Rules

Rules
I know some people don't like rules but in my experience you need to have them.

1) Read about what has happened so you understand what is going on by reading the Timeline

2) When creating your character try to be original, you can add to the standard information e.g Hair colour. Be sure to pick a playable race. Go as detailed as you want. You can find these on the Playable Races page.

3) When talking in OOC (Out of Character) Be sure to talk to people how you wish to be talked to, and type it like so: ((Hello, how are you?

4) Play nice, have fun and remember we're all here to role-play and have fun.

5) Please be patient, not everyone will have the same amount of time as you do when roleplaying. People have lives to live (I hope)

6) No Godmodding, power emoting or meta gaming

7) Lastly, please remember that IC, and OOC are different. Do not get the two mixed up and cause arguments.

For the new role-players
Roleplaying is quite simple. You take on the roll of a character that you have created and come up with and act as said character. It can be really be fun.

When you are doing an action as your character you should normally write it like so: *X strolled up to Y and leaned against the counter.* This is called an emote, people can be as detailed as they want when writing their emotes (within reason) but it does help to occasionally pick up a Thesaurus and use some different words.

When your character is talking it is also simple you can use a mixture of speech marks or normal text. e.g with speech marks. *X strolled up to Y and looked her up and down.* "Hey how are you?" *X smiled and winked at Y.*

e.g without speech marks. *X strolled up to Y and looked her up and down.* Hey how are you? *X smiled and winked at Y.*

Combat
Combat can happen anywhere just be aware of your surroundings otherwise you could end up in trouble with the people in power. Combat is filled with attempts and tries they NEVER say what happens to someones character.

Example of good Combat:

* X attempted to kick Y in the stomach to cause her to lose breath.*

* Y caught X's foot and tries to push the creep away, possibly pushing him off balance.*

This emote has allowed Y to either counter, be hit or block that attack. Bad combat is normally very short sentence e.g. *X tries to punch Y.* It helps the other person if you state where you are aiming the punch and how quickly said punch is. Another bad emote for combat is taking control of someones character by stating what happens to their character. But i'm sure we all got the hang of it.