• Spamming — Please do not ‘double post.’ This means posting two times in a row on the same board. If you need to add on to what you said previously, simply edit your initial post and make note of it.
  
• Harassment — Please do not insult other members of the site. Treat them with respect, and please refrain from talking about religion, politics, or sexuality if someone asks you to.
  
• Annoying — Please do not be annoying to any of the staff members -- or any member for that matter. Please do not excessively ask for your profile to be checked. We are often busy and it may take a few days for us to get to it, so please be patient. If a week has gone by since you posted your finished profile, you may ask someone politely to look it over.
  
• Language — We don’t generally mind strong language, but please refrain from offending or insulting someone with it. “The beach was fucking horrible,” if alright. “You’re a fucking fag,” if not.
  
• Activity — We don’t delete accounts, however if you miss two activity checks in a row or haven’t logged in/been active in over a month, we will strip you of all of your characters.
  
• Signatures — Please do not have images thath stretch the board. Also, do not claim work that is not your own.
  
• Advertising — You may only advertise in the designated advertising section. An alternative is advertising in your signature, in which you can link to your site. Any other form of advertising will not be tolerated.
  
• Fun — Please limit the drama to none, and just have fun. This site was created for the enjoyment of its members, and our goal is complete member satisfaction. So please, enjoy yourselves.

• Length — Please make your posts at least five lines long. It’s hard for role players to reply to short posts.
  
• Grammar and Spelling — Please read through your post before you post or, it paste it into a word processor. It’s okay to have a few errors every now and then, but it makes you and the site look more literate if you use correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
  
• OOC — Please keep your character ‘in character.’ Try and keep them as true to their personality as possible. We don’t like unrealistic role plays that include characters who are normally cool and collected going berserk, or characters who are generally cheerful crying and being whatnot.
  
• Editing — You may not edit role play posts if you are in a battle, as it may be viewed as cheating to get the upper hand. If you messed up on something and would like it fixed, please PM a staff member. You may edit normal role play posts, however.
  
• Mature Role Plays — If your role play is going to include sexual activity, excessive gore and violence, or anything not suitable for people under 18, please post it in the Mature Role Play sub-board under OOC Role Play. It is password-protected, and if you need the key word or need to move a role play into that section, notify an administrator.
  
• Power Playing/Meta-Gaming — You cannot control anyone other than your character. Just the same, you must know there is an obvious difference in power levels. If your ranking is severely lower than your opponent, you know the chances of defeating him or her are close to zero. Also, your character cannot know things s/he cannot possibly know. I.e. if someone posts what their character is thinking, your character would not know what they thought.
  
• Quotations — If your character is speaking, you must indicate this by placing what they say in quotation marks (“”). If your character is thinking, you have the option of either placing the thoughts in apostrophes (‘’) or in italics.
  
• Personal Chat — If you have something to say outside of the role play, please either put it in double parenthesis or put ‘OOC:’ before it. Do not hold full-blown conversations during role play; keep that in the General Chatting boards.
  
• Titles — You may join any role play as long as the title does not say one of the following: Closed, Private, Invitation Only, or things of the sort. If you're unsure about entering a role play, PM the thread creator and ask if you may join.

Thank You,
ANB Management