Post by DJ Sonia on Dec 28, 2010 14:20:16 GMT -6
These rules apply everywhere. They will be followed and they will be enforced all over the forum. If they are said constantly, then you will be banned after so many warnings. Loosely translating limits: Three strikes, and you?re out!
- ~Follow the Rules - First rule is to follow the rules. Under no circumstances are rules to be broken, and even though I am patient, I do have my limits. When those limits are reached, the end result is usually catching up on something that?s long overdue.
- ~Ratings - The forum content is rated PG-13, meaning we will constantly have pictures, topic titles, and text around the forum that will be acceptable on levels of acceptable quality. (No nudity, eechi, or senseless sailor talk.) The roleplay text will NOT be of mature rating (No relation to violence, blood, references to drugs, and etc.) Please, remember the two are separate and always will be. This is to expand on the roleplay possibilities and not to indulge yourselves, so don?t get carried away with your stories and keep it leveled.
- ~Follow the ToS - Proboards has a Terms of Service, so make sure you know those. I know people skip that page, but be informed about the most important clauses.
- ~Respect and Equality - This is the ground rule of the forum and should be respected. No matter if you?re white, black, blue, purple, red, green, have long legs, short legs, pig face, pig tails, skinny body, large body, round face, or pan face: everyone is different! Everyone should be treated equal, and they should be treated with respect without rude talk or disrespectful language or gestures that would offend. This includes staff: they?re here to help you, not take insults from you.
- ~This is a Roleplay Forum - I?m all about family and friends, but we can?t have you dampening everyone?s mood or trying to push beliefs or your opinions on someone with forceful banter. Leave that drama outside the forum, please? Everyone is here to Roleplay, chat about their stories, and have fun. If you have to talk about something, take it outside the forum and if it?s to one of the staff, PM or take it to a social messenger.
- ~The Language - The proper language here is English. You will be required to talk in English here on ?The Heart Station,? so make sure to brush up on it. If you don?t know it all too well, but you?re putting for an effort: acceptable!
- ~Keep it outside my House - This forum is like a house, and we are all guests/members of that house. Don?t bring matters of someone else?s house into this one; that?s rude, especially if its to talk bad. We are not competitive or trying to be about anything but having fun, so keep matters of other forums or of your real life outside the forum and discuss them somewhere appropriate.
- ~No Justification through Technicalities - We don?t know about you, but we hate technicalities here. They are used mostly to try to get around something, especially when it?s to push for something unnecessary or trivial. Do not use them to force for things you want. That means ?They have?, or ?It?s the same.? If we tell you something, listen! We don?t tolerate exploitation of the rules.
- ~Post in the Appropriate Board - Roleplay boards are for roleplay, chatting boards are for chatting. Always post in the appropriate board, and if you need to post a quick note, make sure it?s in brackets for OOC speaking (like this) or use the out of character label ?OOC: List this.? This is not to confuse roleplayers between the text of you being in-character and the text of out of character speech.
- ~ Don't be a Mini-Mod - We have staff here, staff handle problems and not members. The members come here to have fun, be amongst friends, and talk with one another and no other reason. So if arguments and disagreements come out, direct the staff to it or send them a PM about the matter. Don't try to be a mini-mod: whether C-Box, Forums, or Profiles. You will get into trouble. You are however more than welcome to ask someone to stop and desist, but don't be bossy.
- ~Keep us updated - If by any means you are inactive, you may have important characters or aspects such as constellations. If you are absent for a month without telling us why so, your rights to keep a certain character aspect will be lifted. (That means a ?Face-Claim?, ?Canon?, or otherwise.) You will be notified before this happens, but we encourage your activitiy for the sake of keeping you in the story and keeping at your pace. We have an ?Introduction? and ?Leaving? board, so use them, please?
- ~ Avy and Siggy Pictures - Do not use pictures in avatars and signatures that stretch the board. The proper Avatar is at max ?100x100? and that exact seeing they can stretch the board even when resized and the link loads slowly. Also, signature sizes should not stretch the board or your signature section. They will be removed with a PM notifying you why.
- ~No Plagiarism - I hate a thief! Don?t you? Sliding down my chimney, stealing cookies, and leaving boxes! No?wait! Anyway, if you steal something from someone: picture, graphics, or profile formatting; anything without their permission whether from another site, and if you take text without crediting Wikipedia and copy it word for word, you will be penalized harshly. Stealing is wrong! Just don?t do it, okay?
