Post by LYN <3 on Apr 10, 2012 3:17:06 GMT -5
THE • OFFICIAL • RULEBOOK
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APPLYING 101[/font]
you can sign up with any username you want to have, but once you decide on your characters name, please change your display name. sure, this can realistically wait until you are approved or post your application, but if you plan on filling out the app before posting it, then please change your name accordingly and make sure that your display name is all capital letters and your full character name (ex. HARRY JAMES POTTER). please do not put punctuation in your display name. as for how many characters you can have, you can have as many as you'd like, but the staffers all ask if you can keep your character genders in ratio, so we won't have to put a ban on a certain gender.
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GRAPHICS NOTICE[/font]
on the note of applying, please post your application within a week tops of registering. we ask that you post your application on the right board because it makes everything a little more complicated for the admins. also, please fill out the application carefully and do not change the code. we'd also like for people to use people as play bys, and not drawn characters. no anime allowed. since we're using people, there is one short thing that the staffers ask for. and that is don't try and pass off your character as 22 if the play by is over 50, and vice versa. try and make the play by as close to your character age as possible.
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we would love everyone on this site (and by love, i mean require) everyone to have a 150X200 avatar - the limit - and a signature of their choice, as long as it does not exceed a width of 500 pixels. the banner can be any size height though. if you can't make graphics, there is a graphics board where you can request some and people are always willing to oblige. if you can't get someone on here to do it, go to a site such as CAUTION. you have to join, but it's worth it for all the graphics you can get as well as help with anything else.
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ROLEPLAYING 101[/font]
we will not be posting activity checks weekly, though there will be one every two months for example. we would like for people to at least log on daily to keep the site looking active - even if it's just to check your character pm's or post an absense. you don't have to post a roleplay post everyday if you're busy, but you can post in the ooc boards, which requires not even a sentence for most of the games. people who do not log in for two weeks will most likely be deleted, along with their character(s). you may have as many characters as you can handle, but if you choose to make more than one, try to make one boy for every two girl characters you have or vice versa.
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TRAVELLING[/font]
well, the good news is that we don't have a word count. though, we'd prefer a paragraph or two and we don't welcome post one liners. it wouldn't hurt, right? and please, try to match the post given to you. for example, the person you're rping with posted 700 words, at least try to post 300 words to be fair. and since this is a intermediate/advanced site, please do try to make at least 150 +, it would make us happy. also we're we are pg 13 so sex, violence, drugs, etc. shall be kept to minimum or through pm. some of us might be too young or cautious to see those topics. besides, we wouldn't want to die down, now do we?
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okay so you might want to check out the plot to understand this. okay so 'travelling' is a method where a student could travel to the marauder's era. sorry to tell you but only students can travel and only on the marauder's era. be careful though, no one can tell anything about the future and no one can reverse it. meaning, if you decide that you wanted your character to travel, he/she shall be stuck to the said era so you might want to think it over. we know, we know, its cool, right? though, you cannot travel that easily. its not a one step decision. you can only travel once you complete at least 20 finished threads + all threads involving your character shall be finished. yep, that means you can't mention it on your application at all and we know its hard but we can't have everyone travelling, now could we? also, if you've gained it. you can make a current character travel or a new character, but you'll have to mention your character travelling in his/her app. and the finished threads is by the member not by the character. [ex: character 1 =15 finished threads character = 5 finished threads = qualifies] oh! and follow up, you might ask how the travelling happens. well, it happen 'cause of a hidden item at hogwarts which could only be found by students in the castle. once touched, they would have to travel to the marauder's era, but the students are clueless, and the item would remain where it originally was.
any further questions shall be pmed to any staff member.
THE OTHER RULES
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this is a harry potter roleplay, so magic is allowed, for obvious reasons. but please try to remember the hogwarts school rules if you are roleplaying a student. for example, curfew is 10. if you're caught after that, then a professor may just catch you. also please note that only third years and onwards are allowed to visit hogsmeade, so no seconds years can be found here or a staffer will burst in and put them in detention. other than that ... if you choose to join this site, thank you! we really appreciate it and we, the staffers, would like to get to know each and every member, so don't hesitate to introduce yourself in the ooc boards and cbox! btw, if you want to have both same canons [ex: harry potter in potter era and post] you have to make two app/history & personality if adult. as for student [and one adult] we suggest two apps and two accounts.© the layout is copyrighted to bethers is a badger ?! of caution, and freddy hart of magical mayhem.