*Educational Decrees

[kathleen]

the educational decrees,
a.k.a., the rules

added by Freddie:

HEY! YOU! You better read EVERYTHING. Lately, I've seen many things being done incorrectly because people are not reading through these. I have dramatically shortened everything that I felt was a waste of time for you to read. If you plan on skimming through these for the code phrase, so help me I will make your short time on this forum Hell.

Kay, understood? I'm a very nice person when I am respected. I am respectful to you, and I expect the same in return(:

ORIGINALS: We are now accepting original characters, however they may NOT be related to a canon in any way. There are plenty of characters on the canon list who aren't even fully named that are available for taking. ALL ORIGINALS WILL BE SORTED BY THE SORTING HAT. That's a problem, you say? You are obsessed with a certain House and your character needs to be in it? If you know the House well enough, it shouldn't be too hard getting your character into it.

Originals will not be accepted at this time. Check out the canon list for a huge variety of options.

ALSO: If you don't want to waste time on your application, you are welcome to pm a role play sample to one of the staff members here and we will tell you if it is good enough for us before you go and fill out the app. Now, on for the real rules. Please note that GinGin and I did not type these out, and if we did, they'd be much more entertaining xD So, sorry about that.

Added July 28^th:

Note that as I type this, I am aware that it is a very small handful of people who are doing this repeatedly. Members, you are loved. You haven't been doing any of this crap? Trust me, I know who you are.<3

I'm sick of having to clarify certain rules for different forms around the boards such as face claim, canon list, applications, etc. If you READ what I typed above every form you'll ever have to fill our here, you will not have a stupid question. I do leave things out sometimes or things are explained in a bad way. If that's the case, your question is not stupid and I'll be glad to answer. But if you're asking me things that I've explained already above forms or you are posting things THAT AREN'T IN CODE WHEN I ASK THEM TO BE and I have to MODIFY YOUR POST BECAUSE YOU'RE SO IMPORTANT, I will not have patience with you.

educational decree no. 1

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make your display name all caps.

educational decree no. 2
finish your app in four days or less or face deletion.

educational decree no. 3
250 words minimum per post. post in claims when you're
accepted. everything important is an announcement so
you will see it.

educational decree no. 4
don't be rude.

educational decree no. 5
don't make more characters than you can log in with every
day and post twice a week with.

educational decree no. 6
if i am reading your app about a flat or steriotypical
character, i will not accept it.

educational decree no. 7
we are intermediate/advanced. use correct
grammar/spelling. keep posts pg13. nobody
wants to read about you having sex.

educational decree no. 8
last but not least, have fun! that's what role playing
is all about, isn't it? you'd probably like to know that the
password to the application forum is bloody hell.
yeah, you may need that in the near future. =]

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Activity is a must. You need to log in through all accounts every day that you can. You should be posting in character at least once a week, but we understand that muse goes bonky sometimes. Every week, any accounts that have not been active in the past seven days will be deleted. Canons will get no warning. Originals will get one day. The only exception goes to people who post in the going away board labeled 'ACCIO VACATION'.

After registering, you have four days to complete your app. On the fifth day, your app will be denied and your account will be removed. This is to ensure that we don't have a bunch of idle accounts sitting around. We will make exceptions for applications that are clearly almost finished, but you will get a warning in such a case. IF YOU DO NOT LOG ON FOR SEVEN UNEXCUSED DAYS, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, NO EXCEPTIONS. This place is getting far too unorganized for a bunch of idle accounts.

issued by
blythe, a.k.a. ``rainbow snowflakes at CAUTION 2.0 just note
that if you remove the credit, she'll avada kedavra your
arse. =]
oh, and of course, enjoy the rules![/center]