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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 12:26:12 GMT -6
 Welcome to.... HOGWARTS: THRU THE YEARS
We will be happy to have you as a member if you wish to join. Please read the rules in this thread for this forum before you apply for any characters.
Once you have read and agreed to the rules (in your mind that is) please post in the newbie thread to introduce yourself.
When you know what is expected on this forum and if you would like it here/follow our few rules. Why not look to see which [Canon Characters] are available and apply for a [Canon Character] here.
If you wish to have a original character, please have a look at our [Membership Statisitcs] to see which houses/years have positions open. Then apply for [Original Character] here.
Please read through everything careful, these are very important and we shall know if you haven't read them and will take away future house points or wizard money.
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 13:15:14 GMT -6
 We have some basic rules on this forum which we want you to follow, if you do not the following will happen (but only in the worse cases) -
1) Warning will be PMed to you
2) Second Warning and house points or credits taken from your character/s
3) Email sent to you saying you have been banned for a week
4) Email sent to you saying you have been banned for a month with more house points or credits taken away
5) Banned for life and accounts deleted
We really don't want to ban anyone and it will only happen in the most worse cases, we don't have many strick rules here, but we want you to follow the few rules we have.
Some aren't even proper rules, just things to do.
THE RULES
1) This is nice, clean and happy forum. We do not take spamming, or people offending members when out of character. We all want to have fun here and if this forum isn't to your liking maybe this place isn't for you.
2) If you find something that, you disagree with or having problems with a member please contact the admin account 'Mr Bee' who will be more than willing to help you with anything you wish to discuss.
3) Please check out the Prophet for the latest news and updates on the forum often to keep up with regular announcements. The Prophet has its own area in the Information Centre.
The Prophet will also be PMed to all members weekly with the latest.
4) Please respect each other and treat others as you wish to be treated. Greet newbies, rally round them to make feel welcome and if they need help navigating the board then try to be a good citizen and be of assistance. No one likes to be treated as an outsider and it’s important to us that everyone feels a part of our family here on Hogwarts: Thru The Years.
5) We appreciate if you help us keep this board tidy by posting your messages in the right areas. If you aren’t sure then you can always ask the staff account. Don’t worry if you make a mistake, we can always move them to their rightful home.
6) We have a Guides & FAQ area and Problems Thread for any problems, please check the Guides & FAQ area before posting in the Problems Thread or contacting the admin account as this will cut down on our workload.
7) Not only do you have to follow these basic rules but everything else that is said in this thread. (aka information on 'Members and Characters', 'Character Rules' and 'Posting Rules'.)
Not following will result in warnings, house points/credits taken away and finally banning if necessary. |
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 13:27:10 GMT -6
MR BEE
This is the main Staff Account, it is used to basically keep the forum up and running, creating new shops/houses for characters. Taking in suggestions and ideas and improving the forum so it's the best as it can possibly be.
If you have a problem, this is the account to PM.
GRINGOTTS GOBLIN
This is for Staff members to play as the Goblin to not only run Gringotts but to deal with credits.
SORTING HAT
The old Sorting Hat that lives in the Headmaster's Office. It is used to sort new members and give information on which Canon Characters are available.
THE PROPHET
The Daily Prophet gives you all the latest news and updates on the forum and even in the roleplaying world. It also tells you which jobs are available.
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 14:17:22 GMT -6
 REGISTERING
Anyone is welcome to register, your only allowed one account at first. This is to insure that all players are of good quality and good attendance. Your Character must be approved and sorted into a house before you start posting. You are only allowed to post in the 'Information Centre' or 'Applications' areas until such time as you are approved and the hat sorts you.
If you do not follow this rule, future house points/credits will be taken away from your future character.
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS
You may apply to have another account/character if you meet the guidelines in this thread. I, Mr Bee can delete any extra accounts made if need be and take away house points/credits.
MEMBER EXPECTATIONS
For this place to work and the plot to move forward, we need members who post regularly. You are asked to not make a commitment to plots or stories that you will be unable to finish due to time constraints. It is inconsiderate for people you are posting with and difficult to work around from an administration prospective. Canon characters (those straight out of the books) are asked to be available on a daily or weekly basis for plot and conference.
ATTENDANCE
If you are going away for long enough that it will hold up any plots you are present in or going on holiday, please post in the Attendance Thread, the information you need to post is in the first post.
