→ Important Rules

1. You must be at least 15 to play.
   
2. No original characters or real people.
   
3. You may submit two applications each calendar month, and that's it. Deleting applications to get around this rule will lead to an applications suspension and auto rejection.
   
4. We have a character limit of 9 and a fandom limit of 3 (that is, three characters from a single fandom per person.)
   
5. Please realize the difference between catchphrases and copying material from a book or script. The former is a saying your character often uses, which is perfectly acceptable, while the latter is copying lines directly from a book or script, which is grounds for automatic rejection.
   
6. Lyrics will not count to your word count.
   
7. Should we request another sample, you have a week from that request date to supply one before the application is rejected.

→ Check before applying

1. The taken characters list
   
2. The Reserve Page, to see if someone has reserved the character or if you, yourself would like to. See the page for more information about reservations.

→ Etiquette

1. Please don't be presumptuous. Mods reserve the right to reject the application of anyone announcing their acceptance prematurely.
   
2. Do not bother the moderators about your application. Asking for a verdict in PM or otherwise will result in an auto-reject.
   
3. If you feel you've been overlooked, post a comment with a link to your application and we'll make it our priority. Being overlooked and reposting your application will not count to your two a month limit.

→ Contact

1. If you have any general questions about applications or how the application process works, feel free to contact any of the moderators/modpoles.

→ Click this link for an explanation of our application.
→ Click this for an explanation of what we consider plagiarism
→ A convenient word counter. We encourage using this to confirm your samples meet the require word minimums before posting.

→ The Application
<b>Player nickname:</b> <b>Player LJ:</b> <b>Way to contact you:</b> <i>Email:</i> <i>AIM:</i> <i>Other:</i> <b>Are you at least 15?:</b> Y/N. <b>Current Characters:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Character Notes:</b> <i>History:</i> <i>Personality:</i> <i>Other:</i> <i>Additional Links:</i> <b>First Person (entry type):</b> <b>Third Person:</b>

( Prompts )

We strongly discourage conversations on applications. A comment here or here is fine, but please reserve all 'celebrating' for intro posts.

We check applications between Friday and Monday.
They are always open.

The previous application post is here.

Player nickname: -- This is your name. If you feel uncomfortable putting your real name, feel free to put a nick name.
Player LJ: Your personal livejournal, not your characters; put it between the ""'s
Way to contact you:
Email: Electronic Mail, if you don't have one, try gmail, yahoo, or hotmail.
AIM: Your AIM sn
Other: Any other means of contacting you.
Are you at least 15?: Y/N.
Current Characters: Whoever you are currently playing on dramadramaduck

Character: Character's full name.
Fandom: Your characters canon, be it a book, movie, game, comic, anything; if you're taking them from a specific source such as the comic over the movie or the manga over the anime, PLEASE tell us this.
Character Notes: Cannot be a summary/copy paste from another source.
History: Anything you feel is necessary from their personal history; while it's easy to summarize the series the character is from, please avoid that.
Personality: Any distinct personality points you feel are necessary to tell us.
Other: Anything else, quirks, habits, enjoyments, anything. Heck, even give us a picture if you want.
Additional Links: Wikipedia/fandom wiki's/fan websites with good descriptions/etc.

First Person (entry type): 100+ words

Third Person: 150+ words



What Is Plagiarism? with Norru Norryton.
☑ Writing everything yourself with some resource checking.
☒ Copy and Pasting straight from that resource.
⇒ Why?: Copy and Pasting straight from Wikipedia or whatever you use to find your information yourself shows us only that you know how to copy and paste. We want to know that you know your own character's information.

☑ Writing your history yourself.
☒ Paraphrasing another source.
⇒ Why?: Paraphrasing is pretty much fancy copy-pasting. I'd honestly rather you have little to no history than a paraphrased one from another source; I can look up wikipedia myself.

☑ Writing your own sample.
☒ Taking lines from canon or fanfiction.
⇒ Why?: As like the first explanation, I don't know that you know your character if you just pull lines from canon (this excludes popular catchphrases that the character would say a lot) or lift lines from fanfiction. Plus, this sort of thing honestly pisses me off. Don't do it.

☑ Working/Building on characterization from many sources/your own imagination
☒ Copying someone's characterization nearly word for word.
⇒ Why?: This is less to do with applications and more so to do with imitation not always being flattery. It's fine to see someone's characterization and build off it, but make sure you put yourself into it as well.

☑ Writing your own posts/comments.
☒ Copy and Pasting posts/comments from someone elses version of that character.
⇒ Why?: What even-- no. Do this, you and I will have a very stern talk.

