Post by Admin on Feb 12, 2013 19:24:45 GMT -8
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Hello wonderful guest\member and welcome to RUMOUR HAS IT, and like all sites we have a special set of rules for all of us to follow so that everyone is a happy camper, please read them all carefully. :)
Registering & Character Creation:
When Registering you may use any username you want for your login (example: username2013) but afterwards please change the display name to your characters full name. You can do this by going to Profile > Modify Profile )
We don't have a character limit, you may create as many characters as you want as long as you can handle them. Though for every two females you create you must make a male, we like to keep ratios even as possible.
Please follow the character applications we have provided for you upon creating your character - it makes it much easier on us admins.
All avatars must be 200x300 and signatures must not stretch the board. We do not allow images that have nudity, anyone with . Also no rapidly flashing images because we respect our members and guests who have epilepsy. If you need help sizing these things feel free to ask an admin or an experienced member we would all be happy to help you.
OOC:
For those who don't know, this stands for out of character, we have a cute little section for all of your chit-chat needs, rants, games, ect. Although, even though we are a mature site we have some limitations.
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Power-Playing is when Player A writes a post controlling their own character as well as Player B's dictating the actions/feelings/expressions of both. Example: Lisa stabbed Calvin in the neck with a knife, and he fell down to the ground while bleeding everywhere. Controlling another person's character is not acceptable, period. You can not control what another person feels, thinks or does.
Unless you have the other players permission to do this
God-modding is when a player creates a character that is pretty much indestructible and immune to harm. The character never gets hurt and survives even silly situations. It's often coupled with power playing and usually involves an event in which Player A invalidates another person's writing. Example:
Lisa aims a flour bomb directed at Calvin.
The bomb misses completely, hitting Chris instead. He throws four back at Lisa and jumps out of reach before they exploded all over her.
Both of these are prohibited and may earn you a ban.
Posting:[/size]
We have word count of minimum of 300 words per in character post. We always encourage our members to push themselves to write more but it's important that you're all comfortable! Remember - Quality not quantity.
You may use third or first person when posting the choice is yours, but we are a literate site so please do your best to use proper grammar - this means absolutely NO CHAT SPEAK when posting, you may goof off and use it in ooc or the cbox but never on the in character boards.
Although we consider this site a mature site we do have one request - If your characters are about to have some sexy times, we ask that you please fade to black and not get graphic. This goes for any drug use or birthing scenes as well.
Give credit where credit is due! If you are using any templates made by someone else, keep the credit tags on. It's not only rude and disrespectful if you don't but if we find out you didn't give the proper credit the template will be removed from the boards.
Keep personal issues out of posting and plotting. For example: If you don't like someone and you see that they posted an open thread, don't have your character go in there and be a total jerk to the other character for no reason - It causes lots of problems - If you have that big of an issue with another member you don't have to post or plot with them. All we ask is that you are respectful.
PM:[/size]
Private messaging, no sexual images, other offensive material or advertisements should be sent through PM's. We have a board for advertising other sites only, if you abuse your private message privileges they can easily be taken away.
Respect:[/size]
As you probably have noticed we have no tolerance for rudeness or disrespect. So just don't be rude or disrespectful to anyone on the site. You will be punished accordingly and could result in a ban if any rudeness continues. We do ask that you try to resolve your own issues with other members via PM before involving the staff. You'll feel a lot better for having dealt with it yourselves and at the end of the day we all have our off days. Give them a chance to right their wrongs!
Thank you so much for your time and we hope to see you on the boards here at Rumour has it :) <3
Love
The Staff
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