` The Rules

[Apollo Romanus]

` T h e R u l e s

Here are the rules for the guild, and I expect every member to follow them. Unless otherwise stated, we will issue warnings each time a rule is broken, to a maximum of three, any further failure to comply will net a ban for an indefinite amount of time. This depends on the magnitude of the transgression however, don't think of us as unreasonable. Admins may add or change rules at anytime.Along this website has been changed to Rated R with a taste of NC-17 on most bases. Mostly because of Violence.

We'd like to remind you that this is an intermediate rpg, meaning no one liners, no slim posts, we want to see the best in you!

*We believe you can only have so many characters per person so everyone can have a chance to play a person. So the most a person can have is four people. We're sorry for the inconvenience, however we believe that activity would falter should we allow there to be any more.

*In order to have more then four characters you must get approval from one of the main staff, meaning Ryan or Maria must approve you making anymore then four characters. Make sure your active with all your other characters before even bothering to ask for a fifth character and so on.

` R e g i s t e r i n g C h a r a ct e r s

* DO NOT bug admins to approve your character. It will be done within 24 hours of posting the character bio. If this happens your character will be deleted.

*If you want to be the offspring to a canon character, YOU MUST clear it with the person playing the canon character first. if they do not give you the OKAY then you can not make your character the offspring.

*You cant reserve PB (Playby) for another Person/Character. Mostly because I think if a member who has already joined and wants that Pb they are more eligible to pick the Pb they want.

*All characters must be approved before you can rp them. if you do not wait the character will be deleted and you will have to make another bio for the character.

*Please do not copy your Bio from another site. You have to make it up. Unless you get permission from that person or site. It is clear that nothing is copyrighted unless you went to court and got the copyright yourself. However, copying seems to piss people off. This rule does apply to wiki and such other sites. You must clear it with an admin if you do copy the history for your canon from wiki, otherwise if we catch you get ready to do the bio all over again.

* When applying for a character in the Topic Title put your character's last name, first name; for example Garazini, Gabriel. In the Topic Description empty so make sure you leave it blank, not no symbols or anything Eclipsed else, we've seen this a lot and it's getting annoying of having to fix it for all of you.

*When applying for a character when you apply for a character, do not half apply a character. We need your full application, not no half finished application. DANY Work in Progress [WIP] applications must be in the right area otherwise they will be closed and moved. Also if you dont PM a member of staff after you are done with your application dont think we will know its done. We do not check the WIP area unless we are pmed. So no PM means it will only sit there longer until you do PM us.

* NEW RULE! - effective Oct. 1, 2008 We've been seeing alot of people register and not bother to put an application or reserve an character and that's just wasting space on people who want to rp that character especially when the character is an canon. So effective today, we will start deleting your account if you do not have an application up in FIVE DAYS, So don't be surprised if you screen name is gone after day five.
---This five day rules does apply to members that have posted an bio as well. If the admins ask you to fix things within your bio and instead of fixing them and having the bio sit there on the fifth day the bio will be denied and moved. If for any reason you find your bio moved a mistake please contact one of the staff members.

If you decide to come back, we will only give you THREE days to reserve your character, put an application up for audition and submission. After that third day, if none of them are up. You will be restricted from applying here on Hot Addiction, it's just a waste of our time.

` W h e n R o l e p l a y i n g

* You must post at least 3 times a week, if there's a reason, as to why you'd be unable to, please post a notice in the leave of absence thread. If you can't please let us know in the Away form. Or simply PMing one of the main staff (Ryan, Rose, or Kaleb).

* Please post at least three Paragraphs while Roleplaying your character.
-Though writer's block is a common pathology shared amongst those who've devoted their life to transmitting at the sentiments through lyric and text, one-liners are not entirely appreciated. We do not demand that you post a minimum of 2 paragraphs, but we'd appreciate something simple, descriptive and concise for other role-players to work with.

*There will be no god moding on this site. unless the other person give you the word to move their character around. otherwise dont do it.
Example:
-Controlling the actions of other characters: This includes stating that a blow automatically hits, and deals damage as the attacker sees fit, and allows the other player no chance to defend himself. Posting the effect of a spell or potion. Or simply describing another player's reaction to any given situation. IE: Bob punches Frank and kills him.

