Before you start posting you Role-Playing with anyone, I want you to read this first. Later on I want to make sure you have read this so pay good attention. This includes some extra rules for Role-Playing posts you will make.
Before you make an entrance to an already existing Role-Play, OR, if you are going to make an entrance for a new Role-Play, be sure to have read the Role-Playing Rules forum. We also would like to know what kind of character you will be using, which you can show us in the Original Characters Introduction forum, OR, in the Fan Characters Introduction forum. Once you have done that, you can continue with reading this forum, which includes few more rules to keep this guild clean.
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If you did not notice the Absence forum yet, or if you don't exactly know what it's for, I shall explain what's the purpose of that forum: The Absence forum is meant for those who cannot be online for a certain amount of time. This way you can notify the other Role-Players/guild members, and you can make sure you will not get kicked out of the guild randomly. Though, you have to be rather accurate when telling us when you won't be able to post, because if you do not post after your 'estimated' absence time, there will be a chance that you will be removed from the guild. You are able to re-join, and I will tell you how: Once you have pressed the 'Join' button, you will have to tell us in the message that you used to be a member of this guild, but that you couldn't be online because of [insert absence reason here]. You will be able to post again once you have been accepted to this guild again. But if this happens three times, you will not be accepted to this guild anymore. There will be a 'cool down' of at least two weeks. I, the Captain of this guild, will pay good attention to the members whenever I have time, so be really careful.
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Now we're on the topic of 'Posting a new Role-Playing forum':
If you have read the Role-Playing Rules forum, you will also have to pay attention to the following rules:
• Follow Gaia's ToS.
• No signatures. This usually includes advertising which is not allowed either.
• Keep it PG13. But if you really have to, use a time skip which does not include too many details.
• No drama. If there is something that bothers you during Role-Playing or outside Role-Playing, please tell me, and I will sort it out.
• Use a legit forum title. Not something like "NEW ROLE-PLAY" but something among the lines of "Shimmer in the dark water.". If you are not able to make up something like this, feel free to ask the Guild Captain for help.
• Do not, and I repeat, do not break the story of DIABOLIK LOVERS, whether you do CanonXOC, CanonXFC, CanonXCanon or OCXOC. If this tends to happen, confront one another or tell the Guild Captain.
The most important rule of all: Be respectful towards others. If you see that someone broke this rule, please tell me as soon as possible, we don't want to start drama, now do we?
Another important rule that I want to point out: No God Modding and/or Mary Sue's/Marty Stue's. This will take away all of the fun in Role-Playing. If you do not know what those words mean, please check out the Role-Playing dictionary in the Role-Playing Rules forum.
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Now we're on the topic of 'Posting a reply on an existing Role-Play':
Please make sure it's an open or a closed Role-Play, and I shall explain what that exactly means.
Open Role-Play: Everyone is allowed to join. Other people will have to read the whole Role-Play before actually posting. Every time a new person joins, a new character has been added to the Role-Play. This means the posts will go in a certain order which will be decided by the creator of the forum, and he/she will have to point out the order in the main forum post to prevent confusions.
Closed Role-Play: Everyone is allowed to join, but the creator of this forum will reply to every other post individually. This does not mean that other will be able to jump into an already on-going Role-Play.
Since there are no Role-Playing posts yet, we will have to wait for an perfect example so I can link those in this forum.
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Now we'll be talking about Role-Playing as the Canon Characters. Do not get me wrong, but you will need permission to Role-Play as the Canon Characters. Without permission, you are not allowed to start a Role-Play including them.
Before you start Role-Playing as one of the Canon Characters, you will need to send me an example of how you will take the CC's role. If you break the role, and play him/her out of character, you will not have the permission to use him/her.
I shall keep a close eye to those who use CCs.
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Sometimes, this forum will be updated, so please be aware of that. I shall announce the updates in a global announcement. emotion_bigheart
