<hr/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 28pt;"><em><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino linotype;">The Rules</span></strong></em></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><em><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino linotype;"><span class="bbc_u">OOC</span></span></strong></em></span></div><br/>~Adhere to all Elliquiy rules!<br/><br/>~Shouldn't need to be said but... No god-modding. Just don't do it.<br/><br/>~We are all adults here, disagreements may occur but please conduct yourself in accordance with your age and general standards of civility. Respect your fellow players and take any issues to PM to work it out. If needed you may include the GM but once a ruling is made, that's it. Your GM adores IC drama but despises OOC drama!!!<br/><br/>~This game will be placed in the Bondage section and should stay within those guidelines. As any non-con activity in the house would be considered violence and get your girl kicked out, its not something I even wanted to have in the game at all.<br/><br/>~Please respect player/character ons and offs.<br/><br/>~Posting Rates vary between players as RL is always a factor. Please be considerate and allow people ample time to post. If your scene is just involving two players then feel free to go back and forth, but if it is a group scene be patient. However, if a player knows they will be away for a while or they have something come up that will keep them from posting, please post a notice in the OOC so that the others may continue around you, or have your character exit the scene if possible.<br/><br/>~No one liners! You do not have to write a novel in each post but please give the other players enough detail to work with in formulating a reply. Two to three decent sized paragraphs is not too hard to write.<br/><br/>~These rules are subject to change at the GM's discretion.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><em><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino linotype;"><span class="bbc_u">IC</span></span></strong></em></span></div><br/>~ The first thing to remember is that this is an RP about a reality show! Act accordingly >:)<br/><br/>~ Cast members under 21 cannot drink outside the house... there are cameras following them everywhere so the chance that an establishment looks the other way and serves them anyway is next to null. Inside the house though... *shrug*<br/><br/>~ Drugs are not allowed. Period.<br/><br/>~ Cast members will have a mandatory job. Participation is mandatory. If you are fired then you will be evicted from the house!<br/><br/>~ Network funded trips or group activities are also mandatory. Failing to participate (barring valid reasons) is grounds for eviction,<br/><br/>~Weekly confessionals are non-negotiable.<br/><br/>~ The house has a single computer for shared usage, no television, and one phone. Cell phones are not allowed. Neither are radios, although ipods/mp3 players and speakers for such devices are allowed.<br/><br/>~ There are cameras posted everywhere but the bathroom. However, camera crews may follow you into the bathroom. The toilets are absolutely private but the showers are glass with only a frosted modesty stripe.<br/><br/>~ Cast members can be kicked out of the house for serious offenses. If you hit someone or commit a serious crime against a house member, you're out. If you go to jail for a serious offense and cannot make bail, you're out.<br/><br/>~ If a cast member is evicted/removed from the show, another will arrive to take their place. [Note: depending on the reason for the open space, the player who' character was evicted may be allowed to make a new character, or the GM will advertise for a new player to come in, or an NPC will be placed.]<br/><br/>~ There is no maid service! Cleaning, cooking, and laundry are the cast members' responsibility!<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 28pt;"><em><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino linotype;">How this will work</span></strong></em></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>A season of the Real World films for 3-5 months and typically has from 20 - 26 episodes. For our game I will be dividing things up by the in game week. 1 week = 1 episode.<br/><br/>What this means is that during an episode you may have as many scenes as you feel comfortable playing as long as they take place on the designated days of that Episode. To start with, Episode 1 will go from Day 1 to Day 7 (no dates are given on the show so likewise we will not use specific dates here). I will use the first episode to gauge how long we stick with a certain week because I do want the game to actually progress and hopefully for these relationships to grow and develop over time. Drama is fun but not everything that could possibly happen should happen all on the same day >.<<br/><br/>At the start of the Episode the GM will also post any major events that take place so that characters will have the information to reference. Some things may be played out as a scene, others may not. For Example, I may tell you that in the third Episode the girls will finally find out their new job. All pertinent information will then follow so that your characters can react accordingly but I may also suggest a scene. Sometimes there might be plot things that people can step in for, other times just suggestions or notices for local events (Note: PRIDE will be happening at some point ;) ).<br/><br/>Suggestions are always welcome.<br/><br/>Once we have moved on to a new episode, scenes should no longer be started in prior episodes but you may of course continue any scenes that are on going.<br/><br/>I will provide a template for the header to be used in all posts. Please please please make sure to tag all posts correctly. Considering that you can write in multiple scenes if you choose, it is very important that is it clear<span class="bbc_u">where</span>and<span class="bbc_u">when</span>something is taking place. Also, if you would like a scene to be closed between you and whoever else, or if it is open to any and all that should be noted as well.