Post by GODDESS CAS on Oct 20, 2021 16:09:03 GMT
rules
rules
rules
grab a cuppa, Cas likes to ramble.
General
section 1
• 1 • First thing's first: HI! We're excited to have you checking us out here at Wicked Fate! *shows off booty* You like that? I bet you do. But seriously, we gotta get into these rules but we promise to try and. keep them at least a little fun. So, real first: the Admins word is final. What we say, goes, and we only come down on rule breakers for the good of the site, so please listen to us! We're good peoples, a little crazy, but good. Mostly good. Not dicks, anyway.
• 2 • Create yourself an Out Of Character (OOC) account! Decorate it however you like. Pretty images and gifs galore! These will be the main accounts we contact you through, everything OOC can be done through this account. Admins have their admin accounts, it's only fair our members have their own OOC accounts too! Just make sure to make your username your Alias name, so my username is cas, Chase is chase, and you'll be whoever you are!
• 3 • This one kinda goes without saying, but we gotta say it anyway because while we might not be total twits, some people are: Respect your fellow members at all times! Manners cost nothing, right?
• 4 • Anybody under the age of 13 will have to come back when you're a bit older. Sorry beautifuls, but Proboards would have our heads on sticks. Plus, Cas is a bit of a curser, and you don't want to be surrounded by all that bad influence.
• 5 • Proboards would also kick our butt if any of the content on here was too mature. It's meant to be PG-13, by their standards, so overly graphic violence, and sexual content, must be kept to a minimum. Fade the thread to black if necessary. PMs are up to you guys, the P stands for 'Private' so you do you, boos.
• 6 • There is no limit to how many characters you can have on here, woo! *makes another charrie*
• 7 • Register with your character's first name or frequently used nickname, thank ya muchly! Any janebellesmythe or pokemonmaster42 type things will just be immediately deleted, because bleh. Just Janebelle or Jane or Belle will do.
• 8 • We have a warning system here on Wicked Fate. It doesn't come with flashing alarms or anything fancy, but if you break any of our lovely little rules, you'll get a message from your socially awkward admins *waves awkwardly from a shadow*. 3 warnings and then you'll be deleted from the site because honestly, it's not hard to be nice. It shouldn't be hard to keep yourself from breaking the rules once, let alone three times, but just in case you do. Don't. It'll be bye bye after number 3, sooner if your offence is unforgivable.
Characters
section 2
• 1 • Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's aren't welcome here. Perfect, flawless characters just aren't realistic, are they. Make sure your characters have a few flaws here and there. That's not to say they can'yt be total badasses, but them gonsta need some flaws. Totally hot badass auror babe ... hates showers and smells like flop sweat 24/7 xD
• 2 • Three little words: NO. GOD. MODDING. Thankyaverymuch. Basically, controlling other people's characters without their permission isn't big, and it isn't clever but it is highly frustrating for the other player. So please don't do it unless with direct permission from the player. There could be a straight up banning attached to this one if you don't behave yourselves so watch out and be respectful!
• 3 • Activity checks. Yeuck! Who needs them!? We have an easier way of doing things here at Wicked Fate; if you go inactive without giving us a heads up, we'll message your main account and give you a few weeks to respond. At the end of the day we get it, life comes first and it can be busy. The only characters that need to be actively active are those involved in the site-wide plot, we gotta keep that ball rollin'.
RPing
section 3
• 1 • We are a literate roleplay site, here at Wicked Fate. Proper grammar, and spelling, would be much appreciated, and if you're not that great at it like me (Cas), just give it a go! There's always spell check to help you out, so please do your best to keep the standards high around here.
• 2 • We don't have a minimum word count but no one-liners. Replying to a thread with just one line of action or dialogue will result in said reply getting deleted. It's not acceptable RPing e.g If someone begins a thread with a 500 word post, and you reply with one sentences, it's not going to be a very good thread, is it? Aim for quality, not quantity but come on, give a little effort. Just a smidge.
• 3 • Spamming.... *shakes head* Don't do it. If we see people posting (especially in RP threads) with something completely unrelated to the topic, evil glares are going to be thrown about. Seriously.
• 4 • Also, double posting (e.g posting in a thread, and then replying again straight after yourself) is frowned upon. *frowns upon it* See.... >;)
• 5 • On the subject of tagging threads, it's kinda handy, and might be an idea to put 'open' or 'o' in a thread that anyone can join in. Or if you're planning an RP with someone specific, put their name in the title and tag them in your post, add 'closed' or 'c' to your thread title, too. It's pretty helpful for people looking for threads to join. We also have an Open Threads board Here so if you've got a thread up, post a little something-something about it it, leave a link, description, date and time. Add some pretty gifs or flowers if you like!
