Post by Lawman on Mar 28, 2008 23:45:22 GMT -5
First and foremost follow the Terms of Service; you agreed to them when you signed up.
The following list is considered Retarded Rules, as in, you'd have to be completely retarded not to know them.
Rules pertaining to characters and writing.
1. Third person past tense when writing, unless you are writing in a diary or letter.
2. Posting minimum is 10 sentences. You are definitely welcome to post more than that.
3. Please keep all out of character comments in the OOC boards or the CBox and out of the IC boards. (Anything out of character in an IC post should be noted with brackets, a different color, or something special, and should not take up the majority of the post.)
4. One character per account, unless there are special circumstances (twins, for example).
5. Character challenges are acceptable. If you think you can make a better application than the current handler of the character, and pending staff approval, any and all canon characters can be challenged. The winner will be determined by a re-application process. Defendees have a chance to prove they are the worthy handlers.
6. If you've been inactive for more than two months without notification to the board or staff your application will be moved to the archives and you will be notified via PM of the status of your character. You are more than welcome to become active again, however, and a simple request to the staff will put your app back to the sorting hat, where you may need to find a new year or house. Canons will be taken off the canon list, but said handlers are more than welcome to challenge for that character should someone else take it during their absence.
7. Blurring of fandoms is not allowed - this is a Firefly role play, please, let's try and keep it as such. Trying to bring in canon characters from other stories, movies, or what have you and trying to pass them off as original characters in the 'Verse, or using elements from anything other Firefly (such as Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lost, etc) will be respectfully declined. The staff will judge each case at their own discretion, as some uses of other canons might be less severe than others, but those events allowed will be rare and must be done well. All others will be notified.
Special Character Rules
1. No character is perfect or has anything mastered perfectly. Even the best are always getting better, so it's only natural to assume that everyone else isn't perfect. Also - all the men/women do not love you. If you can make a compelling character that later attracts people while posting here, so good for you, you hot thing, but not in your application. Your smile, your hair, your swagger, your eyes... just describe them as they are, not as babe-magnets. Even Companions should not mention how beautiful they are, even if they are indeed beautiful.
2. Companions, captains, readers, twins and what not will be limited and only with staff permission, unless it is canon. Please pm a staff member asking before putting it into your application.
Suggestions pertaining to characters and writing.
Character development happens along the way, as long as you have an idea what you want to do. Meaning, you may not have a clear sense of direction now of where you want to take your character, but it will happen as you post.
The more details you can make about the past history, looks, and personality, the more likely you are to get accepted. Also, pictures really help to have before hand so you know what you are writing toward, unless you can find someone who matches your descriptions.
That said, this is Firefly, not "My Teenage Life: Full Blown Angst" so leave the wrist cutting/gothic/emo/flamboyant gay characters at home. No, it's not that we are against those kinds of characters, it's just that this is not the role play for them.
The following list is considered Retarded Rules, as in, you'd have to be completely retarded not to know them.
- No God-Moding
- No Mary-Sues; see Pre-Flight goodies for examples.
- No 'poor' grammar, spelling, etc. Write like the educated human you are.
- No spamming, through the cbox, pm's, or otherwise.
- No posting anywhere in character before being accepted. OOC is ok.
- No anime signature claims... this is based on a show, after all. It's only fair that everyone have a real face.
- Don't badger the staff to accept you, or look at your application, in a PM, in the Cbox, ever. They will look at it on their own time.
- Keep swearing/sex/drugs to a minimum, and please label it. Since Firefly has it's own version of swearing, that should be no issue.
- Stay as active as you can.
- Keep signatures reasonable. Staff'll let you know if they're too long.
- Respect the staff and other members, even if they make you mad.
- Your writing should be your own! For example, your application shouldn't contain text previously written anywhere else, unless you wrote it for that character for another application.
Rules pertaining to characters and writing.
1. Third person past tense when writing, unless you are writing in a diary or letter.
2. Posting minimum is 10 sentences. You are definitely welcome to post more than that.
3. Please keep all out of character comments in the OOC boards or the CBox and out of the IC boards. (Anything out of character in an IC post should be noted with brackets, a different color, or something special, and should not take up the majority of the post.)
4. One character per account, unless there are special circumstances (twins, for example).
5. Character challenges are acceptable. If you think you can make a better application than the current handler of the character, and pending staff approval, any and all canon characters can be challenged. The winner will be determined by a re-application process. Defendees have a chance to prove they are the worthy handlers.
6. If you've been inactive for more than two months without notification to the board or staff your application will be moved to the archives and you will be notified via PM of the status of your character. You are more than welcome to become active again, however, and a simple request to the staff will put your app back to the sorting hat, where you may need to find a new year or house. Canons will be taken off the canon list, but said handlers are more than welcome to challenge for that character should someone else take it during their absence.
7. Blurring of fandoms is not allowed - this is a Firefly role play, please, let's try and keep it as such. Trying to bring in canon characters from other stories, movies, or what have you and trying to pass them off as original characters in the 'Verse, or using elements from anything other Firefly (such as Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lost, etc) will be respectfully declined. The staff will judge each case at their own discretion, as some uses of other canons might be less severe than others, but those events allowed will be rare and must be done well. All others will be notified.
Special Character Rules
1. No character is perfect or has anything mastered perfectly. Even the best are always getting better, so it's only natural to assume that everyone else isn't perfect. Also - all the men/women do not love you. If you can make a compelling character that later attracts people while posting here, so good for you, you hot thing, but not in your application. Your smile, your hair, your swagger, your eyes... just describe them as they are, not as babe-magnets. Even Companions should not mention how beautiful they are, even if they are indeed beautiful.
2. Companions, captains, readers, twins and what not will be limited and only with staff permission, unless it is canon. Please pm a staff member asking before putting it into your application.
Suggestions pertaining to characters and writing.
Character development happens along the way, as long as you have an idea what you want to do. Meaning, you may not have a clear sense of direction now of where you want to take your character, but it will happen as you post.
The more details you can make about the past history, looks, and personality, the more likely you are to get accepted. Also, pictures really help to have before hand so you know what you are writing toward, unless you can find someone who matches your descriptions.
That said, this is Firefly, not "My Teenage Life: Full Blown Angst" so leave the wrist cutting/gothic/emo/flamboyant gay characters at home. No, it's not that we are against those kinds of characters, it's just that this is not the role play for them.