Rules (Subject To Change)

"Autoing" aka The Controlling of Other People's Characters
They belong to their owners, whether their owner created them or adopted them. Do not play other people's characters. Unless you have been given permission to do so by the character's owner, playing characters that do not belong to you will result in loss of privileges. The only exceptions are "Third Person Characters" (Examples: A Waiter, Civilian, Bystander.) which can be played by any member - within reason. Any post that includes a 3rd person character should only mention that character, not be written from the 3rd person characters point of view, or have that character carrying on a lengthy conversation. This is what you do with your ACTUAL character. Do not do it with any character that is not yours unless specifically directed to do otherwise by the owner of the character in question, or by any active admin or mod.

Speaking of which, we also reserve the right to move your character if that character is holding up the RP for everyone else. If the entire cast is ready to start rearranging the battle to end all battles, and your character is frolicking in the bushes with a circus troop, your character will be moved by us to join the rest of the story in progress. We don't want to have to do this, so please don't hold up the RP. If we cut off any RP you may have going by doing this, feel free to RP it between those involved and post it as a story.

Post Ettiquette
RP posts can be written in present-tense or past-tense.
Present-Tense: *Sonic walks into the clearing and smiles at his gathering friends.* "Today we rearrange my furniture!" *He sends to them.*
Past-Tense: *Sonic walked into the clearing and smiled at her gathered friends.* "Today we rearrange my furniture!" *he sent to them.*

When replying to a post, delete all posts except the one to which you are specifically replying. Continuous disregard of this rule will result in suspension of all privileges. Having to scroll down through five pages of repeat posts is one of the most irritating things in the world, and our toleration for it is quite low. In addition, for the sake of uniformity and ease of reading, please post your reply after the post you are replying to. Remember what category your current roleplay is in and follow so accordingly. If you honestly can't think of anything to post, then it is acceptable to be a bit short, but this will not be acceptable on a regular basis. Be creative, describe what your character is thinking or feeling. Paint a vivid picture with your words.


When making a comment that comes from you rather than your character, please label it as OOC (out of character).


Example: OOC: My nose itches.

OOC posts should be attached to an in-character post, usually at the end of it. Someone else may reply to the OOC portion of your post as well as the IC; however, no thread unless started by one of us should be strictly OOC. In some cases, a single OOC post explaining a leave of absence or something similar is acceptable, but if it becomes a conversation, you will be asked to continue it in private.

Roleplay Content
Do not start any major RP storylines without permission from us first. It may conflict with a storyline we already have in place. However, do not hesitate to contact us with ideas. This is your playground just as much as ours; we need your input and ideas to keep it going. If your idea won't work at the moment, chances are it will work at some point later on, or we can incorporate it somehow. This does NOT mean that you need our permission to do anything. This only applies to plotlines that will involve the entire roster of characters or a significant portion of it.

Roleplay Conduct
No flaming. Ever. If you have a problem with someone on the list, settle it privately. If you cannot settle it privately, bring it to one of us and we will do our best to settle it for you only if you have tried every possible way to settle it yourself and still failed. We are not your parent, so don't come crying to us because little Johnny's character hit your character. If the problem is genuine, and we cannot do anything, one or both parties may be asked to leave the forum. We would rather not do this, so please don't let disagreements get out of hand.

If you have a complaint to lodge against another member, please bring it to our attention and we will deal with it as we see fit.

Although this is an 18+ roleplay forum, please keep excessive foul language to a minimum. When posting in character, be as creative as you like with expletives, just don't over do it. When posting OOC, you may use our expletives, but please keep it to the milder end of the spectrum. We're sure that you're all intelligent enough to use a words that consist of more than four letters.
Keeping Player Knowledge Separate From Character Knowledge
There may be points in the RP where a secret is revealed and out for everyone to read about. However, if "Sonic" told "Tails" this secret while they were alone, no one else should know it. If you are unsure about whether your character could have overheard, please ask before throwing this piece of information out as a topic of conversation around the dinner table. This also falls into implied secrets. For example - we all know the drill. A guy character hangs out with a girl character, it's assumed by the players (often correctly) that these two will soon embark upon a romantic relationship. However, if they have done nothing in the RP to indicate romantic feelings for each other, the other characters should not be talking about how these two are madly in love. This requires discretion, and again, if there are any questions don't hesitate to ask them.

Thank you and have fun. <3