Site Rules (All the Rules of the site comprised in one list)

SITE RULES

READ TEMPLATE INFORMATION

Anything that isn't in here will be on the character template.

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Cursing

If you're going to curse or swear then we do not want it to be excessive. There are exceptions, Cid Highwind is an example.

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Limitations

We ask that people make a canon character before apping an original character but if you really cannot rp as a canon character then an OC is acceptable.

Once you have a canon character you can make as many OCs as you like. You are however limited to 3 main canons, i.e. characters who are crucial to the main story line of a game and 3 sub-canons, there is no limitation on Original characters, however if you pick up characters and don't use them you will be warned. If you're unsure if a character is a main canon then please ask a staff member.

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Races

Here on FFD we expect all members to use the Races as guidelines for building their Original Characters.

If the character you are making is a pre-existing final fantasy race from a specific world your character will have to be from that world and stick to that races lore/outlines and guidelines.

If however you see a race on this site that is from Oephus that you would like to play, as a resident of this world you will adhere to the race outlines/guidelines, anything outside of those outlines/guidelines will need to be discussed with staff. Any characters that are simply for looks alone and have absolutely nothing to do with their races outline/guidelines will be set as pending until changes are made.

If you want to add LORE for their home town, then you will need to contact Admin to get it approved. Failure to ask before you complete your character app will result in your app not being approved until the lore you want added is decided upon. If the admin says no, then it means no, it isn't debatable. It is much advised to ask before you write your app as you could complete an entire character based on your own lore and have the lore denied, this means you'd need to rewrite the entire character and your work would have been a waste of time.

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RPING in the main Cbox?

Don't do it. We have an ic box for that.

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God Modding

"God Modding" is in essence when someone’s character has the ability to do practically anything without limits or boundaries. And example is when they simply cannot be harmed by any and all means other RP-ers try.

-It can be killing or injuring a character without the player's express permission.
-It can be when they simply can’t be hit and dodge all attacks or anything for this matter aimed at them.
-It can also be using other characters that other people RP with. In other words, if you do not RP as
Cloud Strife, then you cannot have Cloud Strife say anything, or do anything, without the player's express permission.

The absolute worst is when God modders make out another character to be what they’re not, just to make their own character seem superior. They make others seem weak, screaming for help, when they’ve made it quite clear about their advantages and strengths. This is called power-play. It’s a strain of God-Modding, but instead of just being irritating, it’s offensive to boot.

So don't do it, it's actually a pet hate of the Admin here and will result in you being warned.

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MetaGaming

In role-playing games, metagaming is an "out of character" action where a player's character makes use of knowledge that the player is aware of but that the character is not meant to be aware of. Metagaming while taking part in relatively competitive games, or those with a more serious tone, is typically not well received, because a character played by a metagamer does not act in a way that reflects the character's in-game experiences and back-story.

Historically, metagaming in RPGs referred to the traditional military use of metagaming where players applied out-of-game information to gain an unfair advantage in a game, most commonly by reading an adventure module before playing it.

Do. Not. Metagame. Thank you.

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Third Person

We ask that you use the third-person narrative. Third-person narration provides the greatest flexibility to the author and thus is the most commonly used narrative mode in literature. In the third-person narrative mode, each and every character is referred to by the narrator as "he", "she", "it", or "they", but never as "I" or "we" (first-person), or "you" (second-person). So please no second or first person narrative.

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Sexual Content

If there are threads where things get hot and heavy do a time skip, time skips are wonderful things. Kissing, hugging, groping is all fine so long as you don't go in to excessive detail. Sex is not fine, which is why we ask you to do a time skip. (Abide by the ToS)

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Spamming/Post Length

No spamming. At least a paragraph people, we don't wanna look like a bunch of spamming noobs now do we?

Note:- A paragraph is usually 5-7 sentences, we will accept 4-7 sentences but please put a little effort in to it guys.

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Double Posting

Double-posting, it's fine if you're roleplaying by yourself. Please though we ask for two paragraph posts if you're going to do this and you should make sure to wait 10 minutes or so before posting again. For anything else there is an edit/modify button, it's what it's there for.

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Grammar and Spelling

Try to use it well. Yes I know people spell things wrong and what not but that's what we have a spell check for. So long as your posts don't look like a three year old has written them we're good.

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Signature Images

No huge signatures please. if you're using an image then img src="your url" style="max-width:100%" inside [] should be enough.

