Thunder in Paradise is an intermediate-advanced Future Harry Potter roleplay forum set at Hogwarts with the post-generation families. At the moment, we are accepting canons and originals. Make sure you check the sub-plots list in case your canon character may be involved! To get started, just check out the User Checklist.
Thirty years of complete peace has passed since the fall of Voldemort. But can peace like this last for such a long time? A new threat has arrived, far more dangerous than any other in the Wizarding World. The Muggles have discovered their secret, and are out to take control. Worse yet, there may be spies in Hogwarts that nobody is aware of.
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The Rules « Thread Started on May 10, 2009, 6:42pm »
the rules -------------------------------
registering -----------------------
this is a roleplaying site so please register with a characters name. please make your username your character's first, middle, and last in ALL LOWER CASE letters. yes of course, it is fixable by the admins, but why make them change it if you can get it right in the first place.
this site does have an application! this is not meant to terrorize our members, but to inspire. so yes, it is a pain, but once you're done you know your character better than you know yourself. please do not roleplay until you have completely filled it out. also remember to post in the face claim. it's pretty simple and keeps the forum nice and clean. sounds easy enough.
writing ---------------
this is a literate site, meaning a few paragraphs is the bare minimum here. when it comes to what a reply looks like we follow one rule. it's the rule of RECIPROCATION! meaning, if someone spends two hours writing a 1700 word response, don't reply with one paragraph with no dialogue. now this does pose a problem with open threads. the simple answer? make it medium length. for an open post do something along the lines of 400-600 words. not too long, not to short. then if you want to lengthen it or shorten it you have a nice starter. problem solved!
characters ------------------------
we don't have a limit on how many characters you have, but we'd rather you have 1 or 2 great ones, as opposed to 5 or 6 barely active and under developed ones. get the picture? only take what you can handle. also, if you do have multiple characters, please make some of them boys. yes, we all know how fun it is roleplaying as girls, but we do have guys in this world! be reasonable. if you have 5 characters and only make one of them a guy? yeah that's not reasonable. however, 2 or 3 out of 5 is reasonable.
no one is perfect, and neither are your characters. they can't all be the popular, partying, guy getting girl. everyone has faults, and let those show! also it's really frustrating when people won't stretch beyond their playby's boundaries. yes, i know there are tons of cute pictures of kristen stewart and robert pattinson together which makes graphics ever so easy, but come on! that gets so old! who says kstew can't go out with chase crawford eh? maybe robert really has a thing for selena gomez? mix it up! don't let show/movie/networks separate the roleplaying gold you may have there! nobody likes anything predictable!
so what happens if, let's say, you really want to be leighton meester but oh noes! she's taken. what do you do? well A) you can pm the person with your desired play by and ask if you can be twins. if they say not then pick someone else! just because you can't be leighton doesn't mean it's the end of the world. maybe sophia bush is calling your name but you can't hear it. you never know until you try. you could even find a new favorite playby. now how sweet would that be?
so, we also know that this is the real world (well, relatively speaking). people get pregnant, and people die. but you must get staff permission. first of all, if you want to get another character pregnant, you have to ask their permission and the staff. we'll probably approve. if you want to kill off another character, you have to ask them for permission (fair, right?) and ask the staff. so this means, seriously, no god-modding or anything of that sort.
classes ----------------
classes will begin when there are thirty accepted members. students are required to participate and pass one class. this means, that you are required to participate in class lessons and do what it is necessary to pass the class that you have signed up for. if you sign up for any additional classes, you are expected to participate in those lessons. if you no longer can, then you can either drop-out or send an absentee PM to the professor. if you do not pass a single class, you will not graduate that year and will be forced to retake it. your character will, however, age. if you do not pass any additional classes, you will still graduate, but keep the failing grades on your conscious.
activity ----------------
please stay active! i know we all have lives so we don't expect you to come on every single day, but please try to be on and roleplaying! if you are going to be gone for for longer than 3-4 days, please post in the going away section. that way you don't just go MIA on us here. if you do need to leave the admins can then put your play by/character up for grabs for someone who will use it. also, if you have 5 characters, but you only roleplay with 2 of them we will delete unused characters. it's not fair for you to hog characters other people can use. so please, please, PLEASE stay active
rating -------------
this site is rated M, because in life you never know what's gonna happen. this does NOT mean excessive violence, swearing or sex. swearing is allowed but don't make it a second language. since rosetta stone doesn't offer it, i don't consider it a language, kay? if there's gonna be sex, mark the thread with a [M] or [mature] just so those reading responses are expecting. if you want to fade to black, sure do that. it's not mandatory, but don't make it so graphic that this becomes a porn site.
most importantly -------------------------------------
have fun! roleplaying is an awesome possum activity so just have fun. and as long as you follow these rules, i see no reason why you won't have fun! enjoy!
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