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Game Rules and Regulations.

Posted by The Primal OneFor group 0
The Primal One
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Sat 10 Feb 2018
at 02:58
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Game Rules and Regulations

Rules for Play or How Not To Be An Asshole




The Dirty Dozen

  1. The most important rule of any game is to have fun.

  2. Players should be prepared to post three to five times per week, on average.

  3. It is essential that if you are going to do anything that affects another player's character that you negotiate this OCC before proceeding. Conflict is fun. It makes writing fun but remember there is a considerable investment in a character and that should be respected.

    Always ask the permission of the owner of the character you wish to do something to. If you are uncomfortable with what is going on in your thread, say something. Talk to your partners, talk to the moderators. I can intervene if necessary. There will be a Zero Tolerance Policy for those who ignore the wishes of another about their character(s). This goes for every single person on the list.

  4. Broken Shadows is rated as a Mature game. That means graphic, explicit sexual or violent scenes are not allowed. Teasing and suggestiveness is fine, describing every thrust and grind in intricate detail is not. Utilize Fade To Black and leave the rest to the readers' imaginations.

    Scenes involving rape and sibling/parent or sibling/sibling incest are completely forbidden. No exceptions.

  5. No God-Mode behavior. No one is all powerful and all knowing and you do not, by default, have permission to act for any other PC or named NPC. Moving around minor NPCs (servants, valets, etc.) is fine. Having Benedict surrender in a fight will get you slapped down HARD.

    In this same vein, do not write what another PC is thinking/feeling/reacting. That's not your job.

    Killing of characters... this is a big one. There is no killing of another player's character unless the owner of said character gives permission to do so and that the GM is aware of it and approves it. The illusion of mortal danger is fine but players place a lot of work into their characters and arbitrary murder of those characters is not allowed.

  6. Always communicate with me or my representatives in a respectful, intelligent manner, and we will do the same for you. Failing to do this is grounds for expulsion from the game. Flaming or arguing the toss will get you removed. Please respect decisions once made.

  7. Posting Procedures. Please keep your posting perspective in the Third Person, past or present tense whichever is easiest for you. It has been found that this is an easier format for other players to follow and interact with as too many "I" posts gets confusing.

    Font Colors - plain black with appropriate formatting is preferred. GM has issues with light colored fonts and being able to see them.

    Bold or Italics for your speaking is fine, if you feel the need to make a distinction or emphasis in speaking. Red is preferred for OOC comments.

  8. All characters become property of the game. If a player chooses to leave, the character will then fall to NPC status whose fate will be chosen by the GM. Canon characters are NOT property of any individual player and whose fate cannot be declared by a departing player.

  9. When you reply to a post, please be sure to cut and paste only the pertinent material from the original post. We don't need duplicates of every post each time you reply!

  10. Occasionally, mistakes are made and you must delete a post due to a mistake. Please let me know when/if you need to do this so that I'm not looking for posts that don't exist. Also, this is not a game of "do-overs", if your character makes a mistake, play through it.

  11. No asshole posts. These are the posts where a player puts out every negative thought their character has about the other characters and the players of those other characters have no chance for reacting. If you don't have the balls to come out and say it and accept the appropriate response, don't put it in the public venue.

    That is passive-aggressive bullshit.

  12. If you are unable to meet minimum posting requirements for any reason, please send me a private message. I'm not hard to get along with but I do expect players to have the respect for myself and others not to leave us waiting without word.

    If you are unsure as to what you feel/think your character should do next in a situation, contact me.

    If you feel a thread/situation isn't one that you think your character would be involved in, contact me.

    If real life is throwing tons of shit at you and you're genuinely unable to post regularly, contact me.

    I can't read minds. I need to hear from players surrounding issues that pop up. I can't fix or work around what I don't know about.

    Players who do not meet the minimum posting requirements will be placed in Lurker Status after 1 (ONE) week and have their access to groups other than public revoked until I have received a message from that player indicating that they DO wish to be included in this game.

This message was last edited by the GM at 15:29, Tue 21 Apr 2020.
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