Post by Professor Stella Saturs on Aug 27, 2005 11:58:46 GMT -5
RPG Formate
When posting in the Role Playing Section you must:
post in third person, not in the first.
Along with that you are to use proper grammar and spelling. We will not penalize you if you make typing mistakes here or there but if your posts are full of mistakes you will recieve a warning.
There is to be no use of the *’s in any In Character posts. They are how ever permitted in the Out Of Character posts.
Please refrain from using exsessive amount of dots in your post. If you want someone to pause then write that.
When posting do not give links to clothing or other objects are you are to describe them clearly in your posts.
Posts must be descriptive. That means that there are to be no one liner posts or posts with just the text and no action. Each post must have at least two sentenced with either just actions or actions and dialogue.
Example of Proper Post
Trent looked around and saw the growing amount of death eaters. He knew there was no way he could possibly fight off all of them.
Looking around he saw Harry looking towards him. He looked into his green eyes knowing the boy was full of fear. Trent had to do something. He looked to where the boy was then around him once again. It was obvious there was a straight path towards him. He put his hand behind he back and whispered "Accio rock." As the rock flew into his hand, he pointed his wand at it and again whispered. "Portus."
Looking towards the boy he held the rock for a few seconds. As he threw it he yelled out "Potter catch!" He knew the boy had to get back to Hogwarts and that portkey would bring him to the Gryffindor common room.
He looked around him and shot spells randomly. Knowing he had to watch the boy leave before he did.
RPG Example credited to Trent Murphy from the Return of Voldemort
Basic Rules
3. Power Play is prohibited. Power Playing is when you control other people’s characters in your post. That means you cannot control their body, mind or soul. Some characters may possess telepathy and are able to read mind. No one is aloud to pry into someone’s mind unless they let you. If a mutual understanding is formed between you mention it at the bottom of your post in an out of character formate so that the admins don't send you a warning.
4. No Mary-Sue Characters. A Mary-Sue is a character without flaws a.k.a. perfect. Everyone has something about him or her that is imperfect, even when you role-play! Any one found trying to be a Mary-Sue will be deleted and banned no questions asked.
5. Please stay in character when posting. Most of the board is RPG meaning you have to be your character at all times. Please also RPG your charactor signing up for lessons. The only time you do not need to be in character is in the out of character boards. Those are easy to find and identify.
6. No "flaming" other people. A flame is when you say something insulting directed at another person. We are trying to keep this a freindly and fun place.
7. Respect your allies. They are the only ones that you might be able to trust. There are characters with higher rank then you please respect them.
8. No spamming! This means no one word posts or emoticon posts, no multiple emoticon posts, no flooding, no double posts (meaning you can't talk to yourself, no posting after yourself). No posting just for the sake of boosting the number of posts you have.
9. Respect the admins. We do not abuse our powers so we expect you to show us some respect when we are talking to you out of character. If certain things like inspections are called for please do not throw hissy fits for we are only trying to maintain structure within the board
10. Make sure you have posted your biography in the joining board. You must copy the form and create a thread according to the instructions with the form filled out. If you have not done this after 1 month, your character will be deleted.
11. If you have not posted a single post EVER, as in you have joined but never posted at all, you will be deleted after a month. After a week, you will get an email notice by one of the admins.
12. Any posts that are only OOC without any in character are being deleted, and double post are being modified by admins into one. Please refrain from double posting, if you’d like to add something to your post just click the modify button. That is what it is there for.
13. If you want to be creative and make a spell, check with the admins and I will see if I find it acceptable and/or realistic.
14. Most of you are humans you are not invincible. You cannot be super-powerful. You must have weaknesses. Even the non-humans have a weakness; anything that is living has a weakness.
15. If you plan to have "special abilities", you must check with the admins to see if they agree. This includes such powers as: Parsel-tongue, Metamorphmagus, Animagi, Occlumency, Legilimency, etc. One must inform the admins of your whole origin on how you became to posses such powers.
16. If you do not plan to be a human you must also get approval from the admins. For that you must tell them how you became what you are, i.e. Werewolf, Vampire, Spirit etc. You must also indicate clearly what you are and what powers you posses. If necessary restrictions will be put on to certain things that you can and can’t do.
17. Very few people can say Voldemort's name. Keep that in mind. Not all of you can go around all fearless-like and act like Voldemort isn't a threat. He is 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'! He is to be feared for that is how you have been raised to know him as.
18. Avens grounds and the Ministry of Magic have apparation charms on them. That means that no one can apparate or dispparate from there. The grounds of Avens count as Avens.
19. You do not know information unless you are in the area at the same time. That means that you have to be in the thread the whole time listening to the fact. If you read a thread that does not count as your character knowing the information. Anyone found using information they read but their character is not in the thread will be warned
20. When captured you have to only post in the area where you’re put when captured. There are ways to escape but it takes a lot of RPG before on can escape.
21. Do not give out passwords to any of the houses, organizations, etc. that you learn or are given. Only certain people are to have them for a reason. If you do not have the password to a certain area don't throw a hissy fit. Ask the admin and well send you the password if it you are able to enter that area.
22. Do not post until your character has been accepted. You will know if you have been accepted if your character application is either in the Student List or Adult List.
23. All character names must have a first and last name. No characters with names like "IloveDan" will be accepted
If you have any question regarding these rules, please feel free to contact the ADMINS!
