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April 12th,
2009 @ 1:28 am
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Characters
1. Only characters listed are available. This list has been crafted based on who we want, who doesn't fit into the game, and who could be crucial to upcoming plot. Please don't ask us to add or move anyone or change their age.
2. Be true to the spirit of canon, but don't be a canon Nazi. This is an alternate universe, so we can do our own thing. It's okay to change some events of the past, adapt back stories, and make someone's powers be a mutation rather than an alien origin (etc), but please don't have Wolverine being all puppies and kittens unless he's taken a whack on the head. The purpose of this AU is to alter continuity, not characterization.
3. All characters must start with a sexuality and if it changes you need to get it mod approved. That doesn't mean it can't be a secret, but you need that in your application and it must be justified. This game is not meant to play out random sexual fantasies, sexuality, like any sexual plot, must be character/plot appropriate. Please consider the character before deciding on a sexuality. Some things are a pretty big part of the character (IE Northstar is gay, Mystique is Bi, Banshee was married so he's likely NOT gay).
4. No Mary Sues.
5. You must have a PB and we ask that your default icon at the very least be a picture with their face, not a drawing or abstract photograph of a shoe, etc. You can have comic icons, but we'd really prefer the in character icons be of a PB. Also, we require icons be of quality. That means no pixelated, poorly cropped, stretched, or really fast moving icons. These make a bad impression on interested players and they're distracting to thread with. We can help you if you're in need of icons. Make an OOC request and we'd be glad to throw some at you!
6. YOU MAY NOT use a movie casting as a played by. We don't want a mix of movie castings and random actors. Some of the movie castings were amazing, we admit, but most of them are not age appropriate or just stunk. We're sure we can help you find someone suitable. If you're having a hard time with someone blue or someone with a tail, let me know. Check out amy_icons for some exampls of photoshops I've done. We can work around it!
7. KEEP YOUR APPLICATION in your journal or user info after acceptance. Keep the character portions public! This is for other players to reference later.
8. NO APPLYING without the journal already made. It bothers us so much that we will not accept you because we like to add everything to the info all at once on acceptance.
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Players
1. Players must be active with each character for at least a week before picking up more. There is a limit of four characters per player. Moderation reserves the right to allow someone to pick up more characters. At this point, players proven very, very active with four have been allowed five. This judgment is based on player history and activity. Understand that this rule is only to prevent the people who apply for four characters and only ever play one or never start playing from doing so. It is nothing against new people we haven't role-played with yet and we'd be THRILLED to see you pick up more after a week.
2. Must be 18 or older to play. We're covering our arses. Of course we can't actually check, it's impossible, but please realize that if you get in trouble for mature content, it is not our fault. We do not encourage you to do anything you know is against the rules and we like to protect our players. All mature content is fiction and intended for storytelling purposes.
3. If you get really busy and tell us so, we'll understand, but if you are always busy, never online, and it goes on for a long period of time (even if you post, we want to see taggage going on), and especially if a character's player complains about you abandoning their plot for weeks on end, we will have the right to sweep you. There is no "well her character isn't important so she can hold onto her". If they inconvenience ANYONE by being non-present they are important enough to sweep.
4. Moderation reserves the right to boot anyone at any time without warning.
5. DO NOT drop bombs in the OOC. That's what starts OOC Drama.
6. We reserve the right to reject any played by we find unfitting or just entirely annoying. This means that you should avoid Brit and K-Fed, Boyd Holbrook and Cintia Dicker, and any scene kid. Also, Emma Watson will never be approved, so don't try. There is no official list, but if we ask you to change the PB, that is our right as mods. Bad PBs turn people away from good games. It's a fact of life. We wish it wasn't.
7. From acceptance you have five days to post an intro and a journal or action post. This is so that I can quickly weed out no-shows instead of having a character tied up for two weeks with no intention of ever being played. It's sad, but in this day and age of online RP, some people do spend hours applying only to never play. We've seen it in this game, even.
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Gameplay
1. NO ADLIBBING (deciding words or actions for other player characters). Also think about power-playing, meta-gaming, and all those other nasty terms. It's not acceptable. Pressuring other players into plots an actions they DO NOT want to participate in is power playing and against the rules.
2. Major plot of character developments (depression, death, pregnancy, etc.) must be cleared by moderator and if the plot involves another player's character, cleared with that player as well. The purpose of this rule is to avoid one player doing something that screws up another character or throws a wrench in the plot of credibility of the whole game. Make sure you're remembering your character's power limitations (so you don't do anything that should blow up the whole school!).
3. One post in story form every 14 day MINIMUM (Once a week is highly suggested. Periodic "sweeps" will be done to clear out inactive players.) We don't have to give warning. One journal post per week is suggested along with this. Journal posts are a good way to generate premise for threading.
4. Anything that could get you in trouble in most countries (theft, murder) could get you in the Marvel Universe. This is a school with rules. There are still laws. There are also people who will lynch you for being a mutant if you're too public. Remember that and play it out. If you character is getting in fights or doing something major, moderation needs to know to plot accordingly. You may get busted.
5. OOC Posts belong in the OOC community!
6. Ask if you're not sure your character knows something. If the person controlling that information didn't say your character knows or their group knows, chances are they don't. These rules obviously are flexible for nosy telepaths.
7. Expect sexual content. Sex happens. You have a right to inform other players if you do not want your characters in sexual situations, but do not preach to those who do. That said, please don't overdo it (Meaning: have plot, not just sex).
8. AIM transcripts go behind LJ-cut tags and should have a description and warning of sexual content. They belong, in story form, in the main community and do count as your action post.
9. Do NOT be a snob. If your post is tagged, reply.
10. If you keep posting open threads and nobody tags them, maybe you aren't making them open enough for characters to be comfortable slipping into. Rather than complaining that nobody will plot with you, try posting on someone else's open thread. It takes two to play... at the very least. Then if you really aren't getting plot, you can talk to a mod. Try other things first. Also note that if all of your threads are to specific areas that other characters can't enter (Locker room, dormitories, etc) you limit who can tag.
11. Journals function as a school-wide blog site. They can be made private or viewable only to certain user groups. This cannot be as vague as "Blocked to People I Don't Like" or "To the Guy I Met Friday" as a computer program could not know that. Strikeouts are legible as this is a computer. Emails should be listed formatted so that they stand out as obvious emails, LIKE SOOccasionally in the IC there will be a bulletin from the administration. Only Charles Xavier should be doing this. Everyone else can use their journal.
12. Don't barge in on others' threads without considering if they want to be interrupted. When in doubt, ask.
13. RPing is in PAST tense, THIRD PERSON, dialogue goes in "QUOTES" Please refrain from bolding or italicizing dialogue. We know what "quotations" mean. Also please avoid OOC references in role-playing. This is something like: "Logan ran up the stairs quickly, which if his player did, she would have fallen on her face." It's really annoying and slows the thread with useless information. Also keep an eye on tense when talking about your characters likes and dislikes or what they often do. Those should still be in PAST tense and a lot of players tend to slip into present.
14. Do not get on anyone's case about length. We have no post length requirements here. You can write two sentences, you can write three paragraphs, as long as you keep the story moving. From our experience, the two-liners usually say just as much and sometimes it's better written. This isn't a word count contest, it is a game. If we hear from any player that they feel harassed about their word count by anyone else, we will be doing some sweeps. This is a game. And less is sometimes more.
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