Post by Levi Ayden Wolfe on Feb 23, 2013 10:22:06 GMT -5
[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,font-family: georgia; color: #ffffff; font-size: 45pt; text-align: center;][style=font-size: 55pt;]the rules. [/style][style=text-align: right; font-family: courier new; color: #121212; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 12pt;]welcome. I would like to welcome you all to Brothers Trinity, an original RP set in modern times. These rules are not here to break your balls or anything like that, they are just here to provide guidelines to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy their stay here on Brothers Trinity.[/] activity. Something that can be extremely frustrating, as when peopel sign up and make a character and become involved in all these plots, and then randomly disappear. We understand personal circumstances come first, but please just have the courtesy of letting us know you are going on a month holiday to Europe, or if you need a week or two of just to yourself. It can really hurt the roleplay when people make characters, who then become inactive and we have to pick up the scraps. Please inform staff or post an absense thread if you are going away! Therefore, there is the expectation of one roleplay post from EACH character weekly. Yes thats right, if you have five characters, thats five posts a week (though if your actively posting on one or a few of your accounts we won't stress too much, as long as posting is happening). For realistic purposes, anything more than two week explained absenses is not allowed, because it puts plots on hold. For this reason, we think it is wise to loan out your character for the duration of your absense. In light of this, unexplained one week absenses will result in character termination, where if unclaimed when you return, you can reclaim them. But if the same happens, you will not be able to take that character or a canon again. ooc. OOC, for those of you who don't know, stands for Out of Character. On many sites, most of the comedy and such happens within the OOC section, but there's also the parts of an IC (in-character) post where people like to herp-a-derp around and say fun things. Here are a few limitations, though. For one, no sexually explicit images, text, or links are allowed on the board, as this may result in Brothers of Thunder being shut down for good. Another thing to consider is that there is no excessive swearing anywhere at all. Sure, the occasional "damn" is acceptable, but don't use the big Fs and Ss. People will turn away from the site if that happens. Be creative, you don't need to drop the f-bomb on every line to play the part of an abusive and troubled middle-aged man, there are other ways to convey this in the roleplay. pp & gm. Ah, powerplay and god-modding. The two go hand in hand, do they not? Powerplaying, or autoing as it is also known is acting as if you control the other person's character. Which you don't. For example: "Bob held Jane's hand and pulled her away while she laughed and danced around like a clown." See what's wrong? The one controlling Bob could not also control Jane at the same time. It's just not right. For all we know, Jane could have pulled out a gun and shot his face off. But we don't, since Bob's player decided that it was okay to control Jane. Any reports of powerplaying will be investigated, and you will be punished accordingly. Use words such as "attempted" or "aimed". God-modding is a tad bit different. Let's say that Jane did pull out a shotgun. "Jane pulled a gun out of it's holster, and Bob tried to punch her, but his hand broke the instant it touched her." Who sees the problem? Yes, you, sitting in front of your computer with your hand on your cheek. That's right! She acted as if she was invincible, and poor Bob never had a chance. This includes those all knowing characters who have no emotional weaknesses. You are not God, even if you are a descendant of one. I am God. You are a puny mortal (bwahahaha). End of story. No character is allowed to be unkillable. role-play. We here at Brothers Trinity do not have a formal word limit, though more is waaaaaay better. IC posts are allowed to be in first-person or third-person, and all are meant to be in past-tense (meaning no "Bob pokes Jane." It should be "Bob poked Jane.") Also, don't make a ton of spelling or grammar mistakes, because we are a literate site, and we dnt wnt ppl 2 tlk lik dis. It's annoying, and if you want to do that, do it somewhere else. We do not like people who do that kind of thing. images/style. You already know the restriction on sexually explicit images, but did you know that there's actually more than porn on the internet!? Me neither, until now! Anyway, gory, offensive, or otherwise unsafe images are banned from the forum for obvious reasons. Also, no rapidly blinking images, as we want to respect our members who have epilepsy and other disorders that may be triggered by those images. Images found to be within violation of that will be removed, and (depending on the offense) a ban may be implemented to ensure member safety. Another thing is, please do not stretch the board. If you know an image will stretch the board wider than normal, please post the link rather than placing [IMG][/IMG] tags. As you can see, Brothers of Thunder has the ProBoard Enhanced codes set in place for the enjoyment of our wonderful users. With these codes in place, you can do a variety of things with the tables, post classes, and even use CSS coding within the tags! If you know anything about CSS, you know that the coding can really mess things up, so don't stretch the board with these codes. It's rude. Also, give credit where credit is due! If you're using a template someone made for you, make sure to tell everyone who did it! I'm sure they'll appreciate getting the word out there that they're awesome! So keep that in mind. pm. There's always been a huge conflict with PMs. No, not pre-menstrual syndrome, Personal Messages. As is obvious, there is no sexually explicit/offensive/unsafe images in PMs, blah blah blah. But there's also no advertisement via PM. Unless the person in question actually requests a link to a site, you are not to send advertisements through PM. If you really want to advertise, there's a  tolerance & flaming. As you should have already guessed by now, we have a very strict rule on intolerance and general rudeness. In essentials, you will not ridicule your fellow members by the color of their skin, sexuality, lifestyle, or otherwise. Violation of that rule will result in immediate and (if necessary) permanent termination of your account. On the subject, rudeness towards Staff, members, guests, or any other member of our society will not be tolerated, and will result in termination of your account.[/style][/style] |
