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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 11:42:29 GMT
You will pay dearly, if you do not heed these rules 1. No Chatspeak whilst role-playing! None what so ever! 2. No Powerplaying (See below) 3. Swearing is allowed. (See below) 4. No more than 2 characters per person. (See below) 5. Whilst Rp-ing, use Past tense ONLY! And 3rd person! (See below) 6. Have fun! 7. Oh and no spamming -.- , trolling, sTicKy CaPs, or ALL CAPS. 8. Please make posts at least a paragraph long (See below) 9. Special abilities are mostly prohibited. (See below) 10. Avatars and signature rules below. Please read below to find individual information for each of the above. Additional notes!!:Your character does not have to join in Year one! However it would be good if we could have even numbers in each year. Also if your character is in year 4 for example, you could role-play like they have been their for the last 4 years* OR that they have transferred to the school into that year. *If you are going to role-play it like this you will STILL need to role-play the sorting hat so we can sort you into your house. How you would do this would be to have a sort of 'reminisce' post about the day you were sorted. (Please see the Sorting Hat post in The Great Hall for any idea of what I'm talking about )
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 11:58:44 GMT
You cannot control other peoples characters actions! You may only control your own.
For example, say you played Claire:
NO: Claire shot a hex at Jack. It hit him on the chest and he flew back, hitting his head against the wall. Blood trickled down his head.
YES: Claire swung around quickly. Before thinking she muttered under her breath and thrust her wand in the direction of Jack. From the wand, erupted a purple light which flew in the direction of Jack.
What you have to do, is elaborate on what your characters doing, then wait for the other character to reply with their actions.
This applies to SPEECH as well.
Exceptions:
You may power-play characters that do not exist, or are not owned by anyone. For example: A student from school.
She thrust her wand towards him, but before the words could leave her lips a gaggle of first year girls pushed past knocking her sideways to the wall. The hex flew past John, her first target, and hit an innocent student that was lookiing out the window. She flew back and hit the wall.
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:08:11 GMT
Here at hex, we try and create a realistic role-playing world. This is why we allow swearing. If you think about it, in today's society, you will understand that children do swear. Just go to school.
You may use swear words if you choose, we don't force you to use them, if you don't want to use them, don't. If they offend you, I'm sorry but that's tough.
For example, In the Harry Potter novels, they do swear. Those words, are allowed. We DO NOT approve of dirty, and smutty words however, because that IS just a bit rude. Our filters will pick up words and change them, if we don't like it.
May we warn you that, if you have sentences like :
"F*** this, you effing bastard, you stupid whore. I hate you bitch!" we will take action and you will be warned. There is a line, and if you write like this you will have crossed it.
Swearing is usually used in those frustrated and angst conversations, don't over use it, or abuse the fact you are allowed to use it.
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:16:34 GMT
When you create an account, it should be something like:
clairewhite
Don't worry we can add a space and captilize shortly! When you log on, go to your profile, click modify and change your "Display name" to (For example): Claire White.
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Please Make a New account for each new character. So as not to confuse anybody.
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You may only create 2 accounts. Any additional accounts you want, you will have to request with the Headmaster.
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However! If you would like to create a Professor, you are allowed to create a professor account and 2 other student accounts.
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:22:31 GMT
At Hex, we have some basic role-playing rules. You must follow them, or you will not be allowed to role-play.
The tense we use is Past tense. --- The Voice, is 3rd person.
What this means:
Past tense means, everything you write would seem like it was in the past, instead of future. For example:
He said,"Hello." NOT He says,"Hello." Or He will say, "Hello."
Third Person means, as if your following your character and relaying the story.
He said,"Watch it!" "Sorry," She muttered. = Correct
NOT:
I said, "Watch it!" OR You said,"Watch it!"
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:28:41 GMT
Here at Hex we expect Quality Over Quantity. However, no matter how good your one sentence might be, we would like you to write a bit more.
We are not asking to write 5 paragraphs for each post, generally people only do that on the first post of a thread, to describe setting etc.
We DO ask however, that you write a paragraph for each post, consisting of about 4 or 5 lines. Not hard, just describe actions, weather, setting, senses or make your speech longer.
How can you role-play and develop your character with only a line?
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:34:10 GMT
These special abilities are not allowed in the forums and they include:
Werewolf* Azkaban/Nurmengard escapees Death eater (Really no such thing anymore) Murderers Animagus*
* If you would like to be one of these, before you state in your profile, you must request this ability with the Headmaster. Pm him with what you want and a good reason for it.
Also if you have another ability that is not on this list do not assume you may have it. If you want an ability that you have thought up please PM the Head Master first. Thank you.
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:40:33 GMT
You may have your own avatars, they do not have to be linked to your character but we ask that if they are not, that they are Harry Potter related! Thank you.
Signatures, may contain banners, that show your character or anything Harry Potter related.
You MAY use celebrities for your characters, but I ask that you use celebrities that LOOK like children. No males with lots of facial hair, woman with huge boobs, or things like that. Thank you.
If we think your avatar/signature is inappropriate we will Pm and ask you to change it.
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Post by Professor Minty on Jul 24, 2007 12:40:51 GMT
WOW You got through the rules. Have a cookie!!
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