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Topic Started: Sep 1 2013, 01:34 AM (95 Views)
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This is simple, everything you need to know before joining and playing is bellow. I wanted to make things simple in this way so you wouldn’t have to go running all over to figure out the ideas driving this site. So please be mindful and read everything bellow before joining. If you have any questions hit up Adelayd or the Mods for help.

Where the hell am I, and what the hell is this?
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Okay so you've stumbled across R&R and now your here going what the hell is this? Well let me tell you, first I am Adelayd, admin and central computer of R&R. And put simply our motto says it all. Rules and Restrictions? We have none. Rest and Relaxation with room to grow as a creative individual; our site offers an abundance of places to play. And not just play, but also play whatever you would like. We have very few rules here, however, as we all know every game has to have at least a few. But they are simple and do not bound your creativity and character creation by any means. You can be whatever you want to be here. Bring us your unique stories, your crazy ideas, off the wall plots that were accepted nowhere else due to this reason or that. We’ll take whatever you throw our way.

Still need more info?
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Have you ever been on a site and had a really cool character idea after reading millions of pages worth of info before you can even start? Then after you applied, your character was denied because of some minor flaw/characteristic that is against the moderators ‘Preferences’? Then you’re told to go back and re read a bunch of irrelevant material and change your ideas/character to suite their plot line? I know I have, that feeling of restraint got me to thinking, why should I change my ideas, my creativity just so I can play here? What about a character that doesn't fit into anywhere you've come across? Or you've had this great idea for a story line and just want to try it out in rp but nowhere seem to be interested. Well at R&R we strive for a completely open ended arena for our players to enjoy their abilities, and to find their own limitations because I feel you can never grow as a writer/artist/creator/thinker unless you stretch your own limitations, and strive for a uniqueness all your own. So come play with us please, and enjoy your stay at R&R

>>>Rules<<<

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We all know we can't be completely lawless! However, these are merely the fundamentals, and moral curtsies I will expect from our members. While chaos can be fun, we must remember its normally only fun for the tormentors. Anyone found breaking rules, member’s moderators, and Adelayd even will get the mighty Ban-Bat! Whether you’re banned for a day or permanently depends on number of occurrences, and the severity of the charge.
+NO SPAMMING: posting again and again and again one time right after the next is forbidden; in fact you may not double post anywhere. It clutters up the threads and makes it hard to find what's really needed for replying. So please do not post again and again or make a million posts in one day. This also goes for in-game posts, I know its hard to control plot bunnies sometimes but if you make a million threads then respond only once a month in each how is that fun for anyone, including yourself?
+NO GODMODING: This does not mean you may not play god-like characters, however, everyone can be killed. And if your god character is killed you must create a new reborn form of that character. (That is really the only limitation I have on characters) GODMODING = Overpowered (unbalanced power use and power cost) Auto Hitting, All Knowing (knowing what other characters are thinking/what has been done in other threads without having some sort of viewing power to view that time and or space in time) are strictly forbidden here.~ Ban-Bat very strict in this manner. ~
+NO ONELINERS: Okay here is where I get picky. I do not and will not allow one to five sentence posts on this site. The reasoning behind this is this; I feel you cannot gain enough information on the setting the character and the thought process/plot movers in anything under five sentences. Besides this I feel we are all here to grow, and all would enjoy full descriptive posts with rounded characters. This does not mean I expect everyone to post twelve to twenty paragraphs worth of post to read. In fact sometime that can be quite annoying at times, however some of our members at R&R will be posting some lengthy posts. For threads over five paragraphs long we will want to add '[ PA ]' in the thread name. This will keep our shorter posters from stumbling into something they may not be able to handle.
+POLITE: If and when something happens in a thread, an arguement/dissagreement/confrontation or you would like a character to leaver your thread I would like you as a adults to first to work it out between yourselves in PRIVATE MESSAGING NOT ON THE PUBLIC FORUMS. If things prosiest or cannot be resolved you may then go to the Help Desk! and post a Complaint thread describing the matter at hand and whom it involves. A Mod. or Adelayd may then take care of matters. Remember to be nice to each other, I don't want to see any racial slurs, bad-mouthing, gossiping (off course I mean the bad sort of course if someone is getting married or someone is happy about something or planning something Sure gossip away) but in no way should a member ever feel harassed by anyone on the site. Permanente banning will be handed out to those who break this rule even once. I do not tolerate close-minded people. This rule also encompasses the No Swearing every other word, no overly gory/violent scenes. Not that you cannot have them, however, anything pushing the envelop a little to much will be warned, also any boards holding above PG-13 material will be labeled with a [M ] for mature content.
+LIMITATIONS: Please do not have a million characters, only create what you can play ACTIVELY! I will have two Mods. who's sole task will be attendance. Any account idol for more than a month will be private messaged/emailed a warning one week prior to deletion of account. If that account is deleted its gone for good. Every character must have it's own account with its FIRST AND LAST NAMES please no Wolfheart-87 or weeping_soul+ -gag-
+ GRAMMAR: PLEASE! Everyone's computer comes with a word processor of some sort, if not there are Spell & Grammar checkers on line please use one. But remember it doesn't catch everything, so please re-read posts before posting. Badly formulated posts are hard to work with, and may slow plot and post progression while you chat back and forth trying to figure things out.
+ NO OOC: In the Rp Kingdoms of course. It junks up our threads and makes them lengthy. Use private messaging or the chat box for this.
+ NEVER: give our any personal information i.e. credit card numbers, cell phone numbers, where you live, etc. We don't want anyone getting stalked; in fact if you feel another member is a little to close for comfort please contact a Mod. or Adelayd through private messaging. This is the only time you may private message them question/complaints. Every other issue must be posted on the Help Desk!
+THIS PORTION OF OUR NEWB GUIDE WILL CHANGE FREQUIENTLY DUE TO THE SITE BEIN A BABY STILL AND THE FIRST YEAR IS ALWAYS A RUNNING TEST IN PROGRESS PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATES WHEN MADE. THANKS!

