Post by Clark Kent on Jun 18, 2010 2:59:54 GMT -5
Rules
1. No harassment No racism, no harassment, threats, etc. Sure, if you playfully threaten someone on accident once, it was an accident. But if a member continuously threatens or harasses another member, it's not going to be overlooked.
2. Spell-check & Grammar First of all, if you're a bad speller by default or a broken keyboard or whatever, that's explainable. But come on. There's a spell-check button in the posting box. And you can still copy and paste your post into Microsoft Word or a word pad to check the spelling and grammar. We just ask of you to not talk liek dis all teh tiem. That's just plain weird and then people can't read your posts. PLEASE USE SPELL-CHECK! I cannot express the importance of that.
3. Copyright Every single application and character and plot belongs directly to their respective owners. All graphics belong to whoever made them. If anyone is caught using a character or graphic or anything belonging to another member, they will be warned and if they are caught doing it again, there wil be a ban because taking another person's work without permission is stealing.
4. Viewer Discretion is advised Now, Smallville is rated PG-13. That includes violence (of course). First of all, cursing is allowed. Just please, please, don't have every one of your sentences have a curse word. Don't drop the F-bomb after every word. That just irritates some people and it shows immaturity. Second of all, sex is referenced to in PG-13 ratings, no? Now, such things might be queasy to read for some people. For that reason, if you have a sex scene in a thread, please mark in the thread title [Mature] so that people who dislike reading mature themes can avoid it.
5. Third person Write your posts in third person. Example: Mike walked down the street.
6. Celebrity/Face Claims All celebrities are used by members as a fictitious character, and portrayal of a celebrity is not in any way referencing to the celebrity's real life. Also, first come, first serve. No reservations of celebrity/face claims. The reason for this is because there have been many people who always reserve a celebrity and then leave and never return. Now, I know most people aren't like that but there are still some people who will cause that trouble. Second, celebrities can only be used once unless for a twin/triplet and if, and only if, the previous character with the celebrity is dead.
7. Staff rights The staff takes care of all issues. If there is an issue with another member, send a PM to a staff member.
8. Strike system Three strikes and you're out, right? Yes, this is a strike system. We, the staff, will keep record of the times a member breaks a rule and mark it down as a strike. Three strikes, and it's a ban.
9. Application Please, follow the application provided and fill it out as required. Where it says did you read the rules, you put Read the rules, cheater!!. The answer will change often so check back or else you won't get the right answer.
10. Signatures and Icons Signature size should be reasonable size. Please, use some sense. If your signature is 600x450 and it stretches the board, be sensible and change it. Icons are 100 width X 100 height.
11. Open threads! When joining an open thread, check with the thread maker to see if you can join (if there are all ready two people in the thread). Because maybe, sometimes, the two people want to thread by themselves.
12. Regarding Species You can use any species within the Smallville series only. No custom species' are allowed. And absolutely no bringing characters/species from other series. This isn't a free-style roleplay.
13. You and Your character You and Your character are different entities. Please keep it that way, do not take stuff that is Out Of Character into character, and vice versa.
14. Thread Continuity This rule is simple, continue what happens in one thread onto another (if thread #2 is after thread #1 ICly- the timeset). So if you get hurt in thread #1 and thread #2 is set after thread #1.... Have your character still injured, or recovering.
15. GodModing and the likes Playing a character that is too powerful for others to harm and/or a character that has god like features is disallowed. You are also not allowed to MetaGame (playing other peoples characters before the other person has stated their character doing an action)
16. Killing and Seriously Injuring You may only kill a character or seriously injure a character WITH consent of the victim.
17. Face Claims When making a face claim make sure the face you're claiming isn't taken. When you've been accepted with the face claim you are not allowed to change it. The only time you will be given permission to change your face claim is if you are able to permanently alter your characters appearance without illusions and the likes (plastic surgery/botox doesn't count as a permanent change). If you do plan on doing this, contact a member of staff and they will respond with the information needed for the change - this can only be done if you have the required amount of Post Points. You will usually be asked to set up a thread and state what the new face claim will be, and when the thread is [FIN]'ed - the new face claim will be sorted. You are only allowed a maximum of 1 face claim change per character.
The staff has ways of knowing if you didn't read this all.
Oh, and by the way, EVERYONE applies to these rules. Staff included. Because everyone's equal.
Oh, and by the way, EVERYONE applies to these rules. Staff included. Because everyone's equal.
Rules are likely to change without prior warning, so please check regularly.