Post by Roxanne Weasley on Jan 2, 2008 14:09:03 GMT -5
Before you get things underway, there are a few things you'll need to know.
1. Please be active. It's no fun to be on a site and see posts from weeks ago, and it also discourages guests from joining the site. So, please, if you join, plan on being active.
2. Don't control what other characters do. Don't do anything that significantly affects another characters life(killing curses) without permission.
3. Be appropriate. Don't swear or use inappropriate phrases. It's dumb, and annoying.
4.Don't use little nicknames like "OMGDracoTotallyRocks12345" as your display name. This is RP. You can't be all like:
OMGDracoTotallyRocks12345 walked into Herbology, dragging her feet.
5.Third person. You know this, right?
6.Don't use chat speak in the role play forum. If you're uncool enough to actually spell out p-p-l instead of saying people, in real oral language...that sounds like a personal problem. Don't do it here though.
7.Avoid those one liners. I know. Sometimes someone says something, and then there's not much to say unless you analyze the entire world. Like
Pizza: "So, what's your name?"Pizza asked, tilting his head.
Pepperoni: Pepperoni thought about this difficult question. "Hmm..." she said, thinking hard. The sky was blue. The grass was green. She could smell tacos in the distance. She could taste last week's Popeye's Chicken stuck in her teeth. She could hear kids having a dance off on the roof. She could feel the water balloons hit her head. "I think...." she began. "I think...my name might be Pepperoni."
((OOC: Hah! That's more than six sentences! I don't get banned.))
Umm, no. Good, short posts are better than long ones that make little to no sense. So I won't pounce on you if someone asks you a simple question and you don't go into detail about Popeye's Chicken and whatnot, but do try to post longer. It's more fun to read that way, no?
8.If you're playing a canon character, TRY to make your avatar at least slightly resemble the person, people. Don't use...Jamie Lynn Spears as Lily Potter. Harry=Black hair. Ginny=Red hair. Don't use...Ashlee Simpson as Lee Jordan's daughter, people.
NEW: 9. Please refrain from sorting yourself. If you're remotely suitable for that house, you'll end up there anyway. I'm not doing the whole "OK, you're clearly Hufflepuff, but since you said you wanted Gryffindor that's where you'll go" thing anymore. If you simply can't live with your sorting, PM me.
Also, the House thing on the application says canon characters only. I've had too many originals use it to influence their placement or just put a house like it didn't say it was not for originals. So, originals get their own application. The difference? No house thing. Simple as that.
OK, there's the rules, my stylish member peeps. Follow them, if you don't mind.
1. Please be active. It's no fun to be on a site and see posts from weeks ago, and it also discourages guests from joining the site. So, please, if you join, plan on being active.
2. Don't control what other characters do. Don't do anything that significantly affects another characters life(killing curses) without permission.
3. Be appropriate. Don't swear or use inappropriate phrases. It's dumb, and annoying.
4.Don't use little nicknames like "OMGDracoTotallyRocks12345" as your display name. This is RP. You can't be all like:
OMGDracoTotallyRocks12345 walked into Herbology, dragging her feet.
5.Third person. You know this, right?
6.Don't use chat speak in the role play forum. If you're uncool enough to actually spell out p-p-l instead of saying people, in real oral language...that sounds like a personal problem. Don't do it here though.
7.Avoid those one liners. I know. Sometimes someone says something, and then there's not much to say unless you analyze the entire world. Like
Pizza: "So, what's your name?"Pizza asked, tilting his head.
Pepperoni: Pepperoni thought about this difficult question. "Hmm..." she said, thinking hard. The sky was blue. The grass was green. She could smell tacos in the distance. She could taste last week's Popeye's Chicken stuck in her teeth. She could hear kids having a dance off on the roof. She could feel the water balloons hit her head. "I think...." she began. "I think...my name might be Pepperoni."
((OOC: Hah! That's more than six sentences! I don't get banned.))
Umm, no. Good, short posts are better than long ones that make little to no sense. So I won't pounce on you if someone asks you a simple question and you don't go into detail about Popeye's Chicken and whatnot, but do try to post longer. It's more fun to read that way, no?
8.If you're playing a canon character, TRY to make your avatar at least slightly resemble the person, people. Don't use...Jamie Lynn Spears as Lily Potter. Harry=Black hair. Ginny=Red hair. Don't use...Ashlee Simpson as Lee Jordan's daughter, people.
NEW: 9. Please refrain from sorting yourself. If you're remotely suitable for that house, you'll end up there anyway. I'm not doing the whole "OK, you're clearly Hufflepuff, but since you said you wanted Gryffindor that's where you'll go" thing anymore. If you simply can't live with your sorting, PM me.
Also, the House thing on the application says canon characters only. I've had too many originals use it to influence their placement or just put a house like it didn't say it was not for originals. So, originals get their own application. The difference? No house thing. Simple as that.
OK, there's the rules, my stylish member peeps. Follow them, if you don't mind.