• 6 • There are many ways of writing but here at Wicked Fate we have a couple of particulars. a. writing in third person and b. past tense! So please keep to this. There may be cookies involved if you do!
• 7 • Date. Yo. Threads. Honestly, it helps keeps things running smoothly and easily. If you need help picking a date click here to take you to a 1976 calendar. Hogsmeade visits are on particular days so click here. And please, for the love of all that is Magical, write out your date, don’t just use numbers, it’ll get crazy confusing otherwise! So write kinda like this: Saturday 20th of September, 1976. You can throw in a time if you like, make it easier!
• 8 • If you're stuck on what month we're in, just ask! An admin or member can help you out! It's located in the plot and timeline!
• 9 • Once you're finished with a thread, tag both admins in the final post, and whichever one of us gets to it first will stamp a 'Finished' sign at the bottom and hand out some house points! Huzzah! Then it'll be dragged off to the graveyard. Such is life. But should you ever want to Frankenstein your thread back to life, PM the admins and we'll pull it back out for you. Just link us to the thread and tell us where it needs to go. Easy like a Sunday moooorrrning!
• 10 • Speaking of points! There's a secret squirrels point system going on. Cas has gone cuckoo-banana-pants and is keeping track of house points. How do you warn them? What can you do with them? Nobody knoooooOooows! Well, Cas knows, but still! Professors, feel free to dish out and takeaway house points in your threads, just if you do, tag me at @ cas so I can add or deduct from the totals. Mwahahaha!
Graphics
section 4
• 1 • You MUST have a profile avatar and your mini-profiles set up with your pretties. If you're struggling to find some, or don't know how/lack the resources to make them, we have a graphics board here where you can post requests.
• 2 • All Characters must be of real people with a decent amount of images/gifs so we can embarrass them in the games! So no cartoons or drawings, youtube "celebs", scene kids, or anything like that, please.
• 3 • Sizes: Avatars should be 200x200 and a gif. 250x400 avatars should be of a still image. If you need any help at all, feel free to post in the graphics board or PM an admin <3
And that's all! Thanks for getting this far you beautiful human beings! We know that rules are bleh, but they're a necessary part of a site. Any questions, ask admins, we have all the nasewrs ... or can find them at least! And we're always willing to help.
All rules are subject to change.
We will notify you to your main account should the rules change.
You rock! <3
General
section 1
• 1 • First thing's first: HI! We're excited to have you checking us out here at Wicked Fate! *shows off booty* You like that? I bet you do. But seriously, we gotta get into these rules but we promise to try and. keep them at least a little fun. So, real first: the Admins word is final. What we say, goes, and we only come down on rule breakers for the good of the site, so please listen to us! We're good peoples, a little crazy, but good. Mostly good. Not dicks, anyway.
• 2 • Create yourself an Out Of Character (OOC) account! Decorate it however you like. Pretty images and gifs galore! These will be the main accounts we contact you through, everything OOC can be done through this account. Admins have their admin accounts, it's only fair our members have their own OOC accounts too! Just make sure to make your username your Alias name, so my username is cas, Chase is chase, and you'll be whoever you are!
• 3 • This one kinda goes without saying, but we gotta say it anyway because while we might not be total twits, some people are: Respect your fellow members at all times! Manners cost nothing, right?
• 4 • Anybody under the age of 13 will have to come back when you're a bit older. Sorry beautifuls, but Proboards would have our heads on sticks. Plus, Cas is a bit of a curser, and you don't want to be surrounded by all that bad influence.
• 5 • Proboards would also kick our butt if any of the content on here was too mature. It's meant to be PG-13, by their standards, so overly graphic violence, and sexual content, must be kept to a minimum. Fade the thread to black if necessary. PMs are up to you guys, the P stands for 'Private' so you do you, boos.
• 6 • There is no limit to how many characters you can have on here, woo! *makes another charrie*
• 7 • Register with your character's first name or frequently used nickname, thank ya muchly! Any janebellesmythe or pokemonmaster42 type things will just be immediately deleted, because bleh. Just Janebelle or Jane or Belle will do.
• 8 • We have a warning system here on Wicked Fate. It doesn't come with flashing alarms or anything fancy, but if you break any of our lovely little rules, you'll get a message from your socially awkward admins *waves awkwardly from a shadow*. 3 warnings and then you'll be deleted from the site because honestly, it's not hard to be nice. It shouldn't be hard to keep yourself from breaking the rules once, let alone three times, but just in case you do. Don't. It'll be bye bye after number 3, sooner if your offence is unforgivable.
