Post by Toph Bei Fong/ Tsuna on Aug 2, 2007 1:15:18 GMT -5
Rules & Regulations
Welcome to Time to Bend, an OC-based Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG for players of all experience levels. It is run by Tsuna and focuses on creative, plot-driven roleplaying that both entertains and improves skill. However, to make this site successful, rules are needed and must be followed and enforced. While I try to keep the rules very lax and allow the members to still have fun, some things are neccessary. Please read through these rules carefully and make sure you abide by them.
General.
Okay, this is the single most important thing you need to know before you join this site. This site's rating reaches up to PG-13 and maybe above on a few occasions. Do not join this site if you cannot handle it. I am not responsible if you are under 13 and get caught on a site that has some rather 'advanced' content.
Also adding to that, please keep things PG-13 on most occasions. If you are going above, please put a very obvious warning on the thread before you go further.
Please use proper grammar and spelling and such. This means no chatspeak. At all. I hate it.
No godmodding, powerplaying, anything of the sort. For those of you who don't know what this is, it means that YOU control what another character says, thinks, does, etc.
This is godmodding:
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee, breaking it."
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee and he fell down screaming in pain."
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee and he fell down, thinking 'wow, she has a tough kick.'"
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee. "OUCH." he yelled, falling down."
This is NOT godmodding:
"Lucy ran and aimed a kick at JC's knee."
You do NOT get to say that you attacked someone without giving them a chance to dodge or block it. You do NOT say that you injured someone. THEY say they are injured. You also do NOT get to say what they thought, said, or did. I do understand that during a fight scene, this is rather hard to abide by, so I'll let this rule bend a bit. Also, you can ask someone if you can say their character did something before you post, to get permission.
But that's not all when it comes to godmodding. Godmodding also means that your character is being 'invincible,' or basically, dodging all attacks, blocking all attacks, or acting as if nothing hurts them. This doesn't happen, either. Learn to take a hit. You are not invincible. (But some characters, such as Aang (in avatar mode) or Admiral Zhao and such are going to be allowed to be more powerful and skilled than other characters, simply because in the show, they obviously were more powerful. This does not make them invincible, however.)
Joining.
When joining, please use the form in the joining board. Please fill this out, even if you are joining as a show character. In that situation, fill it out with all the actual information, but you may add in whatever else in their history and such.
After posting your information in the joining board, please wait to be accepted before you continue on.
There's no real limit to how many characters you can have, but please keep it under control.
Don't join an OC and then take up a show character just so you can pair them together.
When you join, your OC will NOT have ANY past with ANY other characters unless you have personally spoken with the person who plays that character and they are going to allow you to do it. If the character you're talking about doesn't yet have anyone playing him/her, you do not get to have your past entwined with them at all.
Please no Mary Sues or Gary Stues. I understand that some characters will fall into this category and I will give them a chance as long as you abide by the other rules, but please. You should know your limits and if you don't, I'll tell them to you.
Posting.
It is not necessary, but you can get fancy with your post colors and such. Me, I like to make my posts really fancy, sometimes with a header of some lyrics and whatnot. You can all do this too, if you want.
All the posting done here will be in story format, like you read in books. So, basically...
not this:
Lucy: You suck.
JC: Aw. *emos*
Lucy: 'Hah, he's such a wimp' *Kicks dirt at JC*
NO. Not that. This is what I'm looking for:
Lucy walked down the street until she noticed JC. "You suck!" She called out to him, snickering and thinking about what a wuss he was.
Welcome to Time to Bend, an OC-based Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG for players of all experience levels. It is run by Tsuna and focuses on creative, plot-driven roleplaying that both entertains and improves skill. However, to make this site successful, rules are needed and must be followed and enforced. While I try to keep the rules very lax and allow the members to still have fun, some things are neccessary. Please read through these rules carefully and make sure you abide by them.
General.
Okay, this is the single most important thing you need to know before you join this site. This site's rating reaches up to PG-13 and maybe above on a few occasions. Do not join this site if you cannot handle it. I am not responsible if you are under 13 and get caught on a site that has some rather 'advanced' content.
Also adding to that, please keep things PG-13 on most occasions. If you are going above, please put a very obvious warning on the thread before you go further.
Please use proper grammar and spelling and such. This means no chatspeak. At all. I hate it.
No godmodding, powerplaying, anything of the sort. For those of you who don't know what this is, it means that YOU control what another character says, thinks, does, etc.
This is godmodding:
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee, breaking it."
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee and he fell down screaming in pain."
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee and he fell down, thinking 'wow, she has a tough kick.'"
"Lucy kicked JC in the knee. "OUCH." he yelled, falling down."
This is NOT godmodding:
"Lucy ran and aimed a kick at JC's knee."
You do NOT get to say that you attacked someone without giving them a chance to dodge or block it. You do NOT say that you injured someone. THEY say they are injured. You also do NOT get to say what they thought, said, or did. I do understand that during a fight scene, this is rather hard to abide by, so I'll let this rule bend a bit. Also, you can ask someone if you can say their character did something before you post, to get permission.
But that's not all when it comes to godmodding. Godmodding also means that your character is being 'invincible,' or basically, dodging all attacks, blocking all attacks, or acting as if nothing hurts them. This doesn't happen, either. Learn to take a hit. You are not invincible. (But some characters, such as Aang (in avatar mode) or Admiral Zhao and such are going to be allowed to be more powerful and skilled than other characters, simply because in the show, they obviously were more powerful. This does not make them invincible, however.)
Joining.
When joining, please use the form in the joining board. Please fill this out, even if you are joining as a show character. In that situation, fill it out with all the actual information, but you may add in whatever else in their history and such.
After posting your information in the joining board, please wait to be accepted before you continue on.
There's no real limit to how many characters you can have, but please keep it under control.
Don't join an OC and then take up a show character just so you can pair them together.
When you join, your OC will NOT have ANY past with ANY other characters unless you have personally spoken with the person who plays that character and they are going to allow you to do it. If the character you're talking about doesn't yet have anyone playing him/her, you do not get to have your past entwined with them at all.
Please no Mary Sues or Gary Stues. I understand that some characters will fall into this category and I will give them a chance as long as you abide by the other rules, but please. You should know your limits and if you don't, I'll tell them to you.
Posting.
It is not necessary, but you can get fancy with your post colors and such. Me, I like to make my posts really fancy, sometimes with a header of some lyrics and whatnot. You can all do this too, if you want.
All the posting done here will be in story format, like you read in books. So, basically...
not this:
Lucy: You suck.
JC: Aw. *emos*
Lucy: 'Hah, he's such a wimp' *Kicks dirt at JC*
NO. Not that. This is what I'm looking for:
Lucy walked down the street until she noticed JC. "You suck!" She called out to him, snickering and thinking about what a wuss he was.