Rules of The Forum

by **Jisenki** March 22nd 2008, 5:01 pm

Major Rules

1. Using Unapproved Characters
When
roleplaying, anything you use must be approved separately if it has any
special affects or is otherwise not a pre-made story character.Since
all skills are placed in the same topic then you will only need a
single approval unless told otherwise. If you use unapproved, or
otherwise uncreated abilities, skills, weapons, etc., then you will be
banned and the RP you used it in will be terminated, if the roleplay is
a tournament match, the user of unapproved things will be disqualified
and will be unable to participate in things until further notice.

2. Godmodding
Godmodding
is when you create a character, spell, skill, ability,weapon, creature,
or special transformation(s) that is are too powerful to be allowed in
combat. If these types of things are seen they will be immediately
terminated by moderators, in severe cases, banishment will be enacted.
Godmodding is forbidden completely. This means that you can't have
skills that keep you from being hurt, allow you to have infinite
health, or instantly win.

3. Auto-Hitting
Auto-hitting
is when, during an RP, one character does an action that causes the
targeted character to be put in harms way, harm, or otherwise killed.
As the name states, the person is automatically being hit. This is
strictly prohibited here as it cuts down the quality of roleplaying and
restricts the ability of other characters because one character takes
over another's post. Auto-hitting is part of godmodding. This rule
excludes any teacher, but only in class or class-related situations.
Anything outside of class that is unrelated to class may not be an
auto-hit.

4. Multiple Accounts
Although
I don't really like it, you are allowed to have another account. If you
do make a second account, and you wish to enter a contest or special
event, you are only able to enter a single account.If you try to enter
two accounts into a single competition and is caught, then you will be
immediately disqualified. We ask that you don't make a second account
though, as it reduces the fun of gameplay and may make it harder for
others to obtain certain things.

5 No Spamming!!!
Spamming
is when a user posts many, unuseful or otherwise unnecessary posts over
a short period of time in order to improve post count. This is a form
of cheating. Though you will not be banned immediately, you will
receive a warning. If you really have questions or good reasons to post
places then that's fine,but don't put things like: Great character,
nice, yeah or things like that in response to other posts. We ask that
if you do post, post at least 2 lines.

6. Descriptive Writing
This
site, as all RPing sites, is heavily based off of how well you can word
your RPs and how you can describe whats going on or how something
works. Since that is the case, I advise all users to be as descriptive
as they can before posting something, whether it be a roleplay post, a
character profile, a spell, a skill, a transformation,a creature
summoning, a weapon, or anything at all. The more descriptive you are,
the more respect, and the more progress you will receive here.

7. Respecting Higher-Ups
This
site depends on the work and diligence of the moderators.Please respect
the opinions of them and attempt to stay on their good sides, they are
often busy, so make things easy for them by reading the rules and
trying your best to make your things approved right from the start. It
helps if you don't argue with them.

8. Approval
When
awaiting for a spell, skill, ability, creature, enchantment,weapon, or
form to be approved, please do not message and bump your posts
constantly to get moderators and the administrator's attention,we are
busy, we will get to it eventually, so please be patient and someone
will help you eventually. The only time you could bump is if it takes
at least a week and no one's gotten to you. In some cases, I'll allow
you to bump if you haven't been approved within the day.

9. Multiple Characters
You
are permitted to have multiple characters on this forum, but you must
meet certain criteria in order to do so. In order for you to have 2 or
more characters, you must have at least100
posts. This is because people may come on here and make 5 characters
and have only 20 or so posts. This rule excludes any moderators that
have a high title status (Suzaku Leader and one of the 6 teaching
Masters) to some degree. You do not need to meet the post
requirements,and the first character that you make will be enabled as
long as they are approved. Afterwards, you must follow the same rules
that are set for everyone else. In order to make a second character,
you must have 100 posts but another 100 is needed to make a third,
fourth, fifth, etc. character. When using another character, you must
use a different color when you post as them so that others know who you
are speaking or RPing as. Finally, you are allowed unlimited characters
per account.

10. Signature Size
This
isn't a big rule do to the fact that I like large signatures.It gives a
character more style and personality. Make sure that you don't have
signatures though that, alone, take up nearly a page worth.Not everyone
has fast internet and this may cause their computer to go very slowly.
Although pictures don't tend to slow computers too much,single large
ones might. If possible, try to reduce the size of the picture(s) that
you use if they are huge.

11. Adding Moves During Tournament
During
tournaments, you may add new attacks, but only when it is NOT your
match. There are a few reasons for this. If a person continues to add
more attacks during their match, then both competitors will continue to
get the upper hand on one another leading to a never ending match.
Because of this, you MUST hold all new attacks, abilities,weapons, etc.
until after and/or before your match. This rule also applies to
battles. Any skills approved during a battle cannot be used until the
battle is over.

12. Word Limit
To
keep game play fun, a new rule has been added. This rule asks that all
users write a minimum of 35 words during a post. This is because using
very few words makes the RP very hard to understand at times, and that
may lower the fun. Remember to keep the minimum posts to 35. If users
continue to post things that are below 35 words, then they will
initially receive a warning. They will most likely be banned for a
short period of time. This only applies to in-battleposts. Also,
moderators and anyone in a higher position MUST post over 4 lines.

13. Changing Attacks, Elements, etc.
In
order to keep things fair, every user must leave moves the same as they
were when they were approved. You may update an old move by adding more
descriptive words, but the initial effect must remain the same. If you
add a new attack, weapon, etc. you must first seek approval from a mod.
This can be done by making a reply post saying you updated or re-edited.

14. Switching Character/ Re-making Characters
When
making your character, make sure to have a good idea down initially.
Once you make a character and it is approved, you may not delete your
old character. You may, however, add new things to the character or
make a new one after you meet the requirements.

15. Single Character in One Place/Timeskip
The
rule is to only allow people to post a single character in a single
place at a time and not timeskip. For the single character per place
rule, this is to prevent confusion and so that characters on the forum
can actually enjoy a more sensible way of RPing. As a bottom line, it
can become way too confusing and annoying if you have a character that
is in 5 different places at once. That would make absolutely no sense,
and it hinders the RPing topics of others especially if they are
following this rule on their own.