Post by Minerva McGonagall on Jul 20, 2005 12:21:47 GMT -5
These are the Hogwarts Rules. Since Professor Dumbledore's death, we've added extra rules for this year, as they only just let us open again.
Ahem anyway, Let's begin.
Role Playing Rules
When posting in the Role Playing Section you must post in third person, not in first . Along with that you are to use proper grammar and spelling. There is to be no use of the *’s in any In Character posts. They are how ever permitted in the Out Of Character posts.
Example of Proper Roleplaying
Madison walked into the common room with a large sigh. She had just taken her Herbology final and just knows that she failed miserably. She slowly walked over to the rest of the student by the fire and plopped down on the couch.
“I just know I failed that stupid test!” she roared to the other students.
1) No power playing. No matter how many times people say this, don't power play! Okay. Just for those of you who don't know, this is an example of powerplaying.
Jackie: *throws dagger in Bert's direction*
Bert: *catches jackies dagger and throws it back, hitting her in the face.*
BERT = bad. You cannot act for someone else's character. What Jackie did was correct, as she waited to see Bert's reaction.
2) No racism. It's really bad. So please don't.
3) Don't make fun of people. It's cruel. If you and someone else's characters are arguing, don't drag it out of character! Your character and you, your real self, are different people so don't take things personally.
4) Avoid one lining or keep it to the bear minimumn! It's really not cool and it's hard to make a decent sized post out of a one or two-liner!
5) When talking out of character... please use [ ] or (( )) or (OOC so that people know its not your character talking! Please don't use stars.. as there as some people that use actions as stars.. so it will be confusing!
6) Please keep Swearing to the bare minimum. Yes it is allowed, but please do not use it in every single post. There might be younger ones on this board (even though your suppose to be at least 13 - people can lie about there age right?).
Extra School Rules
1) Please keep in character as much as possible. How your character turns out is up to you, however if you are playing a book character and Harry and Draco Malfoy are talking like old friends that would be wrong (unless something has happened and the storyline has gone that way) as Harry and Draco are deadly enemies.
2)Please, every character can only have one pet. We don't want the school flooded with animals for buddah's sake! BUT! The catch is, no animals that aren't suitable for the school. FOR EXAMPLE; do your eally think a Dragon or Hippogriff will fit into your dorm? Enough said.
3) Smoking and Drinking (getting drunk) are allowed. But this is only if you are OFF GROUNDS.
4) If someone is in your Common that isn't suppose to be, please contact your Head of House of another member of staff.
5) You can carry a maximum of two weapons on you. . Please, no guns! However, daggers, swords, archery bows, and whatever else are allowed!
6) Killing IS allowed! But the catch to this is, the person you plan to kill must agree to it and you must pm me or a member of staff before hand to let us know! We don't want people dropping dead all over the place without our knowledge.
7) In order to advance a year, you must take at least two classes. If you plan to play on a quidditch team, we ask you are signed up for three classes. We would like it if you take four or more classes! We only ask this because we want to kow how dedicated and willing you are to keep your position.
8) Veelas, Werewolves, Elves, and Animagi's ARE allowed. But, we ask if you do plan to be an Animagus, we would like you to pm us so we can keep track so our site doesn't become a zoo.
But, we ask for the Elves, please, keep your powers to a minimum. No, you CAN'T fly, and yes you can heal yourself, but not in like a split second! Keep it realistic.. or slightly!
And, if you do want to be a vampire, demon, or werewolf then you have to be a half-blooded wizard or muggle. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to learn magic or you'd be too powerful.
9) You cannot change your name every couple of days. This confuses everyone, so please try to refrain from changing your name. Also please can each character have a first and second name, please no names like 'Danlover1234'
10) And the most important one of all .... HAVE FUN! ;D
Added Rules
Added Roleplaying School Rules
1) All Students must be in there common rooms by 7:00pm every evening, 9:00pm if you are 5th years and above.
2) Stay together. The war has begun, and danger lurks around every corner. Please do not go anywhere alone!
By registering at the Sorting Hat you are agreeing that you have read these rules and will abide and agree to the terms set forth here.
Ahem anyway, Let's begin.
Role Playing Rules
When posting in the Role Playing Section you must post in third person, not in first . Along with that you are to use proper grammar and spelling. There is to be no use of the *’s in any In Character posts. They are how ever permitted in the Out Of Character posts.
Example of Proper Roleplaying
Madison walked into the common room with a large sigh. She had just taken her Herbology final and just knows that she failed miserably. She slowly walked over to the rest of the student by the fire and plopped down on the couch.