>>>Avatars and Signatures<<<

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Signatures: 300pxH x 500pxW max
>>Avatars: 150pxW x 450pxH max
>>CBOX Avatars: 100px x 100 px max
>>ALL ART USED MUST ADHERE TO THESE RULES!

+ If it is not your own the original artist MUST be credited in your characters profile post in the Character Hub. If it is your own art we also recommend that you credit yourself in your profile so no problems arise there.
+No Flashing/Moving Images for avatars/signatures. Sorry guys we have people who may have issues with graphic flickers so we cannot have them please and thanks. And Any Video’s posted in ANY thread should be titled ‘VID’ in the thread title, even if it is twenty page deep thread, this way no one will stumble across the video if they are sensitive to flashing.
+Please do not stretch or skew our site with overly large images or videos.
+ Do NOT use or post Any pornographic images on our site. This will get you banned for a day on first occurrence and if a second incident occurs you will be banned or life. Artistic nudes permitted however nothing should show on the chest or groin area.


>>>Character Creations<<<

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When Creating your First Account
+ Create your first and last name for your First character. It can be whatever you want. Most members like Adelayd make their first account their occ/irl personage who they run around as in the chat box and in Cafe Eclectic. This can also be considered your main character.
+After you create your first character please go to the Character Hub for registration. Make your ONE thread here with whatever you want for your topic. Some people use strange metaphors -points at Adelayd- Others simply put their name, its whatever you like. Then describe your first character in that first post. TAH DAH your registered member of R&R's population.
+For every other character you make we ask that you make a new account. You may re-use your email, in fact we normally ask that you use the same email incase we email your character and you not notice it because you never log in because it’s a dummy account. Also know this any dummy accounts not active for a month will be warned then deleted just as every account on R&R.
+ Characters must remain active. If a character becomes stagnate for more than a month you will be notified of THAT character's idle status. If the character does not sign in/become active in the site after a week they will be deleted without further warning and accounts information will be lost permanently.
+You characters can be whatever, whenever, however you the creator likes. As long as your character is not invincible you’re golden. No character made needs to be accepted, they will all be accepted. However, let it be noted that all character profiles will be moderated as well. If a mod. finds a profile they think is breaking the rules, the few we have, or being a little to insane they will bring the issue to Adelayd and the member will be addressed to change the character, we will work with you in this aspect to ensure all your work does not go to waste.
+The only time your character will be questioned is if you are making a Godmoding, Mary-sue, Joe-dirt, overly unbalanced powers/abilities, or over the top killers (you can't just go nuts slaughtering everyone, what does that accomplish other than showing your a little twisted. We do ask that you try to come up with your own races, your own new powers, and places and stories. We want to strive for the most original Roleplaying experience on the web. Simply because I feel we all fall back on stereo-types like ‘Tolkien's’ medieval fantasy, or ‘Supernatural's’ urban fantasy, or even anime and other media influence genres. So please test your creativity here we welcome and adore you for it.
+Size matters, please due to reality's sake, try not to skew your creations to larger than reality size proportions, and remember a dragon can't fit in a tavern so to say. Also if your a giant, expect to be lonely, and live outside in elements or in dwellings suited for that race. Reality must stay a little in tact for any good fantasy to truly make a good setting.
