Post by Anna-Bo on Jul 12, 2017 19:24:24 GMT 1
Guidelines RolePlaying and Characters
(Most guidelines are common courtesy, which we have put into writing!)
Read the more eleborate guidelines in the Pending Characters Section, Making and submitting a character!
1.Guidelines that apply to the forum in general apply to the RP and Characters as well.
2.When can you start RolePlaying your character.
Players can't start roleplaying until their characters are approved by the Moderators.
Please submit your character profiles in the Account and Character Information Board, in Pending Characters.
Read the Guidelines in Pending Characters first, before submitting a new character!
. You can play as many characters as you'd like or can. But if it is getting too much you can do what is described in #4.
Also it isn't possible to play two characters who are Lovemates or Lifemates. This is too keep relations unexpected, for yourself and the ones who read your RP.
Playing familymembers is allowed, such as Father/Mother and Cub, Cousins, Uncle and Nephew, etc.
3. This Holt is PG18.
The staff made this holt PG18. 18+ RP is allowed, but when starting a new topic you post in the appointed board!!!
All members who play 18+ must be 18+, if and when we find out you are not, then you will be permanently banned without warning!
All characters involving sexual intimacy must be 16+, if your character is not, change this or refrain from posting sexually!
We do not allow underaged sex, no sex to animals or other too kinky sexual actions!
Sex and "violece" is allowed, but NEVER EVER in combination!!! So no rape or obduction with forced sexual actions!! If you break this rule there will be no warning, but you will be immidiatly banned from this Holt! Please notify a moderator if you read this in a thread.
If you open a fight RP, please add this to the title of the thread, not all want to read violence!
Both (or more) members must agree on how far the RP goes!
Real life swearing is allow as long as it is kept to a minimum. Elfquest swearing is of course quite acceptable in any amount. Also no porn like pictures are allowed on the site. However in the art section of this board! nude pictures are acceptable, but no crotches can be explicitly shown. Please post these pictures in the seperate artthread in this board!
To put it simple! Follow the guidelines Wendy and Richard have set up for ElfQuest, we as fans all know which ones they are!!
4. Stop playing your characters.
When you wish to stop playing your character(s) you have 3 options.
1. You put them up for adoption (again), after making sure that the bio is up-to-date! Meaning that special events are added to the Personal History and when your character had a lovemate, lifemate or cubs in the meantime that must be edited too!
2. Your character leaves, you will need to tell the admin, because we will need to adapt the storyline. But this way you can play your character(s) in other Holts.
3. Your character dies. Again, tell the admin your plans, events might have to be changed.
5. No Text-talking or ...
No Text Talk in the actual Role Play forums.
These are things like LOL, BRB, ect.
6. The staff made this holt PG18.
18+ RP is allowed, but when starting a new topic you post in the appointed board!!!
All members who play 18+ must be 18+, if and when we find out you are not, then you will be permanently banned without warning!
All characters involving sexual intimacy must be 16+, if your character is not, change this or refrain from posting sexually!
We do not allow underaged sex, no sex to animals or other too kinky sexual actions!
Sex and "violece" is allowed, but NEVER EVER in combination!!! So no rape or obduction with forced sexual actions!! If you break this rule there will be no warning, but you will be immidiatly banned from this Holt! Please notify a moderator if you read this in a thread.
If you open a fight RP, please add this to the title of the thread, not all want to read violence!
Both (or more) members must agree on how far the RP goes!
Real life swearing is allow as long as it is kept to a minimum. Elfquest swearing is of course quite acceptable in any amount. Also no porn like pictures are allowed on the site. However in the art section of this board! nude pictures are acceptable, but no crotches can be explicitly shown. Please post these pictures in the seperate artthread in this board!
To put it simple! Follow the guidelines Wendy and Richard have set up for ElfQuest, we as fans all know which ones they are!!
7. When unable to RolePlay.
While we obviously know every player has a life offline, please try to check in and post when it is your turn to keep activity up.
