Post by Zita Valerious on Aug 19, 2009 3:37:39 GMT -5
THE RULES.
[/font]Yes, i know reading the rules is not exactly what everyone want to do when they first join an Rp site, but unfortunately as much as we here at Midnight host enjoy a little mayhem from time to time we do need them to make sure we don't have complete anarchy - as sexy as the sex
Pistols made it sound in "anarchy in the uk", some order is needed. We do promise though that we will make this as painless as possible-like ripping a band-aid off of a wound-so lets just get through them? Savvy...
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CHARACTERS & POSTING[/font]
-Registering- First things first, if you like what you see here at Midnight Host, you have to register for an account before you can really get started. Please make sure that you register properly. If you mess up-no big-just ask one the elite and we can make whatever changes you need.
-Registering- Sadly if you are planning on making more then one character you will have to register every time you make a new character, it just makes our jobs a lot easier-which of course will make the site run smoother.
-Applications- We of course like every other role playing site require that you make an application before you star posting, we want to get to know your character a little better, as well as the people you plan on posting with. Naturally. Once your application has been posted and one of the three have had the chance to read over it we will either let you know about any changes that need to be made or we will give you the seal of approval.
-Application - We know that life can sometimes get in the way, and you sometimes have to put your application on the back burner...when what you really want to do is get it done in one sitting so you can post it and-get the stamp of approval-start posting. So we encourage that you post what you do-putting in the subject bar by your characters name unfinished-have so we can start reading, making it less time you have to wait to be approved.
-Face Claims - Please make sure that the Face claim you want is available by checking the Face claim list. Because if you are like me and you build your character around the Fc you are not going to be very happy after you've done all that work and you find that the FC you wanted is not available.
-Original Characters - When it comes to character making there are no limits on how many original characters you can create, we do ask that you please before creating eight characters, that you make sure you can seriously handle them all. We don't judge on people who are charrie addicts, all three of MH admin's are recovering addicts-we found a wonderful twelve step program we attend ever Thursday and Friday. So the more you can handle, awesome
-Original Characters- The one rule as far as original charrie making we have, is that for every two females that you create that you at least create one male character. Imagine if all anyone created were females....we'd have a site full of females, pouncing on the one male character that is on the site. Can you say mass rioting?
-Canons - As far as the guidelines go for playing canons the one rule is that you are only allowed to play two canons, and that is after you have proven that you are able to handle the obligations that come with playing a canon with the first one.
-Canons- Also before picking the canon you wish to play make sure that you check the canon availability to make sure that the canon you wish to play is up for grabs still.
-Posting - There are a certain things as far as posting go that we frown upon here at MH.
-1.- The first thing is posts that are obnoxiously short, while we understand that at times it may be hard to write....we however do not want to see 3-4 sentence posts. No, we don't want you to write us a short novel, two-three good sized paragraphs will be fine, or at the very least keeping up with the pace of the person you are posting with. Unless of course that person happens to be yours truly-that would just be cruel and unusual torture.
-2. - Please do not God-Mod, unless you have been given permission by the person you are Rping with to push a character in direction, or make them do something that will move your post.
-3.- Please. Please. Try and make make sure that you are using proper punctuation, grammar, and spelling. We don't expect you to be perfect, so a few slip ups are fine.
-4 No. No. No. plagiarizing. This is an RP site, so be creative and write your own posts. If we find out....well does the phrase "off with his head" give you a clue as to what we will do?
-5.- If you find out that you are going to be gone for several days, please make an effort to try and post in the 'away' thread to notify us (and people you may be threading with) that you plan on be gone for a little spell. Otherwise, especially if you are gone for a long time, we will start to worry and thing that either the 'bugs' got you or the volturi have had a hand in your disappearance
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CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS[/font]
- - As far as character realationships go we are pretty flexible, but even the flexible have ways in which their bodies cant bend.
-- Inter species relationship are allowed. However....there's always a however isn't there. We do have....guidelines for the relationships.
