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Rules
« Thread Started on Mar 20, 2006, 2:38pm »

These are the Rules and I would really appreciate it if you read through them, thanks. Some things are to make things easier for the admins while others are just to keep things "nice" for everyone.

You have to read the rules to understand what you have to put into your application.
Don't ask use ask us, "What do you mean? Where's the secret word?" You have to READ the rules to find it.
Tip: While your reading the rules, highlight it

General Rules

- Be worthy to the plot and canon character descriptions, what is the point of making a plot and character descriptions for hours and then no one follows it. If the Plot said that the Rich Kids hate the Poor Kids, make it that way! And if our plot says no one likes to shop-lift except a few of the poor kids then heck, you better not shop-lift if it says so, it's something you should know not to do!

- Try and stay online as much as possible, we know that everyone has lives, we all have homework, after-school activites but if you really want this site to be really fun, you have to stay on as much as you can!

- Keep things PG-13, remember what you see in PG-13 movies like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Island. You don't actually get much of the graphics, okay? If you want an rated R site then go look at Hentai Videos. Thank you!

- You can be atleast 3 characters on this site, you can be one original and maybe two canons, if you PM an admin otherwise you have two originals and one canon to be fair. Also, twins HAVE to be 2 seperate accounts, it's annoying when it is the same account. It's fair for other people when they make two accounts for their two different characters. Don't argue with us about it.

- If you want to be an admin, there are a few ways that you can: First, you have to be active. Next, you have to prove it to use that you are capable of taking on the role like you listen to the rules and your role-playing is excellent, etc. Third, you must be more than a great RPer who listens to the rules but you make that others do the same and you help others, too, because you have to show use that you CAN be a leader. And lastly, you shouldn't ask us about it, we'll ask you.

Role Playing Rules

- No God-modding, swearing, etc... you can have mild swearing but really dirty sorta swearing is not good. If you just swear once in a while, it's okay. You don't need to have permission to swear but we trust you to follow this rule!

- Use proper formating:

Good example of a role play-

Sitting inside the taxi sat Tom, he watched what was going on outside the window. It was dark, rainy day which was misty and seriously wet. Tom was tired and exhausted, he looked at the driver and wondered what the driver thought about nadsacks. No one was a nadsack unless they lived at the poor side of town (the east), they dressed like hoodlums and were severly poor that they had taken a liking to stealing. Tom was robbed once when he was younger, he wondered how the nadsacks would ever pluck up the courage to actually want to go to the rich side of the city, the west side.

Tom sighed, he was a Richie and didn't like the nadsacks, they were just too different and too poor to deserve to even get into their school. They weren't like the Richies. No one liked nadsacks, not even the police. You know a criminal when they call the police, the cops and that is what all the nadsacks say. All of them are the same, they just steal and go wild. They don't stick to rules.

Tom grinned when the taxi stopped. He got outside into the rain, it began to drain his clothes as he stood there, trying hard to get the money out of his pockets. Tom handed the driver the money and watched the car roll away, down the street. Tom was glad that his was in Rich Territory, then he wouldn’t get jumped. He was carrying large bags in each hand, all filled with birthday presents. His younger brother had his birthday party tommorow and with being rich and having lots of money.

And on and on about Tom's life. That is more or less a good post but you can write more or less -if you want to- as long as it is more than five sentences.

Bad examples of a role play:

Jared nodded then grinned, "Yeah"

What are we going to say to that? I mean- yeah, sometimes you get Writer's Block, it happens a lot but it annoys people and no one can say anything to that! Please, write more than five sentences.

I walk to the lake. I see Harry, I ask him if his scar is on his left knee. ::Hello there:: I say to a ugly girl next to him and the boy with orange hair, too. ::btw, I will brb.::

All right, first thing is: Who is going to understand this post? And second, who would want to reply a post like THIS?

- Write you posts as if you were telling a story, people would like that it makes things MUCH more interesting other than making it a one-liner.

