Rules

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RULES

The standards we expect you to uphold during your stay in forestcovered.
Summary: Don't be an asshole.

One | Be courteous.

IC ≠ OOC! However intense things might get, please respect both your mods and fellow players. We're all adults here, hopefully — if you do, however, run into a problem with a mod or player that may not be resolved peaceably, please don't hesitate to inform one of your other mods! We want to foster an environment where all our players may feel comfortable.

Two | Be literate.

Allowances will naturally be made for ESL players, but we would ask that everyone make an effort to proof-read their tags.

Three | Be IC.

Maintain behavior and personality as displayed in your application as best as you can! Character development happens, of course, but should never be unreasonable. Don't have Superman and Lex Luthor straight from canon making out two posts in, is what we're saying.

Four | God-moding and Info-Moding

Especially as a game that allows CRAUs, we ask that all players be careful that their characters are not informed beyond pre-existing knowledge of others' lives, intentions, etc. Just be respectful with it. In general, respect other players and keep your characters' abilities within check. Unless cleared with the player themselves, do not make decisions for their character on their behalf! As wonderful as it can be to come out on top in a conflict, your winning every fight or argument without reason can become tiring for other players. Please use discretion.

Just like. Don't god-mod or info-mod, ok.

Five | Age Requirement & TOS Adherence

All players must be at least seventeen years of age and act in compliance with Dreamwidth's Terms of Service.

Six | Sexually Explicit and/or Violent Material

Anything over a PG-13 rating, sexually or violently, must be either contained to a locked entry on the main community or moved off-community altogether, a la a fade to black. Potentially uncomfortable subjects in posts must be placed beneath a cut and marked with a warning in the post description. If these subjects come up during a thread, mark the comments appropriately with your subject line.

Seven | Character Limit

Players may have a maximum of 5 characters in the game at one time.

Eight | Tag your posts!

Posts made by or tagged by your character, in forestcovered and deadtrees, should be tagged ([au if au] character name (canon)) for organizational purposes.

Nine | Be active!

Activity is collected on a monthly basis over a week, at the end of the month: 20 comments from the month, over at least two threads. We won't differentiate between 20 comments on the bulletin board and 20 comments talking face-to-face, and as many threads as necessary may be used.

A character is not required to submit comments for AC their first month in game, but should comment to the post to check in.