The Rule of Cool in Shanda
Taken from Furcadia’s Original “Rule of Cool” by Talzhemir
and Adapted for the Purposes of Shanda
Time Setting
Generally in a role play each thread has its own time, within the boundaries of prewritten history, or a certain time period within that history, but Shanda is somewhat different. All threads, but for those made specificly to depict past events, will occure at basicly the same time. This will not be specific to the minute, however it will apply to seasons. The reason for this being that I would like natural disasters, or advances in the war to affect as many threads as possible. My hope is that more involvement with the major occurances of the planet will allow for better, more exciting threads.
Acceptable Character Types Are Limited
“You agree to not make up your own character classes, races, or major traditions. The Rule of Cool isn't free-form RP, but rather, playing in a shared world, with its own history already. Surprises are great, and creativity is wonderful, but too much can seriously hurt Roleplay.” You may create your own organizations, but it may only be played after it is emailed to shandaland@yahoo.com, edited, and posted on the site. Your idea may be thrown away.
The Geography is Mostly Established
“Under the Rule of Cool, you agree not to invent IC locations outside of that Continuity. It's okay to make up the name of a village but you couldn't just invent the name of a capital city, because larger places already have names. The purpose of this is to remove ownership of these places from the control of any one Furre; established locations are shared parts of the Continuity.” Because the detailed maps of the Mainland have not yet been posted please post any location names on the OOC and wait for them to be approved before you use them.
The Guiding Theory of Roleplaying: ICA=ICC
“The guiding theory of Roleplay is this:
‘In-Character Actions lead to In-Character Consequences.’ This is abbreviated as ‘ICA=ICC.’ It's considered very "uncool" to start a conflict without facing up to its natural results.”
Show Your Respect For Other Players, OOCly if not ICly
“To show respect for the Continuity is to show respect for others. Your OOC reputation as roleplayer is quite important, and if you don't follow ICA=ICC, other players will very quickly spread that info about you. On the other hand, things that encourage others to RP with you are 1) speaking in character, 2) not using abbreviations like "u" instead of "you", 3) being careful to capitalize and punctuate, etc., and 4) showing through your interactions that you're aware of what the other characters are like.”
Time Limit
Posting within a reasonable time frame seems to be a problem around here... please, if you are invovled with a thread post within a week, unless you have posted on the OOC board or within your thread that you will be gone for a longer period of time. If this is the case, try to specify.