“I just know I failed that stupid test!” she roared to the other students.
1) No power playing. No matter how many times people say this, don't power play! Okay. Just for those of you who don't know, this is an example of powerplaying.
Jackie: *throws dagger in Bert's direction*
Bert: *catches jackies dagger and throws it back, hitting her in the face.*
BERT = bad. You cannot act for someone else's character. What Jackie did was correct, as she waited to see Bert's reaction.
2) No racism. It's really bad. So please don't.
3) Don't make fun of people. It's cruel. If you and someone else's characters are arguing, don't drag it out of character! Your character and you, your real self, are different people so don't take things personally.
4) Avoid one lining or keep it to the bear minimumn! It's really not cool and it's hard to make a decent sized post out of a one or two-liner!
5) When talking out of character... please use [ ] or (( )) or (OOC so that people know its not your character talking! Please don't use stars.. as there as some people that use actions as stars.. so it will be confusing!
6) Please keep Swearing to the bare minimum. Yes it is allowed, but please do not use it in every single post. There might be younger ones on this board (even though your suppose to be at least 13 - people can lie about there age right?).
Extra School Rules
1) Please keep in character as much as possible. How your character turns out is up to you, however if you are playing a book character and Harry and Draco Malfoy are talking like old friends that would be wrong (unless something has happened and the storyline has gone that way) as Harry and Draco are deadly enemies.
2)Please, every character can only have one pet. We don't want the school flooded with animals for buddah's sake! BUT! The catch is, no animals that aren't suitable for the school. FOR EXAMPLE; do your eally think a Dragon or Hippogriff will fit into your dorm? Enough said.
3) Smoking and Drinking (getting drunk) are allowed. But this is only if you are OFF GROUNDS.
4) If someone is in your Common that isn't suppose to be, please contact your Head of House of another member of staff.
5) You can carry a maximum of two weapons on you. . Please, no guns! However, daggers, swords, archery bows, and whatever else are allowed!
6) Killing IS allowed! But the catch to this is, the person you plan to kill must agree to it and you must pm me or a member of staff before hand to let us know! We don't want people dropping dead all over the place without our knowledge.
7) In order to advance a year, you must take at least two classes. If you plan to play on a quidditch team, we ask you are signed up for three classes. We would like it if you take four or more classes! We only ask this because we want to kow how dedicated and willing you are to keep your position.
8) Veelas, Werewolves, Elves, and Animagi's ARE allowed. But, we ask if you do plan to be an Animagus, we would like you to pm us so we can keep track so our site doesn't become a zoo.
But, we ask for the Elves, please, keep your powers to a minimum. No, you CAN'T fly, and yes you can heal yourself, but not in like a split second! Keep it realistic.. or slightly!
And, if you do want to be a vampire, demon, or werewolf then you have to be a half-blooded wizard or muggle. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to learn magic or you'd be too powerful.
9) You cannot change your name every couple of days. This confuses everyone, so please try to refrain from changing your name. Also please can each character have a first and second name, please no names like 'Danlover1234'
10) And the most important one of all .... HAVE FUN! ;D
Added Rules
- No Mary-Sue Characters. A Mary-Sue is a character without flaws a.k.a. perfect. Everyone has something about him or her that is imperfect, even when you role-play! Any one found trying to be a Mary-Sue will be deleted and banned no questions asked.
- Respect the admins. We do not abuse our powers so we expect you to show us some respect when we are talking to you out of character. If certain things like inspections are called for please do not throw hissy fits for we are only trying to maintain structure within the board
- Most of you are humans you are not invincible. You cannot be super-powerful. You must have weaknesses. Even the non-humans have a weakness; anything that is living has a weakness.
- Very few people can say Voldemort's name. Keep that in mind. Not all of you can go around all fearless-like and act like Voldemort isn't a threat. He is 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named'! He is to be feared for that is how you have been raised to know him as.
- When captured you have to only post in the area where you’re put when captured. However you may post in the topics you posted in BEFORE you were capturd. There are ways to escape but it takes a lot of RPG before on can escape.
- Okay, sex is allowed, just as long as in's in the proper places - your home. manor etc would be a good one.
Added Roleplaying School Rules
1) All Students must be in there common rooms by 7:00pm every evening, 9:00pm if you are 5th years and above.
2) Stay together. The war has begun, and danger lurks around every corner. Please do not go anywhere alone!
By registering at the Sorting Hat you are agreeing that you have read these rules and will abide and agree to the terms set forth here.