And let us know when you won't be able to post for more than a few days and please talk with someone else in the storyline to possibly NPC your character(s), or come up with a good reason for why your character(s) is gone while you're out.
If you are the next player in line but aren't able to post and you forgot to mention it, the other players can go on with the RP 2-3 days after the last one has posted, your character will still be in the RP, but has moved to the background and you can resume at any time you are able to.
Courtesy is that you contact the character before you do, given notification that after 3 days (counting from when you have send the message) you will post for your character.
Edit 21-02-18
Example of the message you can send:
"Hi, just letting you know it's your turn to post in the RP's.
If you can't please let me know.
If I hear nothing from you in the next 3 days I will post my character. According to the guidelines you can then jump in when you can and the postingorder will change.
If other characters are first before I can post, I will contact them too, also giving them 3 days, in the meantime you can still post.
Thank you,
..."
8. Taking turns.
When you RP with multiple players/characters, the common curtasy is to "take turns!".
The only exeption can be if one of the players is absent for a couple of days. Try to contact him/her if it is alright to RP a little untill they are able to catch up. (See #7)
8a. Mini-plots
You can only have a miniplot if it is called for, due to the "speed" of the moment. And if the RP contains MORE the 6 characters.
Good example is the attack we had in the HuntRP. It would be strange to rp an attack and have to wait maybe a week to finish the attack, because some aren't able to post. Or some jump in and the monster could forget you attacked it (or something). (See the first Mini-Rp here, it starts with Sunstrider's post.)
That being said, if you do a miniplot, you have to give others, who aren't in the miniplot!!! the oppertunity to respond to it within a short period.
So most importantly! I feel the miniplot should be played within just a few hours, to avoid keeping others waiting to reply. And it should be kept to a max of 3 posts per character within that time.
There are 2 ways to make a Mini-plot.
Option 1.
Pm the one you want to do the miniplot with and discuss when you both will be online to play the miniplot. Then you wait till it is one of the character's turn, start the miniplot and post each character seperate.
Example:
Chara 1
Chara 2
Chara 3 (you)
Chara 4 etc
Chara 9 (invited for miniplot)
It is now the turn of Chara 7, so you have to wait till it is Chara 9's turn to start your post or Chara 3 (you), if that suits both better!
If you are finished with the miniplot, the posting order will continue as if there had been no miniplot. When it was Chara 9's turn to post, the next one to post will be Chara 1, even if Chara 3 was the last to post in the Mini-RP!
(Bit of crude explenation, but I hope you get my point.)
At all times! add in the first post of the miniplot you are starting one and who is involved. Write in the last one that you are done and add who is next to post.
Option 2. (most prefered, because it doesn't hinder other members from posting!)
If you feel the mimi-plot needs more posts from the ones involved, then you could play out a miniplot in pm or other private messaging, specially if it isn't your turn yet and you want to write down what you have in mind.
The one posting the complete mini-plot must add the names of the ones involved and make clear who is writting what (example: use different colors for different characters).
(See good example of this type of Mini-Rp here, Stillwater's post or here, Streak's post!)
Note:
The main plot of the RP should be preserved at all times! This means that your miniplot should be on topic and not disturbing to the others. If you feel your miniplot is taking another turn and will not have anything to do with the main plot, then you step out and start a new RP.
9. Multiple Characters.
If you bring more then one character in one RP, please put your text for your characters under their own name. At the bottom of your screen you see a pic with 2 figures, if you click on that you can switch easily between accounts without having to log out and in again. (seperate thread here Multiple Accounts to a how-to...)
10. Only one RolePlay-Board.
No new boards will be created for Rps. There is one board set up for the Storylines to be played out in. In there you can start new threads.
11. Out of Character in the RolePlay-Board.
You can post OOC in the RP-threads, but please keep them to a minimum, if you want to discuss something with other players you can pm them or start a discussion in the OoC-section!
Post your OoC above or Below your post, to keep it organized and let the RP keep it's flow!
When the OoC is resolved the admin will remove it after a period of time, again to ensure the flow of the RP, unless it is important to the story!
