Rules/guidelines

Okay, this isn't directed towards anyone in particular, but I thought that I might just post some general rules and guidelines for rping. These can be used pretty much anywhere that you would RP on the net.

1) Respect - Respect other people and their opinions, respect their decisions, respect their idea's, and most importantly, RESPECT THEIR CHARACTERS! If you are into one thing, and the person that you want to rp with is not, then respect that. Come up with a different idea for rp, or just don't argue. For example, lets say that one person would like to do a storyline that would be classified as BDSM, and lets say that the person they asked isn't into that sort of thing, or that their char isn't suited for it. Respect that person's feelings, and ask them if they have any idea's for RP that they've been wanting to try out.

2) No god-moding - God-moding is basically where you always insist that your character is the most powerful, or where you insist that there is no way what-so-ever that your character can be defeated in battle. God-moding can also be classified as a situation where one person keeps trying to evade an attack of some sort, and the other person keeps basically forcing the attack or advance on the other's character.

3) Be original - Like always, School Boys doesn't require having an original character; meaning one that you've created on your own. But its always nice to have creative, original storylines. If you'd like to have say for instance, a Yugi-Oh based RP, thats fine. Base it on Yugi-Oh, but make sure to throw in your own twists. For example, grab a few of your friends who have original characters, and bring their characters into it. Or, you could get a character from a completely different anime or manga in there and make it a cross-over RP.

4) Grammar - Its always good to use good Grammar. You don't necessairly have to capatilize everything, but atleast word sentances correctly, and use good punctuation. Run-on sentances can be very confusing to read, and also very tiring. Completely spell out words such as "you" and "are" instead of using letters. Remember, when you go back and read over your RP, it should read almost exactly like a book. It is also good to use past-tense wording. For example, instead of saying: "I quitely walk into the tavern, seating myself in a dark corner." try saying: "he moved silently into the tavern, seating himself in a darkened corner." Sounds alot better, and it makes your entire paragraph or paragraphs look a whole lot better as well.

5) Paragraphs as Opposed to One-lining - Now, they may take alot longer to type out than one-lines, but oh the fun you can have with paragraphs. Of course, they are not necessairy for School Boys, but you can be so much more creative and express so much more about your character with paragraphs. You can tell someone how your character is feeling, better discribe how he or she looks, and you can fit in some pretty good details. That, and its alot more fun for the person recieving the post to be able to read something that could be considered a very very tiny short story. And besides that, LOTS of mental imagery is always nice.

[COLOR=purple]Hey I got 1 more rule you should make. Don't ignore other players! Or at least tell them your not going to play with them anymore

That's not a rule, that's common courtesy and i believe you were asked several times not to have such in your face images in your signature since it offends some of the members, YL <_<

Yaoi Lover? You fall under most of those rules dear. Can you say God mod? Can you say... GRAMMAR(Please see: My One Piece RP and my Shaman King RP)?

One ther thing Merrick-sama, do you suppose you could maybe ban those TOO EXPLICITE (shoots a look at YL) siggies? Some of us would prefer not to wander across them and have our PARENTS walk into the room...

::blink::

So yeah, agreeing with Shiki. ^^

HEY! I hav'nt god mob in a looooong time incase you hav'nt notice and I have promiseed I would'ed do it again and I still do. God can you let past die allready!? Yeah, yeah I'll work on my grammer. N0 more being lazy. As for the sig, I'll change it when my RPGs start up again or something along those lines. Myabe I miss you or welcome back would convice me to change it as well. BTW YAY! :D ppl are finnly talking to me!

Just to be the insane smart ass i am to YL i say...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Not to be an ass but I have another thing going with the signatures besides the whole explicit nature thing, the size. Some people's signatures are like so huge that it takes my page forever to load and this computer has Cable! On my sister's which is DSL sometimes the pages won't load at all because of the signatures. It's ok to have those nice banner ones like Shiki has but some people just take a picture and image code it like this:

(Posted Image)

*nodsnods then blinks* My sig is liked? Wai wai! *bounces around in a sugar loaded frenzy then starts mauling people for candy*

Ummm.....hello! I'm new to role playing, and I'm not quite sure what the capatilized letters mean. I've seen a few around when my friends roleplayed, and I would like a clearer understanding as not to offend anyone and make it easier. Avoiding faux pas too.....no one likes a faux pas-er.

This is the important one to read. I see guest reading the 'My Own Rules' alot and I just think 'oh boy'. So for anyone new this is the actual place you want to read.