Joining The RPG
These are the rules of
the RPG. If you can't obey the rules, you can't play. You can't try to
sneak past it eigther, Pikachu is always on the look out for rule
breakers.
- You Must Register To Be Able To Play.Pikachu is on the
lookout for non-members, so be wary.
- You Must Have a Valid Email Address Even if you do register
and application, any application without an email address will be
ignored. You get notifications that your character was added by email,
and also important messages. I do not spam your box, nand I only give
out your address to your Team's Co-GM.
- You must wait for an Email Registration is only official if
you get an email from Pikachu the Game Master that says you have been
added. Do not get upset if you do not get an email right away, it takes
time. Incomplete applications are compleately ignored. Submit it again
if it has been over a week, and only then.
- You start out with NO pokemon. That's right, you cannot start
out with a pokemon you found or befriended, they will probably be taken
away. You get your first pokemon from Nurse Joy in the first post you
make on your team board.
- You can only start with one of seven Pokemon. You only have a
choice between Bulbasar, Charmander, and Squirtle, Pikachu, Chikorita,
Totodile, or Cyndaquil. Even then the choices might be restricted due to
an overpopulation of certain pokemon in the RPG.
- You get your begining Pokemon from Nurse Joy at any one of the
Pokemon Centers. Just go up to the desk and ask. Nurse Joy will give
you the pokemon you request, a pokedex, and a five pokeballs. The rest
is up to you. Click
here for an example.
- Double Characters Due to the Limited space on the RPG, any
double character have to be approved by Pikachu first.
- Pokemon Must Align Themselves With a Trainer to Participate In
Official Battles Pokemon who do not have a trainer are only allowed
to battle with trainers that deal with their capture, but they may post
their adventures as they want. Special circumstances are permitted on
this rule.
- You have to do something! If you are not active for 7 days
without warning Pikachu that you will be absent, your character will be
removed from the RPG so that another person may play.
- Offensive language is a No-No! If you continueally use
language that is considered offensive You Character Will Be
Removed! This may seem a little harsh, but it is better to lose one
character who repeatedly uses foul language, the to lose several
characters because they are offended. Let's keep the RPG clean. The RPG
is supposed to kid-friendly, and lets keep it that way.
- You Can Get Hurt! I have notice on other RPGs that there is
usually a resident "Twink". This means that the player refuses to
believe that anything bad happened to him/her and that everything always
goes their way. This is also known as a Powergamer. I have seen RPG's
fall apart at the hands of these twinks, and I refuse to let that happen
here. Powergaming is a serious offense and will be delt with rather
toughly. Characters are only allowed to catch 3 Pokemon a week. Your RPG
should be based on pokemon, but your whole existance should not revolve
around catching them. You should interact, and create problems for your
character to solve.
- Stick to Levels I am not too strict with this, but it does
fall into another area of the rule above. New pokemon joining the RPG
are only allowed to be be level 10. Baby pokemon are at level 1 (of
course!) The only exception is Evolved pokemon, who start at the level
they evolve. If you break this rule it is considered Powergaming. For
more info see rule 11.
- Pace yourself, but not too much You are only suggested to
post less then 5 story related posts a day. Non-story posts (designated
by an (NS) or (OT)) are not limited, but this does not mean that you can
post a ton of them at once. Also there is a time limit on how long a
fight can go on. If a fight lasts longer than a week, I will step in and
end it.
- Evolution You must get Pikachu's Approval before you can have
your pokemon evolve. This may seem a minor thing, but it does fall under
powergaming occasionally.
- Villany Villians are a major part of any story. In this RPG
Team Rocket is the major source of villians. A villan is restricted in
what he/she can do to a character. You cannot kill or cause permanant
dammage to any player without their consent. This goes for good guys
too. Small, minor wounds are ok though. Plots against someone are also
ok, just do not make them too damaging. Villians must also agree to an
extra set of three rules:
- You cannot kill or permanantly damage a player character without
their permission.
- You must pick an objective and see it through. You may do other things but you will always return to your objective.
- You cannot act another player's character against that player's
permission. You need to email or post asking them for their permission
first.
- Acting another character Acting another character is fine,
especially since it makes the storyling go along much faster. But there
is an extent to what you can do. You cannot make major decisions for
another character without that character's consent. Making the character
act outside of it's normal character is not good eigther. If you aren't
certain, email the character and ask them. If you feel the rights of
your character have been violated because someone else wrote something
your character would not do, talk to your Co-GM about having the person
who wrote the damaging post partially or fully rewrite it.
- Catching Pokemon When you catch pokemon, you can only have
your pokemon battle it, and you may not use any other weapons. (ie
swords, rocks, or pajamas.) Also the post may not be a short "I had
charmander flame the pokemon and I caught it." type of post. The post
does not have to be a great length, but your adventure should have some
depth to it.
- Gym Battles You can only participate in Gym battles if you
are a trainer, or a pokemon allied with a trainer. Wild pokemon may not
compete for badges. This rule is in place to help characters interact
more. Also gym battles will be in the follwing manner. Each Gym leader
has three pokemon, appropriate to the Gym leader. During the battle a
trainer may only use three of their pokemon, and the battle continues
until eigther the trainer or the gym leader has had up all three pokemon
fainted and has no pokemon left to battle. See the Official RPG Gym
Leaders list.
- The Pokemon League Trainers who collect 6 or more badges
(Orange league and Zap league badges are accepted, as well as Johto
league.) can join the Pokemon league. When there are 10 or more trainers
in the league, Pikachu will start an official league competetion. The
competetion will be in the same manner as the gym battles, and the last
trainer will become The Pokemon Master for the RPG.
- Another point on Email It is suggested you share your email
address with everyone in your group so they can email you problems and
questions. You do, however, reserve the right to keep your email address
to yourself. Only Pikachu and your Co-GM will have it if you do.
- Pikachu's (The Game Master) Word is Final Pikachu's word is
final regarding most things. Take your problem to your Co-GM first
though. If you believe one of us was not fair in a matter, Email Pikachu, and I will
consider your point and change the decision if necessary.
- Have Fun! Remember, this is just a game. It's here to provide
enertainment, not as something to get into and start berating everyone.
If you decide you don't like the game, or the way it is run, email me
instead of posting and I will remove you from the game. This makes the
RPG a happier place.
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