12. No doubling posting.
If by chance you double post, edit your first post and delete the double or ask a moderator to delete it.
13. No Godmodding, Meta Gaming, Bogarting or Single Controlling the RP!
Here are the definitions for God modding and Meta Gaming:
God Modding: Making one's character god like. They have no limits or boundaries. Examples: Can't be harmed or killed by other players' characters. Killing or injuring other players' characters without permission. Using other players' characters without permission.
Meta Gaming: Having your character know about future events that have not occurred yet. As in using out of game information.
Bogarting: Stealing the scene every time they enter the room like the Bogart actor while he's in chara. Actually Bogarting is meant as hogging something from others instead of sharing the thing in meantion, cigarette, scene, as it is slang, it has altered in point of subject but means some subject matteris being hogged and not shared.
Single Controlling the RP: Please do not "speak or act" for another Character that isn't yours. 'Example 1. He looked at his friend. The look of terror was clearly written on his friend's face and he decided to comfort his friend.'
(You don't know how the other will reply, unless he had descrbed it, if the other needs to be horrified, because that is a plot in the rp, please first discuss it with the other player!)
'Example 2. She was busy and told him to leave and so he did.' (Even if this was the plan, you can't decide wahat the other character must do, but you can ask him.)
By telling what others must do, you take away their opinion on how to respond and force them to do what you have in mind, while they might have another take on the story.
In RP sense, it would mean controlling another players characters without permission, small movements are within reason is allowed ofcourse. Brushing hair behind an ear of the other character is a good example.
All above will result in a warning and if repeatingly doing so a ban of 7 days. (See Warning at the end of these guidelines!)
14. Speaking, thinking or sending.
What do we use for the different types of "talking"?
Use "I am talking." for speaking.
Use <"I am talking."> for humanspeech.
Use "(I am talking.)" for speaking under water.
Use 'I am thinking.' for thinking.
Use * for sending:
- *I am sending.* for opensending, everyone will be able to recieve this sending.
- **I am sending.** for private sending, only chosen ones will recieve this sending. If neccessary type all the names of the characters you want to recieve the sending.
- ***I am sending.*** for hyvemind sending, only Hidden Ones are able to do this sending, but can include others if the characters are willing!
- ***I am sending. *** for sending to animals. Bondanimals or pets. (Written words are in italics!)
- *I am sending. * for darksending.
Use *{I am sending}* for Spirits sending or sending while Going Out.
15. RolePlay concluded.
When a storyline in a section has ended, you can ask the moderators to close your thread. The thread will be moved to the Finished/ Closed RP-section, so everyone can still read them.
16. Recognition.
If you wish for your character to recognize, please submit a comment saying so in the Recognitions List thread. Characters will be randomly choosen to recognize at points decided on by the staff, or allowed if two players want their characters to recognize. If you do NOT wish your character to recognize, again make a comment in the same thread and it will be noted.
17. Non Player Characters.
You are free to use any NPC in the NPC thread, but please do not make a post centered around them. They are secondary characters. So please only make posts that is mainly focused on your own official character. Look in the thread of the NPC of your choice if someone else is playing the character. If needed contact that member!
18. No spoilers about The Final Quest!
This forum is all about ElfQuest and the World with Two Moons, however not all of our members have read all stories available.
This is why we have decided to have our Holt in the era of Kings of Broken Wheel. (See for more details our Timeline.) This means that our Characters know NOTHING of the events happening after the Palace's disappearance! The Sunvillage does have contact with the Wolfriders in Djunsland, but our Characters don't.
Every story (official) up until Final Quest, can be found here ElfQuest Online.
Violating this guideline will first result in a warning and a mandtory change or deleting of the post or reply. If the member doesn't respond withing a few days, the mods have the right/duty to change the post and delete the spoilersection!
If the member keeps spilling spoilers, then the moderators will discuss which next step will be taken!
Warning
When you break the General Guidelines, there will be consequences.
The first occurrence: A warning will be given
Second time: a 7 day ban from the site
Third time: A one month ban from the site
Fourth time: a permanent ban from the site.
