This rule should be fairly straight forward. In essence, please refer to the golden rule; treat others the way you yourself would like to be treated. Which means don't be rude. Don't be a jerk. It's unrealistic of us to ask that you like everyone in the community -- either IC or OOC -- but we're not your parents. We're not here to make sure you all get along, so we ask that you behave like mature adults and be polite.

Everyone knows that RP is a way to live out certain scenarios that you might never get to in real life. Maybe you decide that your character is a thrill seeker, and regularly jumps off of cliffs for fun. Perhaps you decide you want to write out a random road trip across the country, because your character is sad. Maybe someone got pregnant by their sister's husband. That's great. But as this is a normal, slice-of-life game, a certain level of believability is required. It's highly unlikely that your character works at Starbucks, but owns a million dollar home right in the heart of Vancouver. It's just as unlikely that your character will commonly be on the verge of death, or stalked by a psychopath they bumped into at the library, or catches on fire. It might seem like an interesting concept, but it's probably just not going to happen. Keep the drama at a respectable level. After all, we're not a daytime soap opera.

There are a few things to to ask yourself when picking a face to go with your character. Logical questions, such as;

• Are they fairly well known? Will they be recognized by the mods without a Google search being required?
• Are they still alive and kicking?
• Are they famous for something other than being a backup dancer in that one scene of that one movie that went straight to DVD five years ago?
• Is their age appropriate to the age of my character? Am I trying to take Robert Downey Jr. from Iron-Man and play him as a twenty-one year old?

Your journal name must contain all or part of your character's name. Example; if your name is Timothy Jones, timothyj is acceptable, while xx_ilikeducks is not. This is simply because it's much easier for the mods to keep track of everyone if we're not trying to remember that the journal ~sadpaperclip is for a UFC fighter named Kevin.

AIM is an excellent way to get to form character relationships and get to know your fellow players. Unless you are unable to use it, we highly recommend that you do. And again, the screenname should have something to do with your character. Example; if your name is Timothy Jones, Jones soda is acceptable, while lolbananaphone is not. We know how hard it is to find good names these days, but again, it would be nice to look at our AIM lists and not wonder who the hell pikachugirl67 is.

Bios are hard, and they suck, and almost nobody likes writing them. We understand; the mods hate writing them too. But they're pretty crucial to get to know your characters. But we do understand that not everybody is the same. While someone might have no problam writing a 3000+ word history, others might struggle to scrape up a few paragraphs. So we're not going to ask for much. A minimum of three (3) paragraphs is required, or fifteen (15) detailed facts, OR you can fill out our handy character profile sheet.

Writing examples should be long enough that we can get a feel for how you write. While we agree that quality > quantity, it takes more than *goes to the fridge and pulls out a beer* for us to see how you do your thing. Writing examples can either be previous RP logs, or an in-character narrative of at least two (2) decent sized paragraphs.

On the off chance that your application is rejected, you will be contacted by one of the mods who will tell you why they reached that decision. You're more than welcome (in fact, we encourage it!) to reapply after making the necessary changes.

At this time, we do not have a set character limit. All we ask is that you don't take on more than you can handle. If you're having problems keeping up with the threads you've got going with the three characters you have now, we ask that you at least catch up before thinking of picking up that fourth

Everybody dreads sweeps, but they are a necessary evil to keep communities active and well maintained. Thusly, we require each character to post, on a monthly basis, one journal update in either your character's journal, or the IC community, and one of the following; a thread in our threading community, a narrative to be posted behind a cut in your character's journal, or an RP session from AIM.

If you fail to meet these requirements by the twentieth (20th) of the month, you'll receive a reminder in your character's journal. If by the end of the month you still have not met them, your character will be removed.

Yes, this is a rule. It shouldn't have to be, but sometimes things get out of hand, and players wind up not enjoying themselves anymore. This ties into rule number one. If we all make this a pleasant environment to play at, then we should all have fun. Again, we don't expect everyone to like everyone, but just don't be cruel, and we should all enjoy ourselves.