Some of this information is also in the "START HERE" thread but I'm putting all the posting guidelines here for ease of reference.

Posting Frequency

One of the reasons I'm using this type of forum for my gaming is that it lends itself to asynchronous play.  I don't have to be online the same time as anyone else.  This means I can work around my rather full schedule and still get to write and play.  It's a bonus.

Given that, I don't require folks to post two or three times a day.  I'm looking for one post a day on the weekdays.  People are busy on the weekends, so if you want to post then, great!  But I neither expect or require it.

This seems like a reasonable requirement.  If things go faster than that, outstanding.  If not, then that's cool too.  Let's just not slow down to slower than that.

Posting in General

Play by post is ALL about writing.  It doesn't matter if you're the greatest gamer the world has ever seen.  If your writing is unreadable it sucks for everyone.  So, here are a few ground rules.

Use decent spelling and grammar.  I'm not a COMPLETE Nazi about this but when I'm trying to figure out what it is your character is doing, it helps if the words are generally spelled correctly and your sentence structure isn't all over the place.  Proper punctuation and capitalization are your friends.

LIMIT ONE-LINE POSTS.  Nothing completely puts a halt to a good scene like a bunch of one line posts.  One line posts just don't give your fellow players anything to latch on to.

Limit novella length posts.  On the other end of the spectrum is the post that looks like 10 type-written pages.  Try to be concise.  It makes better reading and it is easier to follow.  As a general rule, posts should be around 250 words.  Obviously there are exceptions; if you're sharing an important event from your backstory the post will probably be longer.  This is a general rule, not a written in stone rule.

Written in Stone Posting Rules

• Use third person past tense when posting.  If you do a dream sequence or
   flashback or something and want to change to another person and tense.
   That's fine.  But stick with third person past in general.

• Don't use color highlighting.  Use quotation marks for conversation and
   italics for thoughts.

• Don't affect another character unless given permission to do so.  ie.  Don't
   post that you "hit" them.  Post that you "take a swing" at them.

• Keep things R rated or better.  I'm okay with "mature".  Pornographic or
   "Deadwood," not so much.


Absence

If you are going to be unable to post for more than a day or two, please, let me know.  We're not going to delay the game, so I will NPC your character until you return.  If you don't post on a weekday I may or may not NPC your character that evening depending on how things are going  I will remove folks who disappear for more than a week without notice.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:06, Thu 22 Aug 2013.