Post by Lily Evans on Apr 8, 2007 18:32:20 GMT -5
THE RULES
Table of Contents
1…..Introduction
2…..Type of Roleplay
3…..Ideal Application and Character
4…..Site Etiquette
5…..Idleness and Bland Posting
6…..Fighting, Posting, And Killing!
7…..Lovers
8…..Banners
Introduction
On behalf of the administrators, welcome to The Marauders : Nothing Is Clear! Please read the following and remember this at all times. The rules are to help make the forums as active and as fun as possible, without there being grief that would be relayed back to the School Board.
Type of Roleplay
This is meant to be based on the Harry Potter series (incase you haven't already guessed). However, it is in the days after the famous trio made their mark, Dumbledore is dead, Lord Voldemort is dead and Harry is all grown up.
Magic:
Let me make this very clear. If any of the admins catch a student using magic that they shouldn't be ( Ex: An unforgivable curse) Then that member shall recive "Immediate Banishment" To but it bluntly: Your ass is grass. Remember there are to be no “God powers”, in other words you character can die, and cannot control obscene magic, or magical items. (Besides a wand)
BAD EXAMPLE: The sword of immortality, the powers of complete elemental control, the powers of night and day. God or Goddess of an area, object, element.
Animagus
We understand you want to go running around in a less-then-human form, but keep in mind not everyone will be able to gain these powers. You may not even consider being an Animagus until your fifth year. If you do get the chance to enjoy this wonderful experience please understand that you may not turn into odd creatures. Keep them realisitc. A snake. A bird. A cat. All of these are ok, but to turn into some flying prancing pony makes me throw up a little, and I will personally slap you with my shoe and make you fix it.
Patronus
This is another issue about magic and who can use it. Patronus magic is generally dificult to harness or even get right at all. In the HP 'verse, Harry is able to perform this magic in his third year, but this is only due to his extraordinary persona and when does the main character ever not get the best powers? In our 'verse, we are not permitting anyone even the warrent to learn this magic until they hit their 5th year. Students i this year and above are allowed to learn this as they will have separate lessons to others and will be able to apply for their own patronus and practise it until it is perfected. Anyone below the 5th year claiming to have a Patronus will be confronted.
Key Powers:
There are allowed to be characters such as werewolves and vampires on the site but they must be approved by the admin first. If you are one of these speices then your character may gain a little power from certain elements, or objects but will never at anytime have complete power over something.
EXAMPLE: Werewolves get powered up by the full moon. Vampires are most powerful at night, or when they drink blood.
The Ideal Application and Character:
Once you have joined you can begin work on a character Application. You may only create one Application for each account and must only have a maximum of four accounts. Your characters should be by standards something you are able to play well. The is not a site for you to practice a new type of character. Stick with what your best at, unless of course your best at everything.
Application Rule modified April 8th, 2007
Application:
An Application is created for the purpose of deeming you a worthy RP'er for the site, and to also let us know a little bit more about your character.
Members who are POSTING without finishing their Application are just lazy. First of all the member has yet to be accepted, or placed. All members who have gone over twenty posts and have not finished their Application will recieve a warning. Then they will have five days after the warning to complete the application or have their character deleted.
For those who are gone for the five days will still be counted, seeing as they had five days to leave an absence message, and if it is very serious then they will be given an extra three days.
Below is the guideline that should be used when creating Applications, you can also find this guideline in the Application section.
