Rules of Roleplaying READ BEFORE TRYING TO RP

[SIMSteven]

Ok, I've gone over this several times, so I thought I'd make it official.

THIS GOES FOR ALL RP'ING ON THIS BOARD!

EDIT: ADDED BY SuperDanny: "First off, you CANNOT use the Role Playing message board unless you have at least 25 posts (spamming the boards will only hurt you), and you don't have any kind of negative reputation (this includes Staff Member warnings, or recent rule breaking). After you have these requirements, you can create characters and stories, however entering your character into someone else's story requires the topic creator's approval." -SuperDanny

Role Playing Rules

1) No controlling other peoples' characters

Many fight in the years I have RP'ed have come from this problem. If someone controls other peoples' characters, it tends to lead to fights and such. Don't control characters without permission. Easy enough to understand, right?

2) No killing other peoples' characters

People hate it when they get killed off and have to find some looney way to bring themselves back. This rule keeps the story sane most of the time, though people should discuss if there will be a death beforehand. Otherwise, there are big power struggles.

3) No powerstruggles

Keep things simple. Someone has to win in a fight, and someone has to lose. If people recoil like a DBZ match, things get way out of hand. Also, try to keep things short, for about a page or two, and no more. Otherwise, it DOES turn into a DBZ match. It helps to do the matches over PM or over an IM service.

Thanks all. I really needed to make this topic because of how things have turned out with people not knowing about the basic rules of roleplaying.

Upon further review, I have realised that no person is allowed to RP if they have been getting warnings about bad posts or bad posting style. If a person is very close to being banned, they are not allowed to RP whatsoever.

This rule is a safeguard against whether or not the person gets banned or not. If the person gets banned, they leave a gaping hole for the rest of the good posters to fill. Therefore, no one close to being banned is allowed to play in an RP and is not allowed to create topics on the Role-Playing Board.

[Red]

So it is written. So it shall be.

[Databased]

My gosh ryu... Unwritten rules, ever hear of that!

[SuperDanny]

I always considered these rules to be common sense, but I guess it is best to have them written for everyone, good move SIM, hopefully this helps

[SIMSteven]

Thanks Danny.

I guess it was needed, because of newbies in the RP scene.

[Red]

effer said:

My gosh ryu... Unwritten rules, ever hear of that!

It's an old saying. Not sure where it originates from.

[Voulnutt]

isn't it from the bible? Like when god gave moses the ten commandments carved in stone.

[Cere]

Thanks a lot Sim. This will help out a lot for newcomers.

Now we can all get back to our RP.

Paragon....where are you?

[Paragon]

I'm right here! And I edited my post so SIM can finish the job.

[SIMSteven]

In light of the current situation of hawkeye, I have updated the rules.

[SuperDanny]

Ooooo Nice one. Should we make a required minimum post count for Role Playing? That way not just any new member can start RPing, without first getting a nice first impression on the boards? I say... 30 minimum posts, and if there is no problem with said member's posts, then they can RP to their hearts content. If you like that SIM you can add it to your list of rules. I know I'm not too active around this area of the board, but the RP board is probably the most popular spot here, and I do care about everyone being able to fully enjoy theirselves here.

[Typhon Purifier 89]

Yeah. Rememeber when the RP's actually used to be fun? And everyone was cool with their character, and there weren't any retarded people ruining everything.... Yeah, I remember those times.... and the fact that you even needed to make this topic is ridiculous, people should just know... But whatever... I have been avoiding the RP's, because they have mostly just been going downhill.... But I think that after reading this, I'm going to go see what's up in that one that everyone is writing it.... I probably won't join, but I just hope that at some point people here will be cool again....

[SIMSteven]

hunter89 said:

Yeah. Rememeber when the RP's actually used to be fun? And everyone was cool with their character, and there weren't any retarded people ruining everything.... Yeah, I remember those times.... and the fact that you even needed to make this topic is ridiculous, people should just know... But whatever... I have been avoiding the RP's, because they have mostly just been going downhill.... But I think that after reading this, I'm going to go see what's up in that one that everyone is writing it.... I probably won't join, but I just hope that at some point people here will be cool again....

Well, Typhon, at one point you also didn't know. That goes for everything in your life, my life, and everyone's life. Therefore, I feel that the rules do help just because it's more of a manual to common sense than rules.

Anyways, I'm thinking of making it lower, SD. Maybe 25. It's a good round number, and people can start playing if they make a few good posts to make a good first impression.

[BRG]

Just for the record, I'd be willing to help n00bs/newbies learn the basics of how to rp, but seeing as we don't really have any of either right now...


Well, it is just for the record. XD

[Typhon Purifier 89]

Yes, but the difference between me and other newbies was that I didn't say anything if it wasn't worth saying. I planned was I was going to say, and I also didn't want to do anything stupid that would offend anyone... Sometimes you just have to play it closer to the.... belt..? Wait, how does that phrase go? Closer to the..... shirt? It's a shirt... I think.... VEST!! HA! Got it....




I'm sorry, I will return to the space beneath the boards where I spawned from