Here are our wonderful rules. We expect you to read them in their entirety, just 'cuz we're cool like that.

First, we want you to know that our primary job is to facilitate your enjoyment. We like to have fun ourselve, so you can pretty much say that we're laid back. Just compare us to Spongebob's song about "FUN". Though we are 'laid back', we have to set some ground rules, because even the best types of fun have rules.

General Rules

1.) R-E-S-P-E-C-T
It's the best 7 letter word that was created by man, other than cookies. (We love cookies) Any and everyone asks for respect, but to get it, you have to give it, and it's best you respect your authority figures. (There's a new sheriff in town, and he has a cool shiny badge) Bottom line with this rule, don't disrespect anyone because of their: a.) race b.)sex c.)sexual preference d.)religious affiliation e.)anything we didn't name that could possibly offend someone.

2.) El Chatbox
Oh the lovely chatbox!! Well, see we love that thing to death. It's the best invention since... ice cream. (We love ice cream too.) It's a great no fudgin' amazin' way to make new friends and just relax while you're waiting on your buddy to post in your thread. The only thing we don't like about c-boxes is that crazy *censored word* people spamming them. We really hate spam, the version we are talking about here and the canned kind. (Yuck!) We do not want to see links to any other boards in our c-box, it pisses us off, and it starts this super weird trend. As for the links that connect to your name, you can use it for email addresses, pictures of yourself (to show off your secks-ay body, no nude stuff though), or links to sites you think would be helpful (like mozilla.com). Oh and don't PM users either with your RP forum link, because they'll report you to us, and we'll have to say "Hasta la vista, baby!".

Registering Rules
1.) Your Username
Alrighty! Well, honestly, save your 'babygirl91's and 'ricosuave69's for your email address. (If your user name is like this, we'll give your 6 hours to ask to change it before we click 'delete') We want your user name to be in FIRST and LAST name format, like the name you write on your school stuff. We'd prefer if you don't put the middle name, it makes your name look like a gazillion words. ]Put "rent is love" in the secret word box. As for hyphenated first and last names, put it if you want, but try to refrain from those names. Oh yeah, if you need help looking for a name, try babynames.com.]

2.) Extra Characters
We're cool with you having up to FOUR characters. We don't really know how our male population will be, so of those four, one is required to be male, so there aren't 999,999,999 million girls chasing one guy. We also have guide lines for the whole post/character ratio, and blah blah blah.

• 1-2 characters = no required amount of posts
• 3 characters = the first two have to have 100 posts, we'll check.
• 4 characters = the first three characters have to have 200 posts each. We'll check.

If you have more than one character, you should try to have as many as possible online. (I have AOL, Mozilla, and I go to proxy sites ex: www.iamnewguy.com)

3.) Applications
EVERY MEMBER MUST HAVE AN APPLICATION IN, but it's cool we give your 3 whole days, 72 wonderful hours to get it in. Isn't that just wonderful? Important Note: You can not post anywhere, but the Avatar Claim until one of the fine and absolutely admins approve your application, it's so we can make you understand us clearly.
4. Avatar Claim/Avatar & Signature
This is the fun part, picking the actor or actress that will portray someone that some how reflects who you are. First we ask that you try to refrain from using pictures of yourself. Yes, you probably are more attractive than Jessica Alba or Josh Hartnett, but it's really bad to put yourself out there like that, so, try not to do it. Secondly, try to make it someone that people can recognize, basically, a person that is in show biz/sports/modeling. I don't think that's too much to ask. Oh and if the celebrity that you normally always use is taken, I'm really sorry, but try not to take it out on us or the person. By the way, you can reserve some for 3 days without registering, that way you can do what it is you need to do. Cool? (Signatures- Dimensions 500 x 225; Avatar Dimensions 100 x 100.)

Roleplaying Rules

1.) God-moding/Power-playing
OMFG! DON'T YOU EVER IN YOUR LIFE DO IT! IT'S WORSE THAN PRE-MARTIAL SEX! haha. Okay, yeah, basically, people hate it and you shouldn't do it. But should you do it, you SHALL be shunned from our site.. forever.
God-moding (v.) - to control another characters actions without their permissions. Ex. Joe pushed Bob, but then Bob kicked Joe in the nuts, causing Joe to kick Bob's *censored word* ( If you were Joe, you controlled what Bob did)

2.) Mary-Sue/Gary Stu/Supernatural powers
Yeah, I combined them because they are practically the same thing. Anywho, in today's world, there are no perfect people. Yeah, we're sure. Everyone has at least one major flaw, whether it be smart and ugly vs. dumb and hot or a dysfunctional family, everyone has some messed up quality in them. As for supernatural powers, HUMANS don't have that power, if you want to have supernatural powers, you are definitely on the wrong site, and you should leave like... now. REMEMBER: It's okay to have a flaw.

3.) Posting Lenghts
This seems to be the most difficult subject. Some sites require three to five paragraphs, when other only ask for a sentence. We're not either, so let that like 'phew' sound out. *listens to the 'phews' and grins) Okay, we know that not everyone is capable of a novel in a post, and the last thing a novel writer wants is for a book reviewer to give them a five word review. That's how people die... lol. So, before I got off track by my own thoughts, we ask that you try to make your posts at least 6-8 sentences, so you can get a complete thought out. In my school, 6-8 sentences is a paragraph, so technically, you are furthering your education. Congratulations!
4.) How you should post
This is just a nice and dandy sample for 'yer!

• Post should always be in third person, I think that everyone can manage that, and if you can't.. what grade are you in again?
• Past tensed - yeah, it's just better that way. It's impossible to do future in Rping and it's really hard to do present.
• Things that are spoken, whether it be to a person, or to the character itself, or to a sheep, it should always be in quotations ( " ", aka bunny ears) ex: "why can't you understant that it says quotations," Admin Eden muttered.
• Things that are thought, meaning not spoken to anyone, should be in italics. ex: These people are geniuses, Admin Eden thought to himself.

5.) The Rating and those 'Risque' topics
We made the rating PG-13 for a number of reasons. First because this RP takes place in modern time, and in modern time there is a lot of sex, drugs, and alcohol, so we couldn't make it an utopia. Also, even though there are like 13 year olds RPing, and they are very knowledgable and they know what's going on. So, we are allowing the cursing, sex (if the tag says "NC-17"), drug and alcohol use. When it comes to cursing, seriously, every other word does not have to be a curse, that's just coo-koo for coa-coa puffs. Also, don't be so descriptive, it's just a tad bit sick. And if you are going to refer to genitals, call them by their medical term, not slang, it makes you seem ignorant.

6.) OOC
Uhm... I don't really see a why you would talk OOC in a thread, but sometimes it can happen. Your post can not be just ooc if it's not in the OOC zone. When you do post OOC in character put "[OOC]Blah[/OOC]" or "((OOC: OOCCHATHEREYO))"


Thank you for reading my crazy *censored word* rants
-Cooper, creator/admin