THE RULES OF THE GAME

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Site Rules

"'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies

To keep order and conduct at Hide & Seek, we will need a few rules. Please read them and obey them. Break one and we shall be forced to extract your soul.

1. Be respectful! Treat each member with the respect they deserve. We understand that you can't get along with everyone, but you can at least be civil. Keep any OC fights out of the boards and cbox and into pms, IM or myspace. Not here.

2. Warnings will be given and the warning system will be used. You will be sent a warning pm for the first offense, but break a rule again and we will enable the warning system to 30%. Do it again and it'll be up to 60% [first letter: O] and your account(s) will be disabled for one to three days. Once more and consider yourself banned.

3. Keep the drama in check! Our members vary in ages, so we need to be considerate of them. We understand that these are hormonal teens and adults, but any drama concerning rape, drugs or pregnancies must be checked with the staff first. Any fights must be IC. If a thread has a higher rating (above PG-13), please put so in the title along with a warning in (([[brackets]])).

4. Images must be clean. All avatars must be PB 100x100 images. No icons! No exceptions! Signatures can vary in size, but they must not stretch the page (we prefer a size of 500) and they cannot be above the height of 450. No nudity, drugs or alcohol in the images. We will take it down without warning.

5. This is an intermediate site! All posts must be two paragraphs or more. A paragraph must have a six sentence minimum. The only exception to this is if its back and forth chit chat, but even then try for a paragraph. [second letter: B] No one-liners! Add detail, thoughts and emotions to make it longer. No god-modding or double posting. These posts will be deleted without warning! Proper English grammar must be used. All posts should be in 3rd person. If anything is OC please use [blah blah] or ((ect ect)).

6. To make sure you have read the rules please put in your application.

7. No spamming! That means anywhere - on the boards, the applications or on the cbox. Its really unnecessary and you will be warned for it. If it continues you will be banned!

8. Keep characters active! You are allowed as many characters as you can keep up with, but you must have them all active. Keep in mind that we need a good population of boys and girls of various ages.

9. Have fun! We want you to have a wonderful experience at Hide & Seek. Invite your friends and help us advertise!

10. Members must abide with the Proboards Terms of Service. That means you are 13 years or older with parental permission, can write in English and will not promote "the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, nudity, or any other form of adult content, profanity, hate, "spam," [third letter: E] fraud, racism, mlm, pyramid schemes, or promote any illegal activity." To read the TOS in full, please click here.

11. You must answer this question in the 'Other' section of your application. Q: Which The Host character did you identify with the most?

Happy posting!

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Character Rules

Please read the following rules to know what to do for your character.

1. Your application is the first insight we get to your character. Please make sure you fill it our accordingly and the in the Pending Applications board. Feel free to write as much as you want, but keep in mind that you must follow our application format.

2. One application per character and account. You cannot have multiple characters on one account. It's too confusing and your account will be deleted without warning. Your account must be your character's first and last name.

3. We ask for two paragraphs or more in appearance, personality, and history. Try for three in the RP Example.

4. We reserve the right to deny a character.

5. In order to join, you have to be accepted by 2 out of the 4 Staff Members. You will have two chances to improve your application. After your second try your application will be locked and denied. You won't be allowed to create the same character again, but you will be allowed to use the account for another character.

6. Only post a complete application. If you post an incomplete application, it will be considered your first attempt and will therefore have one more attempt to improve it when staff request it.

7. You may not post in the boards until your character has been accepted.[Fourth letter:Y] That also includes a few OOC boards like Games, Randomness, Book Discussions, and Graphics . If your character is not accepted you will have two weeks to prove yourself or delete your character(s).


Our application is quiet lengthy, but please bear with us. Here at Hide & Seek we like to promote character development.