Rules, Read 'em!

[Saix]

1. No god moding.This means you can not take control of another person's character in any way. You may only act out the movements/actions/et cetera of your own character. Intentional, or repetitive violation of this rule will end in ban from the RP.

2. Respect the authority of the staff. Intentionally, or repetitive violation of this rule will end in ban from the RP.

3. Respect your fellow players. We want to create a good atmosphere were everyone is allowed to speak their mind without feeling uncomfortable.

4. With that in mind, personal problems are to be kept outside of the chat room & The Roleplay Forums. If you don’t get along with one or more of the other players, take it up with them in the private. We will not have flaming in the chat room. Violation of this rule will end in suspension, or if necessary, ban from the RP.

5. Try your best to be literate. Use proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. A few mistakes are no big deal; all we ask is that you do your best. Net speak is strictly forbidden (2, R, Y, u, l33t, etc).

6. Do your best to keep your character in character.

7. That said, try to keep OOC and 'crack OOC RP' spam to a minimum in the main room, especially when an RP is in progress. There is a reason why we made #MemoriesofSilence And the OoC Board, after all.

8. All forms of relationships are allowed in this continuity, including Yaoi, Yuri and Hentai, no matter the age of the character. However, we encourage explicit scenes to be taken to a private chat. We are to respect each other’s likes and dislikes.

----8-A. Explicit RPs may only be posted in the forums in spoiler tags. If you see a spoiler in an RP thread and don't wish to see explicit content. Don't click it.

9. Original Characters (OC) are very welcome to join. Although the administrators will do all they can to sort out the Mary Sues, OC/Cannon relationships are fully legal.

10. You may occupy (play) up to 3 cannon characters, and/or 3 OCs at any given time.

11. The RP itself has it's HQ set up in a chat room on dA-mn (deviantART messaging network) called #ExodusofSilence. Thusly, to be able to get accepted, or even RP in the continuity at all, it is necessary for you to be signed up with an account on DeviantArt.com

12. You may not participate in any form of RP within the chat, until all administrators has accepted your character, and you have gone through an RP test that has met the approval of all administrators. Violation of this rule may affect the judgment of your application.

13. The plot is the RP's first priority. Pairings, lemons (explicit scenes), all that other relatively unimportant events, comes second to the plot. We did not spend time on creating a web page just so the players will have smut. If you find this a problem, you can just as well RP one-on-one elsewhere. We are not banning romance completely; we simply ask that you take the plot of the RP seriously.

14. The intention of the RP is to have fun! Keep snarky remarks to a minimal. Anyone joining the RP to intentionally stir up trouble will be permanently banned.

15. Chat logs go into their respective worlds, not in their own board, or the moderator's PM boxes. You are responsible for your own logs, unless acceptable extenuating circumstances are found. In many cases (especially missions) You'll be asked to provide your progress, especially when pursuing the mission in the chat. If you can't provide the proof in the right place, the mission will continue to be counted as incomplete, or marked a failure and handed off to someone else.

16. All non-explicit role play expected to affect any character's play in Exodus of Silence must be done in the main room. If you have explicit portions, do the explicit portions in private or on the forum: but bring the rest into the main room.*

17. Replicas, or clones of a character may only be played by the player who has already been approved to play the original. In other words: the only person who can play a replica or clone of Cloud, is the player approved to play Cloud. The only exception to this rule is Repliku (replica Riku, see Chain of Memories), who is a canon separate character from his original.

The base for these rules were gratefully provided by TheBloodWingedAngel aka Vexen of #MemoriesAbyss in all their awesomeness. Thank you Blood! We lurves you!~~<3

[Saix]

*Rules 8-A, 16 and 17 have been added, and highlighted in red.

========================
Reasons for 16 are as follows:

We know that several of you are 'more comfortable' role playing in a private setting such as AIM or another room entirely, however too many players are doing this now. There for, from now on if you want your RP to count towards the storyline or be recognized at all, you have to do it in the room the characters were made for: EoS.

The ONLY exception, is continuing an older RP from another day if other, current RP is going on in the room.

Those who don't comply, will be given warnings based on the moderator's discretion and eventually lose their character/s just as if they were absent for an extended period without response to contact.


---------
In regards to 8-A: Exodus of Silence, it's mods nor admins are NOT responsible for your clicking finger. If you don't want to see explicit content in an RP: don't click the spoilers. None of us have the ability to reach through the screen across country and stop your mouse so don't expect it.

---------
Rule seventeen has been in affect since before the restart, and was accidentally passed over in the update after losing the original rules to deletion. Reasons for this rule also happened before the restart. There are plenty of characters within the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy realms alone; there's currently no need to create doubles of the ones we already have in play.:highlighted:

[Marluxia]

NEW ACTIVITY RULES
Approved Members
Members that have already been approved and tested positive for their characters are required to do the following:

• 1 roleplay log per week.
  - We would prefer if it were complete but if you RP in the chatroom you need to post the log (copy paste from the chat) in the appropriate category once per week to stay active. Try to clean it up when you can if you can't when you post it.
  
• 14 Day Absence
  - You may be absent up to 14 days without notification. If you do not notify us within that time frame that you will be gone for longer, we have the right to kick you out of your spot. If you get kicked out, you have one week to see one of the admins (Saix or Zexion) about keeping your spot. If you can not make it in that time frame and wish to keep your character, you are welcome to reapply but you will have to go through the application process again and your record may be used in the decision of acceptance.
  
• Notify us if you're going to be gone for more than a week!
  - If you're planning to be gone for more than a week for whatever reason, PLEASE NOTIFY US by posting here: exodusofsilence.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=away
  
• One week from the time you post in an Activity check to RP
  - IF you post in the activity check run once a month from the 15th to the last day of the month, you have ONE WEEK from the day you post to participate in a Roleplay either on the forum or in the chat room with the log posted to the forum by midnight of the 7th day. If you cannot do this and do not inform an Admin your character will be considered inactive and go on probation.
  

Pending Members
A pending member is someone who has either made an application on the forums or group but not been accepted or tested yet, Someone who has made an account on the forum but has not posted an application yet, or someone who has reserved a character but not posted and application yet.
Their activity requirements are as follows:

• 7 days to submit a profile or post a pending profile (not yet comepleted)
  - This means that if you've joined the forum or reserved a character, you have 7 DAYS from the date of reservation/joining to post a finished profile for judgement OR an incomplete profile.
  
• 7 Days to Finish your profile or edit it
  - You have 7 days from the day you posted or editted your profile to either finish it or show significant improvement to it. Significant improvement is two fields filled out or a paragraph (For descriptions of Personality/Appearance) updated. When you edit your profile you most make a post in your profile stating what you added. (such as: "I added the height and Sexuality")
  
• Has 14 days to appear in the room or have a started Test RP
  - Once you've been accepted you have 14 DAYS to appear in the room to start a Test Roleplay with an Admin or one of the Roleplay Crew. If you cannot get into the Chatroom you may start ONE roleplay on the forums with your character after you've been accepted and inform the group or an admin of the thread by linking them to it. IF YOU DO NOT participate in a Test roleplay before the end of the 14th day your application will automatically be rejected and you can reapply.