Thank you for reading this, if you agree, please respond with R&U (Read and Understood)
(Most guidelines are common courtesy, which we have put into writing!)
Read the more eleborate guidelines in the Pending Characters Section, Making and submitting a character!
1.Guidelines that apply to the forum in general apply to the RP and Characters as well.
2.When can you start RolePlaying your character.
Players can't start roleplaying until their characters are approved by the Moderators.
Please submit your character profiles in the Account and Character Information Board, in Pending Characters.
Read the Guidelines in Pending Characters first, before submitting a new character!
. You can play as many characters as you'd like or can. But if it is getting too much you can do what is described in #4.
Also it isn't possible to play two characters who are Lovemates or Lifemates. This is too keep relations unexpected, for yourself and the ones who read your RP.
Playing familymembers is allowed, such as Father/Mother and Cub, Cousins, Uncle and Nephew, etc.
3. This Holt is PG18.
The staff made this holt PG18. 18+ RP is allowed, but when starting a new topic you post in the appointed board!!!
All members who play 18+ must be 18+, if and when we find out you are not, then you will be permanently banned without warning!
All characters involving sexual intimacy must be 16+, if your character is not, change this or refrain from posting sexually!
We do not allow underaged sex, no sex to animals or other too kinky sexual actions!
Sex and "violece" is allowed, but NEVER EVER in combination!!! So no rape or obduction with forced sexual actions!! If you break this rule there will be no warning, but you will be immidiatly banned from this Holt! Please notify a moderator if you read this in a thread.
If you open a fight RP, please add this to the title of the thread, not all want to read violence!
Both (or more) members must agree on how far the RP goes!
Real life swearing is allow as long as it is kept to a minimum. Elfquest swearing is of course quite acceptable in any amount. Also no porn like pictures are allowed on the site. However in the art section of this board! nude pictures are acceptable, but no crotches can be explicitly shown. Please post these pictures in the seperate artthread in this board!
To put it simple! Follow the guidelines Wendy and Richard have set up for ElfQuest, we as fans all know which ones they are!!
4. Stop playing your characters.
When you wish to stop playing your character(s) you have 3 options.
1. You put them up for adoption (again), after making sure that the bio is up-to-date! Meaning that special events are added to the Personal History and when your character had a lovemate, lifemate or cubs in the meantime that must be edited too!
2. Your character leaves, you will need to tell the admin, because we will need to adapt the storyline. But this way you can play your character(s) in other Holts.
3. Your character dies. Again, tell the admin your plans, events might have to be changed.
5. No Text-talking or ...
No Text Talk in the actual Role Play forums.
These are things like LOL, BRB, ect.
6. The staff made this holt PG18.
18+ RP is allowed, but when starting a new topic you post in the appointed board!!!
All members who play 18+ must be 18+, if and when we find out you are not, then you will be permanently banned without warning!
All characters involving sexual intimacy must be 16+, if your character is not, change this or refrain from posting sexually!
We do not allow underaged sex, no sex to animals or other too kinky sexual actions!
Sex and "violece" is allowed, but NEVER EVER in combination!!! So no rape or obduction with forced sexual actions!! If you break this rule there will be no warning, but you will be immidiatly banned from this Holt! Please notify a moderator if you read this in a thread.
If you open a fight RP, please add this to the title of the thread, not all want to read violence!
Both (or more) members must agree on how far the RP goes!
Real life swearing is allow as long as it is kept to a minimum. Elfquest swearing is of course quite acceptable in any amount. Also no porn like pictures are allowed on the site. However in the art section of this board! nude pictures are acceptable, but no crotches can be explicitly shown. Please post these pictures in the seperate artthread in this board!
To put it simple! Follow the guidelines Wendy and Richard have set up for ElfQuest, we as fans all know which ones they are!!
7. When unable to RolePlay.
While we obviously know every player has a life offline, please try to check in and post when it is your turn to keep activity up.
And let us know when you won't be able to post for more than a few days and please talk with someone else in the storyline to possibly NPC your character(s), or come up with a good reason for why your character(s) is gone while you're out.