Basics
Full name:
Nickname(s):
Date of Birth (not including year):
Age (must fit with desired year):
Martial Status:
School
Desired Year (if you are wanting to be a professor, write "see Teaching section" here):
Wand:
Pet (nothing too extreme):
House (if you are a new, and therefore, unsorted member, you will be sorted, after you post this):
Family
Heritage (nationality, species, blood - in that order):
Financial Status:
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
Guardians/Other Family (if your guardians are your parents, just write about other family here):
Appearance
Character Representation:
Hair Description (include colour, style, etc.):
Eye Description (colour, other description):
Physical Appearance (height, build, etc.):
Predominant Feature(s) (anything really i. e. scars, etc.):
Clothing (colours, style, etc.):
Mind Set
Sexual Preference:
General Attitude:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Abilities:
Bad Habits:
History
Sample RP
For 6th Years+ beyond this point (including Professors)
Animagi
Desired Animagi Form:
Why You Chose That Form (because it's cool or because I can or something of that nature will not be accepted):
Sample Rp In Animagi Form:
For 18+, non-students beyond this point
Teaching
Desired Subject:
Class Outline (keep it simple please, I will ask for details later on):
Sample RP of Teaching:
Site Etiquette:
I can’t stress enough how important it is for all members to be literate, dedicated, and kind. This is how strong forums are built, and we intend to keep it this way. Site Etiquette will require the following:
+ Treat all members with respect at all times while out of character. When you’re in character, however, your charry can be rivals with even your best of friends!
+ Swearing will be kept to a minimum. This site is meant for mature RPers. If you can’t get your point through without using the F word three times in one post, leave the site at once, or you will be warned and banned.
+ Any unusual activity, bad-mouthing to players in real life, and/or threats are to be reported directly to us. We won’t tolerate such behavior.
+ Ah, my favorite rule. When I say you must be literate,
you must be literate! Do you understand?! Literate!!!
Here are a few guidelines:
- NO TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Use the bold command please.
- Pleaes be surr to splel chekk. Use proper grammar and punctuation. Typos are fine, but I can’t stand people who can’t spell anything properly. You can check with the freaking dictionary, it’s not hard!! Anyway, that leads to my next point.
- Spell out the freaking words!! If I see anyone typing with ‘u’ instead of ‘you’ or ‘4’ instead of ‘for’ I’ll slap them over the head and make sure they fix their problem.
- Please, no long paragraphs that take up a whole page. Split up your words into separate paragraphs, it’s so much more pleasing to the eyes.
- All players must make descriptive posts, consisting of five good-sized sentences, at the least. There’s always something to talk about, even in the dreariest of situations. Attitude? Clothing? Lighting? Feelings? Expressions? There’s an endless list.
- On this site we use only 3rd person. EX: “Lily walks to the store.” First person (I walk to the store.) and second person (You walk to the store) aren’t allowed unless you’re talking out of character or your character says something in first/second person.
- There will be no God-moding or power playing. The only acceptation is if someone like a noob attacks an admin.
- Keep OOC in the roleplaying section to an absolute minimum. Take it to PMs if you’re mad, or to the admins if a situation becomes serious enough.
Secret Phrase that needs to be placed at the bottom of your application :"When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight."
Idleness or Bland Posting:
Our goal is to make this an active, literate, descriptive community. We have a series of rules with posting that must be followed:
1. When you’ve made a profile, you are expected to post at least once a week unless you post in the Absences Section you are busy or away. If you do not, you are warned and then banned.
2. If you happen to be busy, as said above, post in the absences section so we know not to delete your account.
3. Your posts must consist of at least 5 well-thought-out sentences, though that is our minimum. They must contain accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
4. There will be an activity check at the beginning of every month. PMs will be sent to everyone, and they will have 1 week to reply to a thread set up in News. If they do not, they will be instantly deleted. The only acceptation to this is if you post a reason in the Absences section for business or being away.
5. If you are having trouble with posting, tell one of the administrators. They’ll gladly talk with you and help however they can. Remember, we may be here to enforce, but we know what it’s like to have a full schedule.
6. You must use separate paragraphs when you post, unless you don’t post much. It’s soooooo much more pleasing to the eye.
7. Accounts idle for more than 2 weeks with no explanation in Absences will be instantly banned.
Characters and Accounts: When you register your account, you may have only one character. Other accounts may be created if you wish to have more characters. No more than one character per account! Read up in the Profile Section for more info.
Fighting, Posting, And Killing:
Make sure to keep close note of these as well!
