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Salem Academy Mods (![[info]](http://www.inksome.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} salem_mods) wrote,@ 2009-03-16 18:06:00 |
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Rules
RP drama is inevitable. However, this doesn't mean disputes can't be handled civilly between players. If players are unable to end a dispute between themselves, they should contact the moderator at salemacademy dot mods at gmail dot com. Individuals who start drama will only be given one warning before being dismissed from the game on the second offense. The same is true of those who are found to be participating in and/or encouraging drama. There will be no exceptions - drama will not be tolerated here. You need to be 18 and over as there may be things here that the law finds unsuitable for minors. [This server is 18+ however, so if you're here on Inksome, you should already be over 18.] Don't apply if you can't deal with R or NC-17 ratings. If you're comfortable just scrolling past though, continue onward! Players need to be sure they have a firm idea of their character's personality and the game's premise before applying. Likewise, players should make sure they're staying in character. Mary Sues/Gary Stus, power-playing, and godmodding are also not allowed. If you don't know what we mean by this, please familiarize yourself with the terms. Please note: your characters can be descended from prominent early settling families in America. They can be from islands in the Caribbean, Native American tribes, the Old South, any generation American from Europe, Africa, Asia: we don't mind. But they cannot be related to anyone from the Harry Potter novels. There is no reason to make your character Harry Potter's third cousin once-removed, or Draco Malfoy's illegitimate daughter. Yell bunnies! This also applies to all other fandoms: Supernatural, Buffy, Merlin, Hex, Dresden Files, etc. We want original characters, not ones who are related to Willow Rosenberg or Harry Dresden. Just don't do it please. If any of the above is seen happening with a character, the player will receive two warnings before being removed from the game on the third offense. Both spelling and grammar are important, so looking over your post before hitting submit never hurts. If you use Firefox, there should be a spellchecker already installed on your browser. With this, your browser will point out misspelled words as you type, à la Microsoft Word. This should successfully prevent a majority of spelling issues. Players are allowed five characters maximum. Additionally, players cannot play two characters who would interact regularly. Players seeking additional characters must allow two weeks or two complete threads [whichever comes first] with the most recent character picked up, before applying for a new character, although an exception may be made for extremely active players. Please try to diversify your characters. Mods reserve the right to withhold granting another character if activity with previous ones is not up to par. Likewise, we reserve the right to ask you to drop one if you cannot keep up with activity. ADDENDUM: As of May 12, 2010, you may now pick up a sixth and final character, with some extenuating circumstances/caveats. Players are expected to post at least 1 thread or log every two weeks as well as keep up with replies to other characters and threads. Journal entries are not requirements, but they are encouraged. Activity in this game shouldn't suffer because of player involvement in other games. In other words, don't join if you don't think you'll have the time. Activity checks will occur on the last Thursday of every month and a list will be put up on the OOC community listing journals that need to make a post or risk removal. Players who have not made a post or participated in a thread by the following Thursday will be removed. Characters who make this list two times in a row (or continuously meet the bare minimum to resist removal) may also be removed. Hiatuses are allowed for up to two weeks. A hiatus lasting for more than two weeks (as well as constant hiatuses) could result in your dismissal from the game. However, this will be dealt with case-by-case (constantly being busy with school is a lot different from not having access to a computer for a certain length of time). If a player needs additional time, some exceptions may be made. Slash, het, and femmeslash are all permitted. This is America, land of the free! NC-17 threads are also permitted, but must be clearly warned, and not be the sole purpose of your experience here. Bear in mind that if players seem to have joined solely for shipping purposes (and are disregarding other parts of the game for it) or are forcing certain ships on other players, they will only receive one warning before being dismissed from the game. All PBs are eligible here. This is an American school, so we'd expect Muggle-influenced scene kids to be in attendance, but not in abundance. Please remember these are high school students between the ages of 14 and 18. Pick someone age appropriate. There will be no Jensen Ackles or Jared Padalecki students here. We still reserve the right to ask for a PB change. Also, there should be a suitable amount of clear icons for your character, without any text, preferably 100x100. Try here or here on Insanejournal for some high-school appropriate icons. People should plot and play with multiple players and characters, not just one or two exclusively. There will be no clique behavior tolerated here. Players should try to engage their characters with as many others as possible, even just for mere conversation. Even if your characters hate each other. This IS high school after all. There will be Major plots (death, rape, and pregnancy) should be run by the mod. Like we said, this is high school. We don't want girls getting pregnant willy-nilly just as much as your own high school administration didn't. Also, we shouldn't have to say it, but just in case: no m-preg. Boys do not have babies. Secrets: We all have them. So do your characters. And no, not everyone is secretly gay. Be more creative. Why do we ask? This is a small school and there is a rumor mill. No, we were joking. Yell fire, not bunnies. Your secrets will come out, possibly as they are, possibly bastardized into something better or worse. You can feel free to have your character be a gossip monger. Gossip plots will however take a backseat to overall game plot. Please be sure to track the game via your friends page. There will be posts in character journals, in the OOC journals, and sometimes the mod journal that you might miss if you go directly to the community. Posts only stay on your f-list for two weeks, though, so if it's longer than that, you'll have to go to the individual journal or community to see something older. Please DO NOT make your journal before you are accepted, unless you are planning to reuse an already created journal. When we accept your application, we'll send you an invite [if needed] to create a journal. This is why it's very beneficial to have a CDJ [character development journal] to write up your characters in. Before RPing with someone, please make certain you have read their character bio. This means each character MUST have their bio posted, preferably as their first entry, and available for everyone to read BEFORE they start playing. DO NOT friends-lock your posts, unless it contains personal information you only wish to share with other players. This also means that all journals must be friends by all of your characters' journals. Entries posted in journals are viewable to everyone - including staff - unless stated otherwise. [Private to Recipient's Name Here] Text here. [/Private] It should always be assumed, unless stated otherwise, that if a private entry/tag is not addressed to your character, (s)he cannot "break into" the other characters' journal. Make sure to clarify the recipient(s) of a private entry/tag addressed to certain characters. Saying something like "close friends" is too vague. Instead, list the names of those the private entry/tag is addressed to. Established character groups (such as "Bishop House cheerleaders," "Quodpot players" or "Osborn seniors"), however, are acceptable. Thread headings should be formatted as follows: Characters: [Who is involved in this scene.] Setting: [Where and when the scene is occurring.] Content: [For simplicity's sake, you can just use 'No Adult Content'/Worksafe or 'Adult Content'/Not Worksafe, or any other descriptive warning. Adult Content is, of course, graphic sex or violence. State which (graphic sex or violence) applies to a post labeled with Adult Content, and try to be specific without too much detail.] You may also use ratings, if you wish. Summary: [A short summary of the scene. Maybe what it's trying to achieve, what spawned it into being, etc.]
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