Rules (2016 Edition)

01. First and foremost, no excessive swearing, we don't need your character cussing like a sailor. This is supposed to be a pretty much family friendly forum. Profanity is allowed just do not make it ridiculous.

02. Secondly NO bashing on other members because of opinions, ideas, race, gender, sexuality, religion, or anything else that can be brought up. Not abiding by this rule is a serious offense and will warrant an account time-out or a ban. Do NOT discriminate.

03. Absolutely and positively NO BITING THE NEWBIES. This includes, insulting, harassing and making biased reviews on applications. Constructive criticism is allowed by staff members only. We want to create a friendly atmosphere on the site, so please don’t scare away the new people by being jerks! =P

04. Keep all NC-17 related things out of the forum. If you want to have something of this rating happen in an RP, take it out of the forum and to an Instant messenger or email or something of that nature! Anything else needs to be have a fade to black rule.

05. Absolutely, positively, NO SPAM. Spam is hereby defined By:
The posting of advertisements, abusive, or unneeded messages on Internet forums, which in more gentle terms comes to mean: unrelated, un-useful threads that don't do the forum any good. If you happen to post a thread which does belong somewhere else on the forum, it will be moved by a member of the staff. It is recommended that new members get to know where things are on the forum. Get comfortable! And if there are ever any questions, the staff will be more than willing to answer them.

06. Harassment is against the rules because even if we did not mind, it is against the law, and terms given by proboards. If you believe that you are being harassed, you are to report it to one of the administrators, who will look into the issue. You may play with people, and tease them, but do not go overboard in doing this. Teasing almost crosses the fine lines of harassment and disrespect, so be sure that you know the person.

07. There will be no applying for staff status, not through PM, nor through any other means (i.e. IMing staff, threads). Doing so will probably merit a banning or a stern warning. Staff opportunities come from seniority and hard work. !

ROLEPLAY

01. No spamming in RP threads, we aim for IC threads that are not cluttered by OOC (Out Of Character or Out Of Context) thoughts. If there must be an OOC post or comment, make sure to use the following symbols ((YOUR TEXT HERE)) or [YOUR TEXT HERE], or at the very least indicate that it is OOC to prevent confusion.

02. Regarding post-length -- Provided you are capable of maintaining a quality, well thought posted, we will not begrudge you based on length. SxS is about stepping outside reality and enjoying yourself. You are not expected nor required to write a novel. Merely type at a length you feel comfortable with, in reason. We do ask for 150 words. So there is a minimum, granted a minor one.

03. When in fights, there is to be absolutely no god modding, meta gaming etc. The definitions and examples of these two things are listed below:

"God Modding" is in essence when someone’s character has the ability to do practically anything without limits or boundaries. And example is when they simply cannot be harmed by any and all means other RP-ers try.

-It can be killing or injuring a character without the player's express permission.
-It can be when they simply can’t be hit and dodge all attacks or anything for this matter aimed at them.
-It can also be using other characters that other people RP with. In other words, if you do not RP as
A gang Member, then you cannot have The Gang Member say anything, or do anything, without the player's express permission.

Another RP example of this would be:

Player A: Punches Player B
Player B: Dodges attack, grabs Player A and throws him. Player A flies at Player B, who warps behind him and slashes Player A in the back.

Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. In other words, sometimes using out-of-game information, or resources, to affect one's in-game decisions. In role-playing games, a player is metagaming when they use knowledge that is not available to their character in order to change the way they play their character (usually to give them an advantage within the game), such as knowledge of the mathematical nature of character statistics, or the statistics of a creature that the player is familiar with but the character has never encountered. In general, it refers to any gaps between player knowledge and character knowledge which the player acts upon.

Look at it this way. This is BLEACH. Not even the “heroes” of the games get out of situations without even a scratch, and Bleach is one manga which does not merit “know it alls”. Sure, your character can think they are well prepared, but often times they are entering a situation which they ultimately cannot control.

04. You must have an accepted application before you start RPing in threads. All threads that are posted prematurely will be moved to the archive.

05.Proper grammar and punctuation are to be followed, because that is common sense. We do not want posts lyk tis. It really isn’t that hard to use the spell check, and it is suggested that you type anything up using Microsoft Word, or any equivalent program before posting just to be sure.

06. No 1337 speech. Save chat talk for MSN, AIM, etc. We do not want it in RP posts. You will have to correct it yourself.

01. No Pornographic or extremely offensive material is allowed in your signature, your avatar or your custom title.

02. Your signature should NEVER be one giant image, and the staff will ask that it be changed if it stretches the page.

03. There are many members that happily create graphics for your characters. Be sure to give them the appropriate credit in your signature. Do not try to pass it off as your own.