Post by Rin Minigawa on Jul 30, 2009 12:38:52 GMT -5
-Credit to Cho for rewriting the rules so they would be less wordy and long!- Less scary too. ^w^ Rules last updated 1/11/16-
-Cerdit to Arceia for the adorable SPRP gif
-Cerdit to Arceia for the adorable SPRP gif
Basic Forum Rules
English
You MUST be able to write in English. That means that use of proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization is a REQUIREMENT to play here. If English is your second language, we still require a literate amount of knowledge so your posts can be understood.
Character rules.
No male characters are allowed, females only. This is an Original Character only site, so no Strawberry Panic canons will be accepted! What about crossovers? As long as they are converted to fit exclusively in the Strawberry Panic universe,thus, as long as they are made into original characters for SPRP, it should be fine, but a staff member will ultimately determine if a particular crossover will work or not.
Display name/username
It's recommended that your username matches your character name, but if not be sure to change your 'Display Name' in your profile.
Your Avatar
Make sure you have an avatar image of your character, it should be 200x350 pixels. If you cant find one, you can use the Avatar Maker listed in the sidebar under "links". You also need a second avatar, sized at 150x150 pixels. You can edit the smaller avatar by going to edit your profile, click on the "personal" tab and scroll down. Then just copy the direct link to the large avatar into the appropriate spot. The large avatar can be changed under the avatar tab of your user profile.
Role Play Rules
Powerplay and godmodding.
During posts you should never take control over what another character is doing, though if you're concerned about some slight powerplay in a post, check with the person you're RPing with. Godmodding your characters at any point is strictly forbidden, so don't make your character out to be better than anyone else. That means she can't be a princess, empress, super famous celebrity, superstar ect. If you want a famous character, she must earn the title via your actions in the role play.
How to post
Posts should always be written in third-person and in the past tense. So for example, instead of "I run to the door" you should put "She ran to the door".
Post Length/ Rating Posts.
The minimum word count for any post is 100 words, however if you prefer writing longer posts and would rather not post with those who prefer to write shorter posts, or vise versa simply say so or discuss post length with whoever you plan to rp with.
Mature content.
No mature content is allowed anywhere on the site, not even in PM. This means that whilst your characters are welcomed and encouraged to have relationships, please don't write anything explicit.
Live Chat and Cbox Rules
Make a Chat Account
If you want to participate in the live "Chatanago" chat, you must create a chat account with Chatango. I prefer it to match your character's name as "firstnamelastname" but if you already have a chatanago account or want to use another name, that's okay. Just make sure it's appropriate.
Story telling and Personal conversations.
You should never give out your personal information. This includes in chat. Conversations that are just too personal, are not allowed. If there is something you really need to talk about, take it to PM or post in the Life Issues board. Please Avoid story telling or making up things that aren't true.-This also means, don't pretend to be someone else in chat either. We can see your i.p., we know when people do this and we don't like it.
Sexting/flirting
Sexting or sexual harassment is not only against the proboards terms of service, but also our rules here. Anyone seen acting sexually inappropriate on chat will be banned. Friendly flirting is okay so long as you are not making anyone on chat feel uncomfortable, and use common sense.
Advertising
You are not allowed to advertise other sites in the chat box. This means no links to other sites either. There is an advertising board for such things.
Fighting and General Behavior
Be respectful and friendly at all times in chat, regardless of the conversation topic. Fighting is not tolerated, and if you should have an issue with the way someone is behaving in chat please PM a staff member.
General Character and Roleplay Information
Things your character knows, but you might not. Click here!
Etoiles and Student Council Presidents
When joining you must belong to one of the three schools St. Miator, St. Spica, or St. Lulim and choose a year 1-6. There are several different classes (moon class, snow class, ect.) used in the manga and anime but for the purposes of this rp you only need to pick a school and a year.
The Etoile system used in the anime and manga will be used every eight months in real time. Every two months will represent a season and the season will be posted at the top of the page. The Etoile vote will be held at the end of every "year". Each year will be eight months long in real time. We will start the rp off in the "FALL" a new Etoile will not be elected until the end of the eighth month of "SUMMER".
