RULES
• Don't godmode/post for anyone else's character without their expressed permission. Common sense.
• Stay active. This is a rather subjective issue, and as such is more of a guideline, but if you seem to have dropped off the face of the earth, or if you seem to be character-squatting, you will be considered inactive and we will attempt to contact you. If, after being contacted, your activity does not pick up, or you don't take an official hiatus, you will be dropped from the game.
• Don't be a dick. Another subjective issue, but it's generally obvious when someone is being difficult and uncivil. Remember, this is a community, and as such cooperation with other players is required, or else it will fall apart.
• europa_rising is a multifandom game, but as an alternate universe(as opposed to a nexus, or a "falling into a strange place" game), all characters were born into this setting, and are therefore expected to have histories that conform to the parameters of the world.
• All characters are human. No exceptions. If they're nonhuman in their canons, they must be made human for the purposes of the game. You don't need to use human icons if you don't want to, though.
• No original characters, and no real people. Pre-established fictional characters only. We would also prefer that you not apply for webcomic characters, unless it's professionally published(for instance, Girl Genius characters are allowed, while Questionable Content characters are not). We feel that webcomics in general skirt too close to the line between personal and professional art; you wouldn't want someone taking your personal original character to play in a game without your permission, after all. The exception to this is if you get permission from the artist; just have them email us and let us know that they don't mind other people using their characters, or link us to some other proof that they said it was okay. If/when this happens, we'll list the allowed comics here.
• We request that all players applying to the game be at least 16 years old, as there is a high probability of mature themes (violence, sexual situations, etc) ingame. In addition, no characters under the age if 18 (physically or mentally) are allowed to play out sexual scenes. No loli, no shota. Sorry.
• The community europa_rising is for roleplay posts only. On occasion, moderators may post instants and world-changing events under the [INSERT TAG HERE]tag, but these are the only exceptions; all announcements and out-of-character posts are to be made in the OOC community players_rising.
• All roleplay logs posted to europa_rising must be placed behind an LJ-cut. Roleplay logs which contain mature themes must be friends-locked and a warning must be placed outside the cut. See our posting guidelines.
• DATE YOUR POSTS. Always always always.