rules.

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``registration

you can sign up with any name you want, but once you decide on your characters name, please change your display name. sure, this can realistically wait until you are approved or post your profile, but if you plan on filling out the app before posting it, then please change your name accordingly and make sure that your display name is all uppercase letters, and first, middle and last names are required and please do not put punctuation in your display name. as for how many characters you can have, you can have as many as you'd like, but we ask you are able to keep them all active. if not, we'll have to resort to deleting one of them and we won't want to do that!

``applying

on the note of applying, please post your application within 7 days of registering. we ask that you put WIP or NF if you are still working on your app (to not confuse others). also, please fill out the application carefully and do not change the code. we'd also like for people to use people as play bys and not drawn characters, since this is a real life RP and we'd like real people. with that being said, please keep the ages realistic as well; a 25 year old will not pass for a 15 year old.

``graphics

we would love everyone on this site (and by love, i mean require) everyone to have an avatar (150x200) and a signature of their choice. if you can't make graphics, there is a graphics board where you can request some and people are always willing to oblige. if you can't get someone on here to do it, go to a site such as CAUTION. you have to join, but it's worth it.

``activity

we will not be posting activity checks often but we would like for people to at least log on once a week unless they post an absence note. people who do not log in for two weeks will most likely be deleted, along with their character(s). you may have as many as eight characters (permission for more than eight must be granted from an admin), but if you choose to make more than one, try to make one boy for every two girl characters you have.

``roleplaying

we know everyone has a bad day every now and then, but on how we do, we have a posting minimum of 400 words a post. the staff will be paying attention to those who consistently do not make the word minimum and if we catch this, we will talk to you. we are an intermediate to advanced role play site, so try to keep on par with the minimum.

xoxo
the cic staff

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