☑ Writing YOUR OWN APP.
☒ Writing someone elses application for them; having someone write your application for you.
⇒ Why?: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. SERIOUSLY. WHAT EVEN-- I CANT. WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS. NO. NO. But seriously, if I catch you doing this (writing apps for people/having people write your apps for you), I will ban all those involved from the game. By willfully submitting information that is not theirs or willfully accepting information you didn't write, you have the intent of getting (someone) into the game untruthfully. Not kosher.

To also clarify with applications:
I am okay with you using a history/personality section/sample(s) you've written for other games/websites/whatever so long as you LET ME KNOW IN YOUR APPLICATION and, if you can, link me the source.

In conclusion:
The way these things work is, I will judge your chances based on how well I know you and if I think it was intentional or not. Before now, people have expressed that they didn't know that you couldn't copy and paste histories or personality sections or what have you, so I have let it pass-- that's also why I wrote all this haha-- but that being said, it's generally a three strike rule (which was upped from the previous one strike policy). The third time I catch you plagiarizing, you will be banned from applying for three months. The fourth? You will be banned from applying all together.

I will not request your characters or you be removed from the game, don't worry, but I take this seriously and you should too. If you feel I have acted unfairly, you can talk to me about it and maybe we can work something out; despite my fairly strong stance on this, please don't feel like I won't be compassionate. I understand misunderstandings, it's okay if it's an honest mistake.

Thank you for reading all of this. Consider this your warning. :B ♥

Hey guys, welcome to the new and improved Suggestions and Complaints post. We're going to try something a little new.

FOR SUGGESTIONS: Simply put 'suggestion' in your subject and then go for it. Nothing is too little or too big and we love having player suggestions to think about, and possibly use!

FOR PLAYER COMPLAINTS:

CHARACTERS WHO ARE OOC
<b>Character's Name:</b> <b>Character's Fandom:</b> <b>Character's Journal:</b> <lj user="[journal name here]"> <b>Reason they are out of character:</b> <b>Thread(s) to prove OOC behavior:</b> (Please add commentary so we are aware where exactly it is taking place. If you do not provide threads/comments then we will be unable to process your complaint.) <b>Suggested Action:</b>

OUT OF LINE PLAYER BEHAVIOR -- ON COMM
<b>Mun (nick)Name:</b> <b>On IC or OOC Comm?:</b> <b>Is this the first time or has this happened? Explain, if you can:</b> <b>What happened?:</b> (Feel free to elaborate as much as you are comfortable) <b>Links to threads:</b> (If you do not provide threads/comments exhibiting the behavior that you are concerned about, then we will be unable to process your complaint)

OUT OF LINE PLAYER BEHAVIOR -- IN CHAT
<b>Mun (nick)Name:</b> <b>Screenname:</b> <b>Is this the first time this has happened? Explain, if you can:</b> <b>What happened?:</b> (Feel free to elaborate; if their behavior is also going onto the community, please let us know) <b>Logs of the incident:</b> (please copy and paste logs of what happened. We will be unable to process your complaint without this.)

HARASSMENT
<b>Mun (nick)Name:</b> <b>Screenname:</b> (If it happened through IM) <b>What happened?:</b> <b>Has this happened before?:</b> (And with the same person?) <b>Logs/threads:</b> (Copy and paste links to what happened or provide logs-- please do not edit screen names. We will unable to process your complaint without proof.)

GENERAL COMPLAINTS: For general complaints, just go crazy. if it's something about the community or the mod team or anything, feel free to voice it-- we will not judge you in the slightest.


Finally, ALL COMMENTS ARE SCREENED, no one will see what you have said and EVERYTHING IS CONFIDENTIAL. Only Moderators and the PR team will see your complaint (some 'suggestions' may be unscreened for the rest of the community to see and comment on themselves; if you would like your suggestion to stay private, please let us know and we will keep it screened). The one thing we ask is that you leave us some way to contact you (if it's your real sn, an anonymous sn, an e-mail, anything). We like to follow up on complaints to make sure things are getting resolved and we cannot follow up with completely anonymous complaints. However, it is entirely up to you.

Mods reserve the right to determine whether a complaint warrants action. Please remember that there is a process outlined here (coming soon) that shows how we handle complaints. Any talks had with the 'offending party' will not be shared with you, we will not give you details but if you ask, we will be honest and let you know if we did talk to them at all.

With gods, psychics, and rabid fangirls roaming our community ICly, the questions arise: how much of another character's canon does a character have access to? Are there things a player would rather keep under wraps? And are there things that omniscients should know about your character?

