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Really? Is this the future? Because if it is, then I would like to have no part in it.
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« Thread Started on Jul 18, 2006, 4:17pm » | |
I appreciate it that you have come here before reading the Plot or after reading it. This is one of the most important posts in the whole forum. So, please read thoroughly and make sure that you follow the rules that are given. These are not to give you stress or me to boss you around (just for me to give you a little bossy push...) but these are so things will stayed organized and to keep things realistic and fun. Thank you for reading this and everything else.
General Rules
- J.K. Rowling has taken years writing and planning the Harry Potter books and putting them in an extremely long process to make them all sparkley for you. So, in return, let us all be true to what she says in the books.
Example: Like if she says, that no one, Students and Professors, at Hogwarts actually did not notice the fact that their carriages were being pulled by nothing. And only Harry and maybe, Luna could see what they truly are, Thestrals, because they happen to be the only two in a million students that have loved ones that have died or that they have "seen" die. Meaning, that in the school not everyone can see Thestrals. Half of the school can meanwhile, the others can not. Or that not everyone could have "saw" their loved ones die.
- Sadly, this is like the first rule. It has taken me a long time to write these rules, the plot and make the site all polished up so that people can join and RP to have some fun, but in return, I would like it if people followed the rules and if the plot has anything that includes people on this site then they should follow it. Such as wizards hate mutants and possibly, vice versa. It's hard keeping things organized but if you don't everything gets too messy.
- This rule, as well, goes with the first rule- partially. As it has said that not everyone can see Thestrals. And if you can not see Thestrals then you don't have someone dead or that you "saw" die in your past. Which possibly means that there is a 50% chance that your life wasn't bad at all. So, this rules is not everyone can be like Tom Marvolo Riddle or our favourite, Mr. Harry Potter himself, who both have went through a terrible life filled with death, abuse and evil. Bad lives are possible, I can't tell you they aren't, but on Role Playing sites bad lives seem to be a popular thing- maybe even liked. To tell you truth, bad lives aren't at all like they are in movies or books. There might be one or two people on this site, you can ask.
- Okay, this is very important. Keep this site: PG-13, keep things the way you see them on a PG-13 film.
PG-13: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. This signifies that the film rated may be inappropriate for pre-teens. Rough or persistent violence is absent; sexually-oriented nudity is generally absent; some scenes of drug use may be seen; one use of the harsher sexually derived words may be heard.
The Proboards Terms of Service state that children under 13 are not allowed to join. But that doesn't mean that they can not have a look around the site, does it? So, keep things PG-13, if I find any content that may be extreme, that has not been labeled Rated R or Sexual Content Included then I will remove it immediantly.
- Since this is a Role Playing site and so many people here have different personalities then do not hate them Out of Character. Just because their character is "mean" or "selfish" or does something that you do not like then you should not take it Out of Character on to the person. If you have an arguement or a problem with someone do not post it all over the place. Refrain from doing so, you can either PM eachother and solve the problem or if it keeps persisting then, please PM an Admin.
- This is a popular question that members love to ask Admins expecting the result to really help or just to "have the power." If you do PM an admin with the question: "Can I be an Admin?" the answer will be short: No. We can't just hand out jobs to people who just ask. If you want to be an admin, you have to prove it to us that can be one.
If you would like to be an admin, that means we have trust you. That you will not be going through the Administration Area and copy pasting on to your sites. You have to also be active, we can't give a job to someone who just won't be there to do it. You have to show us that you are capable of responsibility and leadership, that you follow the rules and are an excellent role-player (amount of paragraphs in post, grammar and spelling, etc.) And that you are not only a person who follows the rules but you make sure that others do the same, as well.
If you see that you have all these qualities and maybe even, more then you have a good chance of becoming an admin. Don't ask us to be one because we'll be the ones asking you.
- Another rule that includes Admins, we (or mostly I) have taken the time to make a site, make myself board descriptions, sort out the plot and polish it, create other things which take up so much of my free-time. And not to mention, it is a lot of hard work. Go click 'Home' and scroll all the way down the bottom of the page, how many boards and categories have you passed? And look at their descriptions! Imagine how much time it took to make Final Hogwarts perfect and then organize it? This rule is all about respect for an Admin. We, or I, have filled up my list with so much things to do and the least you could do is be nice because we there for you.
