Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2009 18:02:46 GMT -5
For all of you thinking about joining, we suggest you read through these carefully. They're relatively simple but very important to the forum so don't think you should skip them over. These rules are subject to modification and new rules may be added at any time. To put simply: Administrators' and Moderators' words are often what need to be heeded--we will tolerate no ignorance of the rules and no excuses of 'DAT NOT ON RULEZ Y I IN TRUBLE'.
★Please be kind to one another; respect is given through mutuality. If you're kind and respectful to me, I'll be kind and respectful to you. This RP will be no fun if everyone hates one another. Of course this does not have to hold true in character, be as mean and nasty as you want if it fits your role but outside of that--let's all get along the best we can.
★No Godmoding or Powerplaying. Godmoding is when you literally control another person's character--unless you have strict permission to do so, please don't do it. Powerplaying is rather similar but more along the lines of your character being able to do just about anything; i.e. always dodge attacks but also be able to land their own attacks no matter what.
☆Our characters here are strictly Human. They do not have any special powers beyond what real humans can have. We don't want any Mary-sues or Gary-stus floating around please.
★Be active. Posting a few times a week or more would be the desirable amount. If at the least, stop in to confirm you're still alive. If you are inactive for a period of 30 days or more (without prior warning) you will be deleted from our forums and your character presumed dead. If you have to leave or know you will be gone for an extended amount of time please let us know on the Absence Board.
★In order to participate in this RP you must register on the forums with your Character's name (first name or first and last name--preferably both) and apply with the correct application form in the Designated Section. If an account is created and there is no activity on it for 48 hours or more, it will be deleted.
★Try to have fun, please!
On Actual Roleplay
★Original characters ONLY. No fandom characters, they must be your own.
☆We'd prefer if you only used Anime or original drawings as your characters for the flow of the website but we may make an exception (highly likely).
★For your posts, we'd prefer paragraph, third-person, past tense format with, at the least, two or more paragraphs per turn. We are aware that sometimes there just isn't enough going on and so your posts may be shorter but absolutely no one liners. We are an intermediate-advanced role play and will not tolerate anything lower. Grammar and spelling should be decent, everyone makes mistakes but if it becomes a habit we will have to warn you. Spell check is your friend!
★Remember that Violence, Gore, Language, Sex and other mature themes will arise in this Role Play--if you are uncomfortable with this or of a younger age, we'd suggest you think hard about what you're getting into here. As such, all sexualities are allowed--we will not discriminate.
★For now we'd like to limit the amount of characters you have to three. This may change in the future but after three you must have admin. approval to create another. We require every character have its own account and even if you've been approved already you must go through the application process for each new character.
★Please keep within the theme of serious, survival-horror. There can be romance, humour, etc. as there always is but it's encouraged to not stray away from a real life situation. We understand that the setting is futuristic but there are still limits to the fantasy/sci-fi element.
★You may NOT make an infected character. Your character may become infected during the RP but they can not start out this way (unless given approval). Reanimated Infected are NPCs (Non Playable Characters).
★We recommend only being in one thread at a time (per character of course) so as continuity isn't so hard to follow or explain. If you bring your character into two threads at once, it's preferred that the second thread is at a later date, in their world.
★While in a thread, it's not mandatory but--if there are three or more people it's best if you work out a 'posting order' so as no one gets shut out of the RP. Again this is not mandatory and would be something those of you participating in the thread would have to work out.
★Any RPs that are conducted outside of the forums must be pasted into the logs section.
★All RPs that develop (or you know will have) mature themes need their Thread Title to express this. Mature Content: Sex, Drugs, Violence, etc.
★Threads that remain inactive for 30 days or more will be moved to the Inactive Thread and Closed unless otherwise notified as to why it's inactive.
★Guns are -not- allowed on Ellipse Spero without consent of one of the admins.
★You are only allowed the amount of items allotted to you and in order to receive a new item an old item must be expended or dropped. Looted items are usable only once before having to be disposed of. If there are any questions please contact an admin!
If you have any further questions please feel free to post in the Help Section, contact a mod via PM or even ask in the Chat Box--the Mods are your friends and we promise we are here to help! So don't be shy.