Member Etiquette

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Double Posting

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Double posting is not allowed, simple as that. If you made a mistake in your post you can always go back and Edit It. If you find that your Original Character is stuck in a place where they are left alone, you can just go back and edit your last post stating that your character is going someplace else.

Role-Playing Forums
There is only one exception to double posting. When your character leaves a particular location. As long as your character's last post is similar to the example post below they can return to the same location and post again even if no one has posted there since their character left the thread awhile ago.

For example:

You may return to the thread in a new post, even if no new post from another member/player has been added.

Out of Character Forums
Double posting in The Credits (Post-Production) Forums is not necessarily forbidden, but should be avoided at all costs. Members who post in the OOC threads with back to back posts every five minutes (more or less) will receive warnings, and be faced with possible suspension from the board.

However, if it has been 24 HOURS since you have posted in a thread and no one else has posted feel free to add a new post without worrying about posting back to back.

It should also be noted that any constant double posting consisting of SPAM will result in an immediate three day suspension from the board.

Meta-gaming

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This is one of the biggest no-nos at the RPG. Meta-Gaming is simply not allowed here. What is meta-gaming? Well it can be classified as a number of things but for The Hunted we have a list of what we consider meta-gaming.

The List:

• Creating your own Non-Player Characters. For instance if you post here at the RPG and create another character for your own character to interact with in your own post. It could be an actual person, someone driving, etc.
  
  
• Controlling other characters' actions and reactions. When you post the actions or reactions of another character in your own posts.
  
  
• Having your character illogically and without reason head to a particular location just because a great deal of action is taking place there, and/or because a particular character is there alone.
  
  
• Having your character use or possess outside knowledge that you the player know, but is something the character themselves should have no idea exists.
  

Please make sure you do not do anything on this list while role-playing. The list will be updated when need be.

Meta-gaming in terms of fighting
When it comes to fighting in this RPG, you need to get to the point with the move and make it, but there are no auto-connects and no auto-kills.

Here's an example of an acceptable move (with basic characters):

....The Slasher runs forward and swings a sword at Parker's neck.
Such a move leaves the following options for your opponent:

- Parker has the opportunity to block
- Parker has the opportunity to counter
- Parker has the opportunity to accept the hit
- Parker has the opportunity to run away

All of which are acceptable reactions (when done within reason, blatant avoidance of attacks to unrealistically keep a character alive will not be tolerated) that keep the role-playing environment fun for everyone while still allowing player-to-player combat.

By allowing the other player to react, you keep things fair and open-ended and prevent yourself from trying to control the plot or fight when you have no right to.

Mistreatment of Regulations

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Mistreatment of other users in any way, shape or form is strictly forbidden here at The Hunted . The same for intentionally breaking any one of the rules. If a user has broken a rule or mistreated a member unintentionally they will just receive a warning from our staff.

However, members who are caught breaking rules or mistreating members intentionally will be suspended from the board for 2 weeks, and if they continue to break rules and/or mistreat others after they're off their suspension, they will be banned from the board.

Warning System Guidelines
1st Offense = Warning
2nd Offense = Suspension
3rd Offense = Banned

If you feel that you or another member are being mistreated, contact a Moderator or Admin immediately so that the situation can be taken care of. Try PMing a Moderator or the Admin that is online during the same time you are online to get the quickest response.

So please treat all members with respect, and the same will be done to you.

Moderation Preview

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None of us are perfect. Some of us misuse grammar and make errors when it comes to spelling, but with some it is a bit hard to read through when their entire post is nearly grammatically incorrect. For this reason we have implemented a system to correct this by making use of the moderator post preview system. The staff will check the grammar and spelling of all posts and if a member's grammar and spelling are in bad shape, that member will go on moderation preview; meaning their posts won't show up on the board unless a moderator or the Admin have checked it over and edited out any and all grammatical mistakes first.

Members with poor grammar usage will receive a warning, first hand, but if the bad grammar continues they will go on moderation preview.

Only if they improve on their writing/grammatical skills, will they be able to post freely on the board again...it's kinda harsh and may scare off some members, but it's the only way the staff can think of to get some people into reading over their posts before hitting that submit button.

So remember, be wise and revise before posting. In the RPG, your typing serves as your way of bringing life to your character: it gives people first impressions of them, and reinforces them as relatable people. If you take the time to review your posts before hitting 'submit', you will save those playing with you, the staff - and yourself a great deal of grief.

Posting & Time Zones

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Since this is a play by post RPG, there will be times when particular players of a certain RP will not be online when the others they are roleplaying with are. We have members who span across the globe so it would be fair to take into consideration that we all live within different time zones.

It is asked that you be fair and do not block out a player's character from a RP because they are not on at the same time that you are. If it becomes apparent that a majority of posting is going on without any response from one player, please cease posting for a day or two to allow the "missing" player to get in a post and not be shut out of the RP entirely.

Just be curteous and all will go well.

Posting Format

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To keep the interactive role-playing on the board seamless, we have a set format for the members/players to follow when posting in character.

Please write in the third person of "he, she, it" rather than the first person of "I, me, my". To write in the latter form will only serve in adding confusion, as those reading your post will have to look at the author’s username and remember who they are playing to figure out who they are writing about. Please try to identify your character by name within your posts at least once to help to avoid confusion of any kind.

Also please write all posts in Prose Story Format and in the present tense. An example of such can be found below when writing out your character’s actions.

When it comes to penning your character’s spoken word please remember to start and end each dialogue with double quotation marks (“ ”). Also do not forget to end your character’s dialogue with the proper punctuation; periods (.), question marks (?), exclamation marks (!), or ellipses (...).

When using ellipses please only use three (...) excessive ellipses, such as (........) can be very annoying and disruptive of posts. Please follow the example posted below.

When writing out your character’s thoughts please remember to do so in italicized with or without ().

When it comes time for your character to move onto a new location (thread) please state where your character is moving onto so that others can be aware of their departure. To make it even more clear as to where your character is heading off to, please bold/embolden the new location (thread name). For example:

If you don't feel like going anywhere in particular, but still want to exit a thread just post something similar to the following:

Note that one should avoid using the latter, as it throws off those who are reading your posts. One should only use the latter approach when they will be away from the board for a extended period of time and want to put their character off somewhere to keep from hindering game play.

Below is a full example of an character post.

In addition, here are some helpful codes you may need to use when writing out character posts.

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Posting Out of Character

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Posting out of character is simply not allowed within the IN CHARACTER forums on the board. If you would like to post out of character please do so in the OUT OF CHARACTER forums.

If any member posts OOC in their character posts; the posts will simply be edited out and the member will receive a warning.

Signature Banners

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Although members are allowed signature banners (as representations of your characters only), there is a limit in the size they must be. Your signature banners should be no larger than 70,000 PIXELS. Now you may be wondering, how do you know if your banner is larger than 70,000 pixels?

Well it's rather simple, just multiply the width and height of your banner: width x hieght {500x500}. If you signature banner is 500x500, just do the multipulcation.

500 x 500 = 250,000 PIXELS

Which means you sig banner is too large. So as long as the width and height multipulcation of your banner isn't greater than 70,000 pixels than you're fine.

Also try not to make your sig banners vertical, but horizantal.