Rules (MUST READ)

These rules must be followed if you wish to remain a member here.

General

• respect all members and listen to site staff (admins and moderators). If you feel that a staff member has violated your rights, feel free to tell an admin and the situation will be dealt with accordingly.
  

• no sexual/pornographic content (if you must cyber, keep it in pm). Other sites may have it, but we do not. It is prohibited on forumotion, and so, it is not allowed here.
  

• no spamming. Repeatedly posting in any topic to increase your post count will result in one warning, and then a week-long suspension. If the problem persists, you could face a permanent IP ban.
  

• no hateful or abusive conduct (this includes trolling). Disrespectful comments towards any member will be dealt with harshly. Constantly ignoring and/or arguing with staff decisions or warnings will result in a week-long suspension.
  

• do not have large pictures in your signature. If your signature stretches the page, you will be asked to change it. If you refuse, staff will remove the signature anyway.

• refrain from constantly bothering the staff about things like grading your profile, events, or ideas for your own site. It's rude, and we try our best to get work done on the site. Remember, the staff are also people with lives of their own. Furthermore, if you make a site, it is your responsibility, not ours. We have this place to run, we don't have time to make graphics or documents for you.

• do not sexually harass other members. Continuously posting comments that make other members feel uncomfortable will be punished harshly.

• if you aren't a moderator or admin, don't act like one! If I see some random member sticking their nose into profile approvals, I'll rip them a new one. Furthermore, details concerning rules, base storyline planning, and approvals, are the business of site staff, and site staff only! Arguing will get you nowhere. Our team strives to ensure that the role-play is fun, fair, and worthwhile.

• keep OOC (out of character) comments to the chat room, PM, or non-RP topics. If there is a matter that needs to be addressed directly in a role-play topic, please encase said comment in parenthesis or brackets. Even make it into a spoiler if you want, as long as it does not interfere with or cause confusion in the current role-play.
  

Role-play

• no god-moding or auto-hitting. This involves taking control of another character, or doing anything that might involve forced hits (i.e. posting that your attack connected). This includes playing God. For example, being immune to all types of influence, injury, issues, or being almighty above everything and everyone. Any posts that imply god-moding or auto-hitting will be declared invalid until the post is modified accordingly.
  

• do not type RP posts in first person view. Here, we all role-play in third person view.

• refrain from meta-gaming (the act of using information that your character should not know in RP).

• one character cannot be in two places at a time. Since bi location is a banned ability, this rule is non-negotiable.
  

• before you start role-playing you must have an approved profile. Any RP posts from a member who does not have an approved character will be deleted.
  

• no power-posting! Power-posting is a term in role-play to describe something that is not allowed. It means you are constantly posting in a thread without any respect for a posting order whatsoever. Perhaps even double posting. Not only is this against the rules but also really annoying.
  

• no more than 3 actions per battle post.

• proper grammar and punctuation is encouraged; text talk is not. Short forms such as: "nvm", "btw", "jk", or "ikr" are unacceptable in role-play posts.
  

• healing techniques CANNOT be used in succession while fighting. If you do so, your character could be executed.
  

• take hits while fighting! your character is by no means invincible or uncatchable; characters like that are not allowed on this forum. If you don't take a hit for more than five turns, the opponent is permitted to auto-hit next turn.
  

• only an Espada can use a Gran Rey Cero. Even if the Arrancar in question is a high rank such as S, A, or B. Unless they are a member of the Espada, they cannot use a Gran Rey Cero. Nor can they perform a Cero Oscuras.
  

• posts must be at least 5 lines long. Any posts under this requirement will be declared invalid. Honestly, if you can't post more than 5 lines, you shouldn't be role-playing, no offense. Also, you need to give your fellow role-players something to go by when they post. 2 or 3 lines is not sufficient.
  

Characters

• you can play as many OCs (original characters) as you like, but only one canon.

• the ability of Shadow Stepping/Shadow Warping/the ability to use Shadow for the mean of transport or attack evasion is a locked ability and cannot be included as an ability for other characters, profiles with this ability will be asked that they removed it and replace it with something else.
  

• you cannot make claims that your character is the fastest, strongest, etc. Stats are what decide this.

• your character cannot have a final bankai! (ex: Final Getsuga Tensho/Mugetsu). Nor can any arrancar have a Segunda Etapa! Both forms are too over-powered to be allowed in a fair role-play.
  

• if you want your character to have a gun as their weapon or zanpakuto, there must be specific limits placed. It cannot fire at the same speed as a modern gun, nor can the amount of rounds be infinite. This is to say that your character cannot go around mowing everyone down with a machine gun.

• you can either be a captain or an Espada, you cannot be both.
  

• to obtain a captain, Espada, or Deadly Sin position, a RP sample must first be shown. The location, situation, and character do not matter, the quality of the post does however. You must also try out with a similar RP sample if you wish to play a canon (ex: Ichigo, Orihime, or Rukia). You must use the character you are trying out for in the sample in this case.

• you cannot make up your own races; stick to the playable races specified in the basics topic.
  

• to become a Visored or obtain a bankai, a similar RP sample must be shown.
  

• regarding Privaron Espada: you cannot start out as one. You must have actually been kicked out of the Espada for a valid reason to attain this rank. As such, your rank will be dropped to a B level, regardless of your character's previous number.

• your character cannot get stronger from eating other characters, whether they be RPC or NPC.

• captain, Espada, or Deadly Sin characters that are inactive for three weeks will lose said positions. Lieutenants, seated officers, canons, Fraccion, and pets that are inactive for a month will lose said positions. Once a character loses a position, their rank is dropped to D.

• regarding Shunko: the only characters that can use Shunko are Soi Fon and Yoruichi Shihoin. Any profile that states the character is capable of using Shunko will be denied unless they have admin approval beforehand.

Other

• by suspension, I mean temporary IP ban. This means that you will have no access to the site whatsoever during your suspension. Some people will give you sympathy, but the staff certainly won't! If you break a rule on purpose, you will regret it!

• also, since reading the rules is a requirement, claiming ignorance will get you nowhere.

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