Post by Mel * on Jan 18, 2014 3:47:36 GMT -6
THE BA RULES
Welcome to the Bellefonte Academy! Here is a list of our rules to make the process of joining a little easier for you.
We want you all to keep in mind that it's okay to bring a question, concern or issue to either of the Staff members. No matter what it is, we're here to help you. Don't go around letting something annoy you, come talk to us about it, even if it's only something small. That's our job.
APPLICATION PROCESS
First of all, we would like to mention that even though we offer two sets of applications, every new member has to use the basic application for their first character to make your application process as smooth and quick as possible. Additionally we have written up an APPLICATION GUIDE as an example of what we're looking for in our applications.
MUTANT ABILITIES
Make sure you read through the document about the INFORMATION ON POWERS before writing up your ability, and/or asking about it. The first part of the document contain the needed information, and the rest shows suggestions to what kind of powers we're looking for, but is not limited to the ones listed. And remember to properly balance your power with limitations and side-effects. Each strong point should have a weak point.
IC BEHAVIOR
No powerplay, no metagame, no godmodding, and don't make it all about your character. You are not the only character (or member) playing here, so keep that in mind as you write. And all IC-crimes will be dealt with as such, as long as these crimes are discovered. This goes for powers as well (Again, balanced powers).
We'd like for those who choose to play characters with mental illnesses and/or traumatizing stories, be it having killed/hurt someone, being abused in some form or another, or something similar, to do the proper research on the field. We're not in any way discouraging this from being included in your character's life, but we do ask that this is being properly read up on and written both maturely and realistically. We'd also like to point out that ALL characters involved in this - in one way or another WILL (whether this is threaded out or not) be appointed to a counselor or a psychiatrist. No exceptions.
IC refusal will be treated with IC response: which basically means that your character WILL be put in isolation.
THREADS & TIMELINES
You can have as many, or as few threads as you'd like. Meaning that you can have several ongoing threads at once; we have no limit on that, and you have to be in charge of your own character's timeline. We go by liquid time here, meaning that whatever happened in thread a, has already happened in thread b, but what happens in thread b, has not yet occurred in thread a.
You can however date threads back, or use the ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE -> TIME TRAVEL -> PAST board, but in some cases, it might be easier to just put a date stamp on top of the thread, like for example; "This thread occurs on xx/xx/xx" or if it's related to another thread; "This thread takes place after/before the events of *link to thread here".
ACTIVITY
We here at BA want to make sure that all positions and claims are available for people. So every month, the staff does a sweep of characters. If you have not posted IC during the past month (Games do not count), then your character is retired. We do not delete characters or accounts here. However, to have your character unretired, you need to use the PROFILE UPDATE FORM and post it as a reply (and fill it out) to the app you would like unretired. We will then look it over before unretiring your character.
If you're going to leave for a while, and would like to keep your characters active, leave us an absence note in the general discussion board.
WORD COUNT & EXPERIENCE
There is no word count here at BA. You can write as little, or as much as you will. There's also no posting order, but please, be respectful. If you feel like a thread isn't going the way you had hoped or expected, don't ignore it. Talk to each other. We also don't have a 'site level', which means that we welcome both new and experienced members.
We allow all variants of posting templates, so feel free to be creative on that front, but make sure your posts are readable, without any glaring colors or the like.
OOC BOX & OOC ENVIRONMENT
Remember the golden rule; Do to others what you would have them do to you. Be respectful of other people. This also means being tolerant and keeping negative behavior IC where it belongs. Show respect in all manners; From language to being at least tolerant of other people's beliefs and stances (This goes double for Staff). Please keep plotting out of the CBOX as much as possible, and don't spam/clog the chat. We don't care if you're an admin somewhere else. When you're here, you're just like everyone else and will be treated as such.
Do not nag people for posts, threads or replies. Remember that everyone writes and replies at their own pace, and if it ever becomes an issue, you should act maturely enough to take it up with said person instead of it becoming a huge issue.
FACE CLAIMS & PLAY BY'S
All face claims under the age of thirteen is not allowed. As long as a person is considered famous (paid to have their pictures taken; YouTube celebrities count), you can use them, though the Staff reserves the right to judge on a case by case basis. All play by's/face claims must be real life people, so we don't allow any anime/or no face claim at all.
List of Banned Play By's/Face Claims:
(Requested by the play by's themselves)
➽ Zoe Kimball
➽ Lara Jade
➽ Frieda Rose
➽ Lauren Peralta
➽ TwiggyX
➽ Alice Cheynet
➽ Cameron Ugh
➽ Samantha Cormier
TERMS OF SERVICE
We here at BA understand that when it comes to a boarding school filled with 'active' teenagers, they like to get into all forms of trouble, but we want to ask you to make sure it (whatever it might be; sex, violence, language) stays within PROBOARDS TOS. Keep in mind that threads that can have certain trigger effects such be marked as such; self-harm, drugs, death, pregnancy, or other 'major' life altering events. Fade to black/skip ahead as the clothes come off and hands head down below the waist (This also counts for violence). AGAIN, this needs to stay within PROBOARDS TOS.
LAST WORDS
Remember. TALK TO THE STAFF, we're here for you! We're committed to making BA a fun and open place for everyone but this cannot work if you don't follow the rules or you don't talk with staff. We're always willing to make changes provided they work well for the site. Most importantly if they work for everyone. We want you guys to be in an environment where you can have fun, after all.