Rules

[Sabaku]

1. Don't play others' characters. This rule is flexible in certain circumstances, but only if both parties agree to it. If someone controls your character to an extent you do not approve of, feel free to contact a moderator immediately.

2. Read all stickies. They're there for a reason. Some forums have subforum-specific stickies with rules not covered in this post but that still apply there. Make sure you read them.

3. Do not invade other peoples' threads. It's fine to enter a thread with your character(s), but consider the plot of the thread you want to enter. Do not enter a thread if you would interfere with someone else's plot; for example, if two characters are fighting and one is losing, do not bring yours in to suddenly save them without permission.

4. No one or two-liner posts. Please put some effort into your posts. At least a paragraph is required, and if your post is shorter, it will be removed.

5. If you are going to be away for more than a few days, please let us know in advance if possible. Canons that are inactive for too long without notice will become available again. All character applications that are deleted due to inactivity will be saved should you choose to return, but if someone else takes a canon character you played, you will not be allowed to resume playing them unless their new player becomes inactive. This is to prevent members from having to wait excessively for posts, and to prevent the plot from being held up by one member, as well as fairness in canon character distribution.

6. Do not take a character from another series and claim them as your own. If you post a character bio that is clearly copying a character from another series, that character's bio will be deleted without being accepted. Simply changing a character's name and/or aspects of their physical appearance and/or personality is also not acceptable; this means that characters that are clearly hybrids of several characters from other series will not be accepted, either.

7. Write your own character profile. While referencing other sources, such as wiki, is fine, copypasting information from them is not. All character profiles must be written out in your own words, to show that you truly have an understanding of the character.

8. No pornography of any kind. This includes in your icons, any images or links you post, and your posts themselves. If you are writing a sex scene, fade out before it goes too far. If you want to write particularly erotic scenes, do it off of the forum and do not post it here. Feel free, however, to make a non-explicit out-of-character note of what happened if you feel it is important to your characters' development or plot.

9. Completed threads are locked to prevent confusion. This is so no one will accidentally post in a completed thread, not realizing it's finished. If you finish a thread and don't see it locked within a day or two, please send me a PM or leave me a note in the cbox letting me know to lock it.