What is the Etoile? She and her partner are the representatives for all three schools. Being the Etoile also makes your characters the most popular girls of all three schools. However, you cannot compete to become an Etoile without a partner. Which means your character must have a girlfriend or friend who will also become an Etoile.
All students applying to be the Etoile pair, in the original story, the girls trying for Etoile had to be from the same school. Not here! While same-school pairs are strongly encouraged, you may still run for Etoile even if your partner is from a different school.
The student council members will also change every year. We need three. One for each school. There will be real votes held for each election. The Etoile candidates will actually have to compete for the title and then be voted into that position. And the student council members will each have to try to win over the student body and then they will be voted for. Unless only one pair or person applies for either Etoile or Student Council President (respectively) then they will win the spot by default.
Student council presidents do not need a partner to compete, and if they have one anyway, that partner remains a regular student regardless of whether the girl competing becomes President or not.
Dorm Arrangements.
If you want a room mate, just post inside the Plot Board on the Dorm Request board asking for one! Just remember your room mate has to be from the same school and year in school.
Graduating
You can play a student who starts as a first year and cycles through the years up to a sixth year, or start as any grade. As the year moves along and each new year in the rp starts (so every 8 months) your character will age and be moved up a class.
If you're a sixth year and the school year is coming to an end you have two options.
Either your character can become a teacher and you can continue to play them, or you simply say they graduated, abandon/ delete the character, and then you can start a new one. It is also okay to "reboot" a character and simply start them over.
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A note about sixth years, if you are already a sixth year student, you cannot apply to an Etoile the following year, this means that if your partner is in a lower grade and they want to be an Etoile, you can not be their partner. They must enter with another student. You cannot apply to be a student council member the following year either. Teachers can not compete for Etoile.
Want to be a teacher?
When your character graduates, she will be 18. If you want to keep playing, as mentioned above, you can become a teacher or a nurse. Simply transfer all of your information from your Student Character Profile into a Teacher Character Profile and either repost it in a new thread, or modify your old profile to fit the new teacher layout.
You may join as a teacher, and if you do, simply fill out the teacher character application instead of a student one.
Put the words "Candy Apple" next to your name in your character profile or you will not be accepted.
Discipline and Ban Policy
There is a warning system here on the site. Don't worry, that ugly red warning bar is only visible to you and the admins, no one else. Here is how we track offenses, you will be sent a message and/or email explaining why your warning level has changed. Here is a basic listing of what comes with each warning level.
10%- Warning.
20%- Second Warning.
30%- Third warning and a 3 day suspension.
40%- Fourth Warning and a 7 day suspension.
50%-Severe warning and 2 week suspension.
60%-80%- You don't want it this high. Subject to a 2 year ban.
90%-100%- Permanent ban and account deletion.
Now things might not go in order, depending on what you did, your account might get set to 30% on your first warning, or you might get banned without a warning. It all depends on what happened. The most common problem we have is people cussing and yelling at others, depending on who you yelled at exactly and what you said about what can and will change how high your warning level is. So warning levels are subject to admin's digression.- No admin will make decisions and do this alone, we will always pull in another admin (or all the staff) to make sure we are being fair.
You can also bring down your warning level with apologies and good behavior.
A three-strike rule applies to when you are first trying to join. When I review your profile and if it is not up to the standards explained in the rules and the template, I will leave a list of things for you to fix. Then I will check it again. You will have a total of three chances to fix everything I have asked you to do. If you can't follow directions and rules, then an rp like ours is not for you.
If you lash out at any staff member, especially an admin or co-admin you will be automatically banned. Ignorance of knowing who is or isn't staff is not an excuse as the staff are clearly shown with pictures on the top of the site. Yes, you can disagree with us, yes you can get angry, but you can't cuss, insult, or be rude toward us in anyway. No second chances. We hold power over your accounts, it's in your best interests to be nice to the admins anyway.
I try very hard not to let my personal feelings affect my decisions when it comes to bans and punishments, and if I feel like my judgement is compromised in any way, I always ask for more opinions from the staff on what to do.
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This rp was started on July 27, 2009. Happy Birthday! Lets see how big it grows!
