FORUM RULES 101 - THE MIRACLE OF LIFE IS... AWESOME!!

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∆§Indea§∆ DKender Sir Milo Quartermass Dr. Jar Trinity Kristi is prescribed skeletons Skullbooty

Hi guys,

I'm working on some forum tidying/ reordering, and thought it was a good time to post some rules to remind ourselves, and you guys of some stuff. There's more coming but this is the basic stuff. We had a rules page for SUBPAR that somehow never made it to KFRP.

So HERE IT IS! Revised, reformatted and all up in your forum like WHOA.

>>Quick special rule-- Please no animated / optical illusion / flashing avatars. I don't have the light-sensitive type of epilepsy, so it won't give me a seizure but it does bother me so pls. Also, if you are going to post a flashing/large GIF please spoiler it w/ the appropriate tag. Emoticons/small GIFs are fine.

>> 'Nother quickie, if you have a problem on the forum, please message Dungyeon Master and not me, unless it is about me personally. I'd appreciate it. <3

Rule #1 --4 eva - Be excellent to each other. Keep in communication, be aware of people's feelings, don't snub people, don't ostracize people, try to work together for everyone to have a good time!

Do all you can to be the best roleplayer you can, if you offend someone, listen to them. If they offend you, let them know. We're all in this together and stuff!

*Insert Pic of Rosie the Riveter here*


Part two of Rule #1 - Be cool and respectful to all people, even through your RPing. Even if your guy is a big flamin' wiener, do not commit these kinds of prejudices through actions or words. If you do, we will let you know, and you can fix it. We may as GMs screw these things up, let us know too.

Racism
Sexism
Homophobia
Religious intolerance
Ableism
Transphobia
Fat phobia
Slut shaming
Femmephobia
etc

If you don't know what some of these mean, please ask. We will do our best to learn too, so teach us about anything we don't know. A strange issue comes up of the whole 'reverse racism' / 'misandry' stuff and I don't want to argue about it so let's just avoid stereotyping people regardless.

We will be lenient for vague crimes because they are very hard to control, but please try to limit them as you are able. For example, ableist phrases like 'stupid' 'dumb' 'lame' etc. They're extremely hard to get rid of, so just try your best but ehh, it's hard.



Some phrases/words you may not know are no bueno. I didn't see these in game necessarily but they just occur to me as I'm writing this.

~~ Occasionally okay, depending on usage, but try to avoid all these! They are super easy to screw up! ~~

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hysterical -- don't use this against women, and don't use it against anyone really. It refers to an old time-y belief about them being driven mad by their wandering uterus. No joke. It's also a way to dismiss women's opinions as being 'irrational and emotional.' <-- avoid that too. That's sexist BS.

idiot/moron/imbecile etc -- stem from clinical diagnoses of developmentally disabled people. Think of ways to insult people other than by cognitive ability as that has nothing to do with whether you are a pleasant person or not.

thug -- total racist dogwhistle lately. Almost always refers to black people in a dehumanizing way. Avoid!!

barbarian/barbaric/savage -- unless it's about D&D or cool tigers, racist against various POC folks. Think, and rethink using these words.

articulate - Has come to mean you're surprised they can speak clearly, usually used against POCs. Also, just kinda a pointless thing to say.

referring to penis/vagina/breasts in regards to male/female. Always used to make some kind of wack-ass jokey comparison that really doesn't need to be said and is cissexist and crappy. (IE- just 'cause he has a penis, he thinks he can BLA BLA) Pls don't. Don't talk about anyone's doodads anyway.

Those are just off the top of my head. Let me know in the OOC if you think of any others. Tha more u kno.

PART TWO! ROLEPLAYING RULES!

~~ FOLLOW THE TOP PART OF THESE RULES
Keep in mind the rules about the various -isms and phobias. (Sexism, racism, homophobia, fat phobia, misogyny etc.)
If you get called out, please listen to why, and consider it. If you see someone breaking one of these rules, please let them know privately and politely or tell thy Dungyeon Master.

~~ DON'T USE SLURS
Cussing is fine but you know the worst words and don't say them. If they can only say it like once in an R-rated movie, don't say it. If it's refers to someone on that list of prejudices, don't say it. Do not use slurs even against NPCs, even bad naughty NPCs. See our forum rules above for more information. Even if you were playing a crappy evil guy, don't do it. I will be like


~~ NO X RATED ROLEPLAYING
That might go without saying, but believe me, in past games it has been a problem. Don't even do it behind spoiler tags, pls pls pls. I'm not even sure if R rated is okay these days what with those movies with their swears and naked folks and oy my sciatica. Don't even be as racy as the racy KF pages, it is a lotttt more awkward when it involves real people so don't make baby cheeses cry. Kissing, innuendo are OK, but please 'fade to black' when appropriate! Also plz spoiler any kissy stuff in general if ya would.


~~ DON'T GET IN A DANG FIST/KNIFE/WHATEVER FIGHT WITH ANOTHER PC
I don't especially see this happening, but it would be really sucky.


~~ DON'T HATE ON EACH OTHER/BLOOD VENDETTAS ETC
If you don't get along with another player/PC please just don't talk to their character if you can't get over it. In game fighting/hatred is no fun for anyone.


~~ DON'T STRAIGHT UP SERIAL KILL MAN IT'S JUST NOT COOL I WILL CRY REAL BAD
Not just cause I won't be able to use the dead person's graphic again but that is part of it.

That's all for now but I will post more related stuff soon, let it all sink in, like ahhhh yeah. I was edified.