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Concerning rammar, spelling, and the overall look of posts:
This is becoming a reoccurring problem lately, so I'm posting more information on this so we have no excuses.
Goodreads just so happens to be a literary website. I'm assuming most of you have passed 4th grade here, and have read a book or two in your lifetime. So it really doesn't add up when people post stuff like:
"dude what do u mean im leaving" bob said
It pisses me off SO much when I see this kind of stuff, which so happens to BE ALL THE TIME.
From now on, everyone is REQUIRED to post at least two full sentences, filled with correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar. I shouldn't even have to be saying this, it should be expected of you already.
Many people give the excuse of, "I'm on my phone." Too bad. If you're on your phone, you still have time to type a simple, normal, correct sentence. I do it all the time. I have a phone too. Sure, it's a pain, but it's even more painful having to sort through a bunch of bullcrap sentences that make no sense. We aren't seventh graders, so stop.
If I have told you multiple times (multiple times for myself is about three) we will remove you from the group. We can't have bad roleplayers spoiling the fun for others, and they tend to take up a lot of characters. And before you go yelling at me, I have nothing against you. You merely suck at writing. Don't worry; I used to too. Just go and join a few "easier" groups beforehand and learn the ropes there. This is practically an advanced roleplay, so you should be able to type at middle-school level.
Now, how can I solve my horrible writing problem, dear Tea?
WELL.
It's incredibly easy. First of all, on my Mac, I use Firefox. In the text box if I spell something wrong (which is all the time) it underlines it in red. I simply left-click on the word and it gives me the correct spelling. Isn't that nifty? If you don't have this feature, that's still no excuse. Google the word and it will give you the correct spelling.
That's honestly the only thing I have some sympathy with. As long as you don't spell every word wrong, I'm cool. However, grammar, punctuation, and using complete sentences you've been learning since first grade. No excuses there, none at all.
How Tea, am I supposed to write in TWO FULL SENTENCES? That's a lot!
No it's not. Detail, my friends. Describe something, for pete's sake. Clothes, scenery, emotions, whatever. I'm sure your brain can handle that.
So, let's recap:
1.) Write in full sentences
2.) Proper grammar
3.) Proper spelling
4.) Proper punctuation
5.) At least two sentences per post
6.) Roughly three mistakes, and you'll be booted
7.) Don't ever tell me you're on your iPhone as an excuse. Or any other kind of internet that doesn't have a full keyboard.
8.) Don't be annoying
This is becoming a reoccurring problem lately, so I'm posting more information on this so we have no excuses.
Goodreads just so happens to be a literary website. I'm assuming most of you have passed 4th grade here, and have read a book or two in your lifetime. So it really doesn't add up when people post stuff like:
"dude what do u mean im leaving" bob said
It pisses me off SO much when I see this kind of stuff, which so happens to BE ALL THE TIME.
From now on, everyone is REQUIRED to post at least two full sentences, filled with correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar. I shouldn't even have to be saying this, it should be expected of you already.
Many people give the excuse of, "I'm on my phone." Too bad. If you're on your phone, you still have time to type a simple, normal, correct sentence. I do it all the time. I have a phone too. Sure, it's a pain, but it's even more painful having to sort through a bunch of bullcrap sentences that make no sense. We aren't seventh graders, so stop.
If I have told you multiple times (multiple times for myself is about three) we will remove you from the group. We can't have bad roleplayers spoiling the fun for others, and they tend to take up a lot of characters. And before you go yelling at me, I have nothing against you. You merely suck at writing. Don't worry; I used to too. Just go and join a few "easier" groups beforehand and learn the ropes there. This is practically an advanced roleplay, so you should be able to type at middle-school level.
Now, how can I solve my horrible writing problem, dear Tea?
WELL.
It's incredibly easy. First of all, on my Mac, I use Firefox. In the text box if I spell something wrong (which is all the time) it underlines it in red. I simply left-click on the word and it gives me the correct spelling. Isn't that nifty? If you don't have this feature, that's still no excuse. Google the word and it will give you the correct spelling.
That's honestly the only thing I have some sympathy with. As long as you don't spell every word wrong, I'm cool. However, grammar, punctuation, and using complete sentences you've been learning since first grade. No excuses there, none at all.
How Tea, am I supposed to write in TWO FULL SENTENCES? That's a lot!
