Rules
1) Thou shalt not play poker with Allen Walker
2) Thou shalt not humor Lavi. Ever-eth.
3) Thou shalt not ever loan General Cross money. Ever-eth.
4) Thou shalt not flirt with Rinali Lee. Ever-eth.
5) Every Friday is casual-Friday.
Maybe those should be filed under 'Guidelines' but if you want to survive in the Order, they're good rules to live by. Now, on to the real rules.
1) This is a pan-fandom RPG. We accept characters from all fandoms, but please, no original characters, whether they be completely your own or based on a fandom. This also means that no alternate-universe version of any character, from DGM or otherwise is allowed
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2) Meet the requirement. It's recommended that players comment around in order to meet others and have more fun, but this alone isn't enough to pass the activity check. Please make one post to your character's journal a month. Checks are done on the first of each month, and any character that does not meet the requirement will be purged. Logs may now count towards the monthly quota, HOWEVER they must be at least fifteen comments long before being considered for the activity check. Ways
to fulfill the requirement include: two journal posts, one journal ppost with multiple threads (at least three, each at least ten comments long) outside of the characters' journal, and one journal post and one log post that exceeds fifteen comments.
3) Posts are journal-based. Video and audio posts are allowed, but considering the game is based in LiveJournal, this is the system that will be used. Characters friend other characters. As far as commenting goes, threads can be labeled one of three ways: [TEXT], [AUDIO], [VIDEO], Threads may be labeled [ACTION] if a character rushes to meet the other one who made the post. Threads not labeled are assumed to be in the same format as the original post.
4) No God-modding. You do not play any other character other than the one whose account password you know. You may not control any other person's character, unless given prior permission by that character's player. Your character is also not invincible. Everyone and anyone can get hurt and/or outsmarted. Lastly, OOC information does not transfer to your character's knowledge. If you, the player, read something in a thread that was labeled [Private], the character does not know of that information
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5) Stay in character. Though the situation may not exactly be what your character is accustomed to, that does not change who they are. Slight changes in personality are expected as the character develops as a person and becomes accustomed to the new environment, but there is still a basis that must be followed. How Is My Driving posts are A REQUIREMENT.
6) RESPECT. RP is meant to be fun. Please, do not start drama. Do not discriminate against any character or player because of their sexual orientation, race, beliefs, etc. If you don't like it, it's simple enough to ignore. If any player is found to be significantly lacking in respect with no concrete reason, then they are out. No questions asked.
7) Involving characters. Players are not allowed to play two characters that are closely affiliated to one another (IE Sora and Riku, or Allen and Lavi). Players are also not allowed to player squat. If a character is applied for and fulfills the monthly quota but does little beyond that, the player will be given a warning to improve. If the improvement is not met within a given amount of time, that character will be purged. Lastly, players are allowed up to three characters each.
8) Please, no one under the age of sixteen. D.Gray-Man deals with many dark subject matters, such as death and what really defines something as evil, and as such, we ask for those that are mature enough to understand such subjects. As such, NC-17 and NSFW subjects are allowed, as is sex, but such things must be be put under a cut and a warning must be given for those not wanting to see such things.
9) Hiatusing. Players must either email the mods or leave a comment on the hiatus post announcing their leave. An expected date of return must also be included in the note. Indefinite hiatuses are not allowed.
10) Disputes, Harassment, Flaming, Spamming. Take it to the mods. Please, please, don't get yourself caught in the middle of any possible ugly situation. Let the mods know, and we will keep your identity a secret as well as try to settle the problem as quickly and smoothly as possible.
11) Post Privacy. Partial-Private posts are allowed. However, the section of the post that is private should be labeled Private To _____. Or, in the case that the character doesn't want another character to read a certain bit of information, Filtered From ______. Entire posts or partial bits may be private to/filtered from individuals or groups of people. Due to the new communication device discussion we are adding the designations of [Visible to Noah] and [Visible to The Order] to the labels that a post can carry.
12) Character Deaths. Considering the game is set in the middle of the war, death is a common occurrence. We are asking, however, that if you want to kill your character off, you let the mods know, via AIM or email so that we may judge on a case by case basis if it's alright to do so.
Concerning characters considered 'dead' in the DGM universe, they may be brought back via the use of the rip in the space-time continuum caused by Komui's time machine. However, there are certain characters that may have special circumstances not allowing them to come back from the dead. Please, if you are unsure if this applies to your deceased DGM character, ask the mods, and we will let you know if they are playable or not.
13) Have fun! There's no point in playing if you're going to be miserable, right? Right! So get out there, take risks, and have a ball! Want to meet other players? Just check out out AIM Chatroom: theblackpriests!
14) NPCs are not allowed, unless mod-operated for specific purposes.
15) Retconning When a character arrives that is brand new to the game, but there was the same character in game before them, they will not carry on where the previous character left off. Other characters, HOWEVER, may still retain their old CR with the previous version of the character while acknowledging that this new version of the character is not the one they knew. Muns are also allowed to erase the CR of the previous version if they so wish to make new CR with the current version.
Questions? Concerns? Any other rules you think should be here? Drop a comment!
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