English
You MUST be able to write in English. That means that use of proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization is a REQUIREMENT to play here. If English is your second language, we still require a literate amount of knowledge so your posts can be understood.
Character rules.
No male characters are allowed, females only. This is an Original Character only site, so no Strawberry Panic canons will be accepted! What about crossovers? As long as they are converted to fit exclusively in the Strawberry Panic universe,thus, as long as they are made into original characters for SPRP, it should be fine, but a staff member will ultimately determine if a particular crossover will work or not.
Display name/username
It's recommended that your username matches your character name, but if not be sure to change your 'Display Name' in your profile.
Your Avatar
Make sure you have an avatar image of your character, it should be 200x350 pixels. If you cant find one, you can use the Avatar Maker listed in the sidebar under "links". You also need a second avatar, sized at 150x150 pixels. You can edit the smaller avatar by going to edit your profile, click on the "personal" tab and scroll down. Then just copy the direct link to the large avatar into the appropriate spot. The large avatar can be changed under the avatar tab of your user profile.
Role Play Rules
Powerplay and godmodding.
During posts you should never take control over what another character is doing, though if you're concerned about some slight powerplay in a post, check with the person you're RPing with. Godmodding your characters at any point is strictly forbidden, so don't make your character out to be better than anyone else. That means she can't be a princess, empress, super famous celebrity, superstar ect. If you want a famous character, she must earn the title via your actions in the role play.
How to post
Posts should always be written in third-person and in the past tense. So for example, instead of "I run to the door" you should put "She ran to the door".
Post Length/ Rating Posts.
The minimum word count for any post is 100 words, however if you prefer writing longer posts and would rather not post with those who prefer to write shorter posts, or vise versa simply say so or discuss post length with whoever you plan to rp with.
Mature content.
No mature content is allowed anywhere on the site, not even in PM. This means that whilst your characters are welcomed and encouraged to have relationships, please don't write anything explicit.
Live Chat and Cbox Rules
Make a Chat Account
If you want to participate in the live "Chatanago" chat, you must create a chat account with Chatango. I prefer it to match your character's name as "firstnamelastname" but if you already have a chatanago account or want to use another name, that's okay. Just make sure it's appropriate.
Story telling and Personal conversations.
You should never give out your personal information. This includes in chat. Conversations that are just too personal, are not allowed. If there is something you really need to talk about, take it to PM or post in the Life Issues board. Please Avoid story telling or making up things that aren't true.-This also means, don't pretend to be someone else in chat either. We can see your i.p., we know when people do this and we don't like it.
Sexting/flirting
Sexting or sexual harassment is not only against the proboards terms of service, but also our rules here. Anyone seen acting sexually inappropriate on chat will be banned. Friendly flirting is okay so long as you are not making anyone on chat feel uncomfortable, and use common sense.
Advertising
You are not allowed to advertise other sites in the chat box. This means no links to other sites either. There is an advertising board for such things.
Fighting and General Behavior
Be respectful and friendly at all times in chat, regardless of the conversation topic. Fighting is not tolerated, and if you should have an issue with the way someone is behaving in chat please PM a staff member.
General Character and Roleplay Information
Things your character knows, but you might not. Click here!
Etoiles and Student Council Presidents
When joining you must belong to one of the three schools St. Miator, St. Spica, or St. Lulim and choose a year 1-6. There are several different classes (moon class, snow class, ect.) used in the manga and anime but for the purposes of this rp you only need to pick a school and a year.
The Etoile system used in the anime and manga will be used every eight months in real time. Every two months will represent a season and the season will be posted at the top of the page. The Etoile vote will be held at the end of every "year". Each year will be eight months long in real time. We will start the rp off in the "FALL" a new Etoile will not be elected until the end of the eighth month of "SUMMER".
What is the Etoile? She and her partner are the representatives for all three schools. Being the Etoile also makes your characters the most popular girls of all three schools. However, you cannot compete to become an Etoile without a partner. Which means your character must have a girlfriend or friend who will also become an Etoile.
All students applying to be the Etoile pair, in the original story, the girls trying for Etoile had to be from the same school. Not here! While same-school pairs are strongly encouraged, you may still run for Etoile even if your partner is from a different school.