- Another thing we, but mainly me, Admins are allowed to go around the site deleting and modifying posts and threads when we feel the need to. If we are sent pointless PMs with questions, that you could easily answer for yourself, then we are allowed to ignore them. If you have any complaints or problems, try and solve them by yourself before asking an admin to, aren't you old enough to do things yourself instead of sitting around and complaining and throwing insults at people?
Account Rules
- If you have ever taken time to make a site or have tried to make one, and you've found it irritating when people join and just do not do anything. I know how you feel. If you are joining this site, you have to promise to try to be active. And staying active, it makes things more fun. So an active site makes people get into plots with twists, problems, good things and the bad, which definately makes RPing fun and not only that but the bonus is: People start to join, as well.
- If you can register, you can sign up. Inactive accounts will be deleted without notice but that is unless they have 0 posts, if you don't have the time to post somewhere and join the RP site then we do not have time to go chasing you around the internet (Just like I said, I don't have the time and there is definately no point at all, so please register unless you are going to sign up). If you have at least 1 post, you'll get an email before deletion.
- What I definately do not want to see, is someone joining the site, signing up and everything. Then within a week, they are off somewhere else. This is like a time dedication to have fun, if you would like to join a site, think about the time that you need to put in. Okay, I know this sounds a little harsh but think back on a site you made, someone joined, they did the application and boom. They're gone. Never seen again. How did that make you feel?
- Please do not PM other members links to your site, because for one, it is considered spamming, and there's a board for you to advertise it in- So, there should be no reason to be PMing other members. I don't want hear from a member that their Personal Message Inbox is filled with many site links from a certain member. There will be concequences. And I do not want to see people joining the site just to advertise their site. I will delete your advertisement, and if you do not post anywhere else, I will delete your account as well. And also, no advertising in your signature.
- This is a rule that if you break, you will have no privilige to counter at all. If you plagerize anything on this site from Applications to posts to board descriptions, etc. You will be banned. This site can not risk having a person that they can not trust. Especially, a person who will just copy and paste whatever they can. Taking people's graphics is another form of plagerism which I will not tolerate either.
- You can have as many characters as you would like on this site but do not abuse it. To make a new account, you must PM an admin to ensure that you can make another character. Because I would like things to be organized. So, I know who's playing who, etc. If you do not PM an admin for permission to make another character, the admin will delete that account. You can PM with your old or new account, just as long as you PM the admin. You don't want your second character deleted, do you?
Character Rules
- Okay, this might come up in a few plots or might be in a few plots. This rule is about killing people, there is so much to say, so please, make sure you follow all aspects of it. First, you can not create an account, just to kill or murder someone because it's just abusing the admins' time and Proboards. And second, if you would like to kill someone you need the permission of two people: that person and an admin. Next, you if want yourself to be killed, you must PM an admin permission and who kills you, etc.
- Sex is definitely not allowed to post freely! No one wants to read such a thing. And if you are the sort that enjoys it (pervert) then you can go on a Chat Site and Cybersex there but on this site, Final Hogwarts, you must not post it with graphics on how it all went and how it felt exactly, you can briefly post the basics (as far as lying in a bed and waking up the next day), which isn't so graphic, like you were explaining it to a fifth grader. Yet, if you would like go further, I am sorry to say that you can not. If you do, that is violating the Proboards Terms of Servic (which could get you banned off the server and never back of Proboards again.)
- This is like the rule above about sex. If you want to become pregnant or have children with someone. You must know if the person is willing to take the time of handling a family in Role Play, of course. You must have your partner's permission, you do not need an admin's permission with this. But, the woman, if she wants to be pregnant, she must be 17 or older (if you want to be younger than that needs admin permission, it can be a conflict of teenage pregnancy). She must also RP being pregnant, in the amount of a week's time (as the minimum) otherwise, she could RP being pregnant as long as she would like. And she must go through labor (giving birth which doesn't need to be so graphic) in a Hospital or wherever the birth will take place.
