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Post by [S h a r p i e ♥] on Jan 4, 2008 17:48:35 GMT -5
001. No powerplaying [PP]. It's annoying and it doesn't give the other person a chance.
[Good] Brownfoot lunged out and attaked his enemy, aiming a blow that would hopefully hit. [Bad] Brownfoot lunged out and attacked his enemy, aiming a blow and hitting the other cat.
Whoever roleplayed Brownfoot was powerplaying the other cat in the second sentence, because the person did not give the other cat a chance to choose whether he was hit or not.
002. No godmodeling [GM]. It's very unrealistic and annoying.
[Good] Sunstripe looked around, seeing two cats charging towards him. A brown tom reached him first, and Sunstripe dodged, looking around for the other, but he was already hit. [Bad] Sunstripe looked around, seeing two cats charging towards him. A brown tom reached him first, and Sunstripe dodged, looking around for the other cat, seeing and dodging him, too, then aiming a counter attack that hit immediatly.
It's not fair if Sunstripe dodges every attack and perfectly aims a blow that hits. It's nearly impossible to do so, though a senior warrior versus two apprentices might stand a chance. Try to make it as realistic as possible.
003. No chatspeak during roleplaying. It's hard to understand and if you do use chatspeak, other members get the impression you're lazy.
[Good] Darktail looked around the ravaged clearing. It was torn to shreds, and blood lay around the camp. He heard tiny mew coming from the nursery, and quickly rushed in. "StarClan! What happened here?" he asked the cowering kits that were plastered to the walls in fear. He glared at them, wating for an answer. [Bad] darktal lookd ar0un teh cleering. it wuz trn 2 shrds, nd blod 1ay aron ze cam. he herd t1ny m3wz cumin frm teh nursry, an qu1ckly rshed 1n. "omg!!! wat hap3nd heer??" he asc3d teh c0w3rin kitz tht wer plstrd 2 teh walz 1n feer. hee glard @ thm watin fr an answ3r.
Do not make a post like that one -pokes bad post- You will receive a warning [and possibly suspension for a day.] and your post will be modified. You will also be asked to go to the school of roleplay.
004. Please use proper grammar. It's annoying when you don't, and it make your post hard to understand.
[Good] Gingerflame looked about the forest, sniffing out prey and carefully pinpointed it. [Bad] gingerflame looking about the forest! sniffed out prey and carefully pinpoints it.
Proper grammar includes puncuation, capitalization, and proper suffixes and prefixes. If you use very improper grammar, you will be asked to take lessons at the roleplay school.
005. Try not to misspell words. The second part of the code is 'hawkfrost' [uncapitalized]. I understand typos, but if every other word is misspelled, you will recieve a warning and your post will be modified. If you are unsure about one word's proper spelling, use the Spell Check button.
[Good] Tangledfur looked up at the gigantic trees looming above him. He wondered what it would be like to climb one of the trees someday, when he was leader. [Bad] Tangedfur looked u at teh jigantic trees loming abov him. He wondere what it woul be like too climb one of the tres, when he was ledaer.
If your post looks like that, you will be asked to go to the school of roleplay.
006. No double posting, or spamming. It's very annoying.
007. Please use third person, not first, not second.
[Good] I limped toward the medicine cat den, wincing in pain as I tried to put weight on my back leg. "Hello, Songriver. I have a thorn in my paw. Will you pull it out?" I asked the tortoiseshell she-cat. [Bad] Flameleap limped toward the medicine cat den, wincing in pain as he tried to put weight on his back leg. "Hello, Songriver. I have a thorn in my paw. Will you pull it out?" he asked the tortoiseshell she-cat.
It gets a little annoying when you do use first person. You will not be sent to roleplay school, but you will recieve a warning.
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