Community Etiquette & Guidelines
~We encourage all players regardless of ability or experience, to read over our community etiquette prior to posting in any active role plays. By doing so we hope all role players will have a more enjoyable role playing experience. ~

Courtesy and Respect

1. We insist respect is given to all members of the RPG Community ... it is essential. These are real people behind these imagined characters, and should be treated with respect and fairness. A lack of respect for other individuals will cause conflict, delay role plays, and create stress in the community. Respect the other players, the staff and they will in turn respect you.

2. Our community is one for all to enjoy, regardless of age. The role plays and stories are encouraged to be tasteful and appropriate for even our youngest players. Abusive language and the role play of explicit sexual acts are not permitted. Children have access to read what is posted, and we make every effort to protect them from inappropriate material in our community. A pass protected forum, with the authorization of an admin will allow for limited ‘questionable’ content to be posted and or read by adults over the age of 18 only. These Halls of Freedom are our community’s pass protected forum, and are located in the Out of Character Section of the Message Board Forums.

3. Flaming, slander or derogatory statements POSTED by players in reference to another, will not be tolerated by any including Staff. Any situation that you feel falls under this, please contact the Admin Staff. Offenders will be dealt with quickly. We remind players that while we make every effort to keep such remarks off of our message boards, we have no control over what you engage in with others over instant messengers. Please to do not bother the staff with “he said she saids” originating on Im’s.

4. Admin Staff are here to encourage and add to your role play experience while politely enforcing the Community Etiquette. It is a player’s responsibility to know the Etiquette and guidelines, not a staff member. During conflict between players, or contests between role plays your Admin Staff Member’s word is final. Please respect it.

5. Antagonistic role players and or evil aligned characters aid in providing more interesting scenarios for us all. The good guy would not be good if there was not the bad guy, and visa versa. We need to interact with and endure evil characters and their actions. Holding grudges against role players for the actions of their evil aligned characters is not acceptable.

Posting Guidelines

1. ALL comments made "Out of Character” will be deleted from the IN Character posts in any of the role playing forums. Your post will be edited by a member of staff, to remain free of idle OOC chatter and strictly In Character story. All OOC will be posted in one of the various Out of Character fourms.

2. The Banter for Spammersis the public community OOC forum. Everyone has access to this forum for out of character conversation. We also have specific forums for Role Play Discussions and Game Support. Many resources for the beginner and veteran role player alike can be found in the community Role Playing Discussion Forum or in the Member Resource Menu at the left of this page.

3. Signature testing, changes, help, custom banners and the like should all be done within the proper forum. The Signature and Image Help Forum. Again please consider the size of your signature and request aide if need be in the appropriate help forum.

Custom signatures used to depict your characters must be kept tasteful. No images showing the nipple or genitalia will be tolerated. No pornographic images or images of explicit sexual acts of any kind are allowed. Signature size must be kept reasonable as well. The general size for signatures is approximately 400 pixels wide by 200 pixels high. We prefer file size not exceed 150 KB and that you keep text above or below your siggy at no more than 5 lines. Some deviation in pixel size or file size is allowed with prior consent from a community staff member. Please remember that an admin can ask you to alter your signature at any time if the size or content is unsuitable. Resizing can be done on most images if you just ask for help. Help for various image problems can be found in our Image Help Forums.

4. The HALLS OF FREEDOM forum -is- pass protected and only adults 18 and older are permitted to post here. You may Request access to the Hall of Freedom in the OOC Game Support Forum in the designated thread. Your post should state you are 18 or older and that you have read and will abide by our community etiquette. FBI and other federal agencies regulate and monitor the Internet, make responsible decisions for yourself by doing so you will not put any of us at a risk of losing our board.

5. Prior to roleplaying players must submit their character creation sheets for approval in the House of Stories forum. Admins may ask players to edit or change anything in the character creation sheet that does not meet the community guidleines or standards. Upon approval characters may immediately begin roleplaying. Players are limited to a maximum of 5 characters for roleplay purposes. many more than this we have found, stretches aplayer to thin and causes undue to stress. Exceptions to this must be discussed with admins.

6. ALL Role Plays should adhere to the following: First we strive for quality role playing here and ask that no role plays be spam like in nature. Meaning that we ask you at least have a 20 line minimum in your In Character posts. Second all Role plays are considered OPEN, meaning any players may participate. Closing a role play is permitted but your responsibility, and can be done by adding (Closed R/P) to your post title. A closed RP is only open for posting to those characters that the originating player invites. Please accept this.

7. Major role plays with many characters involved will be required to adhere to a set posting order with at least a 48 hour window for players to take their turn in the post order. This is a courtesy to others and allows all players from around the world enough time to reply to posts already made. Please be flexible with your fellow players, ask for delays if you will be unavailable for a short time. Be courteous.

8. Regularly reading over site content, the Menu and Marquee on the main pages and Community Etiquette will give you updates that apply not only to possible ongoing role plays but also to updates in Content and or operation. The News Marquee to the left will constantly be posting information that your character would be aware of and that you too might need to know..

9. Contests between players in any given role play are bound to occur. Please keep communication open between yourself and the other players in your roleplays. Attempt to resolve your conflicts over role plays through private messages chats or email. If conflicts can not be resolved or can not be done peacefully, your forum moderator will aide you. Contact the moderator for your reprective role play's forum through personal message or email. At this point the staff member's decision will be final.

Happy Adventuring!