When posting in the Role Playing Section you must:
post in third person, not in the first.
Along with that you are to use proper grammar and spelling. We will not penalize you if you make typing mistakes here or there but if your posts are full of mistakes you will recieve a warning.
There is to be no use of the *’s in any In Character posts. They are how ever permitted in the Out Of Character posts.
Please refrain from using exsessive amount of dots in your post. If you want someone to pause then write that.
When posting do not give links to clothing or other objects are you are to describe them clearly in your posts.
Posts must be descriptive. That means that there are to be no one liner posts or posts with just the text and no action. Each post must have at least two sentenced with either just actions or actions and dialogue.
Example of Proper Post
Trent looked around and saw the growing amount of death eaters. He knew there was no way he could possibly fight off all of them.
Looking around he saw Harry looking towards him. He looked into his green eyes knowing the boy was full of fear. Trent had to do something. He looked to where the boy was then around him once again. It was obvious there was a straight path towards him. He put his hand behind he back and whispered "Accio rock." As the rock flew into his hand, he pointed his wand at it and again whispered. "Portus."
Looking towards the boy he held the rock for a few seconds. As he threw it he yelled out "Potter catch!" He knew the boy had to get back to Hogwarts and that portkey would bring him to the Gryffindor common room.
He looked around him and shot spells randomly. Knowing he had to watch the boy leave before he did.
RPG Example credited to Trent Murphy from the Return of Voldemort
Basic Rules
3. Power Play is prohibited. Power Playing is when you control other people’s characters in your post. That means you cannot control their body, mind or soul. Some characters may possess telepathy and are able to read mind. No one is aloud to pry into someone’s mind unless they let you. If a mutual understanding is formed between you mention it at the bottom of your post in an out of character formate so that the admins don't send you a warning.
4. No Mary-Sue Characters. A Mary-Sue is a character without flaws a.k.a. perfect. Everyone has something about him or her that is imperfect, even when you role-play! Any one found trying to be a Mary-Sue will be deleted and banned no questions asked.
5. Please stay in character when posting. Most of the board is RPG meaning you have to be your character at all times. Please also RPG your charactor signing up for lessons. The only time you do not need to be in character is in the out of character boards. Those are easy to find and identify.
6. No "flaming" other people. A flame is when you say something insulting directed at another person. We are trying to keep this a freindly and fun place.
7. Respect your allies. They are the only ones that you might be able to trust. There are characters with higher rank then you please respect them.
8. No spamming! This means no one word posts or emoticon posts, no multiple emoticon posts, no flooding, no double posts (meaning you can't talk to yourself, no posting after yourself). No posting just for the sake of boosting the number of posts you have.
9. Respect the admins. We do not abuse our powers so we expect you to show us some respect when we are talking to you out of character. If certain things like inspections are called for please do not throw hissy fits for we are only trying to maintain structure within the board
10. Make sure you have posted your biography in the joining board. You must copy the form and create a thread according to the instructions with the form filled out. If you have not done this after 1 month, your character will be deleted.
11. If you have not posted a single post EVER, as in you have joined but never posted at all, you will be deleted after a month. After a week, you will get an email notice by one of the admins.
12. Any posts that are only OOC without any in character are being deleted, and double post are being modified by admins into one. Please refrain from double posting, if you’d like to add something to your post just click the modify button. That is what it is there for.
13. If you want to be creative and make a spell, check with the admins and I will see if I find it acceptable and/or realistic.
14. Most of you are humans you are not invincible. You cannot be super-powerful. You must have weaknesses. Even the non-humans have a weakness; anything that is living has a weakness.
15. If you plan to have "special abilities", you must check with the admins to see if they agree. This includes such powers as: Parsel-tongue, Metamorphmagus, Animagi, Occlumency, Legilimency, etc. One must inform the admins of your whole origin on how you became to posses such powers.
16. If you do not plan to be a human you must also get approval from the admins. For that you must tell them how you became what you are, i.e. Werewolf, Vampire, Spirit etc. You must also indicate clearly what you are and what powers you posses. If necessary restrictions will be put on to certain things that you can and can’t do.
17. Very few people can say Voldemort's name. Keep that in mind. Not all of you can go around all fearless-like and act like Voldemort isn't a threat. He is 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'! He is to be feared for that is how you have been raised to know him as.
18. Avens grounds and the Ministry of Magic have apparation charms on them. That means that no one can apparate or dispparate from there. The grounds of Avens count as Avens.
19. You do not know information unless you are in the area at the same time. That means that you have to be in the thread the whole time listening to the fact. If you read a thread that does not count as your character knowing the information. Anyone found using information they read but their character is not in the thread will be warned
20. When captured you have to only post in the area where you’re put when captured. There are ways to escape but it takes a lot of RPG before on can escape.
21. Do not give out passwords to any of the houses, organizations, etc. that you learn or are given. Only certain people are to have them for a reason. If you do not have the password to a certain area don't throw a hissy fit. Ask the admin and well send you the password if it you are able to enter that area.
22. Do not post until your character has been accepted. You will know if you have been accepted if your character application is either in the Student List or Adult List.
23. All character names must have a first and last name. No characters with names like "IloveDan" will be accepted
If you have any question regarding these rules, please feel free to contact the ADMINS!