- -No one said that an inter-species relationship would be easy, especially among vampire/shapeshifters. If you choose to enter into this arrangement, we ask that you try to will have to address a variety of issues, such as: How do they deal with the smell? What about the fact that vampire venom is deadly to shifters, instead of changing them? How do the two feel about being on opposite sides of a natural feud? How do their friends and family react to this? How will diets change? (A vampire can't just decide to become veggie and have it happen...if it was that easy, no one would feel sorry for Jasper) Make sure that you address all these issues and any others which come up...and you may need to be prepared to deal with the Volturi as well. Because as we know fairy tail relationships only happen on the big screen and in books...i mean look what Edward and bella, Jared and Melanie, and Wanda and Ian had to go through.
--Neither female vampires nor female shifters will be able to produce offspring, for the same reason: Their bodies don't change. A female shifter may have children, but only after she gives up phasing. Male vampires and shifters however, may produce children, but keep in mind for the vampires this does mean the death (or possibly immortality) of the mother. We will assume that pregnancies resulting from a shifter father occur as a normal human pregnancy does, because the wolf gene does not manifest in children.
- -If you wish to produce a child, you must first pm or otherwise contact the owner. You will be asked basic questions (who will play the child? How will this event occur?) before we decides if you have permission or not. [/font]
GRAPHICS & SIGS[/font]
Now we all love graphics. They're the glitter that decorates our characters and
Shows everyone just how sparkly our character faces are. Sadly though we do have a few rules about them......just a few though.
-First- please try to use images that aren't too large, the larger images have a tendency to stretch the boards out, and make everything look rather odd.
-Second-now we know that not everyone has a spiffy program like Photoshop, so if you are looking for someone to make you siggy that will make everyone's jaw drop make a request in the character section of the boar. Please do not ask for graphics in the c-box, that is a big no no, and will earn you a fate worse then a hearing with the volturi.
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CONDUCT & MISC.[/font]
-Here at MH, you'll find that this board is rated 'R'. Yes, sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll happen, even when the nuns are on patrol. So if you please have problems with it, let us know, and we'll see what we can do.
- If you could do the admin you love a favor please put a note in the thread you are currently in, if it takes a turn for the worse.
- We also ask that you leave a note on the admin note boards if your are planning any character deaths, pregnancies, and any other drama's. This helps know how many pregnant teen mothers we might have on the site, we don't want twelve pregnant women walking around. We know the odds of this happening actually exist, but can you imagine twelve hormonal pregnant women on the site? -shudders-
-For your safety, please do not give out any of your personal information, if you are talking about where you live with another person and it slips that you live in Forks Washington, please leave it at that. Don't give them your street address and your entire schedule. Not everyone can pull of that watching you sleep thing like Edward can-and not come off as a stalker or a creep.
- As the admin we understand that not everyone is going to agree with the rules we've set down, so if you do have a problem you are more then welcome to send us a pm voicing your complaints. However the one rule that we will not make an exception to is mistreatment to others.
- We as people demand respect. everyone does it is a natural human expectation, no matter who you are, everyone deserves to be treated with respect, and here at MH it is the most important rule to follow.
-Respect Means many things, but most importantly it means things Like:
1. Respecting the wishes of other members, not using derogatory terms/inflammatory remarks.
2. Not constantly pestering/annoying other members/admins to reply to threads. Or check applications, ect. Acting in either of these manners is not respectful and will do nothing but upset the other members and make three very nice admin’s loose their patience. Contrary to popular beliefs we admin do have lives too....crazy right rp admin actually having lives, so we will get to whatever pressing matters you have as soon as we can....we promise.
3. I know that we can all be mature here, so please if you have a problem with another member, do not come into the c-box trash talking the other member. If you have a problem with that member, please come talk to one of us, it will make life here at MH run a little smoother. We don't really have to deal with one person screeching that the other party sucks, and said sucking party very upset because said trash talker is saying some rather rude things. If we get wind that one of our members is doing this (and make no mistake we will...we're like the freaking volturi....we know about everything) the volturi are going to look like cute fluffy white rabbits compared to us.
- With all these rules being said the one last thing we ask is......... have fun! DO IT !
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