Post by THE SORTING HAT on Aug 15, 2009 20:31:51 GMT -5
the educational decrees,
a.k.a., the rules
educational decree no. 1
[/i][/size]a.k.a., the rules
educational decree no. 1
all students and adults wishing to attend BLACK AS
MIDNIGHT must register with a username
they can remember. failure to do so will result
in you possibly forgetting your username. we can
only change display names. never usernames.
educational decree no. 2
all students and adults will fill out an application
in order to be allowed to post in the claim
areas, character areas, and all rp areas. please
choose a character on the canon list as
many can be original characters. all characters
not found on the list will not be accepted. hogwarts
staff is the only exception to this rule. before these
students and adults are sorted, they may only post
in the OOC areas. each student and adult will have
a total of three days to finish their application
once it is submitted for sorting. if your application
has not been completed within one week, without an
absence report, it will be moved to the archives. an
admin will revive your application by request.
educational decree no. 3
when role playing, all students and adults will
restrain themselves from god modding, or otherwise
controlling the other persons character with
out permission, avoiding all peril, et cetera. posting
requirements stand at a minimum of two paragraphs,
five/six sentences each parag. or 200+ words. it is
understandable that we will all have off days,
and this requirement is set to avoid one liners
and wimpy little paragraph posts.
educational decree no. 4
all students and adults will maintain the utmost
respect to their administrators, moderators, fellow
members and guests when out of character. racial
slurs, jokes, stereotyping, and offensive language
will not be tolerated. this extends not only to the
OOC posting areas, but the CBox as well. no
advertising or spam in the CBox, please. this
should be a given, simple rule to follow.
educational decree no. 5
here at BLACK AS MIDNIGHT, we don't have a limit
on how many characters each person is allotted.
we do, however, ask that for every two females you
create, you make one male. this keeps the male/female
ratio nice and even. also, don't make ten characters
if you can only keep up posting for five. activity
is a must, and activity checks will be done at random,
consisting at least once every month. expect this and
prove your activity with an active thread if you wish
to keep your account. if you will be gone or suspect you
will be gone for an extended period of time, please allow
the staff and members to know by posting in the absences
forum so we don't go worried sick about you, and your
account won't go *poof!*. nobody wants that.
educational decree no. 6
please be respectful to JK Rowling and the Harry
Potter universe. this being said, if you wish to be
a vampire, one, you must have an impressive
application, and two, it must be believable. this means
that we don't want any twilight-esque vampires,
wolfs, or characters, period. you wouldn't see some
one signing up as harry james potter on a twilight
site, so we don't wanna see any isabella marie swans
or edward anthony cullens on BLACK AS MIDNIGHT.
educational decree no. 7
when making your character, we don't wanna see
peter perfect or mary sue walking around the site.
no character is perfect, so don't make them out to
have the softest skin, the prettiest eyes, the most
gorgeous figure or the most wonderful hair. you
will be denied faster than you can say trumpet
horn, and that's no exaggeration. even the boy
who lived has many flaws!
educational decree no. 8
BLACK AS MIDNIGHT is an intermediate to advanced
role play site, but we do understand that you
gotta start somewhere. please note that we
are an adult content site, where sex, drugs and
rock n' roll does and will happen. please be considerate
to other members, and, if your thread is going to push
the envelope, put (R) in your thread title/description.
it'll save us all a little time if we don't wanna
read on all that jazz.
educational decree no. 9
last but not least, have fun! that's what role playing
is all about, isn't it? its important that you don't forget
that here, because we here at BLACK AS MIDNIGHT love
to have us some fun, both in character and out of character!
also, you'd probably like to know that the password to the
application forum is bullfrog. yeah, you
may need that in the near future. =]
educational decree no. 10[/i][/size]
all students and adults wishing to attend BLACK AS
MIDNIGHT must understand that the canon list
is modified to suit your playing. some characters'
ages have been changed so you can have more fun
playing them. please do not pester admins about
the ages of the selected characters.
issued by
blythe, a.k.a. ``rainbow snowflakes at CAUTION 2.0 just note
that if you remove the credit, she'll avada kedavra your
arse. =]
oh, and of course, enjoy the rules![/center]