- Okay, so the fact that some Wizards and Witches have evolved and mutated. You have a choice, to have mutants powers or to use a wand ( which is more general than powers). If you do choose to have mutated genes, know that it is the father's genes that start the mutation and not the mother. So, you can have a mutant mother and a wizard father and not be a mutant yourself (being their child). You can have wizard parents and be a mutant yourself but it would be highly doubtful. You can not be both mutant and wizard/ witch. You must choose which one you would like to be. If you choose to be a mutant, your character must have no powers unrealistic to their age. All powers and/or abilities abnormal in the X-men world must be approved by an admin.
- This rule includes the two rules that are above. If a woman is a mutant or wizard, it doesn't affect the child at all, either it makes the child just have a mutant mother or if the mother is a wizard, it makes the child a wizard themself. It is the father who is affective, if the father is a wizard, it does nothing but make the child a wizard (even if the mother is a mutant). Unless the father is a mutant then the chances are the baby could have a mutation in their genes, making them a mutant, too.
- People are allowed to have any power they want as long as it is reasonable, no one can have more than one power and if they have more than one, the first power must be somehow linked to the second.
Example: If you have the ability to heat things up then maybe you are capable of making fire. Do you see the similarities?
Anyways, some powers such as Telekinesis, Wings, and Elemental Powers would be limited for members to use because these are popular powers and we do not want everyone to have the same powers, do we? As for the creation, manipulation and control over fire, it is an extremely popular power that everyone seems to want to control. So, I will not allow this power at all anymore. We want everyone to be unique.
- Okay, this is popular on many sites, bringing muggles objects to Hogwarts. Now that everything has totally changed and Evolution came about (you can thank me later), students are now capable of bringing muggle objects to Hogwarts. The Headmaster lifted the spell which prevented students from doing so. But I do not want people over-doing it with always listening to music and all that crap about iPods (if I do find out that this rule is being abused, I will make sure that this privilege will be taken back from whence it came). Oh, and iPods are out of fashion, they are now... what you call... "So old, grandpa!"
- Another popular thing that is common and ties in with the rule above. I do not want to see unhappy students who are obsessed with music (particularly) rock in general and carry their guitars around and are looking for a band to create. Not gonna happen. I do not want to see any emo kids like that! And you think, 'Oh, she says only kids, can't be like that...' and you sign up as an adult who walks around the place like that, you can not! This is the year 2060, iPods and emo people like that are out. They are lame now. Never seen nor heard of again!
Hogwarts Student Rules
- If you would like to RP in the category, Under Hogwarts, then you need to be either being trained or permitted by the Deputy-Headmaster or an X-Men. Any threads that are created there without any permission will be deleted without notice. If you are a student and would like to go down there are two ways. Either, ask permission to, or you go to a class that is down there- Only mutants classes are down there.
- Smoking and drinking in Hogwarts is not allowed but outside of Hogwarts, it is. You must be atleast 14 or older to be smoking and drinking like a lunatic. What you are looking for is: leviosa. And remember, smoking, and sometimes drinking, can become an addiction. Note that smoking for the first time is the worst experience a young person can have. So, try to be realistic when you drink or smoke.
- I know we all hate Slytherin but please, give them a break, that is the way they were raised. Just because some one is fitted best in Slytherin and the career or future seems to go with it, don't make their lives a living hell. Well, you could but don't do it for no reason. Okay? Same goes for the Brotherhood, them, too. You need a reason to hate Slytherins... And the Brotherhood, you can just hate xD ... because they are the main reason, wizards and muggles are afraid of mutants but I warn you... Do NOT pick fights with them. Especially, their leader and his family members, they are the most powerful mutants that you will ever cross.
- "Rejoice, muggle, for You-Know-Who is dead!" So you can say his name as freely as you wish. You can say: 'For Voldemort's sake!' or something of the sort because no one cares about him anymore. He's dead. Gone. Not coming back as far as we are concerned. You must fear the Brotherhood even though you can talk freely about them but watch out.
- If you've read the first book correctly, Harry's acceptance letter consisted of a list of things that students must buy and that included a list of pets. Yes, this rule is about pets at Hogwarts. Your character must have one pet at Hogwarts. One. And it must be an owl, cat, or toad, with the acception of rats. No hippogriffs or dragons or anything of the sort, please!
Thank you for reading the rules, I appreciate it. If you have read it all, you would find it easier than skipping through it, etc. And if you have any questions, please ask away.
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