Rules and FAQ

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Your leaders:

Currently torrain and I are the mods for the game. If the game grows, the mod team may too. Approach us with any questions!

Terminology:

Confusingly, we have two uses for 'tag' - game tags that livejournal uses (e.g. this post will be tagged with the "!mod" tag), and a term used to refer to comments in the game (so you could write "I tagged in the restaurant post", for instance). Thread - the series of comments. OOC: Out of Character. Threadbomb: a post where four or more characters interact over 50+ comments. PC: Played character. NPC: Non-played character.

Game play rules:

1. Try to post/tag in once a week. Obviously, sometimes life happens and you have other obligations - no problem. If you will be away, please notify the OOC comm, that's all!
2. Tag your posts. All characters will have a character name tag, so make sure you use that! You must also use warning tags if appropriate.
3. Adult content must be tagged and behind a cut. Kostantiniyye is happy to feature explicit adult content, but not everyone wants to read it. Our warning tags: !ac: sex, !ac: violence, !ac: caution. Sex and violence are fairly self-explanatory. The caution tag is considered appropriate for content that may be triggering. Please remember that even if you don't find something triggering, someone else might. If you think your content might be upsetting, then add the tag and in your cut tag put a brief, NON-DESCRIPTIVE reason for the !ac: caution tag. (e.g. "Warning: non-con sex.) If the !ac doesn't happen until the comments, edit a note in closed brackets into the bottom of your post.
4. Don't take part in more than one thread at a time. There are a couple of exceptions to this. If a thread you are in has gone dormant (no comments posted for over 48 hours), you can move on - though you should be cautious about doing this for continuity reasons. You can also join a planned threadbomb even if you are already in another thread, as planned threadbombs are normally organised community events such as party scenes - like this one.
5. When you reach 48 tags, use your 49th tag to provide a link to a new post: here's an example from Excolo. This is because at after 50 tags, LJ's comments collapse and it's harder to read threads. The exception to this is obviously threadbombs. :)
6. Wait your turn! If you're in a thread with multiple people who are all interacting, let everyone have their turn to take part. However, this doesn't mean you have to slavishly follow an A-B-C-D-A-B-C-D tagging order. Sometimes it might make more sense for person C to interject when B's due to speak. Just be fair and sensible about it!
7. Posts should feature a time and location. Cos, you know, it helps people interact with you if they know where (and when) you are. ;)
8. Also note if your post is open or not. This means: who do you want to interact with you? If you've arranged to play with a specific character, you could write: [Open to: Ashraf] at the end. If you don't mind who jumps in, just put [open]. If you are writing a reflective post that you don't want to use for interaction, write [closed].
9. A game day lasts for four real life days. A moderator will roll over the day with an announcement in the OOC comm, also featuring a handy weather report. :)
10. Don't tag into a post after a day has ended unless you have mod permission! You can also not backdate a post you put up without permission - this prevents retconning. :)
11. Posts must be in first person. I know some people are fans of third person, but first person tends to result in more engaging RP.
12. Don't move other PCs without their permission! Or put words in their mouths, or generally write for someone without their say so.
13. Be awesome. That's the overall rule of the game. Be considerate to your fellow players, play nice with others, and in case of arguments, talk to a moderator rather than getting Godzilla-like with other players. Let's keep this comm a drama-free zone!

FAQs:
What would it be useful for me to include here? :) Ask away.

Comments

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

Do people tend to use any other means to coordinate posts? I'm thinking of instant-messaging or LJ messaging to work out stuff out-of-game that might make things smoother in-game.

e.g. "If you're planning on having us walk through the market district, you can just have my character follow along and point out pretty things as you're making your main points." or "Hey, you still there? It's been three days since you last tagged in but I wanted to check with you before closing the thread."

Or is this what the OOC community is for?

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

A good question. People often use either email (provided in the sign up posts) or the OOC. In Excolo people have used chat to work that out, as well as to socialise - I should see about setting up an IRC channel for Kostantiniyye :)