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Characters and Accounts

ONE CHARACTER PER AN ACCOUNT PEOPLE! =3 We have groups for characters so please just have one character per an account. If you look at the bottom right of your screen you will see a little button that looks like two people click this and you'll be able to make a new account from there that's linked to the same e-mail.

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Style Tags

Please DO NOT use div style tags that stretch the forum boarder or images that stretch the forum boarder, if you do you will be warned, if this happens again you'll be warned a second time. On your third warning you will be told NOT to use style tags or images FULL STOP. If you proceed to then you will be banned for 24 hours. Any further slip ups and you'll be banned permanently.

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Gary Stu/Mary Sue

Mary-Sue//Gary-Stu, in literary criticism and particularly in roleplay and/or fanfiction, these two are an original character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the writer. They're the overly nice, fall over themselves, perfect man or woman that can do no wrong no matter how cruel something is to them. They're forever nice and generally have no depth to their personality. They also seem to hone in on canonical characters, HAVING to rp or be with them, have a connection. Click here for more definitions. No one likes them, sometimes they don't even realize they're a Sue or Stu. Please try and make the character you're making seem more real, everyone has something that sets them off apart from people hurting their friends or loved ones. ._.

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Links to Canons

NO LINKS TO CANONS, If you're making an original character either ASK first or wait to be asked if your character can have a connection to them OR just DON'T DO IT! It isn't nice to find out when you're playing a canon that they apparently know an original character that they've NEVER heard of. Just have the consideration for them please? It's only right. You wouldn't want it to happen to you, so please don't do it to them.

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Time Frame for Canons

We're excusing FFXV for the most part, but this site is set after the worlds and Gods (Chaos/Cosmos) were destroyed.

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NPCs?

NPC is a non-playable character, usually something like a shop vendor or something they have a purpose, these can be rp'd in posts unless it's something seriously lore changing or story changing.

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Cbox RULES

Respect Staff

First and foremost respect the staff. They do a lot of work to keep this site going, they also pay for the ic and main cbox for you to chat in so respect them.

If an admin says no, they mean no, some subjects are disputable others are not. If you are unhappy with a staff decision you may PM a different staffer to deal with the problem.

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Cursing

Go ahead. It's fine to curse so long as it's not in an offensive way to one another.

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Third Person

Don't do it in the cbox. It's annoying and confusing.

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IRL Drama

KEEP. IT. OUT. OF. OUR. CBOX.

It's annoying, aggravating and just upsets everyone else. This site is supposed to be enjoyable, not for everyone to read your life story and feel either angry or upset afterwards, so keep that crap out of the cbox. If you want to rant about your day, do it on skype to friends not on our cbox.

Continuing to whine/rant in detail about things that we can't actually do anything about in our cbox day in and day out will result in a ban.

If that continues? You'll be permanently banned.

Don't bring it in to your character, if your character acts a certain way play the character, please don't let your own personal drama influence their life/story.

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Attention Whoring

You will be banned for it.

Definitions of an attention whore:

• Label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do anything to receive it. The type of attention (negative or positive) does not matter.
• A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

1.is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention
2.interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior, sometimes even a sob story to try and make others feel sad for them
3.displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
4.consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self in the case of the internet it's using words and continuing to bring a conversation back to them or something about them
5.has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail
6.shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion
7.is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances
8.considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are

Basically, a drama queen, we do not want these here. If you're found to do this crap on multiple occasions you'll be banned from the cbox. Repeat offenses will end in a permanent ban.

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Sexual Content

DO NOT post pron in our cbox. Your message will be deleted and you will be banned. PERMANENTLY.

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Back Seat Modding

We have staff for a reason. Don't back seat mod or you'll find yourself with a warning. By Back seat modding I mean telling them what is acceptable and what isn't. You're not staff. You probably don't know much about the site, and if you give false information? You probably just made our jobs harder. Don't do it. Thank you.

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Spamming

We don't have a cbox spam rule. Chatting is a good thing on a site. It makes it look active!

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Trolling

No flaming. No trolling 'Troll - In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community', baiting, etc, what have you. Arguments aren't needed. If you have a problem with a member, do not start a fight, bring it to a staff member it's what we're here for.

If it is off-site, we cannot help you, however.

In character trolling? Go for it if it's who your character is.

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Advertising

DON'T ADVERTISE IN OUR CBOX OR YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MESSAGES DELETED. If you have come on to advertise do it in the right area.

Do it in the advertising section nowhere else, if it is anywhere else it will be deleted.

For the members. Please do not advertise openly on the cbox or randomly around the board please? That's why you have a homepage box in your profile. Just stick it in there or put it in the advertisments board.