+You MAY NOT play ANY anime character (as they are in the series and what not) We have no fandoms here, anything we play will be 100% our own. However, this does not mean you may not use a anime/movestar/model/art for your character, but no you cannot play Rikku from Kindgom Hearts, or Dean from supernatural. You can play Rikku/Dean as some other character that you have built a full well rounded profile for. Also remember you must credit any art you use. Examples Art- art by:__, celelbrity- playby:__, game/anime- series/character:__.


>>>QUICK GUIDE<<<

>> Apply with Your primary account character's first and last name. >> Be sure to read the rules ^that’a’way^. >> Check out our Job Openings Bulletin. >> Go to the Character Hub. >> Post your Character log Page in this forum, name it what you like. >> Describe first character, or tell a little about yourself. >> Go to Cafe Eclectic. >> Introduce yourself, we all want to meet cha! >> YOUR DONE!

See simple quick sweet, and to the point. As long as you adhere to this slightly lengthy (i'msorry) post you should do fine here at R&R. Thank you for viewing our Newb Guide and taking it all in. We hope to see ya soon.


>>>Kingdom Explanations<<<

RP Kingdoms
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All Kingdoms will encompass Fantasy in some form or fashion, we don't do reality/non-fiction here I feel we each get enough of that in our day to day lives, why Roleplay a second normal person online, are you that bored with your own life? Change it, this is for our fantasies what we cannot be in the realm of reality. So take this as some R&R from Life.
>> What is a kingdom? Okay each Kingdom’s name is that area's Theme/Setting/Genre, in other words if it says Medieval you may not be running around with lasers and star ships, I thought this was obvious but I have been proven wrong apparently. Yes you may play originally crafted weapons of your own making however they must function within that time period.
>> You may post, thread, and play whatever you like within the confines. Some kingdoms may have custom threads in them; these will have descriptions you will need to adhere to in posting. But other than that you can have as many threads as you like, no acceptance is necessary, however common curtsy is required. Any board marked with specific tags will be respected. If you have someone bombing your thread bring it to the KM's attention and they will take care of it.
Remember all of your characters will need their own profile in the Character hub before playing them in the forums.


UWWS
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What is this? Unique is What We Seek! These forums are for our more original built worlds. Where The Rp Kingdoms has a general theme or genre for you to play whatever you like in, these boards are sort of like worlds within our world. You must fist apply before playing in these areas at their application process. No member may be refused though. Why even have a character process then? Well it helps the KM keep up with what is coming into there world and give them ideas for plots.These worlds will be built by all the members who decide to join, you don't have to join any of them though if you don't want.
>> On Applications: Every member must apply and be accepted by that area's Builder (Kingdom Manager or KM). However, No member may be refused access, their character will just have to be modified by the member with Help from that area's builder/KM to ensure they do not skew that world to much. Each area's Builder/KM get's to hold their own world to their own levels and may ask you to completely start over on a character if they wish. This is because these are little worlds within R&R and may adhere to different sets of guidelines. To apply for Kingdom Manager please see Job Opening Bulletin .
Edited by Adelayd, Jan 3 2014, 07:11 PM.
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