Posting:
+ Posting will go in an ABCABC fashion, unless another person consents to allow the others to continue posting without them. (EX: That person sits in the corner and watches a fight, stands back and observes a battle, or explains that they wish for the others to carry on without them for the time being.)
+ No leaving someone behind. If a person is left behind, they can contact an administrator and order the deletion of certain posts so the left out player can reply.
Fighting:
+ No Godmoding. Allow another person to dodge a blow, you never automatically hit.
+ No infinite dodging. You must be hit once every 4 attacks, at least Take a hit every now and then. Come on, you know you want to!
+ A battle cannot rage on forever. You and the other player must determine the outcome over PMs, or an admin may decide the outcome of the fight.
Killing:
+ The first thing you do is get permission from the Admin. We don't like finding random dead bodies laying around.
+ If you do get permission to kill (or be killed) it is will only be because of the following reasons.
A) You don't want to RP on the site anymore and you want your character to go out with a bang.
B) You were asked to kill the character that wanted to die.
C) You want a fresh start with a new character.
D) One of the admins killed you for acting like a noob.
+ You are NOT allowed to kill or be killed by someone on the school grounds. Go someplace like Hogsmeade or something.
+ If you do want to be killed on school grounds it has to be by something of the admin's choice.
Ex: Something from the forbidden forest eats you.
+ Once you die, your character is dead. No revivals, but you can make a new charrie.
If you have any questions at all on this topic,
PM Lily and she will clear things up with you in as few words as she can.
Which is usually a "Yes" or "No."
Lovers:
Yeah, we all wanna “get with” that special person. Rules on this topic will change as your character gets older. Holding hands and cuddling is exceptible for first years, but running to the janitors closet is not. If you want to cyber then take it to the PMs.
Banners:
If anyone wishes to have a banner made for them by a member of this site, they must post at least twice a week. If a friend of yours that is not a member of this site wishes to make you one, then that is fine. We just wish for a little courtesy for the artists of the site.* Also* Banners must be 500x200 pixels, and please no more then one image.
Anything you need to know? Just ask an Admin!
Table of Contents
1…..Introduction
2…..Type of Roleplay
3…..Ideal Application and Character
4…..Site Etiquette
5…..Idleness and Bland Posting
6…..Fighting, Posting, And Killing!
7…..Lovers
8…..Banners
Introduction
On behalf of the administrators, welcome to The Marauders : Nothing Is Clear! Please read the following and remember this at all times. The rules are to help make the forums as active and as fun as possible, without there being grief that would be relayed back to the School Board.
Type of Roleplay
This is meant to be based on the Harry Potter series (incase you haven't already guessed). However, it is in the days after the famous trio made their mark, Dumbledore is dead, Lord Voldemort is dead and Harry is all grown up.
Magic:
Let me make this very clear. If any of the admins catch a student using magic that they shouldn't be ( Ex: An unforgivable curse) Then that member shall recive "Immediate Banishment" To but it bluntly: Your ass is grass. Remember there are to be no “God powers”, in other words you character can die, and cannot control obscene magic, or magical items. (Besides a wand)
BAD EXAMPLE: The sword of immortality, the powers of complete elemental control, the powers of night and day. God or Goddess of an area, object, element.
Animagus
We understand you want to go running around in a less-then-human form, but keep in mind not everyone will be able to gain these powers. You may not even consider being an Animagus until your fifth year. If you do get the chance to enjoy this wonderful experience please understand that you may not turn into odd creatures. Keep them realisitc. A snake. A bird. A cat. All of these are ok, but to turn into some flying prancing pony makes me throw up a little, and I will personally slap you with my shoe and make you fix it.
Patronus
This is another issue about magic and who can use it. Patronus magic is generally dificult to harness or even get right at all. In the HP 'verse, Harry is able to perform this magic in his third year, but this is only due to his extraordinary persona and when does the main character ever not get the best powers? In our 'verse, we are not permitting anyone even the warrent to learn this magic until they hit their 5th year. Students i this year and above are allowed to learn this as they will have separate lessons to others and will be able to apply for their own patronus and practise it until it is perfected. Anyone below the 5th year claiming to have a Patronus will be confronted.
