Do not, under any circumstances, kill off a character without consulting either the character's player or, in the case of NPCs, one of the mods. We don't want to have to pull any X-Men shit in this game, and you'll want to know the repercussions of your actions before you go through with an assassination. Chances are someone else will lash out at you, and it's entirely possible that your character will end up dead. Once you break this rule, all mod protection is retracted from the offending character; everyone else will be free to gun you down and we will remove the journal from the community.
A lot of the characters are already going to have backgrounds and jobs. PLEASE consult the character list before you decide on who to play. Because of the structure of the game, we were required to arrange things before any players were allowed into the game. Therefore, several of the potential pups are already set up with lives and connections. If you aren't willing to honor those connections, don't choose that character.
The main community is to be used only for posting tags between characters. You may use your pup's journal to post third person non-interactive posts, communications to other characters, and journal entries. PLEASE NOTE IN THE SUBJECT LINE WHAT YOU ARE POSTING. These journals are not to be looked at as an actual online community. If you feel your pup would write journal entries, make a note that the entry is being written in a leather journal or something of the kind. Remember, unless something is specified as a communication to another character, no one will actually be reacting to it. You may bring attention to posts and RPs that you feel are important via the OOC community.
Keep in mind that the purpose of this game is to weave a coherent story. For this reason, there are a few requirements as far as the actual writing side goes. If you have problems with spelling, spell check your posts before you put them up. Make sure you use proper grammar and punctuation. Don't adjust the text size, double space between paragraphs, and if you need to emphasize a word or phrase within a post or RP, use either italics or bold text. The HTML is very simple and takes about two seconds to do. Any posts in violation of these conditions WILL be removed by mods.
In the interests of keeping things uniform, all RPs between characters should be done in third person present tense, and should be written in actual paragraph form. No chat-style RP logs will be accepted, and all logs not written in third person present tense will be taken down until they have been adjusted to meet the requirements. Please spell check all logs before they are put up.
Original characters are being allowed on a case by case basis. If you feel that you have a character who would work well within the game, please contact a mod for permission, and then fill out an application. Only one OC is allowed per player, so choose wisely!
Do not, under any circumstances, kill off a character without consulting either the character's player or, in the case of NPCs, one of the mods. We don't want to have to pull any X-Men shit in this game, and you'll want to know the repercussions of your actions before you go through with an assassination. Chances are someone else will lash out at you, and it's entirely possible that your character will end up dead. Once you break this rule, all mod protection is retracted from the offending character; everyone else will be free to gun you down and we will remove the journal from the community.