The Rules, MUST-READ!

[Katie.]

{{. Registering

• Here at Haunted School we would like it if you registered with your character's first and last name in proper punctuation. That means Jimmy Stewart instead of jimmy stewart. We are just putting this into effect to reduce confusion, so it would be great if all new members could follow along with this.

• Currently, the maximum amount of characters is seven, but you must try to keep them all active. This number is due to be changed at the admin's discresion.

• When making your application, just remember that nobody's perfect. We don't want any Mary-Sues or Gary-Stues running around the board being all beautiful, smart, nice, athletic, etc. You will be asked to add flaws to your application if you are too MarySue/GaryStu.

• There is no specific length your profile has to be, because we understand it's hard to get to know your character when you just think of them. But please, once you know more about them, edit your profile with more information.

{{. In-Character Rules

• Please avoid chat speak. It is incredibly irritating as a RPer to try deciphering it and it just makes much more sense to write as though you are literate.
EX:
Bad: jimmy fcuking pwned bob *lol* & his m8s loled more.
Good: Jimmy punched Bob with all the strength he could muster, his body ravished with anger. As soon as his fist connected with Bob's stomach, he let out a sinister chuckle. His baboon-like friends who watched on eagerly laughed too, only following their leader.

And now you have created a decent post. xD

• NO, PLEASE NO GODMODING!!!
EX: [if you are playing Jimmy]
Bad: Jimmy yelled at Bob, and Bob's eyes welled up with tears.
Good: Jimmy yelled at Bob menacingly, hoping to evoke some emotion from the other boy.

This is only okay if you have gotten permission from the other person in a thread, say, for example, that they aren't going to be around to post for a while, or the character is really unable to do anything at the current moment [being unconscious or something similar].

• Death to the one-liner. Detail = Love. Or maybe that's just me. Here at Haunted School, the staff expects at least five detailed sentences per post. This isn't that difficult to achieve. If you just think of your five senses and what is going on in your character's head at the certain point in time, you can probably get much more than that. We encourage you to write as much as you want.

• We staff have no problem with you using color in your posts, but please try to keep the font size readable. It's hard to go find a microscope to read what someone has written. xD

• Let's not nag people to Rp with us or post, mmkay? We all have lives out of here, and it can be really irritating. If another member is harassing you about this, please PM a staff member with photographic evidence [the print screen key is your friend].

• The rating of le board is PG-13. If anything is going to get more mature then that, please mark it in the title, or you will get in trouble. Or ... you know, you could just NOT write about it. Fading out is always much better. And speaking of which, swearing is okay, but please keep it to a minimum. A string of profanities is not the most pleasant thing to read, and keep in mind we do have younger members here.

• When we're RPing can we please make sure that we write in third person, past tense? It keeps things consistent because jumping between tenses is really odd to read.

{{. OOC Rules

• R-E-S-P-E-C-T! FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ME! This is the most important rule on the entire board. Let's not go pick fights because you think My Chemical Romance is better than Fall Out Boy. Just use your common sense, buds. We're all here to get away from the stress of real life, so we don't need the stress transferring into our peace zone. Pick flowers not fights. If another member and you are having a hard time getting along, please just keep it between yourselves. If things get really out of hand, contact the staff and we'll try to sort things out.

• Just advertise in the ad. forum. Don't spam the board because it bugs me. kthnks.

• HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE! You're ready to go play.

[Katie.]

- updated September 20

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Updated October 7th

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