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1) This is a max literacy role play community set in the Final Fantasy 8 universe.
But what does Max Literacy mean?
It means you must, with every pose you submit, put your best grammatical and explanatory skill into each post. It means we want you to write books, not pages. In a guild like this we strive for legibility when posting. We do not care about how long you have been rping, we care about the quality of your writing.
2) Third person Prose
Write in the third person, it keeps the consistent look and feel when being read.
3) Content Rating
Follow TOS. Gaia is rated PG-13. While FF8 is rated T. While we do not care about chaste kissing or hand holding or 'public displays of affection', no roleplayer should be participating in any sexual content on these forums. Take explicit sexual content to IMs, or even better, off the site. That being said, no adult member should EVER be engaging in explicit content with a minor member, and certainly should never be doing so in IMs.
Moderators and their Helpers
Moderator and Crew Titles
Captain: Eljhas - Lead Moderator, Full Control over game, can approve or disapprove character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Vice Captain: Nauscica - Lead Moderator, Full Control over game, assists Captain, can approve or disapprove players character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Adviser: ADD Arbiter, Atu Lotumee - Lead Moderator, assists Captain and Vice Captain in every aspect of the game. Can control Major story arcs, plots, NPC's, and monsters. Acts as PR for players. Can approve or disapprove players character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Tactician - Full control over monsters and battle system. Moderator over the battle system, makes sure players or other moderators do not cheat any currently implemented system. Assists in creating new systems or system features. Can Advise on changes for players character sheets. Has control over giving out rewards for combat. Has Moderator Authority.
Co-Writer: ADD Arbiter - Assists in all plot and story arcs, control's Major NPC's. Is one of the main writers for the main plots. Mini plots, side missions, etc. Main adviser for players regarding to story brainstorming. Has Moderator Authority.
Non-Moderator Titles - Has no Moderator Authority
Storyteller - Control over minor stories, plots, sidequests, and NPC's. Can give out minor items as rewards for story driven plot points to help move story along or assist player. Assists Co-Writers. Gets sneak peak at major plot ideas.
Soldier: Lord_Titus2012 - Control over minor monster battles, tests new systems, assists Tactician. Can give out minor items as rewards. Gets sneak peak at major plot/system ideas.
Tester: All Alpha Testers - Test new systems. A tester's feedback is critical in improving all systems.
RolePlayer - Job is to have fun without causing drama.
RULES
1) This is a max literacy role play community set in the Final Fantasy 8 universe.
But what does Max Literacy mean?
It means you must, with every pose you submit, put your best grammatical and explanatory skill into each post. It means we want you to write books, not pages. In a guild like this we strive for legibility when posting. We do not care about how long you have been rping, we care about the quality of your writing.
- 1.a) Be descriptive and Read Thoroughly before you reply
Describe the scene, or how your character feels, thinks and acts. Describe their clothes, the smells. EVERYTHING. Just also keep it consistent with what everyone else is posting. If someone already said that it's sunny outside, and you come up and say it's suddenly the middle of winter, all you'll end up getting is confusion.
1.b) Be punctual.
In school we have all learned(or in some cases are learning) punctuation and grammar in our english/writing classes. Lets use these basic skills, and use them well. This is a maximum literacy rp, so present yourself accordingly. No run on sentences, use periods and quotes when needed. Also when your character is thinking, you may use slashes, brackets, less-than and equal-to signs, or italicize their thoughts.
Please use the bold and italics sparingly.
2) Third person Prose
Write in the third person, it keeps the consistent look and feel when being read.
- 2.a) Standard Text Format
Now while we don't mind the colors for the text, the problem is that bolding the text and light colors are hard to read. Please make sure that your formats are legible, and not too light on the colors.
2.b) Character Posting
We do not allow the combining of character posts when regarding Player characters into one posts. If you have multiple characters, you make multiple posts, even if they are in the same scene. Mostly this is because of how we have it set up for characters to generate income. Secondly, it is set up this way to help deter from Power gaming. Ghost gaming, having one character being in two places at once, is also not acceptable.
3) Content Rating
Follow TOS. Gaia is rated PG-13. While FF8 is rated T. While we do not care about chaste kissing or hand holding or 'public displays of affection', no roleplayer should be participating in any sexual content on these forums. Take explicit sexual content to IMs, or even better, off the site. That being said, no adult member should EVER be engaging in explicit content with a minor member, and certainly should never be doing so in IMs.
- 3.a) Character Backgrounds We wouldn't want to restrict anyones creative writing, therefore you may mention in your characters backstory that explicit activity has happened, however you are not to elaborate. (ex. Due to Mary being raped as a child by her abusive stepfather, she has developed Chiraptophobia.) Is okay to use, but explaining the activity in detail is a definite NO.
3.b) Character Preferences Why then do we have character preferences? To give an extra factor of their personality for viewers to see at a glance. Often times preferences will influence how one person reacts to another, or it may be used to describe how 'open' that person is to new things. For example, there is a common belief that bisexual curious people are far more open to new, exciting, and strange things than a heterosexual. This isn't always the set in stone of course.
Moderators and their Helpers
Moderator and Crew Titles
Captain: Eljhas - Lead Moderator, Full Control over game, can approve or disapprove character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Vice Captain: Nauscica - Lead Moderator, Full Control over game, assists Captain, can approve or disapprove players character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Adviser: ADD Arbiter, Atu Lotumee - Lead Moderator, assists Captain and Vice Captain in every aspect of the game. Can control Major story arcs, plots, NPC's, and monsters. Acts as PR for players. Can approve or disapprove players character sheets. Has Full Moderator Authority.
Tactician - Full control over monsters and battle system. Moderator over the battle system, makes sure players or other moderators do not cheat any currently implemented system. Assists in creating new systems or system features. Can Advise on changes for players character sheets. Has control over giving out rewards for combat. Has Moderator Authority.
Co-Writer: ADD Arbiter - Assists in all plot and story arcs, control's Major NPC's. Is one of the main writers for the main plots. Mini plots, side missions, etc. Main adviser for players regarding to story brainstorming. Has Moderator Authority.
Non-Moderator Titles - Has no Moderator Authority
Storyteller - Control over minor stories, plots, sidequests, and NPC's. Can give out minor items as rewards for story driven plot points to help move story along or assist player. Assists Co-Writers. Gets sneak peak at major plot ideas.
Soldier: Lord_Titus2012 - Control over minor monster battles, tests new systems, assists Tactician. Can give out minor items as rewards. Gets sneak peak at major plot/system ideas.
Tester: All Alpha Testers - Test new systems. A tester's feedback is critical in improving all systems.
RolePlayer - Job is to have fun without causing drama.