Key Powers:
There are allowed to be characters such as werewolves and vampires on the site but they must be approved by the admin first. If you are one of these speices then your character may gain a little power from certain elements, or objects but will never at anytime have complete power over something.
EXAMPLE: Werewolves get powered up by the full moon. Vampires are most powerful at night, or when they drink blood.
The Ideal Application and Character:
Once you have joined you can begin work on a character Application. You may only create one Application for each account and must only have a maximum of four accounts. Your characters should be by standards something you are able to play well. The is not a site for you to practice a new type of character. Stick with what your best at, unless of course your best at everything.
Application Rule modified April 8th, 2007
Application:
An Application is created for the purpose of deeming you a worthy RP'er for the site, and to also let us know a little bit more about your character.
Members who are POSTING without finishing their Application are just lazy. First of all the member has yet to be accepted, or placed. All members who have gone over twenty posts and have not finished their Application will recieve a warning. Then they will have five days after the warning to complete the application or have their character deleted.
For those who are gone for the five days will still be counted, seeing as they had five days to leave an absence message, and if it is very serious then they will be given an extra three days.
Below is the guideline that should be used when creating Applications, you can also find this guideline in the Application section.
Basics
Full name:
Nickname(s):
Date of Birth (not including year):
Age (must fit with desired year):
Martial Status:
School
Desired Year (if you are wanting to be a professor, write "see Teaching section" here):
Wand:
Pet (nothing too extreme):
House (if you are a new, and therefore, unsorted member, you will be sorted, after you post this):
Family
Heritage (nationality, species, blood - in that order):
Financial Status:
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
Guardians/Other Family (if your guardians are your parents, just write about other family here):
Appearance
Character Representation:
Hair Description (include colour, style, etc.):
Eye Description (colour, other description):
Physical Appearance (height, build, etc.):
Predominant Feature(s) (anything really i. e. scars, etc.):
Clothing (colours, style, etc.):
Mind Set
Sexual Preference:
General Attitude:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Abilities:
Bad Habits:
History
Sample RP
For 6th Years+ beyond this point (including Professors)
Animagi
Desired Animagi Form:
Why You Chose That Form (because it's cool or because I can or something of that nature will not be accepted):
Sample Rp In Animagi Form:
For 18+, non-students beyond this point
Teaching
Desired Subject:
Class Outline (keep it simple please, I will ask for details later on):
Sample RP of Teaching:
Site Etiquette:
I can’t stress enough how important it is for all members to be literate, dedicated, and kind. This is how strong forums are built, and we intend to keep it this way. Site Etiquette will require the following:
+ Treat all members with respect at all times while out of character. When you’re in character, however, your charry can be rivals with even your best of friends!
+ Swearing will be kept to a minimum. This site is meant for mature RPers. If you can’t get your point through without using the F word three times in one post, leave the site at once, or you will be warned and banned.
+ Any unusual activity, bad-mouthing to players in real life, and/or threats are to be reported directly to us. We won’t tolerate such behavior.
+ Ah, my favorite rule. When I say you must be literate,
you must be literate! Do you understand?! Literate!!!
Here are a few guidelines:
- NO TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Use the bold command please.
- Pleaes be surr to splel chekk. Use proper grammar and punctuation. Typos are fine, but I can’t stand people who can’t spell anything properly. You can check with the freaking dictionary, it’s not hard!! Anyway, that leads to my next point.
- Spell out the freaking words!! If I see anyone typing with ‘u’ instead of ‘you’ or ‘4’ instead of ‘for’ I’ll slap them over the head and make sure they fix their problem.
- Please, no long paragraphs that take up a whole page. Split up your words into separate paragraphs, it’s so much more pleasing to the eyes.
- All players must make descriptive posts, consisting of five good-sized sentences, at the least. There’s always something to talk about, even in the dreariest of situations. Attitude? Clothing? Lighting? Feelings? Expressions? There’s an endless list.
