Post by Kit on Jan 21, 2011 12:45:58 GMT -5
1) Bigass rule número uno, this is Kou's website, Kou makes the rules, anything Kou says goes. Comprende?!(And its usually stated in the official rules so it should be obvious stuff...)
2) Bigass rule number 2, respect the other members, and especially the staff. Bullying and disrespect will NOT be tolerated. This will result in first a warning, then a one-day to two week suspension depending on the offense. Repeated offense will get you a permanent ban. Period.
3) If you're having a fight with someone, take it OFF the site, or to Personal Messages(PM's), or don't fight at all. Fighting in the chatbox will NOT be tolerated. Discussions and debates are fine or friendly arguements, but once it turns into anything aggressive or personal take it to private or off the site, and if a staff member tells you to, LISTEN TO AND RESPECT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. Period. This will result in a warning, then a one week suspension. Repeated offense will get you a permanent ban.
4) Please keep RP and out of character separate. For example, don't try something like 'Her character tried to take over the group/Faction/etc.!' in an RP and turn it into 'That person tried to take over the website!' or some stupid shit like that and go attacking the person. I've seen it all before and it's not a big deal what your or someone else's characters did in an RP. If I see any of this you will get one warning, then a one week suspension if it continues! Repeated offense will get you permanently banned!(Refer to Rule 3)
5) No Godmodding/powerplaying, meaning your character isn't always going to be super-powerful and kick everybody's ass and never get hurt or control other peoples characters without permission. Of course there will be characters who are more powerful, like if a young Raider takes an experienced Knight or something, or a human takes on a beast such as a Déamoa. CHANCES ARE the Knight will win against the kid or the Déamoa against the human hands down most of the time, or at the very least, will have a power advantage. If you aren't sure about something like how your character would fare or if something is considered Godmodding, ASK A STAFF MEMBER. We. Are here. To help. And if someone else godmod's, don't take it into your own hands or turn it into some kind of stupid Godmod battle, trust me, I've seen it all before. If we see godmodding going on it will be a warning then a week-long suspension if it continues. If it's a repeated offense, it'll become a permanent ban.
6) No auto-kills. Meaning, you cannot control if or when another person's character dies, so, IF you 'kill' their character without their permission, this will result in an automatic one week suspension, and a permanent ban if it becomes a reoccurring thing. The posts leading up to the characters death will be deleted and the character will not have 'died'.(Refer to Rule 5)
7) ALL roleplay characters must be approved before roleplaying. Failure to do this will result in a week-long suspension. Repeated failure to do this will result in a permanent ban. (see Rules 19 and 20 for rules on character creation and claiming)
8) Don't rip off copyrighted material, or steal characters. If your going to use a character from a show, then please, for the sake of saving us massive stress-induced headaches, DON'T. If you're going take someone else's character, you must get permission. And we don't want to see you do something like play naruto uzamaki, Ichigo Kurasaki, Edward Elrich, Inuyasha, etc. or some such BS in the forum plot boards. We WILL catch you if you do, and failure to follow this will result in a warning then week-long suspension if this is not followed, second offense will be an immediate ban.
9) We're not all that strict on swearing and mature joking and whatnot, but please keep things as appropriate as possible. Even some of the staff like to cut loose once in a while, but keep it under control. You'll receive a warning, then a suspension for a set period of time. Multiple offenses will result in a permanent ban(this is VERY unlikely to happen unless you repeatedly try to cause a problem so don't worry so much about this one, most of the time it'll only go as far as a warning).
10) NO CYBERING/LEMONS/YAOI/YURI/HENTAI WHATSOEVER! This is in violation of U.S. State law and Proboards Terms of Use and will get the site permanently deleted, most likely with no warning whatsoever! If we find even a smidgen of this here, it will be deleted and you will automatically be suspended and/or permanently banned! If you wish to do those kinds of roleplays, go to otakufantards.otaku-ism.com. Any romance type stuff that goes past a simple kiss, either take it there or to PM!(We can't really control what you do over PM anyway... xP) But anywhere else will NOT be tolerated!