If you are the next player in line but aren't able to post and you forgot to mention it, the other players can go on with the RP 2-3 days after the last one has posted, your character will still be in the RP, but has moved to the background and you can resume at any time you are able to.
Courtesy is that you contact the character before you do, given notification that after 3 days (counting from when you have send the message) you will post for your character.
Edit 21-02-18
Example of the message you can send:
"Hi, just letting you know it's your turn to post in the RP's.
If you can't please let me know.
If I hear nothing from you in the next 3 days I will post my character. According to the guidelines you can then jump in when you can and the postingorder will change.
If other characters are first before I can post, I will contact them too, also giving them 3 days, in the meantime you can still post.
Thank you,
..."
8. Taking turns.
When you RP with multiple players/characters, the common curtasy is to "take turns!".
The only exeption can be if one of the players is absent for a couple of days. Try to contact him/her if it is alright to RP a little untill they are able to catch up. (See #7)
8a. Mini-plots
You can only have a miniplot if it is called for, due to the "speed" of the moment. And if the RP contains MORE the 6 characters.
Good example is the attack we had in the HuntRP. It would be strange to rp an attack and have to wait maybe a week to finish the attack, because some aren't able to post. Or some jump in and the monster could forget you attacked it (or something). (See the first Mini-Rp here, it starts with Sunstrider's post.)
That being said, if you do a miniplot, you have to give others, who aren't in the miniplot!!! the oppertunity to respond to it within a short period.
So most importantly! I feel the miniplot should be played within just a few hours, to avoid keeping others waiting to reply. And it should be kept to a max of 3 posts per character within that time.
There are 2 ways to make a Mini-plot.
Option 1.
Pm the one you want to do the miniplot with and discuss when you both will be online to play the miniplot. Then you wait till it is one of the character's turn, start the miniplot and post each character seperate.
Example:
Chara 1
Chara 2
Chara 3 (you)
Chara 4 etc
Chara 9 (invited for miniplot)
It is now the turn of Chara 7, so you have to wait till it is Chara 9's turn to start your post or Chara 3 (you), if that suits both better!
If you are finished with the miniplot, the posting order will continue as if there had been no miniplot. When it was Chara 9's turn to post, the next one to post will be Chara 1, even if Chara 3 was the last to post in the Mini-RP!
(Bit of crude explenation, but I hope you get my point.)
At all times! add in the first post of the miniplot you are starting one and who is involved. Write in the last one that you are done and add who is next to post.
Option 2. (most prefered, because it doesn't hinder other members from posting!)
If you feel the mimi-plot needs more posts from the ones involved, then you could play out a miniplot in pm or other private messaging, specially if it isn't your turn yet and you want to write down what you have in mind.
The one posting the complete mini-plot must add the names of the ones involved and make clear who is writting what (example: use different colors for different characters).
(See good example of this type of Mini-Rp here, Stillwater's post or here, Streak's post!)
Note:
The main plot of the RP should be preserved at all times! This means that your miniplot should be on topic and not disturbing to the others. If you feel your miniplot is taking another turn and will not have anything to do with the main plot, then you step out and start a new RP.
9. Multiple Characters.
If you bring more then one character in one RP, please put your text for your characters under their own name. At the bottom of your screen you see a pic with 2 figures, if you click on that you can switch easily between accounts without having to log out and in again. (seperate thread here Multiple Accounts to a how-to...)
10. Only one RolePlay-Board.
No new boards will be created for Rps. There is one board set up for the Storylines to be played out in. In there you can start new threads.
11. Out of Character in the RolePlay-Board.
You can post OOC in the RP-threads, but please keep them to a minimum, if you want to discuss something with other players you can pm them or start a discussion in the OoC-section!
Post your OoC above or Below your post, to keep it organized and let the RP keep it's flow!
When the OoC is resolved the admin will remove it after a period of time, again to ensure the flow of the RP, unless it is important to the story!
12. No doubling posting.
If by chance you double post, edit your first post and delete the double or ask a moderator to delete it.