ACTIVITY CHECKS
Activity Checks will be done at random times to help clean up the forum from those who do post and those who do not. If you don't post on an Activity Check your character/s will be put down as inactive, removed from current plots and probably put back on the Available Characters list (if Canon Character). That's not to say you can't sign up later or anything, we are just keeping the forum as clean and tidy as possible. Those who are "absent" and have posted so in the Attendance thread will not be marked inactive at the time of the Activity Check.
GETTING ANOTHER CHARACTER
If you already have one character and you want another, you can do so if you meet the following guidelines.
Please remember that we need Canon characters more so then originals, especially if we are low on canons, and that every character you have will have to post weekly. So make sure you don't get too many characters making it so you can't handle them all.
Also if we desperatly need Canon Characters, you maybe able to apply for that character earlier then normal without meeting the guidelines.
GUIDENLINES
You are welcome to one character to start off with, usually this has to be a character from the canon list as these are needed more.
After you have been here for awhile with enough credits you can apply for a new character. |
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 14:28:04 GMT -6
 THE BASICS
You must have a first and last name for your character. If you’d like to be a canon character please make sure first that the character is available. We encourage creativity and all members are invited to create your own character, also known as a non-canon character.
Please note: Non-canon characters cannot be relatives of any canon characters. This means no Barbra Weasley’s who are Arthur's long lost third cousin once removed. You may also not carry the last names of canon characters (for example: Potter, Evans, Malfoy) unless you are playing a canon character or with the consent of the site administrators.
SPECIAL TALENTS / ABILITIES
As students are not typically just animagus, metamorphmagus, legimens, occlumens, or possess any other sort of extra magical powers you are not automatically allowed to have them.
Cause lets face it, theses powers and abilities are rare in the books so are rare here too.
Students are also not allowed to apparate without license. If you would like to have these powers, it needs to be stated in your application. Adding it to your application does not necessarily mean that it will be approved.
HERITAGE / BLOOD PURITY
Please no werewolves, sirens, giants, vampires, banshees, elves, trolls or other mixes of magical creatures can be part of your bloodline unless you are a canon character. If you would like to have these powers, it needs to be stated in your application. Adding it to your application does not necessarily mean it will be approved.
NO...
Please no sirens, giants, banshees, elves, trolls or other mixes of magical creatures, this site is for witches and wizards only. No half wizard half vampire, a character who was sorted into two houses or anything else that is out there and not keeping in with the books.
For play bys, no anime pictures. If you wish for your character/s to have children, please PM Mr. Bee.
ACTIVITY EXPECTATIONS
CANON CHARACTERS
Canon characters are expected to stay active. This means at least three in-character posts per week (if major character like Harry Potter himself, more posts are needed weekly). Special circumstances may arise and we are prepared for that when the time comes. The administration is happy to work with members on an individual basis to fulfill posting needs and accommodate schedules. If a canon character goes unused for 3 consecutive weeks, they will be put back into the pool of available characters.
Unless that person has posting in the Attendance Thread to say they will be away, then the character will most likely be missing in the wizarding world or in St. Mungo's Hospital.
ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
Non-canon characters are expected to stay active! This means at least two in-character post per week. Special circumstances may arise and we are prepared for that when the time comes. The administration is happy to work with members on an individual basis to fulfill posting needs and accommodate schedules. Unlike canon characters, we will not remove non-canon characters unless they fail to respond to activity checks.
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 14:34:07 GMT -6
 GENERAL INFORMATION
All members are encouraged to create a signature or/and avatar to represent their characters as they post. If you are not a buzz at Photoshop like myself, you can ask others to make you some artwork (Get Your Own Artwork) with some of your chosen images. Any members may Claim a Celebrity Face for their character to be used in posts.
SIGNATURES
Signatures must be of reasonable width and height, No bigger then 500 pixels wide by 250 pixels long. Don't go crazy with huge signatures or lots of small images either. Please feel free to get creative with your signatures, but be responsible. Signatures may include moving elements, flashing elements or any other creative animations. Curse words may appear as censored.
AVATARS
Avatars on this site can be up to 100 pixels wide and 300 pixels long. Please feel free to get creative with your avatars, but be responsible. Avatars may include moving elements, flashing elements or any other creative animations. Curse words may appear as censored. Personal text appearing under avatars must be appropriate.
NOTES
If you are asked to edit your signature, avatar, or personal text by any staff member please do so. Failure to comply will result in banishment and being stung by me.
