Post by LIBERTE on Nov 2, 2013 16:56:49 GMT -5
The Rules
Now gaze on our Goddess of Justice,
With her shimmering, glimmering blade.
By joining‘Do you hear the people sing?' you are agreeing to the rules of the site and the terms and conditions of proboard’s.
CREDITS
The site skin has been designed and created by Slayer. Codes belong to respective owners. Site concept and plots belong to the staff and members of 'Do you hear the people sing'. Please do not use anything you find here without the owners permission. If you feel something should be created here, please contact a member of staff.
THE RULES & Guidelines
With her shimmering, glimmering blade.
By joining‘Do you hear the people sing?' you are agreeing to the rules of the site and the terms and conditions of proboard’s.
CREDITS
The site skin has been designed and created by Slayer. Codes belong to respective owners. Site concept and plots belong to the staff and members of 'Do you hear the people sing'. Please do not use anything you find here without the owners permission. If you feel something should be created here, please contact a member of staff.
THE RULES & Guidelines
1. You may make as many characters as you wish, so long as you can keep up posting with them. We reserve the right to deny or pend an application based on the number of characters already being played on the site.
2. Once your first character on the site has been accepted, you may not make a new character until you have posted at least five times in character.
3. Please do not double your accounts and make sure you are using the correct accounts when posting in character.
4. We have an option to reserve canon characters on the site. If you wish to have sole consideration for a character you MUST reserve it. If the reservation runs out before you have been accepted you must wait 48 hours before re-reserving it.
5. If two people apply for the same character then we will look at the first application posted first. Then depending on if edits are required or not, the second.
6. In regards to your playby, I understand finding period drama photos is difficult. It is important however, not to use pictures that clearly show dress or styles that scream today's fashion. If all else fails just use faceshots etc of your playby. This is because as an 18th century roleplay site we are trying to build an atmosphere and setting. If the boards covered in pictures of jeans, ipods and hoodies, then its not helpful.
ATTITUDE
7. No discrimination of any kind will be allowed. This includes Racism, Sexism or Nationalism. This rule is incredibly important and anyone found doing this will be banned faster than you can say ‘It’s Inspector Javert!’
8. If you get into an argument with another member on this site do not bring it onto the forum. If you find you can’t solve it ask a member of staff for help. But do not start asking members to side with you. We try to be fair on this site and take on board all ideas and possible plots, but if we feel a plot is too far fetched for the site, we will decline it.
9. We have an application process for becoming a member of staff, however at times we will privately ask members if they would like to become staff, if we feel those members give a lot to the site. This is generally the only way we will accept staff members.
SIGNATURES
10. If you supply a signature for the site it must have a human face in it, this means no to anime pictures and the likes. The same goes for all images portraying your character. If you don’t have one or don’t know how to get one we have a graphics board where someone will try to help you out or go to Proboards Support and request one.
11. A Signature must be no larger than 500 in width and 250 in height. If a signature is larger than the requested size a member of staff will ask you to resize it. Failure to resize it will result in a member of staff resizing it for you or removing the image all together.
ROLE PLAYING
12. This site is rated pg-13.
13. Please keep sexual content to a minimum due to Proboards TOS. No rude pictures or graphic posts please. You may look at adult themes, however graphic descriptions are not allowed. The same goes for violence etc, nothing graphic, lets keep it all in good taste.
14. Our post count is 350 words min. We do ask that you try to match your role playing partners posts, but we understand sometimes that is difficult to do, but give it a try eh. We wont police you if you make the odd post just under 350 words, but if it is a regular thing we will pop you a message.
15. You must not in any way shape or form GOD MOD. This means -for those of you who do not know what god modding is- you must not control the thoughts, actions or emotions of the characters you are role-playing with. God modding is not tolerated on any role-play forums.
16. We will also not be accepting any Mary Sues or Gary Stu’s. For those of you who have no idea what I am on about in the fan fiction world they are referred to as ‘the perfect character’.
17. When you start a role play topic please put a tag in so members know if it is open or not. I.e. Javert/Valjean. If a role play is tagged and your name isn’t included please do not join, however it is fine to pm the thread creator to ask if it’s okay to join.
18. Once a character is taken they are taken. This means we do not want to see different versions of The Pimpernel or Cosette running about the place. Make your characters unique to you.
19. Please be active. This goes especially to the canon characters. We understand you might not be able to post every day but once a fortnight or once a month is not enough! You must be able to post at least twice a week.
20. If ten days go by and you have not posted an application or you’ve been accepted but not posted at all it is likely your account will be removed.
21. If you are going to be away for more than three days, you MUST post in the absence board, or risk having your account removed in an AC.
22. Character deaths are allowed but no major canons can be killed unless it is part of the story. Also once your character is dead that's it they can't come back. So you may want to think about it before you kill your character off. You can't kill another person's character off unless you have worked it out with them and been given permission by an admin/mod.
23. Any massive plots like deaths, marriages, au canon pairings must be approved by a member of staff. This isn’t so we can squash all your fun plots, but we need to know to ensure plots are appropriate to the site and encase plot information threads need to be updated.
24. Please if there are more than 3 people in a thread have a posting rota so people don’t get left behind.
CHATBOXES
25. Please do not advertise in the chatbox and be polite and friendly to guests.
26. If something happens in the chat box you are not happy about or unsure about, please note the time and report it to a member of staff to deal with.
