Well, I once again edited the rules on my site and was wondering if they were up to par with what people look for. I went for the idea of not being completely yada strict but am I being too lenient? Please, I would appreciated it if at least one someone read through them and told me what they thought.

I really don't think have fun! should be a rule. Shouldn't it be automatic? :p

I think its pretty good, just check a tiny error I saw in the absences rule.

"It is really helpful to post a notice when you know you are going to be absent and to also try to do it in advance"

Shouldn't it be

"It is really helpful to post a notice when you know you are going to be absent and do also try to do it in advance"

Just thought I'd let you know about that part, other than that though, like I said, they look good.

No, because some people are stupidheads and treat this like a job. :p

Okay, Shade, I did the same thing I'd do if I saw this on a board I was interested in joining: I skimmed. Why? Because I cannot read to save my life and seeing those big ol' paragraphs scared me. Hoorah for bold? ;)

But seriously, I didn't read every word because I'm not very good at reading and all of that stuff. So if these were really on your board and I were really interested in joining and all of that jazz, I would just skim them. It seems that I can get the basic point from the boldedness.

Seriously? This wasn't that long at all considering other forums.


Shade: If you wanna cut down on babbling and size in the OOC section, I'd suggest just killing all the paragraphs except the maturity one, and then elaborating on the maturity paragraph a bit more (whilst killing off some of the unnecessary parts).

If you were cool like me, you'd just say "Hey, be mature. If you don't know how to be mature, here is a great netiquette site for you." And then link them to a website that explains internet maturity. That is really all I do.

Reduce babbling about the OOC stuff and focus in on the IC stuff that needs explaining.


As for the Don't Forget to Have Fun section, I thought it was effective. But most people will see that it is you preaching how to have fun on an RP forum, which might be one of those tiny things that people get annoyed about.

I know; imagine how bad I am with a board with long rules. :p But hey, I'm the first to admit that I have a terrible attention span.

Just a small suggestion. When you ask people to watch the spelling and grammar in their posts, be careful not to have typos and run-on sentences in your rules.;-) Also "progressively bad grammar" would not show signs of improvement, because it would be getting worse as the game goes along.

I do not like wordy rules, myself, but I understand that sometimes you need them. People just don't get it sometimes. Having the rule in a simple sentence, with more elaborate phrasing in the description (like you have yours) is a good compromise. Like Dec., Esq. points out, you can get what you need from what's been put in bold.

I really liked the "Have fun!" section, particularly starting each paragraph with "Have fun!" Yes, that's what we're all here for, in theory, so it should go without saying. Like I said above, however, people just don't get it sometimes.

I should point out that I never, ever do that. Really. o.O