Post by Carr on May 3, 2013 4:57:47 GMT -5
The Rules
- The Golden Rule, obviously; treat everyone with respect, regardless of personal feelings. If an admin receives complaints of behaviour or simply deem the conduct inappropriate in whatever form, a warning will be issued. If a second warning is issued due to the first being ignored or ‘forgotten’, proper punishment will be dealt, which may included being banned from where the disrespectful behavior is taking place (either chatango box or the forum itself. If its the latter, then the offender in question will be removed from the site entirely). It's not that hard to treat your fellow players with kindness and respect; two admin-issued warnings and you’re out. If you have This isn't baseball.
- You can choose to opt out of posting if you want to be a cbox-only member. Otherwise, people can thread and join the chatbox as much as they wish. You will have the option to notify the admins of what you prefer to do with your character on the app.
- While there is no set age limit, we do prefer our members to be at least 16. No matter the age, though, our members need to have the capability of being mature when it's needed.
- Follow the TOS to the best of your abilities. We don’t want to be shut down, so try your best, everyone. We aren't saying to be goody-goodies and play on a straight line. We’re saying, use common sense, read all of you aren't grade-school kids, are you?
- Where would we be without the grand structure? “Go help your Uncle Jack off his horse,” is quite different from “Go help your uncle jack off his horse”. Spell check is your friend. No chat speak. Things like afk, or brb in the chatbox are okay. But none of it in the forum. This is a literate roleplay site, eh.
- We won't ask for a novel, but we want at least 200-250 words per post on the forum, unless its a thread-game or the rules here something of the like. There is no word limit on the cbox, of course.
- Banners must be no larger than 250 for height and 500 in length. There is to be no inappropriate content in icons and banners.
- Only one character until you get TEN posts or SEVEN days of RPing in the cbox that is recorded in your "tracker". Your max is three, Administrators and moderators reserve the right to play four. However, we reserve the right to play “favorites.” If we know you, and we know you can hold up your end of the bargain, we may allow you to take up your second before getting ten post/seven day count, or in rarer cases, a third. If we don’t know your skill, and you wish to take up a second before getting to the mark, tell us what ask us nicely and give us a reason why we should allow it.
- No Powerplaying, godmodding, ect.
- For characters, no nyotalia until its the original is taken (there are exceptions). If you want Female England, you must wait until Male England is taken. However, keep in mind: If you are apping for a Nyotalia character, they do NOT have the same personality as the original. You are expected to make them different in more than gender. Be creative, but be reasonable. Since it is still Hetalia, make try to reflect the country’s culture and at least a few of its stereotypes, thank you. Nyotalia applications the last four will be graded a bit harder than the Canons for this purpose, as will OCs.
- OCs are allowed, but please deliver unto staff, an icon to be used in the character list; that is all that’s asked aside from what is mentioned above.
- Canon relationships; such as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine as siblings; may be altered to suite lines of the the players needs, so long as they all agree with something. They cannot be removed entirely, however. For example, instead of England and Scotland being siblings, they may be cousins.
- Along similar lines to the previous rule, RPers are not allowed to play each others' siblings/relations. As an example, a single roleplayer cannot play both North Italy and South Italy, or Prussia and Germany. Nor can a roleplayer play both Britannia and England, or Ancient Egypt and Egypt. This is to keep roleplayers from monopolizing their inter-character relations.
- Activity for the threading members; please try for one post a week if last song you possible. Unless on hiatus or have a near fatal case of writer’s block, the only exception is if you are waiting for other’s to reply to you. If it is not a hiatus, please warn the Admins or Mods if you are having difficulties with your posts.
- Activity for the chatbox-only members; Pop in once a week at the very least, please. listened to If you are going to be gone longer than that, please notify the forum of the hiatus either on the board or a message to the admins.
- CBOX IS CANON. Yes, that's right.
- When choosing an animal for your spirit form, there are a few guidelines that we would like people to follow, having seen certain trends. Please, when choosing an animal, stick to the region your character represents--For instance, since North Italy is Italian with Germanic blood as stated canonly, it is fine for a North Italy RPer to choose an animal native to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, or Italy. At the very least, attempt to stick to your own continent--Europeans shouldn't be choosing animals from Far East Asia /unless/ there is a history of those animals in the character's lands. For instance, lions and tigers were common in the Roman Empire during Roman times, so an Ancient Rome RPer may choose either of their species if they so choose. Animals that are very common within a continent, or domesticated animals such as cows, cats, dogs, and the like, are available for any country to choose.
Of course, if you believe you have a logical reason for your choice, feel free to talk to one of the Admins and we will decide whether it's alright or not!