RULES [Smash Ronpa]

[monoguests]

1) R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Follow the Golden Rule, guys. Treat your fellow players (and mods) the way you want to be treated and all that jazz. Harassment will not be tolerated. If you’re experiencing problems like this please don’t be afraid to come to the mods.

2) Character Cap
15 characters, 2 per [Nintendo] canon, 2 per [Smash Third-Party] canon, 1 per misc. third parties, 1 per player unless otherwise approved.

3) IC =/= OOC
Remember you are not your character. If someone’s character murders yours or even says something snotty behind their back, don’t take it personally. This is murder high school after all. Keep any OOC drama out of IC interactions.

With that in mind, OOC knowledge =/= IC knowledge. Just because you may know a bit of information doesn’t mean your character does, and infomodding is noooo fuuuun.

4) Keep Active
Because of the short-term nature of the game we ask that players please be active. We’ll be running a weekly player check-in where we ask you provide two ten-comment threads with two different characters per week.

If you know you won’t be available for more than a few days or will not be available for class trials, please PM the mods and let us know and we'll finagle something silly together to explain why your character isn't around ICly.

5) Got a Secret, Can You Keep It?
It’s not mandatory but we suggest you keep your character’s role (murderer, victim, mole, secret can-can dancer) a secret from other players. It adds to the mystery!

6) Super High School Level SPOILERS
Due to the nature of the game, major spoilers for any involved canon are possible, including Dangan Ronpa and Super Dangan Ronpa 2. Before applying we suggest you finish the main storyline of both games or are amenable to spoilers. If major spoilers for your character’s series appear in your threads we also ask that you put spoiler warnings in the headers. We don't want anyone being spoiled on the fact that Segata Sanshiro killed Dumbledore, after all.

7) Conduct
We, the moderators of Dangan Roleplay, have a zero tolerance policy for inappropriate conduct. The first time that inappropriate behavior is reported to or observed by the moderator team, the thread in question will be frozen and a warning issued to the player or players in breach of conduct. If the behavior persists, the player will be notified of their removal from the game and their character will be mod-controlled into a “punishment” by Headmaster Monobear. Players who are booted from the round for conduct reasons will not be allowed to reserve or apply to any future rounds or Mock Trials for Dangan Roleplay. We don’t expect this to be an OOC problem, so don’t make it one. Don’t harass each other and, while we can’t police your own plurks or blogs or whatever, keep mod plurks a friendly and trigger-free space.

Now, what do we mean by inappropriate conduct? Given the murder-happy nature of the source material, we’re obviously not completely against sensitive topics being discussed between characters. As long as the subject is handled with maturity, and properly warned for if necessary, characters can discuss whatever they want. However, inappropriate jokes about sensitive subject matter will not be tolerated. We don’t care how IC it would be. We don’t care how edgy you or your character are. Before you hit send, think to yourself “is it possible that someone in the playerbase has experienced what I’m about to make a joke about?” and if the answer is yes, don’t make a joke about it. This includes (but is not limited to) subjects like rape, incest, pedophilia, abortion/miscarriage, or abuse (emotional/physical/verbal, child, animal, elder, spousal, ANY KIND OF ABUSE). If you want to make a comment that starts with “but what about _____,” assume that whatever it is you’re asking permission for is off-limits as well.

Our first concern is the comfort of our playerbase, and while we encourage players to work out disputes amongst themselves, we also want our players to come to us if they’re having problems with another player’s IC or OOC conduct.

8) Get Your Head in the Game!
We mods are just a PM or a plurk ping away if any issues arise or if you have any questions about the setting or what you can and can't do.

And with that, remember to have fun!