GENERAL RULES
What the Captains and Crew says goes. We're all experienced with role playing and have been a part of this guild for quite some time. A few of us for years. I was here when the “guild” was just an open role play in the forums.
If we say that there is a problem with your character, then there is a problem with your character. If there's a problem with how you are posting, then there's a problem with how you are posting. If what you're going to do is going to screw up in-progress-plots...then re-think your own plot.
If you
don't like what we have to say, or don't like the way the guild is being run, then know that this IS our guild. We hold the right to kick you out. If we get complaints about you, have to reprimand you multiple times, or anything of the sort...you will be removed from the guild.
No fighting, trolling, or any other sort of drama. If you have a problem with something, grab a guild mod's attention. Do NOT start fights or go off on anyone here. We WILL ban members who cause trouble or stress out the other members. This guild is supposed to be fun for everyone involved. A way to create a good story and escape from reality for a bit. Anything that causes someone to get upset or stressed out will not be tolerated here.
(( And yes, we have had problems in the past. We have had members fight about characters, and cause some members a great amount of stress. They are no longer a part of the guild. ))No God-modding. This means that your character never gets hurt, has a ridiculous number of “awesome” powers that make them able to do whatever they want with no consequence, can just appear and leave when they want, how they want, ignore other rpers interaction with you, can fix a problem with a snap of their fingers, etc.
Basically, if your character is powerful enough / you play them in a way that they can do whatever they want. Characters can never hurt them, but they can always hurt other characters or quickly end a battle or fix any problem. Anything that makes it so other players can't do anything about your character, but you can do anything to their characters, or the plot.
This does NOT make it any fun for the other members.
And yes...we DO have God-mode-enabled characters in this guild...but they are owned by skilled veteran role players. They are in play either because they are the in-guild-moderators, or they have a part in the main plots.
For more information on this, see the CHARACTERS section of the rules.
No Auto-hitting. This means to preform an attack on another character where they have no possible way of avoiding it. We understand that your character needs to be able to land some good punches, but not giving the other players the ability to react is not fun at all.
For example:
“Character A sent a punch to Batman's face that sent him flying backwards. He then flew forwards and sent a kick to his stomach before he hit the ground. After dodging a batarang, Character A proceeded to punch and kick Batman until he was knocked out.” You see? Batman had absolutely no way of reacting or dodging any of Character A's attacks. And he was automatically knocked out, ending Batman's ability to RP further.
Be as active as you can. We understand that not everyone has access to computers 24-7, and that real life gets in the way of things. Some of us are incredibly active on here, and some of us just don't have everyday access. What we want to see is that you're making an effort to be here. We will wait on you to post if you need to, but we do not like to wait for you to post for days at a time because you're interested in other guilds.
We have a monthly ROLL-CALL on the main page of the guild. At the beginning of each month, everyone is expected to sign-in. This is to help us keep track of who is still actively a part of the guild...and who just doesn't seem to bother with it anymore.
We do have some members who are not able to sign-in each month, but have an excuse to be absent. Be it class-work, lack of internet access, military work, vacations, what have you. If you know that you are going to have issues with being on regularly, or know that you will not be on for a few days, we have an ABSCENT THREAD on the main page of the guild. There, you can let us know when you will be gone and why. If you are going to have internet trouble for an undetermined amount of time, just let us know there and we will add you to the excused list so we know you may not be able to make the monthly sign-in.
This is to help us keep track of what members are active, what members aren't able to be active but still have a desire to be part of the guild, and what members don't seem to care.
If you are confused on any of this or have questions, just ask one of the Captains or Crew.
Keep it PG13 * Remember this site has rules. Follow them. No one wants to have something reported to a site moderator. This guild has been around for years, and we'd like to keep it that way. Mind where you are.
* Don't use a whole slew of cursing. We don't care if your character curses. In some situations, it's more than acceptable for them to shout something out. What we don't want to see is F* C* B* or any other gasp-worthy words thrown out there in every other post or every other sentence. A couple words are fine....bleep out the bigger words.....and censor completely if your character is going to verbally go X-rated on someone.
* Easy on the blood and guts. This is a super hero role play...yes it is going to be violent...yes people are going to get beat up and bloody....but no saw-level horror show here please. If you want a bloody room with bodies on the floor, fine. Don't describe it in detail though. We can use our imaginations to whatever level we're comfortable with. Your villain has a hero in the middle of a torture session? Fine, some of us love a little heroic peril. Don't describe how the squishy noises sound as the heroes **** is pulled out with a **** through their ****.
…..you get the idea, right? If you wouldn't see it in a comic book, we don't want to see it here. Blood, fine. Beat up, fine. Pain, fine. Gory-horror-movie-esque, no.
No bedroom scenes. Romance IS allowed, along with the flirting, affection, and all that nice stuff. In fact it's nice to see characters express such feelings in such a crazy world this RP has. And it gives us shippers something new to obsess over. But seriously...remember what kind of role play you're in. Keep in mind who all could be reading these, and that not everyone wants to see your skills at mature fiction vocabulary. If you want to continue the little end-of-the-night-date or what-not...take it elsewhere. It's supposed to be a private interaction anyway.
No killing off someone else's character. Unless the owner of the character has agreed upon their character being killed off...you are not allowed to give killing blows to said character. It's a pretty final thing, and no one wants to have to quit playing their character so suddenly and unexpectedly. The only allowable reason of killing off a character without the owners permission is if the role player is no longer active and...well, the character needs to be removed from the story some how if they are not going to be adopted. Or the role player has caused trouble in the guild and an in-guild-moderator character needs to step in.
If the other player has agreed upon letting you kill their character, please state so in the post as an “ooc” statement. This will let the rest of us know that this was and agreed upon event.
