Post by Risa on Jul 30, 2013 9:24:36 GMT -5
RESPECT
While this is something that we shouldn't have to address, here it is as a friendly reminder. We expect nothing but respect on HB for both the members and the staff. We don't expect you to be friends with every single member here but you shouldn't be rude to the members you may not like. If a problem arises then bring it to the staff's attention and leave it off the board and out of the cbox. We would appreciate HB remaining a friendly and comfortable environment for all of its members.
CONTENT
HB is a Proboards forum and as such we have to follow the TOS of Proboards. As a result we are rated PG-13 or we run the risk of being shut down and not a single one of us want that to happen. While we are a KHR based site, we have to follow the rules of the TOS so violence, romance, alcohol/drug use, and cursing should not be excessive and remain tasteful.
ADVERTISING
This has its own place on HB and is in an easy place to find. You should not send PMs to members trying to get them to join another site or advertise it. If you receive an pm like this then alert the staff and the person guilty of doing such will be banned permanently. This also includes advertising in the cbox but you shall receive one warning before you are banned from it permanently. Just don't do it.
LITERACY
Hidden Bullet is a literate roleplay. This means we expect to have correct grammar and spelling but nobody is perfect after all. We have a spell check as a plug in and as such a member is expected to use it. Being literate also means that there should be no chatspeak in your posts this also includes Leet speak as well. It is allowed to be used in the cellphone area because a lot of people use chatspeak in their texts. We understand though if English isn't your first language or if you have a disability such as dyslexia so write to the best of your ability. Just shoot the staff a pm to tell us what is up. We can look past typos here and there because they happen to the best of us but if its just completely unreadable then we'll be questioning it.
POSTS
We do not have a post size limit here on HB but we would like at least a paragraph out of our members. Who really posts two liners anymore? Be respectful to your posting partner as well because would you want to receive a tiny post after posting a monster of a post? Probably not. Another thing we ask for is order in the posts. It isn't a strict rule but keep in mind that a posting order keeps out confusion. It makes it more organized that way. If someone hasn't posted for you after 2 days send them a pm before automatically skipping ahead of them. Something urgent could have popped up and they didn't have time to inform anyone.
CHARACTERS
Here on HB we don't have a limit of characters. We allow our members to have as many characters as they can handle but keep in mind that they all need to be on separate accounts. We also ask that you remain active with every character because that is your responsibility of having so many characters. If the load of your characters gets too heavy though keep in mind that we allow character adoptions here so that plots don't have to be lost as long as another member is willing to adopt your character.
FAMILY RELATIONS
HB is considered a post-canon; therefore, your character, depending on age, can be a descendant of a canon from the manga. There are limits to this including the number of blood relative characters you can have and there is a limit of how many blood relatives one character can have. For example; if you want to descend from Tsunayoshi - there is a limit to how many other people can also be descended. First come, first serve basis. For the time being, there will not be a limit on the number of descendants that can be made, but this may be subject to change in the future if too many slots are being taken up. More may be added in the future, as well
FAMIGLIAS
Here on HB we allow members to create their own famiglias if they don't like that idea of being in one of the canon famigilas. There are some limitations to doing so though as we'd like to avoid overflow if possible. You can post up your famiglia, whenever, you want as long as your boss character is completed and approved. Since we organize the site via famiglias we have limitations to getting your own member group. You must have at least half your guardians filled and prove that you can be rather active. This also doesn't get you automatically into the member groups as you have to provide a color to the staff and the member group will not be made for famiglias that only have one member waiting.
GOD-MODDING
This is not at all allowed and will not be tolerated on Hidden Bullet. This also goes for meta gaming and power playing too. If you are not sure what any of these are then go brush up on your knowledge with Google. There is no excuse for doing it and there is no excuse for not looking them up to know what they are since it tells you here to go do so. The first time someone breaks this rule they will be given a warning depending to what degree that it is broken. If a member is to continuously do it after their warning they will first be banned from HB for one week and second they will be banned from HB permanently. Be logical please.
PATIENCE
Please note that each and every one of us have lives. All of the staff is currently in school so we may not have enough time to post or even get to profiles. We ask that you don't sit around nagging staff do their job as well as nag others to post because you are bored. If it is taking us to long to get to something you are allow to pm on member of the staff to remind us that you are waiting but only after a 3 day period. Don't bother and whine to us in the cbox because that might keep us from getting to them before that. This also goes for the matter of bothering members to post for you. If you reach a 2 day period of them not posting then pm them a reminder but anything more than that and you'll receive a warning.
AVATARS & SIGNATURES
This is mainly here as a friendly reminder and so that no one has to ask the staff about it. We ask that your signatures are no bigger than 500x200 and avatars should be no bigger than 100x100. This is to keep things organized and tidy. If either one is bigger than these designated sizes we will remove them and then inform you as to why. We aren't going to fix it for you as you have read this rule and should know better.