Post by Professor Trelawney on Sept 15, 2007 11:33:59 GMT -5
Dear Members;
Welcome to the fantastic new addition to the site : The "Real" World.
Here is the place that you can come to Role-Play out of character, so, if you feel like Harry Potter Role-Plays can wait, or that you'd prefer to do a piece of "Lord of the Rings" or "Pirates of the Carribean" (etc.) Role-Playing; here is your home.
Of course...as much as we Admins would love to give you all the freedom we possibly could; there are a few simple rules and regulations that have to be adhered to, sadly.
Welcome to the fantastic new addition to the site : The "Real" World.
Here is the place that you can come to Role-Play out of character, so, if you feel like Harry Potter Role-Plays can wait, or that you'd prefer to do a piece of "Lord of the Rings" or "Pirates of the Carribean" (etc.) Role-Playing; here is your home.
Of course...as much as we Admins would love to give you all the freedom we possibly could; there are a few simple rules and regulations that have to be adhered to, sadly.
The Rules
You should ALL recognise the first four rules. If not...you need to do a rather large amount of homework in the "Rules" forum.
1;; SPAM. The one word dreaded by any good member of an RPG site. SPAM is pointless. SPAM is a pain in the behind, to put it bluntly. At INO, we dont ask much, just try your best to make sure your threads are not pointless!
2;; POST LENGTH. The length of our posts are important. A post that is short, lacks description and is rather closed, is no use to the person that needs to reply. Please try to keep your posts over 100 words. Although its may be not be possible everytime, try your best! Our Admins have good memories and good posts will earn your house points, just as very short, undescriptive ones will lose you them!
3;; CURSING, SEX AND ADULT CONTENT. INO is a PG-13 site. Cursing is allowed in very minor doses, but anything excessive shall be punishable. We don't joke around at INO, though we are fair. Explanations and second chances are given, but dont take liberties. The same rule goes for Adult Content (e.g sexual posts, alcohol consuption, drug use and any other adult topics.) These should be kept suitable for older children and younger teenagers.
4;; RESPECT. Everyone deserves respect. No matter what there member status or there influence and power on INO. Any bad mouthing, arguments that are not in Canon shall be dealt with accordingly. We like to know peoples' views and sometimes a good old fashioned debate is the only way everyone can 'pitch in'. But, that said, we do not accept any personal arguments or simple 'flaming'. Any kind of discrimination, whether it be Racist, Sexist, Homophobic or the discrimination of religion or appearance, its NOT acceptable. We are all equal!
5;; THREADS. If you are wanting a thread to be closed to certain people in this forum, please write in the title [Tag : (Other participants' name/s)] It makes the forum look neater, and you won't have any uninvited guests. If a post is closed, and you aren't the person in the "Tag" line, refrain from posting. It's common courtesy and hospitality, and it makes my life easier, so we don't have posts to delete or edit [/font]
These rules aren't here because we want to be harsh, nor take your fun away. They're here so that we don't have any unnecessary conflict or issues.
As mentioned in point 2, I'm going to be incredibly focused on House Points, whether it be giving or taking them away. If any disobeying of the Rules takes place, you are warned; the loss of House Points will follow closely.
Other than this, Have fun, and we all hope you enjoy the newest addition to the site.
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Professor S. Trelawney
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[/color][/font][/left]Nymphadora Tonks
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