Shadowfaith
Shinigami...
This thread is where all the smaller Moderator announcements highlighting smaller issues will go. It's in the main RPG section because seems some people REALLY have no idea that we have a Sign-Up section and an RPG Café, which is my first point.
1) RPG SECTIONS
Please know how the uses and main stickiers for these sections.
Sign-Ups:
This is the forum for creating and joining text-based Role-Playing Games, so go here first!
RPG Café:
This is where RPGs are discussed in general. If you want a discussion thread for your RPG, read the Rules on how to get permission. You can also discuss other topics related to role-playing, such as creating characters, GMing, and so on.
2) STICKIES
You must read the stickies in a section before posting, as they contain the Rules and other helpful information. They are there to help you, so read them. All stickies can be found at the top of a section.
RPG Forum Rules - Read before you do anything else here.
Making A Sign-Up - A detailed guide on how to make a great sign-up. Read it and you can't go wrong.
RPG Café Rules - Read before posting in the RPG Café.
RPG forum Advice - Advice for all RPGers.
RPG Ideas - Got ideas for future RPGs or even the RPG forum? Post them here!
RPGer Profiles - A way for people to get to know you!
3) PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Below are previous notes and announcements made by the RPG Moderators.
One-Line posts
Reporting Posts/Mini Modding
Cussing and Warnings
Mods can post new announcements here, and members are expected to check this thread whenever they see a new post.
1) RPG SECTIONS
Please know how the uses and main stickiers for these sections.
Sign-Ups:
This is the forum for creating and joining text-based Role-Playing Games, so go here first!
RPG Café:
This is where RPGs are discussed in general. If you want a discussion thread for your RPG, read the Rules on how to get permission. You can also discuss other topics related to role-playing, such as creating characters, GMing, and so on.
2) STICKIES
You must read the stickies in a section before posting, as they contain the Rules and other helpful information. They are there to help you, so read them. All stickies can be found at the top of a section.
RPG Forum Rules - Read before you do anything else here.
Making A Sign-Up - A detailed guide on how to make a great sign-up. Read it and you can't go wrong.
RPG Café Rules - Read before posting in the RPG Café.
RPG forum Advice - Advice for all RPGers.
RPG Ideas - Got ideas for future RPGs or even the RPG forum? Post them here!
RPGer Profiles - A way for people to get to know you!
3) PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Below are previous notes and announcements made by the RPG Moderators.
One-Line posts
Shadowfaith said:Apparently, some RPGers really don’t like to read rules before they start, so to make this point clear, I thought it would be appropriate to make this a sticky, as with many RPG's this occurs and it is against the rules and further more, annoying:
One-line posts are not allowed. Neither, I should mention, is script. Posts must be written in prose.
For instance, posts such as:
"Sure you can" Said Tim
Are not allowed. Give your posts detail; add feeling, emotions and descriptions! Without these, an RPG might as well just be a conversation between two or more people, and it's just boring. Think of RPs as a story; without the details and your character's feelings, it would just be a conversation with nothing exiting happening. An RPG isn't just about moving a story along; it's also about your own character going on a journey, growing and developing, experiencing everything themselves in their own way. Each character will be thinking and feeling different things, so their experience is unique and different to everyone else's, which is what makes them special!
Alternatively, posts should NOT look like this, either:
Alex: Where did you find that Omanyte fossil?
Shannon: I stole it.
Alex: Oh. Well, that was stupid.
That is called script, and is not, in any way, allowed. If it's an MSN conversation or something like it makes sense, but otherwise, no, not up for debate.
So please make your post longer and more detailed, with description and feeling, and make it interesting! It's just going to be boring otherwise! I would say a fair minimum amount of lines would be around seven, shorter than that I would personally consider a waste of time, and you're better off not posting.
I hope this doesn't need to be repeated in the future.
Reporting Posts/Mini Modding
Shadowfaith said:It has come to our attention that people have been posting in RPGs saying that it needs a better plot or it breaks the rules in some way.
Well just to inform you, that this is getting tiring and we would ask you NOT to post things like this in RPG's because it is considered SPAM. Replying to SPAM is SPAM in itself, so you will receive an infraction for it.
If you see a RPG that is breaking the rules or needs improvement, just report it, do not SPAM up threads by saying things as unproductive as "it needs improving *reports"*. All you need to do is report the case and it will be dealt with accordingly. Do not take it upon yourself to be a Mod.
Cussing and Warnings
RaZoRLeAf said:As per the new rule, evading the swear filter is a bannable offense. We will NOT ban you for doing so in RPG, but only if you have the necessary Warnings made clear in the topic or first post of the RPG. Any and all swearing must be completely in character - no swearing just for the sake of it, or because you feel like it.
If you allow strong language, please be sure to make the warning clear in the first post.
Mods can post new announcements here, and members are expected to check this thread whenever they see a new post.
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