GUIDEBOOK

[HALEYZARD]

THE RULES.

i hate these as much as you guys, trust me. to write them is actually feeling like murder with each word that i type because i am probably killing you and i apologize for that but it must be done. these are a site obligation as i can't have anarchy, so let's begin:

i. r-e-s-p-e-c-t: and yes, i almost spelled at that wrong but i didn't, the song really helps in situations like this. respect is the number one rule because it's what we should all have for each other, we don't all have to like each other but we do have to respect each other. respect intellectual property, the site, the admins, the members and anything else that you can think of that needs respect.

ii. this site is considered to be intermediate and not that i will be holding a whip and making sure that you write at least 200 words per post, there is an expectation that you will do so. write the feelings, thoughts, actions and even ramble if you have to, just try and reach that word count please.

iii. more of a reminder than a rule but remember to claim things for your characters. if you forget, we won't remember for you and that could cause a conflict when we accept a charrie with your charrie's face so please, please, please remember to post in the claims.

iv. i think that means four, always confused me growing up. this is a given as well and is just another reminder, if you so happen to need to leave the site for an extended period of time, please remember to post in the absence board. we get our brooms out every two weeks and so and without a proper notice, your character will be swept away.

v. in character drama is always something that keeps the site alive, well and interesting. make it realistic though, a charrie crossing the tracks and getting hit by a train is not going to make it out with no scratches or even a head gash, keep things dramatic but keep them realistic.

vi. pregnancy, marriage, accidents, deaths, attacks, rumbles and so on need to be run by an admin, well marriage...no but the rest yes. we don't want every charrie getting knocked up and then getting into a car accident while their fiance is attacked and their best friend is in a rumble. see what i did there? but please if something really, really major is happening in character wise just shoot us a pm and let us know, it's rare that you will be refused.

vii. your account name should be first middle last. that's really all i can say about that. oooh wait, no annoying hearts or dots or commas or any other cutesy thing that you can think of. keep it generic.

viii. character limit is 16 but once you hit 10, we will begin to watch your activity and such for any signs of inactivity. if it happens, we will either ask you to get your ass going with the charries or ban you from making anymore until they are active.

viiii. i have no idea if i am doing this numeral thing right but moving on, match posts word count at least by 200 or so. it's annoying when someone responds to a 1000 word post with 400 words. match it or don't post.

x. fighting is for characters, not for members. want to fight, take it out of the site to duke it out or come to one of the admins and we will break up the fight.

xi. we do have in character roleplaying boxes as well as the fun in character chat box. they are two different things but please, in order to keep them around, got to keep posting threads and plot pages and all that great stuff. also, you must have one active thread (other than an im or phone thread) in order to icr. icc, i really don't care.

xii. bullying will not be tolerated on this site. this ties back into the first one. let's just go with thumper's theory on this one..well thumper's mother's theory; if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

xiii. face claims should be a model, actress, or artist. we don't really want no name people on this site so keep it where i can google their name and more than 20 photos will pop up.

xiv. as much fun as it is to roleplay a character's sexual encounter, keep it to fade-to-black cause we would rather not like to find the missing because someone mentioned a sex scene in a thread.

xv. graphics are pretty, i love them as you can tell with the two banners that have absolutely no match with one another but alas, don't stretch the board too much. the images in your signatures should stay about 450 in width and no more than 500 in height.

xvi. huh, this rule should be somewhere at the top but the roman numerals are a hassle to write (at least in my mind) so i will refrain from doing that but this is a site loosely based on the outsiders by s.e hinton. no characters from the book are in this board though, however, we can have characters like the ones in the book (demonstrated in the canons). however, you don't have to read the book in order to understand the board and if you wish to know about the book, pm an admin or sparknote it up.

xvii. new add: made before the site even opened, that's got to be a record. there is a charrie limit to 8 at the beginning, if you prove that can handle 8 then it's 10 and so on till about 16. even coming from a character whore like myself, i know that this is too high of a number and should not reach higher than this. so in the end, 16 is where i will draw that line.

well see that wasn't as painful as you thought. there is no hidden keyword or password, but i hoped that my exhaustion was somewhat amusing throughout the rules that i'm sure were just skimmed. it's basic common sense but every other board wrote them down and well, i guess i'm a lemming in that sense.

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