Post by .:Raven:. on Sept 26, 2008 21:04:15 GMT -5
Basic Rules
- No racism or racial/sexual discrimination of any kind while out of character. If it is your CHARACTER who is racist or sexist and you are posting in character, then that is alright.
- For each and every character you must fill out a joining form. We will put it in the respective sub boards. (If you do not finish, in the title, or somewhere in the post, put the words: *Not Finished*)
- You must have an application up within 10 days of joining.
- Characters need a first and last name.
- You may have no more than 10 characters, unless you are able to handle them all and you MSG one of the admin.
- If you are going to be away for a while, (days, weeks, months*hopefully not this one*) please post in the away board.
- Make sure, that IF you do use a celebrity, you do not use one that is already taken. There will be a board up with names of celebrities who are being used and who is using them.
- No nude pictures
- Please remember, this site is rated (in standard movie format) R, at best PG-13. Cursing, alcohol, drugs, sex...etc... is allowed. We urge people younger than 13 or 14 not to join. Actually, under 13 is not allowed.
- Password is Haunted
- Please, for common courtesy, put XxX in the title if it is going to be sexually explicit.
- Please do not harass other members. If this is happening, Pm an admin. WE will deal with it.
- Signature pictures can not...repeat can not exceed a width of 600 and a hight of 200. There may only be three of those in a signature. If it exceeds this, the admin will down size the picture and/or make a click able picture.Posting
- Posts must be more than 100 words. There Will not be any :
Cole said "Hey"
If you need help making 100 words or more, the admin will enroll you into the RP-school. - Song lyrics do not count toward your 100 word min.
- You may have more than one character per post.
- Those who frequently make large posts get rewards.
- Pregnancy and sex is allowed. As well as drinking and drugs.
- No g-modding (God-Modding) or power playing if we see stuff such as:
Joanna paused as she looked up from writing on a scrappy piece of paper. Jack hovered above her. Seconds later, without warning, he pushed her off the chair and ripped up the paper. He started kicking at the, in his opinion, dorky freak of the class. Picking her up by the front of her top, Jack swung her up against the wall, eyes glowing red with anger. He had forgotten why he was doing this, but no doubt it would come back to him later after he had finished.
And it was "Jack" who replied this without "Joanna's" consent, then it is power playing.
If we see this:
Despite having broken all of her ribs while he was kicking her, Joanna stood up and began to beat up Jack.
This is god modding. Both of these are BIG no-nos
- You may post in first person. Though I am sure most people will post in third or second. This is not a big deal. At the top of your post, please specify which you will be posting in , using this format: (ooc//I will be using "insert style here" to post in). However, please keep each post in ONE format.
- Each post is to be in size 1 font. IF you do not know how to do this, ask an admin.
- Please keep perfect characters to a min. In Real Life, there is no one who always says the right thing, or does the right thing all the time. The best was to do this is give your character a flaw, or a fetish.
- There is a spell check button for a reason. Use it.
- One character may not be in more than three posts at one time.
- Chat speak is not allowed in character. Nothing personal, but it really gets annoying to see: && she was lyke OMG Tht prse dsn't go w/tht drss. lol
- You must have your character's profile posted and accepted before making a role playing post.
- Upon starting, you will recieve 500 dollars.
Characters
[/li][li] As we said before, no PERFECT characters. This means, if youe character always does or says the right thing, we probably won’t except your character. Also, if there is a TON of drama in your character’s life or history, we probably won’t except them.
[/li][li] No odd colored eyes/hair. Meaning no purple hair or red eyes. Unless there is a good, biological reason for this.
[/li][li] No odd colored skin
[/li][li] If you join a horse, your stats must be correct as far as breed goes. Meaning no PURE ALBINO horses…There can be maximum white, but no albinos…there are no albinos.
[/li][li] If you want your character to be an outlaw, msg Joy.
[/li][li] If you are pregnant, both parents must fill out the form and post it in the hospital to get the child. The admin will decide what gender, hair color, height, and sickness/birth defects at birth.
Events
[/b][/li][li]Horse Round ups: There will be two a month. Any wild equine is subject to be caught.
[/li][li]Bank Heists: Must be conducted in the bank. Only one per outlaw per RL month. A group of outlaws counts as one. So if there is a band, such as Jesse Jame's group of say 13, then all 13 men/women count as one outlaw.
[/li][li] Disasters and Rewards: EVERYONE who wants a disaster of reward, weather it be for a farm, ranch, towns person or bank robber MUST post in the appropriate thread with the correct form. The admin will decide what happens from there.
Fighting
[/b][/li][li] Fighting can be between horses or humans.
[/li][li] If an official fist fight or an equine fight you may receive three hits and two dodges. Five Turns total. The admin will decide who wins based on the perspective posts.
[/li][li] Shoot Outs: Each person has 2 bullets. One person Or both persons will die.
[/li][li] Shoot Outs: Three Posts per person, One instigating, one for the shots and one reacting and saying who dies. If there is no clear winner. The admin will chose one.
[/li][li] Humans may fight for honor, because they were cheated, or because the town ain't big 'nough for two of them.
[/li][li] Mares may fight for foals, or stallions.
[/li][li] Stallions may fight for Mares, Breeding rights, Territory, or because of a grudge.
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Pictures/Manipulations
[/li][li] For pictures: Please do not perform a random search on yahoo, google, or msn. There are such things as copyright laws and getting in trouble with the FBI...I do not want them knocking on my door at three in the morning cause someone used a bad picture. Also, viruses can be transmitted really easy that way.
[/li][li] When you make a manipulation, please only use stock images that are stock images. A great place to find these is Deviantart.com
[/li][li] You MUST credit the person who made the stock. Example Look at the bottom left corner.
[/li][li] Use this format (as see on the picture):
Background: Vital Defect stock @deviantart.com
Horse: Littlenake @deviantart.com
Skeleton: unknown source from deviantart.com
Moon: *can't read the name* @deviantart.com
[/li][li] MSG the person from whom you are borrowing stock.
[/li][li] If you wish for a graphic studio, MSG one of the admin with examples and such.
[/li][li] No Stealing images from others
Affiliates and advertising
[/li][li] Please only advertise in the correct board.
[/li][li] If you do not have our banner up, we will not put yours up, unless of course we do not have a banner, in which case we will put yours up.
[/li][li] If we see you have stolen anything, we will delete you as an affiliate.
[/li][li] With these rules in mind, we welcome you to the site and bid you have fun!
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*modified by Joy September 29, 2008.
*Modifications will be made in red.
Thanks to the admin of Northern Downpour for some of the rules.