Characters
section 2
• 1 • Mary Sue's/Gary Stu's aren't welcome here. Perfect, flawless characters just aren't realistic, are they. Make sure your characters have a few flaws here and there. That's not to say they can'yt be total badasses, but them gonsta need some flaws. Totally hot badass auror babe ... hates showers and smells like flop sweat 24/7 xD
• 2 • Three little words: NO. GOD. MODDING. Thankyaverymuch. Basically, controlling other people's characters without their permission isn't big, and it isn't clever but it is highly frustrating for the other player. So please don't do it unless with direct permission from the player. There could be a straight up banning attached to this one if you don't behave yourselves so watch out and be respectful!
• 3 • Activity checks. Yeuck! Who needs them!? We have an easier way of doing things here at Wicked Fate; if you go inactive without giving us a heads up, we'll message your main account and give you a few weeks to respond. At the end of the day we get it, life comes first and it can be busy. The only characters that need to be actively active are those involved in the site-wide plot, we gotta keep that ball rollin'.
RPing
section 3
• 1 • We are a literate roleplay site, here at Wicked Fate. Proper grammar, and spelling, would be much appreciated, and if you're not that great at it like me (Cas), just give it a go! There's always spell check to help you out, so please do your best to keep the standards high around here.
• 2 • We don't have a minimum word count but no one-liners. Replying to a thread with just one line of action or dialogue will result in said reply getting deleted. It's not acceptable RPing e.g If someone begins a thread with a 500 word post, and you reply with one sentences, it's not going to be a very good thread, is it? Aim for quality, not quantity but come on, give a little effort. Just a smidge.
• 3 • Spamming.... *shakes head* Don't do it. If we see people posting (especially in RP threads) with something completely unrelated to the topic, evil glares are going to be thrown about. Seriously.
• 4 • Also, double posting (e.g posting in a thread, and then replying again straight after yourself) is frowned upon. *frowns upon it* See.... >;)
• 5 • On the subject of tagging threads, it's kinda handy, and might be an idea to put 'open' or 'o' in a thread that anyone can join in. Or if you're planning an RP with someone specific, put their name in the title and tag them in your post, add 'closed' or 'c' to your thread title, too. It's pretty helpful for people looking for threads to join. We also have an Open Threads board Here so if you've got a thread up, post a little something-something about it it, leave a link, description, date and time. Add some pretty gifs or flowers if you like!
• 6 • There are many ways of writing but here at Wicked Fate we have a couple of particulars. a. writing in third person and b. past tense! So please keep to this. There may be cookies involved if you do!
• 7 • Date. Yo. Threads. Honestly, it helps keeps things running smoothly and easily. If you need help picking a date click here to take you to a 1976 calendar. Hogsmeade visits are on particular days so click here. And please, for the love of all that is Magical, write out your date, don’t just use numbers, it’ll get crazy confusing otherwise! So write kinda like this: Saturday 20th of September, 1976. You can throw in a time if you like, make it easier!
• 8 • If you're stuck on what month we're in, just ask! An admin or member can help you out! It's located in the plot and timeline!
• 9 • Once you're finished with a thread, tag both admins in the final post, and whichever one of us gets to it first will stamp a 'Finished' sign at the bottom and hand out some house points! Huzzah! Then it'll be dragged off to the graveyard. Such is life. But should you ever want to Frankenstein your thread back to life, PM the admins and we'll pull it back out for you. Just link us to the thread and tell us where it needs to go. Easy like a Sunday moooorrrning!
• 10 • Speaking of points! There's a secret squirrels point system going on. Cas has gone cuckoo-banana-pants and is keeping track of house points. How do you warn them? What can you do with them? Nobody knoooooOooows! Well, Cas knows, but still! Professors, feel free to dish out and takeaway house points in your threads, just if you do, tag me at @ cas so I can add or deduct from the totals. Mwahahaha!
Graphics
section 4
• 1 • You MUST have a profile avatar and your mini-profiles set up with your pretties. If you're struggling to find some, or don't know how/lack the resources to make them, we have a graphics board here where you can post requests.
• 2 • All Characters must be of real people with a decent amount of images/gifs so we can embarrass them in the games! So no cartoons or drawings, youtube "celebs", scene kids, or anything like that, please.
• 3 • Sizes: Avatars should be 200x200 and a gif. 250x400 avatars should be of a still image. If you need any help at all, feel free to post in the graphics board or PM an admin <3
And that's all! Thanks for getting this far you beautiful human beings! We know that rules are bleh, but they're a necessary part of a site. Any questions, ask admins, we have all the nasewrs ... or can find them at least! And we're always willing to help.
All rules are subject to change.
We will notify you to your main account should the rules change.
You rock! <3
credit to Laura of Adox