Post by Jeopardy on Dec 6, 2011 19:35:30 GMT -6
( RULES )
OUT OF CHARACTER
RESPECT
Please always keep the golden rule in mind when you are on this site. I do not want anyone to feel unwelcome or disrespected while they are on C&C. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and even if you don't agree, let it be. Also remember - what happens in character stays in character. Don't be bringing character conflicts and making them member conflicts.
SWEARING
I do not want to see anyone swearing out of character. I myself am not a big believer in swear words and I don't understand why people need to use them in the boards or in the cbox - I find them a huge sign of disrespect. So please refrain from using them (specifically the S, F, and D words).
CHAT SPEAK
Not allowed anywhere on the site besides the cbox. There is no reason for it and it just does not look right. When you are in the boards, you shouldn't have any need for any chat speak.
STAFF
Staff are here to serve you, the members. I am not one of those admins that like it when the staff have a hand in everything and I don't even believe in having a lot of staff per member ratio. More often than not, the staff here will be just like normal members, except when we need to keep the peace or enforce something...so please give us the respect we need when we need it.
STAY ACTIVE
Try your best to stay as active as you can. Sites die when their members from the beginning can't stay around and RP. Not only that, but if you are in threads with others and suddenly your activity drops, it stalls their ability to RP and in some ways it is a show of disrespect. But I know things come up, so if you know you are going to be inactive for any amount of time, please let us know in the departures board.
COMMON SENSE
I know there are some of us that lack some common sense (myself included) but there are some things that are just known no matter how little of it you have. Just because something isn't listed in the rules anywhere doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Example: Don't steal anything. It's not right and would go against the rule for respect.ACCOUNTS & CHARACTERS
ACCOUNT PER CHARACTER
This is an account per character site meaning for every character you make, you need to create a new account.
NAMING
Truslinia felines must have a first and last name. Please take a look at Family Names in the main board for which family names (last names) you are allowed to use. You can also create your own family name if you so choose, but you must create it and get it accepted before your character is accepted. House felines simple have and "of" between their first name and the House name (Adrastos of Raliette). Also, this is not a Warriors site, so please try to avoid any Warrior-like names (Bluefur) - be creative!
IMAGES
Please do not stretch the board with images. Avatars should be 150x250 and signatures should be no bigger than 500x300.
NUMBER OF CHARACTERS
You are allowed as many characters as you feel like you can jeep up with. Please just make sure that you are RPing with them all and that they all are staying active.
ACCEPTED BEFORE ROLE-PLAYING
Before you can RP with a character, that character must be accepted by a staff member.IN CHARACTER
SWEARING, GOD-MODDING, POWER-PLAYING
You are allowed to swear in character, but please keep it to a respectable amount. I don't want to see felines who swear every time they open their mouths. If you abuse this privilege, I can and will take it away. However there is absolutely NO god-modding or power-playing on the site.
WORD COUNT & GRAMMAR
C&C is an advanced RP and requires proper English grammar and spelling (please use spell check located below the type screen if you don't have one built into your browser) and the word count is 350 words per in character post.
THIRD PERSON AND PAST TENSE
All posts on C&C are required to be written in third person and in past tense. This is just to help keep things uniformed around the site and to help threads to stay easy to read. However, you can write in first person in your bios and even in your character trackers...only RP threads actually need to follow this rule.
FIGHTING
Fights in character will happen...probably more often than not. This is Truslinia after all! However, I will not moderate those fights and there are no rules governing fighting. I respect the right of members to do what they want with fights and to figure out everything with one-another. Please don't take advantage of this freedom.
BREEDING AND MATING
There are no real rules for mating or breeding...just keep everything PG-13 please and do the whole fade-to-black idea when mating or birthing. Force-breeding (raping) is allowed on C&C, but again, keep it PG-13.
SEASONS FOR BREEDING AND MATING
There are no seasons for either of them...I never understood breeding or mating seasons for felines and especially here in Truslinia that would be highly unreal. Just keep in that you need to have two threads or fifteen posts per character with the two felines together before you can have kits.LIKES AND DISLIKES SYSTEM
GENERAL
As you might have noticed, there is a like/dislike system in place similar to what you see on Facebook. This is not a way to bully others, but rather to give your opinion on in character posts. You can "like" or "dislike" posts to say whether or not you think the writing or the events hat take place in the post are good or bad. This is to be used as a way to critique. If members take advantage of it, the system will be removed.
LIKING
Try not to go crazy with liking posts. Do not like every single post you ever read just as a way to boost fellow member's self-esteem. Try only to like the posts that really jump out at you. Posts where the writer's talent seems to have taken jump for the better or where the events/plot took you off guard.
DISLIKING
If you dislike a post, please please please please, do so carefully. If the writer asks you (hopefully through PM) why you disliked the post, do not just say, "because it was dumb." Give an explanation as to why you didn't like their writing in that post or the way their character acted. Please, try to be considerate when disliking and members who see their post disliked, please don't try to make a fight out of it.
Any questions, feel free to PM me! =]