Post by Krin on Dec 29, 2005 14:02:44 GMT -5
General Rules that ALL Must Follow
1) First rule of all: Be literate. I would like to be able to read what you post, or you won't get much moderation. What do I mean by literate, you ask? Literacy is:
2) No godmoding or powerplaying. Godmoding is making yourself all-powerful; for example, making your Pokemon dodge every hit and take out the enemy with one strike. That's a no-no. Powerplaying is taking control of someone else's character; for example, you wouldn't be able to say "(your character name here) stuck out his foot and tripped the runner", because the runner might have seen the foot and jumped over it.
3) Don't jump from place to place to place. Go through the places in order; I don't care what special powers your character has. You can't be in two places at once, either; the exceptions to this rule are the Special Places. You can be at one normal place and two Special Places at one time.
4) Don't spam. Spamming clutters up the board and makes things look messy. Stay on topic, and carry out OOC conversations over PM, please. Also, please don't double-post unless you need moderation for a board; however, you can only do this if your board has sat for four days or more. Or if the thread is yours, like an art thread that shows off your work. If you make a mistake in one of your posts... well, the modify button is there for a reason.
5) This board is to be kept PG 13. We don't know the ages of all the people that might find this site, so keep it clean. If your character has a dirty mouth, you can censor it with *s.
6) Regarding mods... The mods are the only ones who can create wild Pokemon or NPCs for you to interact with. Please understand that I and the mods can't be on all day; we have lives too, y'know. So don't clutter our inboxes with PMails complaining that your thread isn't moderated.
7) Listen to people with more power than you; for example, the mods. And always me. I am almighty -points to title-, and I can suspend and ban you. If I don't approve your character or I tell you to leave, do it quietly without throwing a hissy fit.
8) If you've read all of these (which all of you should have), you'll know not to include any numbers in your username. This is just a pet peeve of mine.
1) First rule of all: Be literate. I would like to be able to read what you post, or you won't get much moderation. What do I mean by literate, you ask? Literacy is:
- Attempting to use proper spelling and grammar. The shift key is your friend.
- Not godmoding, powerplaying, et cetera.
- Being able to write at least two lines per post. Please. Writer's block is understood, but if someone posted "She waited", I would be very unhappy.
- Distinguishing out of character information from in character information. You can put OOC text in (()), {}, or use a little OOC: thing. Just do something that shows what's in and out of character.
- Not using chatspeak in character. Numbers scattered in with all the letters is just very irritating to read.
- Being somewhat descriptive. However, this doesn't guarantee that a ten-line post is better than a three-line post; sometimes, short and simple is the way to go.
2) No godmoding or powerplaying. Godmoding is making yourself all-powerful; for example, making your Pokemon dodge every hit and take out the enemy with one strike. That's a no-no. Powerplaying is taking control of someone else's character; for example, you wouldn't be able to say "(your character name here) stuck out his foot and tripped the runner", because the runner might have seen the foot and jumped over it.
3) Don't jump from place to place to place. Go through the places in order; I don't care what special powers your character has. You can't be in two places at once, either; the exceptions to this rule are the Special Places. You can be at one normal place and two Special Places at one time.
4) Don't spam. Spamming clutters up the board and makes things look messy. Stay on topic, and carry out OOC conversations over PM, please. Also, please don't double-post unless you need moderation for a board; however, you can only do this if your board has sat for four days or more. Or if the thread is yours, like an art thread that shows off your work. If you make a mistake in one of your posts... well, the modify button is there for a reason.
5) This board is to be kept PG 13. We don't know the ages of all the people that might find this site, so keep it clean. If your character has a dirty mouth, you can censor it with *s.
6) Regarding mods... The mods are the only ones who can create wild Pokemon or NPCs for you to interact with. Please understand that I and the mods can't be on all day; we have lives too, y'know. So don't clutter our inboxes with PMails complaining that your thread isn't moderated.
7) Listen to people with more power than you; for example, the mods. And always me. I am almighty -points to title-, and I can suspend and ban you. If I don't approve your character or I tell you to leave, do it quietly without throwing a hissy fit.
8) If you've read all of these (which all of you should have), you'll know not to include any numbers in your username. This is just a pet peeve of mine.
