Rules [MUST READ]

[Kiya]

RULES
Version 1.0
ALL MEMBERS MUST READ

Staff

Staff members should be treated fairly, they have earned their positions. Do not annoy them as just like you they have lives. If there is a staff position available, then there will be a certain time in which you may apply for the position. There should be no asking for staff positions at any other time than that. Any members that feel abused, mistreated or harrassed in any way should PM myself, who will handle your problem and deal with it as needed.

i. Administrator — In charge of the smooth operation of the forum and managing the rest of the staff, as well as the various odd jobs that are necessary for the forum to operate. Accept/Inspect character applications.
ii. Global Moderator — Handles moderator functions, in charge of managing the moderators, performs duties of administrator, and occasionally may run the site .Accept/Inspect character applications.
iii. Moderators — Handle member complaints regarding IC behavior, rule violations , enforce the rules in the OOC Boards and Cbox, Report serious problems to the rest of the staff, Accpet/Inspect character applications.
iv. Advertiser — Manage affiliations with other sites, post advertisements on other forums, accept/inspects character applications.
v. Librarians — Maintain order in lists, update the face claim thread, help with some of the basic coding in the website, accept/inspect character applications.

General Expectations

i. This website is PG rated, there will be little to no swearing and sexual activity of any kind is not allowed.
ii. There will be no lying, impersonations, deciet on this website.
iii. Plagiarism of any kind is not tolerated and will result in a ban from the forum.
v. DO NOT PM any staff members, with the exception of myself, regarding character bios. I will handle it and give you proper feedback according to content. However, only send a PM to me if the pending character is AT LEAST forty-eight hours old. Though it is preferable you wait seventy-two hours before PMing me.
vi. Any content, be it an image, post, link, or etc, may be removed without warning and/or notification at the discretion of the staff if it is found to be disgusting, offensive, or deemed in appropriate to any standard.
vii. Advertisement is to be contained to the advertising board only, meaning no PMs, no emails, no new threads in other places, etc.
viii. Given the nature of this site as an RPG, members are expected to adhere to the basic rules of spelling and grammar. Chatspeak is strongly discouraged.

Roleplaying

i. You may only RP with characters who are accepted.
ii. a minimum of one good length paragraph (5-6 sentences) is required for a thread response- more is preferable.
iii. Controlling someone else's character (powerplaying) is expressly forbidden. This ranges from shaking their hand without them offering it to making their character say something or perform an action. Ask the other characters user for permission if need be.
iv. It is permissible for characters to be in as many threads as they would like.
v. Ask permission before joining other peoples threads.
vi. Excessive amount of OOC, is not allowed, that is why we have the personal message system.

Other

i. On this site you create ooc accounts, meaning you only have one account and can make as many characters as you like.