27. If an ‘unfriendly’ guest enters the cbox, please ignore them and report them to a member of staff.
28. The Tag Box is there to promote your plot pages and posts. Use the link box for the link then explain what you are tagging next to it.
ACCOUNTS
29. Admins reserve the right to delete accounts if after a week the person using the account hasn’t made any attempt to make a character or/and doesn’t make an accepted character with no attempt to even start one.
30. If you are going away and haven’t made a character you must inform us so we do not delete your account.
2. Once your first character on the site has been accepted, you may not make a new character until you have posted at least five times in character.
3. Please do not double your accounts and make sure you are using the correct accounts when posting in character.
4. We have an option to reserve canon characters on the site. If you wish to have sole consideration for a character you MUST reserve it. If the reservation runs out before you have been accepted you must wait 48 hours before re-reserving it.
5. If two people apply for the same character then we will look at the first application posted first. Then depending on if edits are required or not, the second.
6. In regards to your playby, I understand finding period drama photos is difficult. It is important however, not to use pictures that clearly show dress or styles that scream today's fashion. If all else fails just use faceshots etc of your playby. This is because as an 18th century roleplay site we are trying to build an atmosphere and setting. If the boards covered in pictures of jeans, ipods and hoodies, then its not helpful.
ATTITUDE
7. No discrimination of any kind will be allowed. This includes Racism, Sexism or Nationalism. This rule is incredibly important and anyone found doing this will be banned faster than you can say ‘It’s Inspector Javert!’
8. If you get into an argument with another member on this site do not bring it onto the forum. If you find you can’t solve it ask a member of staff for help. But do not start asking members to side with you. We try to be fair on this site and take on board all ideas and possible plots, but if we feel a plot is too far fetched for the site, we will decline it.
9. We have an application process for becoming a member of staff, however at times we will privately ask members if they would like to become staff, if we feel those members give a lot to the site. This is generally the only way we will accept staff members.
SIGNATURES
10. If you supply a signature for the site it must have a human face in it, this means no to anime pictures and the likes. The same goes for all images portraying your character. If you don’t have one or don’t know how to get one we have a graphics board where someone will try to help you out or go to Proboards Support and request one.
11. A Signature must be no larger than 500 in width and 250 in height. If a signature is larger than the requested size a member of staff will ask you to resize it. Failure to resize it will result in a member of staff resizing it for you or removing the image all together.
ROLE PLAYING
12. This site is rated pg-13.
13. Please keep sexual content to a minimum due to Proboards TOS. No rude pictures or graphic posts please. You may look at adult themes, however graphic descriptions are not allowed. The same goes for violence etc, nothing graphic, lets keep it all in good taste.
14. Our post count is 350 words min. We do ask that you try to match your role playing partners posts, but we understand sometimes that is difficult to do, but give it a try eh. We wont police you if you make the odd post just under 350 words, but if it is a regular thing we will pop you a message.
15. You must not in any way shape or form GOD MOD. This means -for those of you who do not know what god modding is- you must not control the thoughts, actions or emotions of the characters you are role-playing with. God modding is not tolerated on any role-play forums.
16. We will also not be accepting any Mary Sues or Gary Stu’s. For those of you who have no idea what I am on about in the fan fiction world they are referred to as ‘the perfect character’.
17. When you start a role play topic please put a tag in so members know if it is open or not. I.e. Javert/Valjean. If a role play is tagged and your name isn’t included please do not join, however it is fine to pm the thread creator to ask if it’s okay to join.
18. Once a character is taken they are taken. This means we do not want to see different versions of The Pimpernel or Cosette running about the place. Make your characters unique to you.
19. Please be active. This goes especially to the canon characters. We understand you might not be able to post every day but once a fortnight or once a month is not enough! You must be able to post at least twice a week.
20. If ten days go by and you have not posted an application or you’ve been accepted but not posted at all it is likely your account will be removed.
21. If you are going to be away for more than three days, you MUST post in the absence board, or risk having your account removed in an AC.
22. Character deaths are allowed but no major canons can be killed unless it is part of the story. Also once your character is dead that's it they can't come back. So you may want to think about it before you kill your character off. You can't kill another person's character off unless you have worked it out with them and been given permission by an admin/mod.
23. Any massive plots like deaths, marriages, au canon pairings must be approved by a member of staff. This isn’t so we can squash all your fun plots, but we need to know to ensure plots are appropriate to the site and encase plot information threads need to be updated.
24. Please if there are more than 3 people in a thread have a posting rota so people don’t get left behind.
CHATBOXES
25. Please do not advertise in the chatbox and be polite and friendly to guests.
26. If something happens in the chat box you are not happy about or unsure about, please note the time and report it to a member of staff to deal with.
27. If an ‘unfriendly’ guest enters the cbox, please ignore them and report them to a member of staff.
28. The Tag Box is there to promote your plot pages and posts. Use the link box for the link then explain what you are tagging next to it.
ACCOUNTS
29. Admins reserve the right to delete accounts if after a week the person using the account hasn’t made any attempt to make a character or/and doesn’t make an accepted character with no attempt to even start one.
30. If you are going away and haven’t made a character you must inform us so we do not delete your account.
