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The Secret Rules of RPing; The rules that will help save us when we are in a tight spot
Topic Started: Jul 12 2010, 12:49 PM (542 Views)
Leo
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I have been looking at a few other *successful* RPs, and I found some rules that we don't have that could help out the site. BEHOLD, THE SECRET RULES OF RPING:

1) Adoption Rule: This rule states that when a player has disappeared/hasn't posted anything in a month, all of his/her characters will be put up for adoption. Once up for adoption, not only can anyone adopt that character, but that character is 'godmodable' by any player in any RPs that character was left in before it's owner disappeared.

2) Multiple Characters: Every player is eligible to control 2-3 characters, based on their Role-Playing activity. But still creating a new account for every character played.

3) No Mary Sues , self-inserts, or crossover characters: Mary Sues are terrible...We need to all revise our characters and make sure none of us are Mary Sues. Even my character is a bit of a Mary Sue..And I admit it... So Please every revise you character... And if you are not sure if your character is a Mary Sue, take the test: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm
Also, no crossovers... Most people haven't seen the shows you are trying to use as a model...So it isn't fair.

4) 100 word rule: All posts should at least be 100 words... It isn't a lot.. So suck it up, and give us more to work with.

5) You may be in one thread per day: You can only enter/create one RP a day. It messes up time lines if everyone goes out of order... This doesn't include the phantom zone, however that may not exist in the new IS... So don't count on it.

6) Free For All Battle System: Currently, I believe there is no need in a real battle system. As long as everyone RP's with realistic energy boundaries, and no Godmoding then everyone should get a long pretty well without a battle system. Regardless, all battles will be monitored by admins to make sure no one goes over board. If people seriously can't handle the 'Free for all Battle System' then there will be a stricter version installed. And by strict, I mean full on D&D battle system.


What do you think? I think they are all reasonable, no? Tell me your thoughts. I am pretty sure most of these will be put in for future use. :)
Edited by Leo, Jul 12 2010, 02:51 PM.
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Lilith Sacli
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I absolutely agree with every single one of those! That's what we've been looking for! And the 100 Word thing will defiantly help! And it will help us if we active people can have more than one character, which means more evil people!
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I know! and it means people will have more things to do! And people won't worry so much about making their first character 'perfect'. And in the first IS we were creating tons of characters just to keep people from dieing. But, more characters will mean stricter joining rules...Not to mention a longer, more detailed joining form.

And if a player disappears then all of their characters will be put up for adoption :).
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But, we also need to put something like, they need to notify us if they will be leaving for a long period of time so we know not to put up their oc's for adoption.
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Hmm...Well if they notify us it wouldn't change much. Just because someone notifies us about their '9 month groundation period' doesn't mean we have to change everything around for their convenience. If they know that they are going to be gone they should finish up all RPs that they are in. Or I guess, the best we could do is remove their character entirely from any RPs they are in..But if they are, for example:the main evil villian... it would just be best to put their character up for adoption, where we can move forward without them.
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No, like, if they are going to be gone 2 months, okay. But 9 months were just gonna go ahead and put them up for adoption. There's gotta be a limit.
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1 month. It's a long time to go a month without posting. On these other RP sites, going a week without posting feels like a year. Some sites make the rule for after 2 WEEKS. Plus, it's not like they can't adopt their character back. Even if their character is taken over by someone else, they own that character and will have the power at any given moment to take it back. :)
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Alrighty, makes sense and is lenient.
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or just put them in the jail square like from superman 3
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Everything here sounds good.

About the adoption thing, people should post (Like maybe with their joining form or something) that they want this person to play them when they're gone. For example: I'm leaving on vacation for two weeks. I would like Pai to control my character and post for me while I'm gone.
They'll probably choose two people. Because, like now, Pai isn't here as well, so I'm going to need another person to play Maria for me.
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Ooo Good idea Maria :)
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