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 14:38:57 GMT -6
 GENERAL GUIDELINES
When posting, especially in character, please try to be senseable and not post things like, 'OMG lik u freakin' rule dis skool!'
Things like this will not be acceptable, especailly in character and you can be warned of this and have house points/credits taken away. All staff members have the right to edit, change or mark posts that are not decently written.
There's no number of words you have to do when posting, as long as it isn't ridiculously short (one great paragpraph or two paragraphs) it's ok.
FONT COLOURS
We ask that all members use the default font color. There are some places you can use colors: Personal text, signature and out of character forums. Other than that, no colors… This is because not all the colours can be easily seen on this forum.
STARTING / ENDING POSTS
Please name threads in a way that fits with what it is about. Also, it would be helpful to add one of the following -
(OPEN THREAD) - (CLOSED THREAD) - (INVITE ONLY)
Open threads are where anyone can reply to and closed threads are just that, closed. It lets us staff know we can lock them when we see one. Invite Only are threads where you can only join them if you have had a invite.
At the start of posts you can post a picture of your character if you wish, especially if it's a party so we can see what your character is wearing for the occasion. You can also add some lyrics underneath the image that fits in with the plot. (This isn't a must, you can go without the image and lyrics if you wish)
At the end of the post is where you add details of the plot. Every post MUST have a date of when it takes place and a tag of people that can reply/are part of the plot, not doing and you will find yourself PMed with warnings and credits being taken away.
You can also add other details at the bottom, for example, something like this -
DATE: 24 JUNE 2009
TAG: Anyone is welcome to reply
WORDS: 571
LYRICS: Get this party started by Pink
OUTFIT: Black jeans, white top (in picture/link)
OOC/NOTES: Hopefully this post is ok, sorry for the lack of speech
MECHANICS
When your character speaks it needs to be in quotations. These words cannot be italicized or bold. These spoken words must be written in a grammatically correct way:
Professor Dumbledore opened the door to find
a kitten on the front step getting rained on. “Poor kitten,” he said.
When you are speaking out of character on any thread except the OOC boards then please make your font is clearly marked with: “OOC,” “Out of Character,” etc. (this has to go at the bottom of posts)
OOC: I can’t believe you just said that!
When you post someone else's comment, or a third person comment please post it as bold.
”Meow,” said the kitten. Professor Dumbledore smiled.
For all other random parts of speech like thoughts, please post it as italicized.
I wonder if this is Minerva? Professor Dumbledore couldn’t help thinking.
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Post by Mr Bee on Feb 21, 2010 14:42:32 GMT -6
INFORMATION You might be wondering what Credits are by now. Credits are our way of saying thank you for all of your hard work on the site. You'll see you'll have a credits box in your mini profile, this is how many credits you have. Keep a eye on it, it will go up and down depending on a few things. GETTING CREDITS There are a number of ways to get credits, here's a list of them -
- Member of the Month: Each month the Staff will select one member as the Member of the Month. This member will have been on the site for the entire month in question and will receive the award for participation and quality of posts. The winner will receive 10 credits.
- Member Referral: If a member puts your username or character name in our referral line, you will receive five credits. Not available for second character or additional character applications.
- Participation: You can participate for credits in different ways. Mostly they will be for offering suggestions or help to the admins of the site.
- Contests: As our site continues to grow we will have various contests where you can win credits.
- Questions/Quizzes: At least every month we will have a question, quiz or something similar for you to take part in. Doing so will result in 5 credits.
- Thread/Post of the Week: We will have a OOC thread of the week where you can post to get to earn credits, doing so will result in 2 credits and you can earn up to 10 credits for each character.
We also select a Thread and Post of the week in the Prophet that we like, each one will earn you 10 credits.
USING CREDITS What can you do with your credits?
- Upgrade your Profile for 20 credits so you have your own board. You can have multiple threads for your character profile, photo album, expandable history plus more.
- Accessories for your upgraded profile. There's some things you can have added like personal headers/footers for 10 credits.
- Buy your character a house for 100 credits, a member of staff will create a board for your own house for you to roleplay in.
- Buy your character a shop for 100 credits, a member of staff will create a board for your own shop for you to roleplay/work in.
- Another Character for 50 credits. Your application will be reviewed and if accepted, the credits will come out of your primary account and your other character can be created.
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