Qualifications for Roleplaying:
To join this Roleplay, you must have prior knowledge to the manga series, +Anima. If you have never heard of this manga, or have not read it, then this roleplay is not for you.
Literacy is also a must. No run-on sentences or mixed-up punctuation, and certainly no one-liners. Paragraphs are lovely, and novels, while usually very interesting, are a pain to read, so keep it between the extremes.
You have to be privy to BBCode, and the art of using Photobucket or Deviantart or at least Google Images. If I see you posting with one GIANT picture that seriously needs to be cropped with plain black text down at the bottom of the post, I will probably feel like committing murder, or at least aggravated assault.
The ability to have fun is the most important qualification. So please honor it, and fly free, my children!
Rules for Roleplaying
1. Basics:
Follow Terms of Use
Keep content PG-13
I don't mind cursing, but don't become a sailor or anything
No canon characters
Do not begin posting until I have accepted your profile
No using emotes 3nodding twisted or keyboard faces ^.^ XD =O in posts
Use [[]] (()) {{}} <<>> or whatever else for OOCs at the END of posts
If you are unable to log on for an extended period, post an OOC telling us in advance
2. Godmodding:
No playing other people's characters without permission
No killing another character without the puppetmaster's consent
Keep to your own actions. You describe your own character's actions and reactions, but no one else's.
3. Mary Sueing:
No invincible characters
Unless your character is totally soulless, their emotions must pertain to the situations. If fear is in order, feel fear. If pain is on order, feel pain. No one is Superman here.
When in a fight, be realistic. Only if it is an extremely powerful character against an extremely weak one will there be 'easy dodges' and 'casual attacks'. Don't act like your character is the strongest thing on the planet.
4. Rewinding:
If a character that is interacting with yours does several different things in one post, you can report your character's reactions to each one, but with nothing that would have interrupted the other person. For example, you can't push someone after a sentence they said in the middle of their post, because they would have to react to that as well and it disrupts the flow of the posts. Dialogue stuck in between situations is also annoying.
5. Mindreading:
If a character has a thought that he/she does not voice out loud, then your character does not know the thought. If the emotions show clearly on the person's face, your person can simply ask what is wrong.
If a character who is out of earshot, not even addressing your character, he/she cannot hear them. If they say something pertaining to your character, it doesn't mean he/she automatically knows it
Seriously. No one is hated more than a mind-reading roleplayer. It's okay not to know everything! So you're ignorant, whatever! Swallow your stupid pride!~
6. Format:
Use plenty of color, different size text, and at least one picture (sized between 200% and 500%)
No text smaller than 11 for the actual roleplaying portion of your post (For song lyrics or titles it is okay)
Title your posts with the character's name, a clever title, a song, or whatever. Don't just jump straight into the action.
Be wary of really light colors. If you have to squint to read it, don't use it.
7. Interacting with Your Fellow Roleplayer:
Don't be mean to each other. If you have a problem, take it to PMs and don't let it interfere with your characters
Respect others' positions. You have to show respect to kings and such.
No cybering, I cannot stress this enough. Not only will you endanger yourselves of being booted off the Roleplay, but you may get me in hot water with Gaia Admins as well.
8. Joining:
Send filled-out profile skeletons to me, Kaito Tachibana
Please do not edit the skeleton, but you may add color, bolds, italics, or whatever.
Title your profile cRaZyPeOpLe so I know you read the rules.
If you want your character to be the friend/relative/lover/etc. of an existing character, make sure to ask the "puppetmaster" first.
+Anima Profile:
Name: [Character's name, last name not necessarily required]
Puppetmaster: [Username]
+Anima: [Animal type]
Position: [King of Sailand, Villager, Wanderer, etc.]
Gender: [boy or girl]
Age: [any within reason]
Bio: [Paragraph(s) about character's past, how they became an +Anima, how they got where they are now]
Personality: [ Paragraph(s) about basic aspects of personality, how they feel about being an +Anima, things that make them happy and sad, etc.]
Theme Song: [Optional, up to 2]
Mark: [Character's +Anima tattoo-picture would be great, but a description is required either way]
Normal Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks while their powers are unactivated]
+Anima Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks while their powers are activated]
[Include picture(s) somewhere in your profile (delete this) ]
Puppetmaster: [Username]
+Anima: [Animal type]
Position: [King of Sailand, Villager, Wanderer, etc.]
Gender: [boy or girl]
Age: [any within reason]
Bio: [Paragraph(s) about character's past, how they became an +Anima, how they got where they are now]
Personality: [ Paragraph(s) about basic aspects of personality, how they feel about being an +Anima, things that make them happy and sad, etc.]
Theme Song: [Optional, up to 2]
Mark: [Character's +Anima tattoo-picture would be great, but a description is required either way]
Normal Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks while their powers are unactivated]
+Anima Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks while their powers are activated]
[Include picture(s) somewhere in your profile (delete this) ]
Human Profile:
Name: [Character's name, last name not necessarily required]
Puppetmaster: [Username]
Position: [King of Sailand, Villager, Wanderer, etc.]
Gender: [boy or girl]
Age: [any within reason]
Bio: [Paragraph(s) about character's past, what their life is like, how they got where they are now]
Personality: [ Paragraph(s) about basic aspects of personality, how they feel about things, things that make them happy and sad, etc.]
Theme Song: [Optional, up to 2]
Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks]
[Include picture somewhere in your profile (delete this)]
Puppetmaster: [Username]
Position: [King of Sailand, Villager, Wanderer, etc.]
Gender: [boy or girl]
Age: [any within reason]
Bio: [Paragraph(s) about character's past, what their life is like, how they got where they are now]
Personality: [ Paragraph(s) about basic aspects of personality, how they feel about things, things that make them happy and sad, etc.]
Theme Song: [Optional, up to 2]
Appearance: [Paragraph(s) about character's looks]
[Include picture somewhere in your profile (delete this)]
Quiz of Requirement:
[Send this along with your profile skeleton(s), so I know you know about +Anima]
[You only have to answer five of these, of your own choices]
1. What is Nana afraid of?
2. What Astarian town was Cooro raised in?
3. What was Husky doing when he was found by Cooro?
4. How did Senri hurt his eye, and what is the significance of the eyepatch?
5. Which town was Nana introduced in?
6. What is the name of the real 'angel' +Anima? (not the fake)
7. Why did Kevin fall in love with Husky?
8. What happened to Senri after he left the Kim-Un-Kur?
9. What is Husky's real name?
10. How did Cooro obtain his +Anima?
[You only have to answer five of these, of your own choices]
1. What is Nana afraid of?
2. What Astarian town was Cooro raised in?
3. What was Husky doing when he was found by Cooro?
4. How did Senri hurt his eye, and what is the significance of the eyepatch?
5. Which town was Nana introduced in?
6. What is the name of the real 'angel' +Anima? (not the fake)
7. Why did Kevin fall in love with Husky?
8. What happened to Senri after he left the Kim-Un-Kur?
9. What is Husky's real name?
10. How did Cooro obtain his +Anima?
