Post by MADISON on Apr 10, 2010 15:52:07 GMT -5
The following rules were created to make the forum flow more smoothly and to ensure the forum's well being. Anyone unwilling to follow the rules set in place will be issued punishments and thereafter banishment. So please bare with us and read through these rules so to make your life on our forums much easier and our work as staff easier too 
GENERAL RULES
- No Flame Wars anywhere on the site.
- All posts have to be a minimum of 7 words long.
- No harassing the members: if you want something done, please be patient and polite.
- Please keep the swearing down to a minimum.
- No porn or drugs allowed or linked to the site in any way, including in the RPs. This will get you banned instantly.
- The Chat-Box is not a toy. Please do not spam, advertise, harass the members, or promote any form of illegal substance while using the chat-box.
- Proboard Laws- All Federal laws apply here as well as the Proboards TOS. If you did not read these when you signed up, please click the link provided.
- Keep a mannerly conduct at all times while on the site. Should something get out of hand or rude, uncivil behavior takes place on the board and we, the staff, are forced to step in, then you will receive a warning. After which you will refer to the 1-2-3 strikes your out policy.
- Religion and Politics: Please keep religion and politics at home and not on this message board. Those kinds of discussions generally turn out to be arguments or result in someone leaving the site.
- No double-posting: That means don't reply to a thread you just replied to. If you need to add something, use the modify button.
- Don't provoke the staff!
CHARACTER RESTRICTIONS
- If you want a custom title, feel free to just ask for it~ however, only one per account.
- Any artwork that you use should be of the animanga nature, or from a video game. No real life people here, sorry.
- Cannon Characters; please send your complete bio for the cannon character to MD to get it approved be sure to INCLUDE a sample post (which is not normally required. A list will be coming out shortly for face claims! Only two canons per person, please.
- We currently do not accept angel characters, this is a hellsing based roleplay forum and as such we wish to use only the known hellsing species.
- Leave plot related stuff up to the admins, please! This means... we will control who gets hit by a plague, if anybody, or what-not.
- Player-killing will be allowed, but do it tastefully. Do not pick on lower-ranked characters if you know they cannot win. You are also not allowed to steal items if you do end up killing someone. Playerkilling here will simply get you two about two health then your body fades and you will have to wait 1 day to play that character again. (there are not permanent deaths unless you wish it to be)
- A link to your character bio must be present somewhere in your account profile. And you must state your species and rank in your signature area or your personal text area. You decide!
IN CHARACTER
- Bios are mandatory before roleplaying but once you post the completed version of your profile/bio you may begin to roleplay, no need to wait for approval if there is an error we will get back to you asap!
- No power-playing. do not create super powerful weapons, do not control other people's characters, do not play god.
- One character per account, unless you think you can keep up with the switching back and forth between characters effectively. otherwise, register a new account for your characters. (max five per person either way you roll it)
- Please, try not to do any one-liners. and also, quality over quantity. You do not need to have five huge paragraphs in order to have a good post. do what you are most comfortable with. (min 7 words)
- If you like to pretty up your posts, please refrain from using blinding colors, or colors that blend into the skin.
- Species selection, you may choose any race seen on Hellsing from any organization. Anything from Human, Hybrid, Demon, Artificial Intelligence [AI], or Vampire.
- Organizations, there are currently five organizations to choose from;