No it's not. Detail, my friends. Describe something, for pete's sake. Clothes, scenery, emotions, whatever. I'm sure your brain can handle that.
So, let's recap:
1.) Write in full sentences
2.) Proper grammar
3.) Proper spelling
4.) Proper punctuation
5.) At least two sentences per post
6.) Roughly three mistakes, and you'll be booted
7.) Don't ever tell me you're on your iPhone as an excuse. Or any other kind of internet that doesn't have a full keyboard.
8.) Don't be annoying
LET ME JUST REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT THESE RULES ARE IMPORTANT AND SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARDED. I AM PUTTING THIS IN CAPS LOCK BECAUSE SOME OF YOU SEEM TO BE EXTREMELY THICK-HEADED AND UNABLE TO READ MY POSTS.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL BE REMOVED IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. IT'S EXTREMELY SAD THAT I HAVE TO EVEN POST THIS.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL BE REMOVED IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. IT'S EXTREMELY SAD THAT I HAVE TO EVEN POST THIS.
Originality of Character
Okay, like 90% of the things posted above, this shouldn't even have to be here. Yet we seem to have a reoccurring problem with it.
NO STEALING CHARACTERS FROM MEDIA. I've seen a Hermione Granger and a Doctor, and I was not happy about it. Seriously? That's like, the lowest of the low to do.
"But what if I want a character from a show because I really like the idea?"
By all means take the species and general idea of it. But it's far easier to take something that's widely spread in folklore, because you don't have to follow all the rules, nor do you look like an uncreative idiot.
"But I really love the Doctor from Doctor Who sosososo much!"
Sure. Okay. Make a Time Lord or Time Lady. But seriously, don't just take everything out of the Doctor's personality and incorporate it into your own character. Make yours unique with their own catchphrases. You think you can handle NOT STEALING A SINGLE CATCHPHRASE? Make a different TARDIS that's not a freaking police box. Can we try and be a bit original here?
"But what if I like their personality?"
Say you just made a werewolf character and you happen to LOVE the personality of Remus Lupin. Feel free to use describe his personality in the description spot! I don't care. I probably won't notice.
What I do notice is when you take every single piece of information from a single character and use it as your own.
Seriously guys. You need to get it together.
Okay, like 90% of the things posted above, this shouldn't even have to be here. Yet we seem to have a reoccurring problem with it.
NO STEALING CHARACTERS FROM MEDIA. I've seen a Hermione Granger and a Doctor, and I was not happy about it. Seriously? That's like, the lowest of the low to do.
"But what if I want a character from a show because I really like the idea?"
By all means take the species and general idea of it. But it's far easier to take something that's widely spread in folklore, because you don't have to follow all the rules, nor do you look like an uncreative idiot.
"But I really love the Doctor from Doctor Who sosososo much!"
Sure. Okay. Make a Time Lord or Time Lady. But seriously, don't just take everything out of the Doctor's personality and incorporate it into your own character. Make yours unique with their own catchphrases. You think you can handle NOT STEALING A SINGLE CATCHPHRASE? Make a different TARDIS that's not a freaking police box. Can we try and be a bit original here?
"But what if I like their personality?"
Say you just made a werewolf character and you happen to LOVE the personality of Remus Lupin. Feel free to use describe his personality in the description spot! I don't care. I probably won't notice.
What I do notice is when you take every single piece of information from a single character and use it as your own.
Seriously guys. You need to get it together.
Posting Etiquette, Boundaries, and Restrictions
Many of you seem to be leaping into topics with little to no announcement, randomly jumping into in-depth scenes. I've decided to elaborate on how things like this will work from now on.
First, you need to survey the topic you'd like to join. Is it even possible for your character to get there? For example, Darkness Woods topic. It's stated in the description that is is fairly far away from the school, which means it's only accessible if your character has a car or some sort of teleportation power or hookup.
If you do have a means of travel, you must decide why your character would even go to this place. Why in the world would a person just randomly decide to go to a forest 50 miles out? A specific forest, nonetheless. Once you have a legitimately believable, good reason, you can continue.
If there are people already inhabiting the topic, you must ask before just throwing your character into the pit. They may have a reason why you can't join, or else you may cause their entire plot to cave in.
It's not that hard, just a simple, ((hey, can my character jump in here, or no?))
Be nice. It's tough when you're trying to work on some nice dialog and now you have to handle an intruder too, especially when you know the character won't be able to join up with your group. It often results in characters being extremely mean and short when they are actually nice, because the writers are just desperate to get the uninvited character out of the scene.
