[T-nex]

Okay, thought that now that i'm the mod, i'd like to post some detailed rules. I've let Red Muse's topic stay stickied, because of important discusion. but that may change in the future.

First i've made a starter-guide thingy:

When you join an RPG, you must first make a profile. They usually look somewhat like this


Characters name: (the name of your character)
Age: (How old is he/she/it?)
Specie: (what creature is it?)
Bio/description: (Description on how your character looks like.)
Personality: (How is your character? Mean? Nice? Scared? Bold?)
Items/weapons: (What it holds)


But don’t copy other people’s characters (creativity is a very important thing in RPG’s).


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When you post, this is the most used way to do it: When character does

something, type:
*text*

When character says something, type:
Character: “text”

When character thinks, type:
Character’s thoughts: “text”
Example:

Mick’s thoughts: “Oh man, I’m tired” *drinks brew*
*another slig steps inside.*
Slig: “What do you think you’re doing?”


If you want to post an out-of-character message, type
“OOC” and then what you want to post. Like this:

(OOC: Hmm… I will not be able to post this week).


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Now you know a little about character posting, but you should also know how to create an RPG. Firstly, you need a lot of imagination. You need to pull a whole story together, and make it interesting but you don’t need to spend hours on it. Just post a back-story (members usually don’t join RPG’s without a back-story, unless the RPG very special, or has a good plot.). You also need to make up some rules, so it won’t get all messy. The rules should contain things like, what creatures and races are available, what place we are playing on, what weapons are available, how many persons may join and how to make the character profile.
Here are the main-points on describing an RPG:
○Back-story,
○World-description,
○Creature description,
○Item description. Rules
○Profile-description
○How many people may join?
○How do things work? Conclusion >>>>>


And here are some basic rules you should know:

• Do not control other people’s characters.
• Do not copy other people’s characters.
• Do not post to an RPG thread, unless you want to join, want to say something very important, or have already joined.
• Try not to join RPGs you won’t post at.
• Do not flame anyone in the RPGs, if you have a problem with them, take it to the PM.
• Try not to take completely control of the RPG.
• If you want to post out-of-character, type “OOC” before text.


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So now that you've got the basics, i'd like to say a few words about Power-Playing and God-Moding

[Some definitions on God-moding:


A person who controls the others characters, like when a player hits another, and doesn’t give the player a chance to defend himself. You can’t kill another’s character either. It is also considered god-moding when you decide what another player’s character says.
Here is an example:

We have two players: Player A and B

Player A writes:

A hits B, and brakes his arm. B starts to cry.


In this case A has done two things he’s not allowed. Didn’t let him stand a chance, and controlled him by stating that he’s crying. It is not allowed even if B thinks it’s alright afterwards, because you never know if B will think it’s alright. It is only allowed if they have planned it before, and that both agree on it].


[Power-playing:

A person that is over powerful, never gets hit by other, always wins, and stuff like that. A rather boring person. A character with powerful sides is alright, but he/she must have weaknesses too. A fair play is a good one.


An example:

B tries to hit A

A avoids the attack, and shoots him with his gun.

B gets hit in the arm, but shoots A with the other.

A avoids again, and kicks B to the ground.

In this case, A is being annoying; by making it impossible for B to even touch him.]

Also I would like to say that changing the storyline completely to one owns benefit is not allowed. Neither are sudden new characters, to save the day when you’re in trouble.

Keep in mind that there is a timeline, and that if you’re in the end of one place, you can not suddenly appear at the other end, just like that.


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That was all I think. If you have any ideas, or think that I’ve missed something out, please feel free to post.


Have fun,
T-Nex