11) This is a bit of a touchy subject to some, but it has come up elsewhere before so I will say it once. DO NOT BRING IN ANYTHING INVOLVING RAPE! If you want, you can joke about it or bring it up, even have it involved somehow in the character's backstory, whatever, but DON'T apply it to actual roleplay! I have seen this happen once before on another site, DO NOT DO IT HERE! If you do, you will automatically be banned, NO. EXCEPTIONS. (refer to rule 10)
12) Also, DO NOT post any lewd, obsene, or otherwise innappropriate/perverted IMAGES here either! They will be deleted, and you will be temporarily suspended, how long depending on the image, or PERMENANTLY, depending on the image. Repeated offence will result in a ban. (Refer to rule 10)
13) DO NOT post any artwork/stories/etc that aren't yours without CLEAR permission from the owner or original artist/author/whatever!(If you're promoting their art or whatever though and say who it is we aren't so strict on this.) You will get a single warning, then two-week suspension second time. Third offence is an automatic permanent ban.
14) When outside of RP, unless in specific non-roleplay areas, please post everything OOC in Brackets ( ) [ ] { } | \ / < >
15) Please be LITERATE. Don't start using abreviations and letters or numbers for words like 'u' instead of 'you' or '2' instead of 'to'. If you do, you will end up giving Kou a stress-induced headache and make him very irritable with you. DON'T DO IT!! D;
16) Please do not pressure us about staff positions! We have nothing against asking but if you have been told no, please don't keep asking, all it does is induce headaches in staff and lessens your chances of being chosen. If we see good qualities in a member that we look for in staff members, we will talk to them about it and if they'd like the position. Also, do NOT raise a stink if you are refused when you ask.
17) All main plot threads are open to EVERY MEMBER unless otherwise specified by a staff member, but PLEASE, don't have characters randomly pop up where they don't belong or travel across the entire continent automatically when they were on the opposite side just the day before. Don't have a Déamoa or something just pop into a main city for no reason or the an enemy of a group just appear at their base/headquarters/whatever. If characters pop up in any place that they don't normally belong, it is for PLOT and has BEEN APPROVED BY THE ADMINS. Otherwise, don't do this. It will give the staff headaches and just cause trouble for you, as well as get those posts deleted.
18) ALL forums advertising MUST allow us to advertise too or post us as an affiliate somewhere that is constantly viewed by your site members. We WILL check periodically and if your not advertising us, we won't advertise you. For advertising, go to the Bulletin Board, DO NOT ADVERTISE IN THE CHATBOX.
19) Character Creation rules will be posted soon**
2) Bigass rule number 2, respect the other members, and especially the staff. Bullying and disrespect will NOT be tolerated. This will result in first a warning, then a one-day to two week suspension depending on the offense. Repeated offense will get you a permanent ban. Period.
3) If you're having a fight with someone, take it OFF the site, or to Personal Messages(PM's), or don't fight at all. Fighting in the chatbox will NOT be tolerated. Discussions and debates are fine or friendly arguements, but once it turns into anything aggressive or personal take it to private or off the site, and if a staff member tells you to, LISTEN TO AND RESPECT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. Period. This will result in a warning, then a one week suspension. Repeated offense will get you a permanent ban.
4) Please keep RP and out of character separate. For example, don't try something like 'Her character tried to take over the group/Faction/etc.!' in an RP and turn it into 'That person tried to take over the website!' or some stupid shit like that and go attacking the person. I've seen it all before and it's not a big deal what your or someone else's characters did in an RP. If I see any of this you will get one warning, then a one week suspension if it continues! Repeated offense will get you permanently banned!(Refer to Rule 3)
5) No Godmodding/powerplaying, meaning your character isn't always going to be super-powerful and kick everybody's ass and never get hurt or control other peoples characters without permission. Of course there will be characters who are more powerful, like if a young Raider takes an experienced Knight or something, or a human takes on a beast such as a Déamoa. CHANCES ARE the Knight will win against the kid or the Déamoa against the human hands down most of the time, or at the very least, will have a power advantage. If you aren't sure about something like how your character would fare or if something is considered Godmodding, ASK A STAFF MEMBER. We. Are here. To help. And if someone else godmod's, don't take it into your own hands or turn it into some kind of stupid Godmod battle, trust me, I've seen it all before. If we see godmodding going on it will be a warning then a week-long suspension if it continues. If it's a repeated offense, it'll become a permanent ban.