13. No Godmodding, Meta Gaming, Bogarting or Single Controlling the RP!
Here are the definitions for God modding and Meta Gaming:
God Modding: Making one's character god like. They have no limits or boundaries. Examples: Can't be harmed or killed by other players' characters. Killing or injuring other players' characters without permission. Using other players' characters without permission.
Meta Gaming: Having your character know about future events that have not occurred yet. As in using out of game information.
Bogarting: Stealing the scene every time they enter the room like the Bogart actor while he's in chara. Actually Bogarting is meant as hogging something from others instead of sharing the thing in meantion, cigarette, scene, as it is slang, it has altered in point of subject but means some subject matteris being hogged and not shared.
Single Controlling the RP: Please do not "speak or act" for another Character that isn't yours. 'Example 1. He looked at his friend. The look of terror was clearly written on his friend's face and he decided to comfort his friend.'
(You don't know how the other will reply, unless he had descrbed it, if the other needs to be horrified, because that is a plot in the rp, please first discuss it with the other player!)
'Example 2. She was busy and told him to leave and so he did.' (Even if this was the plan, you can't decide wahat the other character must do, but you can ask him.)
By telling what others must do, you take away their opinion on how to respond and force them to do what you have in mind, while they might have another take on the story.
In RP sense, it would mean controlling another players characters without permission, small movements are within reason is allowed ofcourse. Brushing hair behind an ear of the other character is a good example.
All above will result in a warning and if repeatingly doing so a ban of 7 days. (See Warning at the end of these guidelines!)
14. Speaking, thinking or sending.
What do we use for the different types of "talking"?
Use "I am talking." for speaking.
Use <"I am talking."> for humanspeech.
Use "(I am talking.)" for speaking under water.
Use 'I am thinking.' for thinking.
Use * for sending:
- *I am sending.* for opensending, everyone will be able to recieve this sending.
- **I am sending.** for private sending, only chosen ones will recieve this sending. If neccessary type all the names of the characters you want to recieve the sending.
- ***I am sending.*** for hyvemind sending, only Hidden Ones are able to do this sending, but can include others if the characters are willing!
- ***I am sending. *** for sending to animals. Bondanimals or pets. (Written words are in italics!)
- *I am sending. * for darksending.
Use *{I am sending}* for Spirits sending or sending while Going Out.
15. RolePlay concluded.
When a storyline in a section has ended, you can ask the moderators to close your thread. The thread will be moved to the Finished/ Closed RP-section, so everyone can still read them.
16. Recognition.
If you wish for your character to recognize, please submit a comment saying so in the Recognitions List thread. Characters will be randomly choosen to recognize at points decided on by the staff, or allowed if two players want their characters to recognize. If you do NOT wish your character to recognize, again make a comment in the same thread and it will be noted.
17. Non Player Characters.
You are free to use any NPC in the NPC thread, but please do not make a post centered around them. They are secondary characters. So please only make posts that is mainly focused on your own official character. Look in the thread of the NPC of your choice if someone else is playing the character. If needed contact that member!
18. No spoilers about The Final Quest!
This forum is all about ElfQuest and the World with Two Moons, however not all of our members have read all stories available.
This is why we have decided to have our Holt in the era of Kings of Broken Wheel. (See for more details our Timeline.) This means that our Characters know NOTHING of the events happening after the Palace's disappearance! The Sunvillage does have contact with the Wolfriders in Djunsland, but our Characters don't.
Every story (official) up until Final Quest, can be found here ElfQuest Online.
Violating this guideline will first result in a warning and a mandtory change or deleting of the post or reply. If the member doesn't respond withing a few days, the mods have the right/duty to change the post and delete the spoilersection!
If the member keeps spilling spoilers, then the moderators will discuss which next step will be taken!
Warning
When you break the General Guidelines, there will be consequences.
The first occurrence: A warning will be given
Second time: a 7 day ban from the site
Third time: A one month ban from the site
Fourth time: a permanent ban from the site.
Thank you for reading this, if you agree, please respond with R&U (Read and Understood)