/u] This kind of relates back to the first rule but bullying is a huge deal. Any sort of bullying or threats that occur will be an automatic ban from the cbox. And once your banned there will be no way of coming back so please keep that in mind before you start something you may regret afterwards.

Boredom:[/u] A lot of you guys do this but please stay away from saying ”I’m bored” in the cbox. Great, you’re bored, but when guests see that they think “Wow, this must be a really boring site so I’m just going to leave.” Again, we don’t want that happening and therefore, this needs to become a rule. It also kind of sucks for the people that are RPing with you, or the people that created and work on the site you know?

Advertising:[/u] Not many of you do this, but please don’t post links to your sites in the cbox. In your name is fine, but not as a link.

Character Shots:[/u] Characters are made by the minds of the creative. Please do not butcher those that are making a character by giving them negative criticism about it. There's constructive and positive, but never negative.

Plots: Please do not work out major plots through the ICC. The IC chat is meant to go alongside RP threads, not instead of them It is meant to be for the characters to interact casually. Though Drama will occur, please keep it small. Plots that affect your character significantly need to be done through a thread and not in the ICC.

Unaccepted Characters: Characters without an application posted are not allowed into the ICC. Characters with a ‘WIP’ application are allowed in so long as consistent updates are made on their application. This means the application must be updated at least every week. The update must be significant, a decent addition to at least one section. An extra sentence or two will not be accepted.

IC respect:The site has a school setting, this means that Professors should carry some authority and deserve respect. Though I realize you are acting in character, and some characters may not respect professors, I would still like professors treated with the respect they deserve, If a professor is treated badly in the ICC the person that plays them may send a PM to the main admin account asking for the Character that mis-treated them to be temporarily banned from the ICC. This means that if a character is abusive to a professor, doesn’t listen to them, etc, then they will receive a temporary ICC ban. All members have the right to report a character acting inappropriately in the ICC by sending a pm to the main admin account, even if that character is a professor. If you do this please give a reason and paste the relevant conversation in your message, this is so we can know exactly what happened.

Complaints: If you have any complaints about how a character is acting in the ICC Do not post about it in the OOC C-box. Please either PM the member the character belongs to or PM an admin if you believe the issue to be serious. Please be aware that people are acting in-character and their character’s views are not necessarily their own. That said, if someone is insulted by something your character has said, please be mature about it, try to talk it out rationally, an apology doesn’t hurt. If you complain in the c-box you will be warned to take it elsewhere.


Guys, the cbox is a privilege. Abusing it will not be tolerated any longer on the site. Depending on which rule your break or what happens, it will result in a ban from the cbox which would really suck. Please try your best to stay away from being that person because once your banned from the cbox there is no coming back. Sorry.