- USE LOTS OF DETAIL IN YOUR POSTS. If you post a small sentence then it tends to get very boring. Be creative! If you can't think of anything, punch yourself to get an idea because that happens.

- Use " symbols to show that your character is talking: "It's NOT Sally!" yelled Sal as he faced the Richies, they teased him because of his name and who he was. They hated him and he hated them. It was the way things were.

- Write in 3rd person and past tense but no:

I will hit her with my hand because the girl will take him away!

What? That was REALLY confusing! What is going on there? So, this kid WILL hit this girl because she WILL take him away? Or had this girl taken him away already? What are you doing at the moment? Remember write in past tense.

- Do not use : * or anything else to show actions. You can use them in Out of Character things but while you are role-playing, it is really annoying and confuses people.

- If you are to speak out of character please put OOC or brackets around it or some sort of sign before your post and when you end it put another bracket/ sign or put IC to say In Character.

Extra Rules

- Please, every character can only have one pet. We don't want the city flooded with animals, it is NOT a bloody zoo! Why would an eleven year old or anyone for that matter have a tiger, boa constricter or a horse (in the city)? Think about what pey, you'd have if you live in the city!

- Smoking and getting drunk are allowed. You can only drink or become drunk Unless you are in your 14 or above. Yeah, some might but think of it this way- NO ONE likes it. You can smoke, if you are 14 or older. Of course, someone gets pressured into smoking at age 10 maybe but not in this city, lol, is that clear?

- Just to say something. No vampires, wizards, witchs, or anything magical. No fairy tale living creatures, this ain't Shrek or Harry Potter. It's supposed to be some city.

- You can't have a sword, dagger, bow, etc. Why would kids be walking around with a sword when there is no friggin' way they have enough money to waste on getting one. Think logical, please. You can have a pocket knife or a switch-blade, if you are in gang or something violent like that.

- Killing IS NOT allowed! NO! NO! NO! NO! I don't want to see dead people all over the place plus you can kill someone who someone isn't being played- in a senst that- no plays them at all. Like a made up person. But before you want to kill someone PM me or an admin for permission, it really depends. You get the point!

- Sex is definately NOT allowed! No one wants to read that, how it felt, how it all went. Would you say that whole concept to your mother? No! So don't say it here! You want to be sick like that go get medical help. Don't get all pissed about it. Are you angry at me for saying no sex? Atleast I have a life other than virtually *ahem* someone. If you wanna do that, you can write a whole essay about that at midnight in your bed, while hugging your pink bunny! Don't be sick... especially here on this site! The closest thing you can do is make-out on a couch or bed. Otherwise, just do it over PM or just post, "They did it."

- This is an addition to the rule above about sex. You can not RP it but you can have children unless you are finally capable of doing so (15 years old) or above. First thing is first, you have to PM me first about it and then you both need to reach an agreement because we don't want pregnant girls going to school or two years olds running around. So PM me first about it.

- Nadsacks HATE Richies and Richies HATE Nadsacks. If you want to know what a Richie is and what a Nadsack is, and why they hate eachother, go here: >>Click Here<< The link includes Rumbles, it's all in the link in the Terms section. Girls can not join into rumbles because they can get hurt. Only guys because it gets pretty nasty. [The secret "word" is: Richies hate Nadsacks and Nadsacks hate Richies] Also Joining a gang is simple, just go to Sign Ups and sign up into one. Richies aren't really a gang even though they can be but they aren't but still you go to the Gan Sign Ups to be one.

- Try to keep in Character, please don't make a Nadsack like a Richie. Yeah, they can flirt but they know that they can never like each other. Flirting enemies, is okay.

- Be original with your character don't go on about them as a wizard called Harry Potter who was sent to Wayland City to inspect the place. So some creativity!

« Last Edit: Mar 27, 2006, 2:03pm by Dallas Costello »

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