The student council members will also change every year. We need three. One for each school. There will be real votes held for each election. The Etoile candidates will actually have to compete for the title and then be voted into that position. And the student council members will each have to try to win over the student body and then they will be voted for. Unless only one pair or person applies for either Etoile or Student Council President (respectively) then they will win the spot by default.
Student council presidents do not need a partner to compete, and if they have one anyway, that partner remains a regular student regardless of whether the girl competing becomes President or not.
Dorm Arrangements.
If you want a room mate, just post inside the Plot Board on the Dorm Request board asking for one! Just remember your room mate has to be from the same school and year in school.
Graduating
You can play a student who starts as a first year and cycles through the years up to a sixth year, or start as any grade. As the year moves along and each new year in the rp starts (so every 8 months) your character will age and be moved up a class.
If you're a sixth year and the school year is coming to an end you have two options.
Either your character can become a teacher and you can continue to play them, or you simply say they graduated, abandon/ delete the character, and then you can start a new one. It is also okay to "reboot" a character and simply start them over.
-------------------
A note about sixth years, if you are already a sixth year student, you cannot apply to an Etoile the following year, this means that if your partner is in a lower grade and they want to be an Etoile, you can not be their partner. They must enter with another student. You cannot apply to be a student council member the following year either. Teachers can not compete for Etoile.
Want to be a teacher?
When your character graduates, she will be 18. If you want to keep playing, as mentioned above, you can become a teacher or a nurse. Simply transfer all of your information from your Student Character Profile into a Teacher Character Profile and either repost it in a new thread, or modify your old profile to fit the new teacher layout.
You may join as a teacher, and if you do, simply fill out the teacher character application instead of a student one.
Put the words "Candy Apple" next to your name in your character profile or you will not be accepted.
Discipline and Ban Policy
There is a warning system here on the site. Don't worry, that ugly red warning bar is only visible to you and the admins, no one else. Here is how we track offenses, you will be sent a message and/or email explaining why your warning level has changed. Here is a basic listing of what comes with each warning level.
10%- Warning.
20%- Second Warning.
30%- Third warning and a 3 day suspension.
40%- Fourth Warning and a 7 day suspension.
50%-Severe warning and 2 week suspension.
60%-80%- You don't want it this high. Subject to a 2 year ban.
90%-100%- Permanent ban and account deletion.
Now things might not go in order, depending on what you did, your account might get set to 30% on your first warning, or you might get banned without a warning. It all depends on what happened. The most common problem we have is people cussing and yelling at others, depending on who you yelled at exactly and what you said about what can and will change how high your warning level is. So warning levels are subject to admin's digression.- No admin will make decisions and do this alone, we will always pull in another admin (or all the staff) to make sure we are being fair.
You can also bring down your warning level with apologies and good behavior.
A three-strike rule applies to when you are first trying to join. When I review your profile and if it is not up to the standards explained in the rules and the template, I will leave a list of things for you to fix. Then I will check it again. You will have a total of three chances to fix everything I have asked you to do. If you can't follow directions and rules, then an rp like ours is not for you.
If you lash out at any staff member, especially an admin or co-admin you will be automatically banned. Ignorance of knowing who is or isn't staff is not an excuse as the staff are clearly shown with pictures on the top of the site. Yes, you can disagree with us, yes you can get angry, but you can't cuss, insult, or be rude toward us in anyway. No second chances. We hold power over your accounts, it's in your best interests to be nice to the admins anyway.
I try very hard not to let my personal feelings affect my decisions when it comes to bans and punishments, and if I feel like my judgement is compromised in any way, I always ask for more opinions from the staff on what to do.
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This rp was started on July 27, 2009. Happy Birthday! Lets see how big it grows!
Got it? Understand everything? Time to pick a school. Click any of the links below and they will take you to a page where you can read about the school and then fill out the character application for that school.
Go to:
St. Miator Girl's Academy!
St. Spica Girl's Institute!
St. Lulim Girl's School!
None! I want to be a Teacher or Nurse!
St. Miator Girl's Academy!
St. Spica Girl's Institute!
St. Lulim Girl's School!
None! I want to be a Teacher or Nurse!
Also....Don'tinsultRin'sponiesever.