Post by Majesty on Apr 14, 2012 23:56:43 GMT -5
the site rules *
Welcome to December, a free-form, shifter rp that takes place in Phoenix, Arizona. I know you just want to get to the actual roleplaying, but please take the time to just read (or skim over) these rules before starting. There's not many, don't worry.
one Please please respect the staff and the members of this site, regardless of whether you are a member yourself or just a guest who is stopping by. Please don't start fights out of character, I'm sure everyone would like December to be a fun and friendly place, not a living hell. Everyone here has a story to be told, if you're going to judge, please do so outside of my site.
two When you register, you can sign up with any name you like, although upon setting up your profile, please change it to first middle last, with the beginnings of names capitalized. for example: Ava Jaymes Quincy. This just makes things all neat and tidy. This is a one account per character site and we do not allow OOC accounts.
three Before you even consider roleplaying, please post your application and wait to be accepted. This is to ensure that you know your characters as much as we do. Please do not change the codes as we worked very hard on making it pretty for you.
four Here at December, we have a low word count of 100 words. Mainly because Majesty is lazy and this is her site. So all we ask is that you try to match the posts of the person you're roleplaying with. That's not too much to ask is it?
five One thing that drives just about everyone crazy is god modding, power playing and wolf speak. Please please don't do it. For those of you who aren't quite sure on what Godmodding, it's basically controlling someone else's character. Power Playing is assuming the actions of another or how your actions affect them. Wolf speak is thinks like "auds" describing ears, "banner" for tail, etc. Mary and Johny Sues are not allowed here. This means that "perfect people" are not allowed to. I will not allow the guy who gets all the girls, the girl with no flaws, etc. I'm serious about this.
Urban Dictionary defines wolf speak as: "Wolfspeak is a bunch of words created by animal roleplayers to make them sound fancy and intelligent, when it really just makes them look like a pompous ass with a dictionary. Wolfspeakers are often also obsessed with making their wolves have accents, which would be perfectly fine if they didn't keep using the accents even when the wolf isn't speaking. Wolfspeakers are a shame to the real animal roleplaying community and are often looked down upon when they aren't with their own kind."
Don't do it.....
six On this site, while the world knows of shifters, they are largely frowned upon and shunned. They are often not trusted, considered dangerous and discriminated against. While it is against the law to discriminate against a lycanthrope, it does not stop anyone from doing it. Most shifters live their lives in secret and those that don't live a life of hell and are often shunned from their own groups to not draw attention to them. Please know that the life of a rouge is very difficult and not may will be allowed.
seven Almost done, sorry about this. Please do not stretch the board, either with your signatures or posts. Graphics should not be any wider than 500 px.wide and 300 pixels tall. Avatars are 200 pixels wide and 350 tall. Majesty has spent over 8 days making this site pretty and would kill you if you ruined it now. Also, we understand that most face claim images are copyrighted but PLEASE use stock images where possible on humans and always on animals. We do not accept anime characters or drawings here (colored in linearts for animal forms and hybrid forms must get direct permission from Majesty first).
eight Finally, December is rated PG-13 due to Proboards Terms of Service. Proboards terms and conditions state that you should be over thirteen to sign up, so you should be able to handle any mature topics that happen. If not, don't join, simple. if you ignore this and sign up anyway, don't get offended if you read something you don't like. and please, if you're having a mature topic (i.e. sex) then please post a warning in the title and fade to black. Should we find a thread not faded out, we will delete it without earning. Rape cases and breedings or any kind (ones that you're hoping kids will come out of) must be run by an admin first.
Thank you, we hope you enjoy your stay here at December. Reading all of those wasn't too bad now, was it? :]