I. | First and foremost is Respect. Please respect every member that is on here, no matter who they are or where they come from. Please treat everyone equally.
|
II. | Communication. It is very important to communicate with your RP partners when making decisions that might affect them IE: deleting a character, ending a relationship, drastic changes to characters that could affect the relationship or move on from plots. Please be transparent about your intentions so no one develops hurt feelings.
|
III. | Do not steal, images, or content made by members from this site. If you aren't sure, ask them. We do not own anything that is HP canon, but anything original or member-made requires permission.
|
IV. | Please try to interact with everyone, not just a few people, we want everyone to feel welcome.
|
V. | No OOC drama. This includes on site, in the cbox and the discord. This means no bullying people into plots. No manipulating people into feeling guilty for wanting to remove characters or drop plots they aren’t feeling. Remembering that tone and intent and language barriers can sometimes be misleading so don’t be taking everything to heart. Don’t push controversial topics like politics or religion and if someone asks you to edit something because it makes them uncomfortable, just do it.
|
VI. | No spamming mass threads or post padding. Spamming mass threads means when 1-2 people take over a mass thread and do not leave room for other people to reply by spamming back to back within a short period of time (IE: 1-2 days). Post Padding means posting back to back with yourself to get you post count up.
|
VII. | No God-Modding without permission and that permission must be indicated. God-Modding is the act of knowing something about another character that yours should not and implementing that knowledge into your RP and/or doing something to another person's character without their permission or chance to react to said action
EX: "I grabbed Remy's hand and threw him into the bushes." - is an act of Godmodding because Remy has not had a chance to react to my actions. The correct way to write this would be: "I grabbed Remy's hand and attempted to throw him into the bushes." - this means that while I am doing this, Remy has a chance to resist and I'm not just taking control of him. |
VIII. | No Metagaming: "Metagaming is a term used in role-playing games, which describes a player's use of real-life knowledge concerning the state of the game to determine their character's actions, when said character has no relevant knowledge or awareness under the circumstances."
|
IX. | Proboards is an English site and rated for people 13 years or older (PG-13). This means parental guidance is required as some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
All posts must be written in English (or have an immediate translation following) and must comply with the PG-13 guidelines. Strong language (curses and vulgar terms) must be minimal. There will be no use of weapons or weapon violence (guns, knives, etc.), only wands and hand to hand combat. Alcohol is permitted at a minimum and only by those of age. Drugs are not allowed. Smoking is okay. Minimal violence will be permitted as long as it is gently displayed as to not offend or harm viewers. Sexual content must be fade to black or use the famous “black curtain” developed by Dean Stewart/Lou on HOS.
If you are unsure, don’t write it or ask an admin for advice before going forward.
|
X. | INH has an IC discord for members to try out characters prior to making them on site, to explore new relationships prior to threading with someone onsite, to speed through small plots that don’t necessarily need a thread because of how short the interactions are, and/or to RP adult themes. Ask an admin about this and they can point you in the right direction to getting the link. You must be 18+ to access the NSFW section of this discord.
|
XI. | All images will be restricted to PG-13. Please make sure that they are suitable images.
|
XII. | Site Restrictions: Apparition is restricted to characters who are 17 or older. The Deathly Hallows and The Marauders Map are lost to time. You may seek these items out but you will not find them. No character may create a Horcrux but characters are allowed to attempt it and fail. Ressurection is not possible and parseltongue has died out as there are no relatives of Salazar Slytherin left. Unicorn blood is forbidden by the Ministry of Magic and it's use is immediate imprisonment in Azkaban.
|
## | INFO HERE
|