Post by Crystal on May 26, 2012 5:10:16 GMT -5
COMPLETE POKEMONSTERS RULES
All Things OOC:
1. Respect and follow the Proboards TOS. By signing up an account with this site - or any Proboards site, for that matter - you have to first tell them that you agree to their TOS (Terms of Service), else they can compromise your site and/or account. This means, but is not limited to, ensuring that you are at least 13 years of age, that you leave behind all things pornographic or above PG-13 rating, and that there is no strongly expressed notions or mentions of illegal drug use, or the trafficking thereof.
2. Do not commit plagiarism or copyright infringements. This means that you should never try to take for credit the work of another author or artist - including, but not limited, claiming an image or even a slice of writing from a book or roleplay as your own. Remember, if you did not create it you should always give credits to the original artist or to the original site of where you found such images or writings. It is ok to share things that you like - it is not, however, ok to steal things that you like and claim it as yours.
3. Pokemon is for kids - this site is for kids, likewise. The only difference in this is the fact that Proboards has an "age restriction" to their site. They do this for their own safety as well as others - we can not willingly allow someone that we know for a fact to be under the age of 13 on this site. That being said, nothing should be said or mentioned that a 13 year old child should not see - this includes obsessive swearing and inappropriate pictures. Remember - we're PG-13 at worst.
4. Make sure to adhere to and answer all of the Activity Checks. Here on Pokemonsters Live! we like to do what is called "infrequent" activity checks. This means that we will more-than-likely do sporadic activity checks, rather than doing once-a-month activity checks. We tend not to do two activity checks closer than three months apart. What we do with the checks is weed out the inactive accounts - if only risk your account being deleted if you miss three activity checks or more in a row, with low or no post counts on the account.
5. We welcome all types and skill levels of roleplayers. Here on Pokemonsters Live! we have both inexperienced roleplayers and we have expert, or advanced, roleplayers. You are allowed to request in your threads a certain level of roleplaying for your roleplaying enjoyment as long as you, yourself, meet that level. However, you cannot ask any "major" or site wide events to have a certain level to them - they are more monitored and are always voluntary to enter. That being said, don't be afraid if you can only write a few words.
6. ALWAYS use more than spoken words when roleplaying. The only exception to the roleplaying open-ground rules is that you need to have unspoken text within your roleplays as well as spoken text. It can be as simple as closing it with "she said to the other Trainer", or it can be so complex that it spans quite a few paragraphs. But make sure your character does more than speak.
7. Use correct English grammar and spelling. Pokemonsters Live! uses English and as such you'll find it more enjoyable on this site if you can coherently read and write in English properly. We are not Nazis about it - however,txt speak will not be tolerated on the site. There should be a "spell check", plus there are several documents (such as Word) which willingly scan your written work for misspellings. That being said, both "color" and "colour" - I.E. "American" or "British" - English is allowed here and either one will be tolerated and welcomed on the site.
8. Multiple accounts are fine. You are allowed to have a singular account for each character and we even have a "login" function on the side to allow you to switch between accounts. Have fun roleplaying in the way that you most feel comfortable with! --->
9. Multiple threads are fine! You don't have to travel through each board at a time. You don't have to start out at a certin level or stage. You don't really have to worry about much - just have fun roleplaying in this crazy universe.