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yourkeepers) wrote2013-04-21 06:26 pm
yourkeepers) wrote2013-04-21 06:26 pm
Rules
1. Don't be an asshole.
I mean it you guys. This is the first and most important rule, and people can and will be subject to disciplinary action and/or booting from the game for failing to adhere to it. This covers, but is not limited to:
That is to say, pass activity check. In fact, on an average month you should be doing more than the bare minimum - there is no numbered rubric for what this requires, but generally speaking you are expected to be a realistic degree of available to other players, special circumstances aside. Continuing to just barely slip by on activity for months on end is considered breaking this rule, and it is up to mod judgment at that point whether or not the character will be dropped.
3. Don't godmode or powerplay.
For anybody who doesn't know, this means to take undue narrative control over other people's characters, or to unrelentingly portray your character as impossible to defeat. This is a cooperative storytelling game, and so therefore you must cooperate with other players.
4. Don't metagame, and respect the OOC/IC line.
Just because you know things about other characters or the game setting doesn't mean your character does. Furthermore, what happens IC is IC, and in character conflicts should not get dragged into OOC conflicts, or vice versa. See rule 1.
5. Don't break the fourth wall.
Fourthwalling means to have your character recognize another character's canon. Since this is a memory loss game, I think it's safe to say that - for the most part - your character's recollection of the Harry Potter novels can be one of the things that stays tucked away. Exceptions can be made for characters that are pointedly very familiar with media pop culture as an important aspect of their personality, but both the mods and the players of the characters you'd like to fourthwall must be consulted first. The default assumption is always no.
6. Put stuff where it's supposed to be.
Put posts in the right comm. Put complaints in people's HMD instead of publicly on the anoncomms. Put your hiatuses on the hiatus page. Put your drops on the drop page. Use the correct forms when a form is given. Follow the instructions. Abiding by this rule makes things less chaotic and horrible for everyone.
7. Use it or lose it.
When you are given permission to do a plot, the assumption is that you will put it into action within the next week or two. It's understandable that life may happen and you may have to delay your execution further than that, but if you do, you must ask for mod permission again. Whether or not a plot is viable may change based on other events, and so permission for most plots can and will expire if you fail to act on them.
Similarly, in terms of plot acquire via events or Random Happenings logs, if you become unable to tag or follow through with the plot the mods withhold the right to go as far as retconning in order to hand the plot off to someone else. We try to be understanding, but if circumstances make you unable to move the plot forward at a reasonable pace it may be in the rest of the game's best interest to hand off the responsibility for that particular thread to someone else.
I mean it you guys. This is the first and most important rule, and people can and will be subject to disciplinary action and/or booting from the game for failing to adhere to it. This covers, but is not limited to:
- Being rude, condescending, or disrespectful to other players on an out of character level.
- Propagating rumours and shit talk on anon comms.
- Being consistently ornery and uncooperative in interactions with the mods.
That is to say, pass activity check. In fact, on an average month you should be doing more than the bare minimum - there is no numbered rubric for what this requires, but generally speaking you are expected to be a realistic degree of available to other players, special circumstances aside. Continuing to just barely slip by on activity for months on end is considered breaking this rule, and it is up to mod judgment at that point whether or not the character will be dropped.
3. Don't godmode or powerplay.
For anybody who doesn't know, this means to take undue narrative control over other people's characters, or to unrelentingly portray your character as impossible to defeat. This is a cooperative storytelling game, and so therefore you must cooperate with other players.
4. Don't metagame, and respect the OOC/IC line.
Just because you know things about other characters or the game setting doesn't mean your character does. Furthermore, what happens IC is IC, and in character conflicts should not get dragged into OOC conflicts, or vice versa. See rule 1.
5. Don't break the fourth wall.
Fourthwalling means to have your character recognize another character's canon. Since this is a memory loss game, I think it's safe to say that - for the most part - your character's recollection of the Harry Potter novels can be one of the things that stays tucked away. Exceptions can be made for characters that are pointedly very familiar with media pop culture as an important aspect of their personality, but both the mods and the players of the characters you'd like to fourthwall must be consulted first. The default assumption is always no.
6. Put stuff where it's supposed to be.
Put posts in the right comm. Put complaints in people's HMD instead of publicly on the anoncomms. Put your hiatuses on the hiatus page. Put your drops on the drop page. Use the correct forms when a form is given. Follow the instructions. Abiding by this rule makes things less chaotic and horrible for everyone.
7. Use it or lose it.
When you are given permission to do a plot, the assumption is that you will put it into action within the next week or two. It's understandable that life may happen and you may have to delay your execution further than that, but if you do, you must ask for mod permission again. Whether or not a plot is viable may change based on other events, and so permission for most plots can and will expire if you fail to act on them.
Similarly, in terms of plot acquire via events or Random Happenings logs, if you become unable to tag or follow through with the plot the mods withhold the right to go as far as retconning in order to hand the plot off to someone else. We try to be understanding, but if circumstances make you unable to move the plot forward at a reasonable pace it may be in the rest of the game's best interest to hand off the responsibility for that particular thread to someone else.