RULE 14.Be polite and respectful in posts, PMs, and the cbox at all times. Out of character that is, the characters themselves probably won’t always be polite and respectful, but you, their players should be.
What does that mean exactly?:
CBOXThe cbox is our chat box, located at the bottom of every page. It reads bottom to top and the auto-refresh sometimes breaks, but we love it anyway. It is a place for people to hang out and chat with all the MRO friends we have made all around the world. For the most part, people chat OOC (out of character), as their normal selves, sometimes they chat IC (in character) just for fun. Essentially it is pretty easy going and we would like to keep it that way.
* Please choose a name to represent yourself in the cbox. We've got lots of new people filtering through so "newb," "newbie," or "new person" are not very helpful. We want to get to know you! So choose a name, preferably your character's name, and get chatting.
* At all times, please follow the golden rule: treat others as you would like to be treated.
* Under no circumstances will imitating other players be allowed.
* No criticizing others beliefs or lifestyles. In general it is good to avoid said subjects, but if you think that you're capable of talking about them without taking offense or giving offense then that's fine. However, if someone requests the conversation end please do so.
* No racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexuality, ability/ disability based comments or jokes.
* Try to keep cursing to a minimum, definitely no cursing at one another.
* No arguing in the cbox, if there is an actual problem please work things out through PMs or contact a mod.
* Remember that it is more difficult to detect sarcasm in a typed sentence than it is in spoken words. People on the other end of your comments cannot necessarily tell what tone you intended. Consider how other people might interpret your words before you hit the “send” button.
TBOX (CHATANGO)We recommend registering a Tbox account, but you don’t have to. If you
don’t register, please post on the Tbox under your character’s name, just like in the Cbox. If you
do register, we understand if your character’s name is already taken; please just put a “player of...” note on your Tbox profile, so people can hover their mouse to figure out who you are. Anything goes for your profile image, so long as it’s tasteful and safe for work. Please
do not change the font style, color, size, or the default background color/image. This is to keep things looking both pretty and readable for everyone. All other Cbox rules apply. Thank you, and enjoy the backup box.
POSTSOOC messages included in posts should follow the same guidelines for behavior as in the cbox.
IC messages... well... not everyone in the MRO universe can be an upstanding citizen full of moral decency, with a fully developed code of ethics and perfect manners. It is perfectly understandable if your character is a complete jerk or likes to rip tails off of perfectly harmless kittens.
Please don't take offense to what others say and do IC. If their character is rude to yours IC, feel free to retaliate IC. Do not get upset OOC at something someone said IC, this is all part of the game. Keep the IC and OOC separate please.
It's good form to take turns posting; ie, if Players A, B, and C are threading together, the threading order should go A-B-C-A-B-C unless there's mutual permission to change things up. If Player C drops inactive, and Players A and B wish to keep the thread going, wait a few days. If the inactive player has been logging in, try catching them on the Cbox or sending them a PM: they may not realize it's their turn. If they haven't logged in or aren't responding to PMs, it's all right to start skipping their turns after 5-7 days. Sometimes this is necessary, to keep threads moving. Just make sure not to God Mod their character while they're gone: the best etiquette is to simply not mention what the absent player's character is doing, or to take the thread to a new location and leave their character behind.
If you know you're going to be absent from MRO for a few days, please alert your current RP partners, and tell them your preferences: is it all right if they skip your turn while you're gone? Would you rather they waited until you came back? Talk things out with them before you take your break. Make sure to post up a note on the
Damn! I have to leave MRO!! thread, as well, to make sure other players, and the Moderators, know you'll be gone.
PMSAlso known as personal messages. These are essentially like emails that are sent through the MRO site from other member to member. These are private messages and this is a good place to work out issues with another member. Solve your arguments, don't continue arguments in PMs. Even if you are having a problem, please be respectful and polite in your PMs.
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Remember, there are always mods available for mediation. We'd be more than glad to help people work through any issues that crop up in an effort to make MRO as pleasant as possible for all.
Repeated rudeness will result in warnings, continued rudeness after warnings will result in suspensions and/ or banning.
POLLSIf you own multiple accounts, you should only vote in polls using one of them. Just because you have been around long enough to have additional characters doesn't mean that your opinion is more important than those who only have one account. No one will catch you, but that doesn't make it right.
JOINING THREADSPeople often use tags in the title of the thread to indicate whether they want people to join a thread.
*These types of tags generally mean you should
not join: (Private) (Closed) (Solo) (Planned) (Attn: Lee).
*These types of tags generally mean it is
okay to join in: (Open) (Attn: Lee, open) (public)
*If they haven't marked the thread with a tag, read about what is happening in the thread before posting. Does it seem like a personal thread or one that people could join? If you are unsure as to whether you should join a thread: PM the person who started the thread asking if it is okay to post there.
