Post by Chaos on May 23, 2013 1:01:58 GMT
the rules
Out of Character Conduct
1 • By registering on this forum, you agree to our rules and the Proboards TOS.
2 • Respect is vital. This site is intended to be a friendly, positive environment. Rudeness and hostility will not be tolerated. Be mindful of the IC/OOC divide: what happens in-character must stay in-character, and vice versa.
3 • The cbox is there to be used, but keep in mind what is and isn't appropriate conversation for such a public area of the site. Try to avoid anything too negative, too personal, or controversial. Keep it clean, don't flood or spam, don't pester people to post, and don't link to other RP sites. We have an advertising board for that!
4 • If you ever have a problem or are confused by something, don't hesitate to PM an admin and we'll sort it out with you. Please also let us know if you have ideas for new features or improvements.
Registration
1 • Account per character. Your display name must be changed to the character's first and last name in proper capitals (e.g. Buffy Summers). Please fill in the profile fields for character age, occupation, and your OOC alias.
2 • All avatars must be exactly 200x300 pixels. Please link to a hosted image (e.g. Imgur, Tinypic, Photobucket) rather than uploading it on the site. Seeing as this site uses such large avatars, signatures are unnecessary and should not be used.
3 • Play-bys are limited to living people who work in the public eye, such as professional actors, models, musicians etc. We will not accept any play-by who is only 'famous' through the internet, e.g. users from websites such as Myspace, Youtube, Modelmayhem, Lookbook, Tumblr, Deviantart, Suicide Girls and the like.
4 • Do not post anywhere else on the site until your application is accepted.
5 • After your application has been accepted and you've posted in the claims, please place your character in their appropriate group - you can do this yourself, it doesn't have to be the admin. Visit your character's profile, press the 'groups' tab (do not press 'edit profile') and then click 'join group' for the appropriate group. After this, you're all set and can get stuck in!
Characters and Posting
1 • This is a real life site with a surreal twist - it is absolutely not a fantasy site. For the most part, astrology and superstitions being real is about as outlandish as it gets on the supernatural front. For instance, Average Joe might get a little more impulsive than usual at the full moon, but there is still no such thing as werewolves. It's alternate universe, but not that alternate. If in doubt about how far it stretches, ask an admin.
2 • Chaos is an advanced site, but it does not have an official minimum word count. This is precisely because we're looking for good, experienced writers who can judge themselves how long their posts should be. All posts should be creative, interesting and well-written; all characters should be realistic, well-rounded and compelling. It goes without saying that spell-check and correct grammar are vital. The site style is third person and past tense.
3 • Due to the Proboards Terms of Service, threads and PMs must not contain sex scenes, excessive violence/gore, or anything that details or glamorises drug use. As a result, we strongly discourage making any characters who work as drug dealers or prostitutes/sex workers (including strippers), or characters who are serial killers, as these usually come far too close to the borderline in regard to graphic/mature content.
4 • As usual, no god-moding, no power-playing, no meta-gaming, no mary sues or gary stus, etc. Characters must be completely fictional: don't make them relations of real life public figures, including royalty. In addition, please try to avoid too much similarity between your character and, for example, a character their play-by portrayed in a TV show.
5 • You can have as many characters as you can keep active. There is no official character limit, but admins reserve the right to deny new characters you make if we feel you're neglecting the ones you have already.
Activity
1 • If you're going to be away, let us know by posting here. No need to tell us personal reasons, just give us a heads up so we know you're coming back. We don't want to see anyone just vanish into thin air!
2 • Activity checks will be held every 1-2 months. PMs and emails will be sent out, but if you leave with no absence note, your character will be deleted if they do not reply in the thread.
3 • If someone hasn't logged in for more than two weeks without an absence note, their face claim has a chance to be up for grabs. If a play-by is in the face claim but the player is inactive, ask an admin about it and we'll free it up for you.
4 • Please sign into all of your accounts. It's quick and painless, and if you have time to chat in the cbox you have time to do a quick log in. At the bottom right of the page there's a small grey bar with a 'switch account' button. You don't even need to type in the username and password - couldn't be easier.
5 • It's encouraged to plot with others and be active, not only in threads but also with the out of character community. Games, the OOC board and the cbox are as much a part of the site as the location boards. Most of all... have fun!
Welcome to the Chaos.