Please respond to this post with any information characters should know ICly (for example, if they can read minds) or that you'd prefer to keep secret (like your character's alter-ego).

When in doubt, the best rule of thumb is to contact a player before making any revelations about their characters. Sure, your character reads manga and knows that Light is Kira -- but maybe the mun wants to try and keep it under wraps.

Still have a question? Ask a mod!


Player information:
<b>Player LJ:</b> <b>Player AIM:</b>

Character information:
<b>Character:</b> <b>Character Journal:</b> <b>Information:</b> <b>Accessible to:</b> <b>Please contact mun before:</b>

The FAL is divided into lists of 200 for your convenience. Please allow one day between lists to ensure you don't exceed the 200 per day add limit. Drops will continually be one week behind to account for the seven-day grace period.

If you see any errors or have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. You can reach me at attorney at lulz on AIM. ♥

-Idgie

Last update: 07/09/09
Next update: 07/13/09

( Friend Add/Remove Lists )

EVENTS & VIRUSES SUGGESTION POST

Simple as that, folks-- post your suggestions here.

Please be as detailed as possible so everyone can understand. Yays and Nays and Suggestions are okay, but please no personal conversations-- bring those to IM. IF YOUR VIRUS IS ACCEPTED, YOU CAN SCHEDULE WHEN IT HAPPENS BY CONTACTING NORRY. OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO POLLING. If your virus receives 0 votes or 1 vote twice in a row during polling, it will be removed.

When posting, please specify Event or Virus somewhere (preferably in the subject) and remember, anything that involves less than 5 people is not either of these; you can, for lack of a better term, consider that a personal plot or personal virus and that does not require moderator approval. All personal viruses (as in, viruses that affect a small amount of characters-- yes, even just one) need to be run by a moderator.

Post away! ♥

( list of potentials )

Reservations 2008 - o2

Please comment here to reserve a character application. Reservations will be held for one week AKA seven days; other applications for that character will still be accepted, but we will wait until we receive yours before making any final decisions. We prefer to avoid multiple applications (as I'm sure you do as well), so please get your application in as soon as possible.


Please to be telling us:

<b>Player LJ:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Character:</b>

• Please remember that reserving a character does not mean you will be accepted when you apply, multiple applications or not.
  
• If the reservations list is updated and you dont see yours listed, please reply again to make sure we didnt miss your reservation.
  
• You may renew a reservation when your reservation expires if no other applications for that character have been received.
  
• Please note that if you will not be eligible to apply for a new character by the last date of your reservation, your reservation will be considered invalid. Please wait until at least one week before the 1st of the new month to reserve a character if you have already used up your applications for the month.
  
• And, last but not least, check this list to see who is already being played before you reserve OR apply.
  
  
  Current Reserves
  
  Axis Powers Hetalia
  Heracles Karpusi | ranfromrain | Expires 7/11
  
  Bleach
  Renji Abarai | fiannan | Expires 7/9
  
  Fairy Tail
  Natsu Dragneel | angeldusting | Expires 7/15
  
  Guilty Gear
  Dizzy | kyahryorin | Expires 7/10
  
  Kingdom Hearts
  Sora | kyahryorin | Expires 7/14
  
  Persona 4
  Kanji Tatsumi | geek_among_men | Expires 7/16
  
  Ranma 1/2
  Akane Tendou | heath_face | Expires 7/10
  
  Slayers
  Xellos | kuroi_yue | Expires 7/14
  
  Warcraft
  Sylvanus Windrunner | rangergeneral | Expires 7/12
  
  X-men
  Nate Grey | angeldusting | Expires 7/15

Hiatus Post 2008 - o1

Going on hiatus? Let us know here.

• Although it's not mandatory to tell us if you're going to be gone for just two or three days, it may be to your benefit. If you're going to be gone for more than a week, please inform us.
  
• Hiatuses may be taken for no more than three months. You will be dropped from the community entirely after.
  
• Hiatus posts do not need to be made on the OOC comm. If you do make a post there, however, you must still leave a comment in this entry. If you don't, you are liable for whatever happens in your absence.
  
• When you return from hiatus, please reply to your original hiatus comment stating that you have returned or else you will be on hiatus until you do. You may be dropped for excessive hiatus, otherwise.
  
• Do not use hiatuses as a way to get around the activity check, we will follow up.

NOTE: DO NOT COMMENT HERE IF YOU'RE TAKING A SEMI-HIATUS. SEMI-HIATUSES DO NOT EXEMPT YOU FROM ACTIVITY CHECK AS THERE IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE SOME ACTIVITY. If you feel you won't be able to make the necessary comments for AC, then please take a FULL hiatus


Previous hiatus post: here