* As with the rule above, an attack (even some powers, such as the touch of death) regardless of how lethal it may be, does not immediately blood tears kill another person's character. Any attempt to do so, will likely result in being banned. We ask that you please refrain from doing so, as it would clearly come into conflict with the rule above. You must have consent from the other player before killing another character's off, either way, we ask that you PM an Admin, or moderator on duty to validate the other character's death.

*You are required to always remain 'in-character' when role-playing, for example, if your character's personality is described as though being impatient, and had a distaste for literature, you do not suddenly gain knowledge of complex literary works. Just as how a 'book-worm' personality will not allow your character to be comfortable around others beyond their social circle (if any), you've defined your roles, now stick by them.

* Be descriptive and concise in your posts. If there is anything a good role-player can't stand is the kind of role player who is not on the same or similar level as them.

* Please keep all sex scenes quiet and dont mention them in the cbox or anyone where younger members can read them. Everyone will be getting a password for their room if you wish to have one.

*This is for new members, just starting out or ones who are only allowed to follow this one rule regarding threading -- Characters are allowed to be in 3 places at a time. This means your character can be in three different threads at a time. We all know that sometimes other people in your thread take awhile and you get bored waiting. So this way if that happens you can also your character into another thread as you wait for someone to post in your other one.

*This is to only members who have been given the permission to have more than 3 threads -- If you are able to be in more then 3 threads and stay active with them all, then good for you, just let staff know. We'll decide whether you've been active enough to have another thread or if your thread is just dead, we'll get rid of the thread.

*If you wish to move your character to another topic on the board, please state that your character is leaving, as well as underline the location to which they're moving to.

*At the current moment we at DA are only taking species that have been listed in the "About the Species" thread. That means besides the Nephilim there are no other kind of species hybrid allowed. At one point after the site grows in activity and members we the staff will then be adding more species to our little list. So please do not pm staff asking to combine two different species as the answer will be a no.

` G e n e r a l R u l e s

*There will be no making fun other people due to their race, skin color, sexaulity. Anything like this happens you will be right off the bat banned as we do not take kindly to those kind of insults so if you do it get ready to leave the board no matter who you are including staff as well.

*If you have any questions about the rules please ask on the Help Desk forum.

---Graphics must be no larger then 500x272. Any graphics larger then that will be removed by a member of staff. Due to the skin and such any graphic larger will stretch the forum. So nothing larger then 500x272 for banners.

***Also please leave all drama off the board. This is a place for people to come and relax. So we don’t wanna have to deal with drama as it gets very annoying. If any sort of drama turns up take it off the board and try and resolve it yourself the best you can. If the parties involved can not come up with a solution their selves then pm a member of staff and maybe they will be able to help you out.

Otherwise please just don’t start drama, I know everyone just wants to have fun and relax from the things going on in real life. So I want this to be the place to do that. So I cant stress this enough NO DRAMA!

* Do not Start any fights with the admins, we are here to help and our rules go for everyone on the board. So there will be no telling off admins no matter who you think you are. We are the ones running this site and not you. So for your own good do not tell off or fight with the admins because well it will only end bad for you and not us.

-So everyone please follow all the rules above unless stated otherwise. Please think before you act to anything on the board. Leave all fighting out of the cbox and take it to pm or off the board. Do not make fun of anyone, no matter what the circumstances.

* Us being the admins have the right edit or change any rules at our liking.
* We also reserve the right to make any changes we see fit to any character, location, or plot
* Us admins reserve the right to check any account of any member joined up with the board if we feel that dealings of a questionable nature are going on.

[Apollo Romanus]

W A R N I N G . S Y S T E M ; ;
``VERBAL WARNING

This means that breaking a rule for the first time will get you a verbal warning mainly through PM by one of us who runs this place.

``FIRST OFFENCE

This takes place after a verbal warning. So in simple terms your second warning. You will get a second PM by staff and your warning level will increase.

``SECOND OFFENCE

This is your third time breaking one of our rules, which we all hope it never comes to this as all of your accounts will be suspended. Length of suspension depends of offence, also warning level will go up even more.

``THIRD OFFENCE

Breaking any rules for a forth time gets your accounts suspened once again but for double the time period.

``FOURTH OFFENCE

Anyone caught breaking one of our rules for a fifth time will result in you the member being banned for good. Staff will also be added to a HALL OF SHAME. Just in hopes to make in sink into your head.

---This is our warning system here on IF but of course all of this can be amended at any point depending on your offence, so just watch yourselves and make sure to read the rules above so none of this has to happen as we hate banning member.