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Some rules will be specific, others will not, but do not try to 'test' the rules. They can be amended by the Administration very easily and, really, do you want to be the person that caused a new rule to be added? We know we sure wouldn't in other games where we play.
If you have any questions - please be sure to contact us and we’ll do our best to explain anything which you might not understand.
Thou Shall Not Be A Douche!!
- This one is pretty self explanatory. If you are by chance a douche, and you know this - just don't even bother applying. We expect you to respect your fellow writer, mods and yourself! In return you'll get the same thing! R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it'll mean to you!
- We don't really have a set way to deal with complaints as we believe each case is different and will need to be dealt with differently. In the case you have a douchebag moment you could have characters taken from you, or even banned. Please don't even attempt to see how far you can push us, because though we like to think we're fair - we have a pretty low tolerance when it comes to wanky drama llama douchebag moments.
- Do NOT take wanky internet drama into our game! If you have a problem with someone here - leave that someplace else. We do NOT want to deal with it. Yes we know that there will be the occasional OOC disagreement, but this does not mean you can go and drag everyone into some internet drama war! Doing this shows complete disregard for our board and this will result in an automatic banning.
Thou Shall Not Bitch...
- We the Mods do not want to be harassed because your character is not getting their way. Remember this and repeat after us:
HH is a game, it is not real and I will always remember that!
- Sometimes your character won't get what or who they wanted! Sometimes other characters might be mean to yours for no good reason! Again, we remind you this is a game! Some characters are just plain nasty but it doesn't mean their writers are like that as well. It's really not a personal attack against you, it's just the way things play out sometimes. This happening does not give you permission to have a douche moment - See rule number 1!!!
- Legitimate complaints will of course always be heard!
Thou Shall Not Go MIA
- Yes we are quite aware that real life happens. It happens to all of us from time to time. Family and friends get sick or, God help us, die. Work can get really stressful. Many players are in college or university and have educational obligations. Real life ALWAYS takes precedence over the game. Sometimes absences come at us from out of nowhere. BUT, please if you have a real life issue that is going to cause you to be absent from the game, please, if you are unable to let us know on the OOC board, drop a note on plurk or shoot one of the mods a message. If you’re able to, we ask that you please go to the hiatus page and put in for a hiatus. If you can give us an idea of how long you'll be gone, that's awesome. If you can't, that's OK, too. Just keep us up to date with what’s going on and we’ll do our best to work with you. If for some reason you need to take a hiatus for more than a month, you’ll need to get in contact with us.
Thou Shall Not Steal...
- Just don't! Not from our boards or anyone else's! We all learned this golden rule when we were children and it shouldn't actually be a hard one to abide by! Once again, see rule number 1!!
Thou Shall Be At least 18...
- Due to the subject matter of this game, you will be expected to be of legal age (in the U.S.) to play here. Anyone caught lying will be removed immediately. This means you, the player, must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
Other crap that needs to be addressed:
We are rated R for potential violence, but more likely language and adult situations. Please mark your threads in the subject line if they involve any of those things.
If you’re only here for the smut, this isn't the game for you. HH focuses on character growth and plot, not hanky panky 24/7. If you feel the need your character to be defined by sex, please be sure to label your posts accordingly. Not everyone is interested in reading it.
Be aware of the general tone of the game. We are an adult game with elements of the horror, comedy, soap opera etc etc and we do deal with some darker subject matters, however, we ask that you be sensitive to other players and be sure that violence and explicit situations are a part of character development through RP rather than incidental, gratuitous, and continuous (this means no repeated overabundance of sexual situations).
Do not Power Play. No controlling of another person's character. It is acceptable if your character grabs another by the hand to pull them toward yours but do not denote the actions of any character but your own. This includes auto hitting, you do not call the hit, it is up the other player to decide if it hits and how much damage it does.
Do not God-Mode. You are not invincible, all powerful nor a god and, while he or she may have been at one point or they simply act like it, neither is your character in HH. Adding an interruption here, just to ensure you’ve actually read the rules, please be sure to add the following phrase at the bottom of your app: axe wielding clowns rock. Now back to what we were saying. You cannot dodge all the bullets, punches or wisecracks. Gentlemen, it hurts getting kicked in the groin, ladies it hurts being punched in the breast. Keep it real. If another player cannot denote a hit on your character, you cannot block every hit thrown at you.
In Character actions have In Character consequences. What happens in game is not a deliberate attack on you the RPer. Vice versa OOC actions will result in OOC consequences, good or bad.
You are NOT your character no matter how badly you might wish you were. Just because you know something does not mean that your character knows it. Do not have your character know something they shouldn't about another character UNLESS you have cleared it with the other player(s) involved. Breaking this rule will NOT be tolerated. (See Rule 1).
Do not jump into a thread unless you've been invited (or asked for permission from the members involved) or if the thread has been pre-marked as 'open' or 'anybody.' This is just common RP etiquette.