Rules I Play By:

1. Fun Means More Than One

2. Safe Play

3. Own the Action, Not the Effect

4. Learn the Form

5. Real Life Belongs Outside of Play

6. Respect the Players, Respect the Play

7. Respect the Rooms and their Owners

Fun Means More than One

Never forget role play is a game. It’s supposed to be fun. When the role play stops being fun than we need to talk Out-Of-Character, or OOC about it. It is true that everyone has fun in different ways, but if your kind of fun is making other players not have fun then this may not be the right place for you.

Safe Play

Safe Play means no permanent harm can come to any player's character unless that player has agreed ahead of time to the harm. This is NOT an area of technicality. If you have not given a player full disclosure about the intended harm and then try and add after effects, or permanent effects to their character, you are in the wrong and your after effects / permanent effects will rightly be ignored.

Own the Action, Not the Effect

As a player you can describe any action in as much detail as you like making suggestions to how other characters might react, but you can not post and action that predetermines another Player’s Character’s reaction. owning the effect is called Auto-hitting Auto-hitting will be ignored.

Examples of Auto-hitting:

“I swing my deadly sword cutting off your arm.” “The acid rain falls in the area burning everyone it touches.”

Examples of?Owning the Action:

“I swing my deadly sword its blade swiftly moving to your arm threatening to cut it off”. “The acid rain falls in the area, each drop with the potential to burn whatever it touches.”

Learn the Form

Text role play works because of a code of text rules that are accepted by all players. The basic form is very simple to follow. OOC means "Out of character" IC means "In Character"

Keep all OOC comments within brackets, Parenthesis or double lines so that all readers can clearly see that you are speaking to them and not the play.

If its not an OOC comment then its IC, and is what your character is actually saying/doing. Separate your actions from your speaking.

I prefer book text adding quotes to my characters dialog. Others place marks before and after their actions. Such accepted marks are:* , : , :: , - , //

As Long as you can clearly read a difference between an action and spoken words its good form. Many Use this Symbol ~ to imply telepathy.

If you can't be bothered to learn and use the form or to separate your OOC comments then don't play

Real Life Belongs Outside of Play

If you had a bad day, I welcome you to tell me about it ooc, we can even have a private chat about it.

If -however- you and player X used to be IC lovers, and now your mad at player X rather than that players character, for something that happened outside of play, and you want to get the other players to gang up on player X or just want to be rude, pouty, and pissy. DO NOT ENTER THE ROLEPLAY.

If your in my rooms and Do this I will Boot you! If you have a REAL LIFE Illness, my character can't heal you. Role play can not solve any Real Life problems. So keep your Real Life out of My Role Play. [This is what other rooms will call their No Drama rule]

Respect the Players

Respect the Play

Ok this is a simple rule that covers a lot. If there is lag, take off your heavy items. Ask to play music. Acknowledge each others posts. Say Hello when you enter and good bye when you leave. No Name calling. If someone's play is messing with yours, talk to them ooc politely. YES you can take back an action in any of my rooms. Be patient with new players and refer them to this rule post and the school for New role players. Remember that there are Real People with Real feelings, and Real issues behind the pixels.

Respect the Rooms

Often players have invested much time and resources into opening and maintaining a room. Each room will have its own little rules and restrictions. Find out that they are and follow them. If you can't follow them then don't enter the room. For example if someone is hosting a peaceful celebration party in a room warded against evil, then don't bring your evil character into that room at that time. If you do your posts will be ignored if your are not immediately booted.