Post by Tia Dalma on May 30, 2007 23:05:40 GMT -5
- You must be at least 14 years of age when applying for the game. This is not only to protect the game itself, but it is also the law that those under the years of 13 are not allowed to join. You must have a high maturity level in order to play here.
- Please read over the Proboards TOS rules before registering. Anything against the Proboards TOS is not allowed here in Beyond the Voyage. This means sex, racism, drug promotion, you name it, it isn’t allowed here.
- Register to the board with your characters name, and not a player name. I don't want to se anything like "sealover456" or anything of the sort. When you post your application, make sure your Display Name is your characters name as well. It will be rejected otherwise.
- One account per character. This means if you are playing as Jack Sparrow, and then want to create another character like William Turner you must create an account for both. How else are we to know who you are playing?
- Writing samples are required to be 200 words or more. Those playing canons, we do expect you to be very detailed. Though it isn’t a requirement, we will be picky on who we accept as a canon. The more detailed you are in your post and application, the more we are bound to accept you. Also, all posts done within the RPG board must be at least 200 words and nothing lower. While we understand people may have their off days and can’t think of anything, please try to at least make it look like its 200 words. This also means no one-liners, or semi’s. We also request that you keep your posts simple, and to the point. This means no fancy font, centered posts, colored posts, and whatnot. We also do not want to see any bold quotations, as we are probably capable of finding out ourselves when a character is talking. Also be aware that all writing samples MUST be based on the character that YOU are applying for.
- When creating a character and requesting someone to portray the character, you are not allowed to use an anime or cartoon character. Find a celebrity to use for portraying your character.
- All Pop Quiz’s must be sent to Tia Dalma through PM. This means they must NOT be posted anywhere on the forums, not even on your application thread. Sorry folks, but that isn’t happening. If I find out that you placed your Pop Quiz somewhere on the forums, you will be banned. If it was posted with your application, rejected and removed from your application on first sight. We will ask you to send it to us through PM. Sorry folks, but we’re not gonna risk others copying off of other peoples Pop Quiz’s.
- The maximum width and height for signatures is 525x150px. Avatars 100x100. Anything I find on your accounts that causes the board/threads to stretch will be removed. We don’t want Beyond the Voyage to look horrible, now do we?
- Try to keep within canon as much as possible. This means I don’t want to see characters that are the son’s and daughters, relatives of other characters that weren’t mentioned in the canon. That’s right folks, we are going to be strict with this issue. Also you should try to keep your characters posts within canon as much as possible. This means do NOT alter your characters personality unless it isn’t truly necessary!
- Characters should never be in an automatic relationship with one another. This means that your character did NOT automatically fall in love with another persons character, and that from the start they where in love with one another. I want to see you plot your relationships, and play them out as time goes by within the game. Remember, no one became boyfriend x girlfriend and so on automatically!
- God-Moding is not allowed here. This means you cannot instantly kill, claim hits, nor take control of another person’s character and act out their actions. The moment I see this, you will be warned. Everyone has a weakness, people.
- Please use the following format down below when posting in the RPG sections. It not only helps with dates and time’s, but keeps the game at an organized pace. When posting in the actual game locations however, please be aware that you are only allowed to post for your character on a date one at a time on a thread. This means that if you are posting in August 14th on a thread, and are about to post in another thread that is dated the same date, you are not allowed to post in that other thread. You can however, post in a thread that is dated August 14th, but also a thread that is dated August 15th. Think of it this way, your character can’t be in different places at once in one day unless they moved to that specific thread from another. The only exceptions for this rule is the Quick RPG sections. If you are confused, please feel free to contact Tia Dalma through PM and she’ll help you out.
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[li] [b]Date and Time[/b]:
[/li][li] [b]Setting[/b]:
[/li][li] [b]Weather Conditions[/b]:
[/li][/ul] - Absolutely NO Mary-Sue’s, Gary-Stu’s, Scary-Loo’s, or anything of the sort. For a definition of what this is, please visit Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary-Sue
- In your application, I don't want to see ANY pictures. I want to see how detailed you can be!
- You can only have two canon characters per player. You can only have four characters per person. While you are capable of purchasing the right to create a third, or forth character whether it be canon or OC, rpg password is tortuga, we strongly request that you are active with ALL of your accounts before creating another. Also make sure that you are capable of handling that many characters before creating another.
- Characters that are related to a canon in anyway that weren’t mentioned in the canon are not allowed. Sorry about this everyone, but we are trying to keep within canon as much as possible.
- When leaving, please post so in the Introductions and Farewells and let us know. You should post so ahead of time, so we know that you aren’t slacking off, or ignoring other posts. If you are going to be gone for a long time, please ask someone else to play your character for you that is apart of the game so we don’t have to sit and wait for you to post.
- On Female Pirates, I realize that we have been getting very many requests for them. Understand that there will only be five female pirates at this time, as they are extremely rare. However if we do accept more than five, more than likely it is due to a well thought out and detailed application, and writing sample. Be aware though, there may be more allowed in the future, but since we're still at the beginning, we are only allowing five.
We are currently on a temporary ban on female pirates. We are now allowing three more female pirate to join the game. This rule is subject to change at any given time. - Proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar is a must here. While you won’t get banned for this, we strongly suggest that you use the spell check when working on your posts. A few misspelled words is alright, but something that is over 4 misspelled words in a post isn’t.
- I do not want to see any chat speak here. This means no u’s, 2’s, g2gs, or anything of the sort here. Not even in the Cbox. While we will allow a few wtf, lol, omg, etc. here, please do not overly use it.
- Please post at least once or twice a week. This is to help keep the game going, and for threads to continue at an even pace. If you are unable to post, please let us know ahead of time.
Last but not least, by agreeing to our code, you agree to the fact that Tia Dalma reserves to add, remove, and change anything within the rules. You also agree to the fact that if you ever become inactive for over 2 weeks, your character will be put up as available if canon, and if OC, deleted. You are capable of claiming your character if you ever decide to come back as long as they are available.