Rules
General Guidelines
Posting Guidelines
Activity Guidelines
1. This RP is for players who are 13+ years of age. We are not responsible for checking the ages of players; when someone applies we will take their word for it. There will be some questionable themes popping up in the game, such as sex, homosexuality, death, etc. If you can't handle that, we're not responsible. The only thing that needs to happen is that all questionable content be CLEARLY marked so those who do not want to see it can avoid it.
2. No god-modding or Mary-Sueing. When you describe what kind of person your character is, you need to stick with it instead of changing their strengths to fit every situation as it comes up. Every person in the world has weaknesses.
You are barred from doing anything that would restrict the play of another character, including but not limited to playing them, injuring them, or killing them, without permission from the character's player. We are not going to warn people more than once about these issues. On the second strike, access to the community will be terminated.
3. In the same vein as god-modding, any and all secondary character requests, such as pets, monsters, familiars, etc. MUST be approved by a moderator. Please state, if applicable, any creatures, etc. that you wish to have accompany your character. These will be considered and approved or rejected based on reason given for their accompaniment and what they are.
4. No out-of-character drama or harassment will be tolerated whatsoever. We're going on a three-strikes-you're-out system; so you'll receive a warning if you've been caught doing something not-so-nice or inappropriate (IC god-modding, or harassing someone OOCly regarding something they did.) If you run into any trouble at all, remember, just visit the contact info to find out how you can get a hold of one of the moderators.
5. Please use proper spelling, punctuation and grammar when posting. This roleplay is based in text, and if entries are indecipherable or plain 'what the heck?' inducing, you will be asked to modify your writing. Livejournal has spell-check, and Word can be copy-pasted from.
Posting order will be determined when a thread is first made. As characters join the scene, they may comment in a new thread to the original post. The order that characters joined the post in will be posting order, and should be followed as closely as possible. Example Here.
A player may choose to pass when it is their turn but can not be skipped without that permission unless a week has passed. If they are not here, you wait for them unless they provided prior permission to skip, as noted above. If a certain player feels they should go next but it is not their turn, they have to get permission from everyone who would go between now and their next turn.
Each comment in a post should be listed as a new comment, not as a response. It keeps the game neater and easier to follow. Also, please tag your posts with relevant characters, as well as location.
Activity Checks
Monthly activity checks will be posted in
hesperadiaooc. A player is required to respond to the activity check post listing character names, journals, dates of posts and reason for inactivity, if any. Further details may be obtained within said post.
If an activity check is not replied to within a week from the issue date, a warning will be issued in the form of an email for the player and their characters. If a reply is not posted within another week (two weeks from the activity check date,) a strike will be issued. Three strikes, and that player will be pulled from the game.
Posting Inactivity
If a character is inactive for a week:
-Automatic skip of character. Waiting for said character is fine if deemed by the person whose turn is next. In two-person threads, the waiting character may either continue to wait or add another post. In this case, a hiatus post is not required due to responsibility resting with the character who is being waited on. In multi-person threads, the below rules still apply.
If a player is inactive for more than one month:
-They will receive a warning and activity check.
-If they don't post or provide sufficient justification to a mod within the next week, another warning will be issued.
-If another week passes without any response, the final warning will be issued, one more day allowed and then they will be removed from the community.
-All their characters will be considered dropped and taken over by the mods long enough to bring them to an end (usually death).
Hiatus
-If a player really can not post for a period of time, they should place their characters out of the way and announce a hiatus.
-All breaks must be posted in the OOC and have a definite end date.
-The character must post when the hiatus ends if the hiatus is longer than a month.
-Warnings will start one week after the end of a hiatus.
-If this rule is abused, limits on hiatus length might be added.
Posting Guidelines
Activity Guidelines
General Guidelines
1. This RP is for players who are 13+ years of age. We are not responsible for checking the ages of players; when someone applies we will take their word for it. There will be some questionable themes popping up in the game, such as sex, homosexuality, death, etc. If you can't handle that, we're not responsible. The only thing that needs to happen is that all questionable content be CLEARLY marked so those who do not want to see it can avoid it.
2. No god-modding or Mary-Sueing. When you describe what kind of person your character is, you need to stick with it instead of changing their strengths to fit every situation as it comes up. Every person in the world has weaknesses.
You are barred from doing anything that would restrict the play of another character, including but not limited to playing them, injuring them, or killing them, without permission from the character's player. We are not going to warn people more than once about these issues. On the second strike, access to the community will be terminated.
3. In the same vein as god-modding, any and all secondary character requests, such as pets, monsters, familiars, etc. MUST be approved by a moderator. Please state, if applicable, any creatures, etc. that you wish to have accompany your character. These will be considered and approved or rejected based on reason given for their accompaniment and what they are.
4. No out-of-character drama or harassment will be tolerated whatsoever. We're going on a three-strikes-you're-out system; so you'll receive a warning if you've been caught doing something not-so-nice or inappropriate (IC god-modding, or harassing someone OOCly regarding something they did.) If you run into any trouble at all, remember, just visit the contact info to find out how you can get a hold of one of the moderators.
5. Please use proper spelling, punctuation and grammar when posting. This roleplay is based in text, and if entries are indecipherable or plain 'what the heck?' inducing, you will be asked to modify your writing. Livejournal has spell-check, and Word can be copy-pasted from.
Posting Guidelines
Posting order will be determined when a thread is first made. As characters join the scene, they may comment in a new thread to the original post. The order that characters joined the post in will be posting order, and should be followed as closely as possible. Example Here.
A player may choose to pass when it is their turn but can not be skipped without that permission unless a week has passed. If they are not here, you wait for them unless they provided prior permission to skip, as noted above. If a certain player feels they should go next but it is not their turn, they have to get permission from everyone who would go between now and their next turn.
Each comment in a post should be listed as a new comment, not as a response. It keeps the game neater and easier to follow. Also, please tag your posts with relevant characters, as well as location.
Activity Guidelines
Activity Checks
Monthly activity checks will be posted in
hesperadiaooc. A player is required to respond to the activity check post listing character names, journals, dates of posts and reason for inactivity, if any. Further details may be obtained within said post.If an activity check is not replied to within a week from the issue date, a warning will be issued in the form of an email for the player and their characters. If a reply is not posted within another week (two weeks from the activity check date,) a strike will be issued. Three strikes, and that player will be pulled from the game.
Posting Inactivity
If a character is inactive for a week:
-Automatic skip of character. Waiting for said character is fine if deemed by the person whose turn is next. In two-person threads, the waiting character may either continue to wait or add another post. In this case, a hiatus post is not required due to responsibility resting with the character who is being waited on. In multi-person threads, the below rules still apply.
If a player is inactive for more than one month:
-They will receive a warning and activity check.
-If they don't post or provide sufficient justification to a mod within the next week, another warning will be issued.
-If another week passes without any response, the final warning will be issued, one more day allowed and then they will be removed from the community.
-All their characters will be considered dropped and taken over by the mods long enough to bring them to an end (usually death).
Hiatus
-If a player really can not post for a period of time, they should place their characters out of the way and announce a hiatus.
-All breaks must be posted in the OOC and have a definite end date.
-The character must post when the hiatus ends if the hiatus is longer than a month.
-Warnings will start one week after the end of a hiatus.
-If this rule is abused, limits on hiatus length might be added.
