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GENERAL RULES

•Have fun, and remember it’s only a game!
•Keep IC things away from OOC things, and vice versa.
•Harassment of any kind is not tolerated (unless it is purely IC and restricted to IC forums). It should go without saying that if you have a problem with someone OOC, that it will not be made into a problem ICly. If you are found guilty of this offense, the punishment is banning.
•Please keep custom signatures, personal photos/avatars, and icons small and appropriate. (Custom signatures can be no larger than 450x200 pxls and avatars 150x250 pxls. Signatures must pertain to your character when roleplaying. In OOC it's okay if you have a link to your website, etc, but not in the IC forums.
•If you have created an account on the board, and haven't used it to post anything within two weeks, it will be deleted.
•Spamming the board, including posting advertisements in forums where they do not belong, PMing members for the sole purpose to recruit for a website or another RPG, is strictly forbidden. The offending posts will be archived, the IP saved for future reference, the account deleted, and the e-mail address banned.

APPLYING AND CHARACTERS
•You cannot have control of more than two movie characters (unless you have one of the dynamic duos (Mallot & Grapple, Ragetti & Pintel, Murtogg & Mullroy) whom each count as one character, and then another character in addition). There is no limit to how many total characters you may have, as long as you roleplay them all. If you have created a character but wish to not use them as often, you may feel free to convert them into an NPC that anyone can use, or that only you can use.
•When applying: Make your characters interesting! Make them different without throwing historical accuracy out completely! Interesting means no Mary Sues. No siblings or relatives of the main characters without both Admin/Owner approval, and approval of the main characters’ handler(s).
•When applying you need to know a special code= "troiae qui primus ob oris.” Please do not place that phrase into the app until you are done with your application, and place it right after the part in the application that says "code:" otherwise I will redirect you to the rules again.
•If you wish to apply for a female pirate you must first be accepted as a non-female-pirate character (and this does not include an Elizabeth Swann clone), and have posted several IC posts, before we will consider the application. This way, we know what your posting style is like, and will better be able to judge how you would handle the female pirate. Also, we're only going to accept the crème of the crop for female pirates--we're looking for originality, quality writing, and a very fleshed out character. Not every female pirate in existence lost her parents to other pirates, fights like Xena, has tattoos, and serves on the Black Pearl.

IN CHARACTER RULES

•No godmodding/power-playing/etc. See definition below in the FAQ.
•Pirates of the Caribbean was a PG-13/T (Teen) movie, and keeping that in mind, we would like to keep most posts to within that range. R rated posts are permitted for topics of an adult nature (violence, sex), but only if they arise naturally from the thread, and are not the purpose of the thread. Any threads that are R rated will be moved to a password protected forum, and must have the rating listed in it, as well as a warning in the first post of the thread, explaining why it got that rating (ie “rated for graphic sexual content.”).
•When writing a roleplay please use third person past tense (barring 1st person sections, journals, etc) and refrain from the use of internet speak.

THE WARDROOM/SCUTTLEBUTT CBOX RULES

•The Wardroom is our IC (in character) chat box. Please remain in character in there at all times.
•The Scuttlebutt is our OOC (out of character) chat box. It is strongly preferred that characters do not make appearances in there, unless they are OOC.
•The Scuttlebutt/Wardroom are not adult chat boxes. Keep things out of there that are higher than T/PG-13.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q- What is godmodding/power-playing/etc?
A- Godmodding (also know as power-playing) is when one handler specifies the actions or reactions of another handler’s character without their permission. This ranges from killing or injuring another handler’s characters, to assigning them facial expressions or specify how they react to words actions, to something as innocent seeming as stating in your application that your character is so beautiful, and everyone thinks so.

Q- How many threads may my character be in at once?
A- As many as you can handle, provided that it doesn't interfere with your other threads-- they cannot be occurring simultaneously.

Q- What is this 'How not to do an App' stuff?
A- 'How not to do an App' has been inspired by the number of applications that I have seen, not only at AG, but on numerous other boards as well, generally fandom-based. For some reason there will always be people who want to have cross-over type original characters who are the center of the universe. The 'How not to do an App' is the only place I ever want to see such stuff. The first one that was ever written was for a Dune board, and later I applied it for AG, while my co-admin at the time wrote an absolutely fabulous one (so bad it was awesome). We actually ran it as part of a contest when AG was on our previous hosting (the hosting-that-must-not-be-named, or You-know-what).

Q- I was a member or AG previously and I want to come back. Do I have to reapply?
A- Yes. If you played a movie character, and they are now taken, you’ll have to apply for someone else.

Q- I think I can do a better job as a movie character than the current person. Can I apply for them?
A- No. Once a movie character is accepted, and they have passed the 'trial period' they are in for playing the character for as long as they want, providing that they are active. If the character you want to apply for has been inactive for months, we will see about opening them to applications—please contact Alia if this is the case.

Q- The canon character I want to apply for has an application up, but is not yet accepted. Can I still apply for him/her?
A- Yes, as long as we have given no final answer yet, then you may feel free to apply. In the case of more than one application we will decide between how many there are and go for the best one.

Q- I've been accepted, but I'd like to add something into my profile/events have now changed my character enough that I'd like to edit my profile. May I?
A- Of course! In order to do this you must contact a staff member with the edits you would like to your profile. We reserve the right to reject them (for instance if you've suddenly developed telepathy, or are trying to make a major change without any oversight), but for the most part we'll let it go.

COPYRIGHT & OWNERSHIP INFO

Disclaimer and Layout Info: Pirates of the Caribbean and all related trademarks, and images belong to Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer and their related associates. We do not own PotC, nor are we affiliated in any way with those who do own it.

We are making no money off of what we do here.

The layouts of the forum was done from 2007-2009 by Alia-Hildwyn. They may not be reused without permission. The layout for the website is by Alia-Hildwyn. It may not be reused without permission.

The Aztec Gold coin symbol is from Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl and belongs to Disney Studios. Individual copyright information for brushes, etc are located at the bottom of the forum, on each corresponding layout.

PLAGIARISM :


Plagiarism and the Handlers' Properties:

Plagiarism (taking other's work and presenting it as your own) is not tolerated on this site, and will be dealt with swiftly and harshly--whether it is in a written RP, or within an application. When in doubt, credit it and provide a link to the original material. That being said, I strongly prefer that applications and such are the product of the member and not a third party. You may used other sources such as Wikipedia or the Visual Guide for information in your application (though having read both of those I would very highly recommend against it, since both get away with saying some of the most appallingly stupid things ever), but you *must* cite it appropriately.

All original characters, their bios, and RPs are copyright their handlers, and may not be used without their permission. RPs and bios from Movie characters are also their handler's property and may not be used without their permission.

In the case that a person applies and is accepted, rejected, etc, and they disappear, no one is allowed to reuse their application. In the case of an accepted individual, if we cannot get confirmation back from them that they wish to return, their character is moved to the application archives, and left there to gather dust. Original characters are never to be handed off to another player, unless it is the original handler's wish. If the handler is gone, and a thread is stuck waiting, one of the following things will happen to it: 1-- it will be moved to the IC Archives and forgotten, or 2--it will be wrapped it up quickly and if a MIA character/handler is not there you may NPC the to the minimum amount necessary to wrap it up and move on.

In the case of movie characters, their apps are not ever to be reused (unless the person wishes to return, and the same goes for original characters, their apps may be rescued then and only then). Other people will be able to play the movie character, but their application must be their own work.