6) No auto-kills. Meaning, you cannot control if or when another person's character dies, so, IF you 'kill' their character without their permission, this will result in an automatic one week suspension, and a permanent ban if it becomes a reoccurring thing. The posts leading up to the characters death will be deleted and the character will not have 'died'.(Refer to Rule 5)
7) ALL roleplay characters must be approved before roleplaying. Failure to do this will result in a week-long suspension. Repeated failure to do this will result in a permanent ban. (see Rules 19 and 20 for rules on character creation and claiming)
8) Don't rip off copyrighted material, or steal characters. If your going to use a character from a show, then please, for the sake of saving us massive stress-induced headaches, DON'T. If you're going take someone else's character, you must get permission. And we don't want to see you do something like play naruto uzamaki, Ichigo Kurasaki, Edward Elrich, Inuyasha, etc. or some such BS in the forum plot boards. We WILL catch you if you do, and failure to follow this will result in a warning then week-long suspension if this is not followed, second offense will be an immediate ban.
9) We're not all that strict on swearing and mature joking and whatnot, but please keep things as appropriate as possible. Even some of the staff like to cut loose once in a while, but keep it under control. You'll receive a warning, then a suspension for a set period of time. Multiple offenses will result in a permanent ban(this is VERY unlikely to happen unless you repeatedly try to cause a problem so don't worry so much about this one, most of the time it'll only go as far as a warning).
10) NO CYBERING/LEMONS/YAOI/YURI/HENTAI WHATSOEVER! This is in violation of U.S. State law and Proboards Terms of Use and will get the site permanently deleted, most likely with no warning whatsoever! If we find even a smidgen of this here, it will be deleted and you will automatically be suspended and/or permanently banned! If you wish to do those kinds of roleplays, go to otakufantards.otaku-ism.com. Any romance type stuff that goes past a simple kiss, either take it there or to PM!(We can't really control what you do over PM anyway... xP) But anywhere else will NOT be tolerated!
11) This is a bit of a touchy subject to some, but it has come up elsewhere before so I will say it once. DO NOT BRING IN ANYTHING INVOLVING RAPE! If you want, you can joke about it or bring it up, even have it involved somehow in the character's backstory, whatever, but DON'T apply it to actual roleplay! I have seen this happen once before on another site, DO NOT DO IT HERE! If you do, you will automatically be banned, NO. EXCEPTIONS. (refer to rule 10)
12) Also, DO NOT post any lewd, obsene, or otherwise innappropriate/perverted IMAGES here either! They will be deleted, and you will be temporarily suspended, how long depending on the image, or PERMENANTLY, depending on the image. Repeated offence will result in a ban. (Refer to rule 10)
13) DO NOT post any artwork/stories/etc that aren't yours without CLEAR permission from the owner or original artist/author/whatever!(If you're promoting their art or whatever though and say who it is we aren't so strict on this.) You will get a single warning, then two-week suspension second time. Third offence is an automatic permanent ban.
14) When outside of RP, unless in specific non-roleplay areas, please post everything OOC in Brackets ( ) [ ] { } | \ / < >
15) Please be LITERATE. Don't start using abreviations and letters or numbers for words like 'u' instead of 'you' or '2' instead of 'to'. If you do, you will end up giving Kou a stress-induced headache and make him very irritable with you. DON'T DO IT!! D;
16) Please do not pressure us about staff positions! We have nothing against asking but if you have been told no, please don't keep asking, all it does is induce headaches in staff and lessens your chances of being chosen. If we see good qualities in a member that we look for in staff members, we will talk to them about it and if they'd like the position. Also, do NOT raise a stink if you are refused when you ask.
17) All main plot threads are open to EVERY MEMBER unless otherwise specified by a staff member, but PLEASE, don't have characters randomly pop up where they don't belong or travel across the entire continent automatically when they were on the opposite side just the day before. Don't have a Déamoa or something just pop into a main city for no reason or the an enemy of a group just appear at their base/headquarters/whatever. If characters pop up in any place that they don't normally belong, it is for PLOT and has BEEN APPROVED BY THE ADMINS. Otherwise, don't do this. It will give the staff headaches and just cause trouble for you, as well as get those posts deleted.
18) ALL forums advertising MUST allow us to advertise too or post us as an affiliate somewhere that is constantly viewed by your site members. We WILL check periodically and if your not advertising us, we won't advertise you. For advertising, go to the Bulletin Board, DO NOT ADVERTISE IN THE CHATBOX.
19) Character Creation rules will be posted soon**