- On this site we use only 3rd person. EX: “Lily walks to the store.” First person (I walk to the store.) and second person (You walk to the store) aren’t allowed unless you’re talking out of character or your character says something in first/second person.
- There will be no God-moding or power playing. The only acceptation is if someone like a noob attacks an admin.
- Keep OOC in the roleplaying section to an absolute minimum. Take it to PMs if you’re mad, or to the admins if a situation becomes serious enough.
Secret Phrase that needs to be placed at the bottom of your application :"When darkness turns to light, it ends tonight."
Idleness or Bland Posting:
Our goal is to make this an active, literate, descriptive community. We have a series of rules with posting that must be followed:
1. When you’ve made a profile, you are expected to post at least once a week unless you post in the Absences Section you are busy or away. If you do not, you are warned and then banned.
2. If you happen to be busy, as said above, post in the absences section so we know not to delete your account.
3. Your posts must consist of at least 5 well-thought-out sentences, though that is our minimum. They must contain accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
4. There will be an activity check at the beginning of every month. PMs will be sent to everyone, and they will have 1 week to reply to a thread set up in News. If they do not, they will be instantly deleted. The only acceptation to this is if you post a reason in the Absences section for business or being away.
5. If you are having trouble with posting, tell one of the administrators. They’ll gladly talk with you and help however they can. Remember, we may be here to enforce, but we know what it’s like to have a full schedule.
6. You must use separate paragraphs when you post, unless you don’t post much. It’s soooooo much more pleasing to the eye.
7. Accounts idle for more than 2 weeks with no explanation in Absences will be instantly banned.
Characters and Accounts: When you register your account, you may have only one character. Other accounts may be created if you wish to have more characters. No more than one character per account! Read up in the Profile Section for more info.
Fighting, Posting, And Killing:
Make sure to keep close note of these as well!
Posting:
+ Posting will go in an ABCABC fashion, unless another person consents to allow the others to continue posting without them. (EX: That person sits in the corner and watches a fight, stands back and observes a battle, or explains that they wish for the others to carry on without them for the time being.)
+ No leaving someone behind. If a person is left behind, they can contact an administrator and order the deletion of certain posts so the left out player can reply.
Fighting:
+ No Godmoding. Allow another person to dodge a blow, you never automatically hit.
+ No infinite dodging. You must be hit once every 4 attacks, at least Take a hit every now and then. Come on, you know you want to!
+ A battle cannot rage on forever. You and the other player must determine the outcome over PMs, or an admin may decide the outcome of the fight.
Killing:
+ The first thing you do is get permission from the Admin. We don't like finding random dead bodies laying around.
+ If you do get permission to kill (or be killed) it is will only be because of the following reasons.
A) You don't want to RP on the site anymore and you want your character to go out with a bang.
B) You were asked to kill the character that wanted to die.
C) You want a fresh start with a new character.
D) One of the admins killed you for acting like a noob.
+ You are NOT allowed to kill or be killed by someone on the school grounds. Go someplace like Hogsmeade or something.
+ If you do want to be killed on school grounds it has to be by something of the admin's choice.
Ex: Something from the forbidden forest eats you.
+ Once you die, your character is dead. No revivals, but you can make a new charrie.
If you have any questions at all on this topic,
PM Lily and she will clear things up with you in as few words as she can.
Which is usually a "Yes" or "No."
Lovers:
Yeah, we all wanna “get with” that special person. Rules on this topic will change as your character gets older. Holding hands and cuddling is exceptible for first years, but running to the janitors closet is not. If you want to cyber then take it to the PMs.
Banners:
If anyone wishes to have a banner made for them by a member of this site, they must post at least twice a week. If a friend of yours that is not a member of this site wishes to make you one, then that is fine. We just wish for a little courtesy for the artists of the site.* Also* Banners must be 500x200 pixels, and please no more then one image.
Anything you need to know? Just ask an Admin!
-These rules were created by the wonderful Kain Ashton.