Now you must write a transition. You can't just have your character magically appear there. You must write a nice post containing information on their leave of travels. Then you can join. Sounds hard, but it really isn't.
And, since I'm bored and like acronyms, I've made this handy one for y'all who aren't good at remembering crap, just like myself.
P - is is even possible for your character to get here?
H - does your character have a hookup to get to the place?
A - ask to join.
T - Write a transition for the character.
J - jump into the roleplay.
PHATJ. I don't even know how you would pronounce that, but whatever. I guess you could just remember Phat J or something. I dunno. Be creative.
Remember to use PHATJ when role playing to increase the probability of you being liked by others in this group! It also earns your brownie points from the moderators, and will make you stick out from all the other people if you role play to the highest quality! Remember: PHATJ!
Many of you seem to be leaping into topics with little to no announcement, randomly jumping into in-depth scenes. I've decided to elaborate on how things like this will work from now on.
First, you need to survey the topic you'd like to join. Is it even possible for your character to get there? For example, Darkness Woods topic. It's stated in the description that is is fairly far away from the school, which means it's only accessible if your character has a car or some sort of teleportation power or hookup.
If you do have a means of travel, you must decide why your character would even go to this place. Why in the world would a person just randomly decide to go to a forest 50 miles out? A specific forest, nonetheless. Once you have a legitimately believable, good reason, you can continue.
If there are people already inhabiting the topic, you must ask before just throwing your character into the pit. They may have a reason why you can't join, or else you may cause their entire plot to cave in.
It's not that hard, just a simple, ((hey, can my character jump in here, or no?))
Be nice. It's tough when you're trying to work on some nice dialog and now you have to handle an intruder too, especially when you know the character won't be able to join up with your group. It often results in characters being extremely mean and short when they are actually nice, because the writers are just desperate to get the uninvited character out of the scene.
Now you must write a transition. You can't just have your character magically appear there. You must write a nice post containing information on their leave of travels. Then you can join. Sounds hard, but it really isn't.
And, since I'm bored and like acronyms, I've made this handy one for y'all who aren't good at remembering crap, just like myself.
P - is is even possible for your character to get here?
H - does your character have a hookup to get to the place?
A - ask to join.
T - Write a transition for the character.
J - jump into the roleplay.
PHATJ. I don't even know how you would pronounce that, but whatever. I guess you could just remember Phat J or something. I dunno. Be creative.
Remember to use PHATJ when role playing to increase the probability of you being liked by others in this group! It also earns your brownie points from the moderators, and will make you stick out from all the other people if you role play to the highest quality! Remember: PHATJ!
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Mod
Just something to add:
I have noticed people bringing their roleplays into a topic another roleplay is going on in. Before you decide where to start, or continue, a roleplay, you must check to see if another roleplay is going on there. Bringing your roleplay into an already used topic is both annoying and disturbing. The other, the first, roleplay's comments get buried and when someone...wakes up or comes back from school or shopping, they try find the last comment their partner posted...they spend ages...if the other roleplay was super active and comment bombing...to find it!I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling that this is annoying...
What if our characters need to go there for their story? They don't need to go there! Change it!
Mary thought for a moment then suddenly remembered something important....the forest...had squirells! She was highly allergic to squirells in forests! Colour drained from her face leaving her ghost white as she recalled the last time she went near a squirell...she turned purple then blue then red spots emerged. "Eh..." she started nervously "Maybe we shouldn't go to the forest...maybe the lake or something..." She smiled nervously and Bob grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder, ready for the adventure layed ahead for her.
I know that that's stupid...don't worry, you'll think of something XD
NEW RULE
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Each post must be at least four lines.
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
1. Wait to be approved to RP.
2. No God-Modelling.
3. Try to keep the ratio of genders even.
4. No more then 3 EXTREMELY powerful powers. If you have questions on what counts, ask in the Questions topic.
5. If you disagree with a MOD, settle it nicely.
RP
1. Grammer! You are on a reading website for goodness sake. If you are caught with many grammar mistakes (10 times) you will be asked to improve or leave.
2. Classy Curses
3. No Sexual Rps
4. Roleplay Appropriately.
5. No God- Modeling
6. Be polite to others when outside of RP
MOST IMPORTANT RULE:
HAVE FUN!!!!! :D