2) Sex is NOT something we want to see here. (You can fade to black or have a "boot scene" and then continue in private if you want, but don't post it. Infer, but don't show.) While we are rated MA, this is to weed out the teenybopper players who immediately come in and say "Cool! This world has super powers! I can be a god!" Granted, there are some adults who god-mode. This will be taken care of by rule number 3.

3) God-moding is NOT allowed. Each character will be allowed ONE(1) power AND/OR ONE(1) physical mutation. On RARE occasions we will allow two powers along the same line. For instance: healing and empathy OR empathy and telepathy, but NOT telepathy and healing, because healing and empathy are related, as are empathy and telepathy, but telepathy isn't necessarily related to healing -- unless it's specifically mindhealing, which is a special role in and of itself.

4) There is a chance if you want (95 or higher, using the Irony's Email Dice Server with the instructions above, but use the subject "dimension hopper") that your character might have come from a different dimension, and might have more powers. Please see us for more details. Again, Godmoding will not be tolerated, and you will be expected to keep your character within your original written limits.

Instructions for figuring out chances on rules 3 and 4:  
Goto Irony's Email Dice Server. Roll one(1) 100 side die. Uncheck "drop lowest roll" and repeat only one time.  Use otherdefinitions@devermore.net for the first email address and your own as the second email address. We will only accept one roll per character, per subject. You cannot cheat with this.

Subject "Multipower Roll": Odds = 90 or Higher equals yes.
Subject "Dimension Hopper": Odds = 95 or Higher equals yes.

5) Each character WILL have written limits. Each character WILL have a disadvantage (or several) that give the character something he or she must work against in this world. For instance: My character Mack is deaf and knows only sign language in a world where very few can read and even fewer can sign. Try to play these disadvantages realistically. We'll be watching for it, and the GMs will be putting in situations where your disadvantages will come into play.

6) No obvious vulgarity in your posts. In this day and age, new words will have been made up. Be creative. Heinlein came up with words like "slitch" as a mix for "slut" and "bitch". Other people use "deuce" for some things: "What the deuce?" Janet asked, confused as she looked at me. The occasional "hell" and very occasional "damn" is alright, but cruder words for bodily functions and actions need to be curbed and reworded. The F-word... instead of F___ing, how about "flogging" or "flipping" or something like that? The S-word... instead of S--t, how about "spit" or "slag"? Crap is alright. Crud is better. Instead of "We've got to do something about those <<bleep>>ing monster gangs out there!" he growled as he paced around the fire pit in the castle's throne room. Try "We've got to do something about those blasted monster gangs out there!" he growled as he paced aroudn the fire pit in the castle's throne room.

7) Which brings me to another point. Writing: Obviously nobody is perfect. That's what spelling and grammar check are for, right? I actually pride myself, most times, on having posts that come up with no spelling or grammar errors. BUT for those of us who can't, please try to check. If you can't afford Microsoft Office, Wordperfect, MS Word, or any of the various other expensive but wonderful word processing programs out there for windows (I'm sorry, I'm a PC/windows girl. I know nothing whatsoever about macs and linux) I know of one absolutely FREE wordprocessor you can download called Abiword. It is one that will work with any and all Windows based (and might work with all other) word processors. It has spelling and grammar check. If it's a bit slow, at least it's free.

8) We are supposed to be mature adults here. That means no whining or temper tantrums if things don't go your way with your character or a Story Line that you've created is not immediately implemented. Such behavior is for two year olds and not for a serious RP Community. If there is a problem between your character and their characters, deal with it in the game. Personal conflicts are oftentimes the best writing fodder there is. BUT If there is a problem between you and another player in the real world, bring it to the moderators' attention. You had better be ready to back up your claims with logs though, and the other person WILL be contacted to have a chance to defend themselves.

9) There will be a probation period for every player of a minimum of six weeks, in which you will have unlimited times to "Fine tune" your original character. Each time you do, however, the six weeks probation period will restart. During the probationary period, the GMs or you may determine that the sim isn't right for you, and nothing will be held against you if you are dropped -- or drop yourself -- from the sim. You will be able to reapply as soon as a week after leaving or being dropped.

After the probationary period, though, all bets are off. If you are dropped from the sim for unexcused absences or disciplinary problems, it will be six months before you are considered eligible to rejoin the sim -- on the first offense. The second offense stretches the eligibility threshold to a year. The third is like baseball: three strikes, you're out.

We are lenient when it comes to emergencies, however. While it is best for you to tell us about your leaves of absence ahead of time, there are some circumstances (such as car accidents, natural disasters, severe health problems, etc) which may keep you from telling us ahead of time. If we remove you from the sim for "unexcused absence" and it was because of one of those reasons (and we will check to see if you've been online during your unscheduled LOA) then we may reinstate you if you let us know what's going on.

10) Have Fun! That's why we've come together to write in the first place.