RULES

THE MUST-READ RULES OF
AFTER THE BOOM

1. RESPECT
Please respect both fellow members and the staff. Respect staff decisions. The last thing we need is unnecessary tension. Needless to say a part of respect is having the decency not to spam the boards.

2. REGISTRATION
Make sure you register with the name of your character! Your display name needs to be the First and Last name of your character to avoid any confusion. One account per character, please.

3. ACTIVITY
It is very important that you stay active and keep up with all the activity checks. If you are going away please let us know. Do not leave others hanging in threads, and make sure you have at least one in character post per week. {password piece: Se}

4. APPLICATION
Please apply by starting a new topic with the true name of your character. You must complete applications within one week of starting them, or your application will be rejected. Do not plagiarize! Do not rush the Staff, your thread will receive attention soon. Please follow our application guidelines! Do not post in-character until you have been accepted.


5. ROLEPLAYING
Please post in third person for all in character threads. Make sure you are able to post at least two paragraphs for any in character posts, as one and two liners are simply not acceptable. Obviously, you are forbidden from the dreaded god-mod. You control only your character, and cannot kill, maim or otherwise severely affect the lives of any other characters without the players permission as well as a staff members.

6. RATING
The world after the boom is a gritty one, and this site will deal with mature topics including violence, swearing, sex and drug use. This does not mean that every post should be rife with swearing and mature content...use common sense! ProBoards (now Freeforums) ToS states boards must be rated PG-13, so be careful players. Now, don't let this turn you away. Just think about all the things you're able to get away with these days in PG-13 movies.

7. GRAPHICS
We all love graphics, we really do, but we need to establish a few rules about this. Do not post pornographic or graphic images. You are allowed to have both avatars and signatures of reasonable size. [150 X 150] ~ Avi | [550x 200] ~ Sig


REGARDING APPLYING

1) Please post applications using the following format; Proper caps last name, proper caps first name.

Augustine, Kathan

Essex, Nathaniel


2) Remember this is a 100% OC board, so no Clark Kent or Peter Parker. {password piece: re}

3) If you are posting an incomplete application, please mark it as so and bump the topic once you are finished. You have one week to finish applications once you first post them.

4) You must wait for approval before posting in any IC sections.

5) Exceptionally powerful characters require the approval of two (2) staff members. The first Staff member to approve will notify you in the thread if they find your character meets that criteria.

6) Players are allowed 5 characters. But in order to create a 2nd, 3rd, etc... character, you must have one of the following:

1. 20 IC posts and at least 1 active thread with your current character(s).

OR
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2. 10 IC posts and at least 1 active thread with your current character(s) + a staff member's support. (IE: This staff member believes the player will remain active with all their characters and is in support of allowing them a 2nd, 3rd, etc.)

7) You must read the rules in full and find the pieces of the Password in order to be approved--that's what the "Password" part of the application is for.



REGARDING POWERS & CHARACTERIZATION

1) We would prefer your first character have no more than 2 powers, but SOME exception might be made (don't push it though). Once you've met the requirements for having a second character you may have up to 5, but you will require multiple approvals.

2) Your characters must, must, must have some kind of physical weakness. No it doesn't have to be something like kryptonite, so long as something (bullets, knives, fists...) can harm them.

3) No Mary Sues or Gary Stues, please. Nobody's perfect.

4) Powers such as telepathy and telekinesis are rare, and mostly limited to those in the Wires faction. Other powers like time travel/time manipulation are forbidden. Read the plot carefully and you'll see what sort of things just wouldn't make sense in this world.


PLAYING AS COMPANY HIGHER-UPS

1) CEOs are currently not permitted, as they possess too much authority.
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2) VPs and Presidents of different divisions are permitted, and lower ranking company members, but 2 approvals are required to play as any Higher-Up in any of The Powers.
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Thanks for reading! Have fun!!



-Sin