Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-14745711-20140805093225

Hello! Now I know Badassmcawesome made a thread on RP rules already (Which can be found here: []). This thread is about rules I suggest people should follow when creating RPs. So this thread is one you should probably read if you intend to start an RP of your own. I am going to do my best to follow these rules myself of course.

First of all, there should only be three RPs running at any one time. If we have any more than this then it just gets cluttered and annoying for people who want to do all of them at once. If you really want to start one of your own, and three RPs are currently running, make some posts round about to let people know you would like to start one when a space opens up. This will actually be a good test of your patience, as most RPs will take at least two months to play out in their entirety.

Second of all, if you want to start and RP, make it clear you want to do so 2 weeks before you actually start the prep thread. All RPs should include prep threads BTW. The prep thread must be up for at least two weeks to allow as many people as possible to find the RP and to sort out their personal fluff and such. It should also be good for you to sort any loose ends you may have cast by accident. So in all there should be about a month between when you announce your intention to start an RP, and when you start up the actual 'action' thread.

Thirdly, try not to start an RP spontaneously. This may cut off someone who has waited their two weeks, sorting things out and spreading the word around, and that is just not fair. If you find yourself in such a position, gently remind the thread maker of your reservation, and ask them to wait until a new spot opens up.

Fourthly, if you join an RP you are basically making a promise that you will keep posting and will stick with it right through all of its threads and to the end. Unless something happens in RL (such as a family event or catastrophe of some kind) then you must stick with the RP. If you want to withdraw, try to have a better reason than: "I'm board with this now." If you really just don't want to play anymore because your forces are utterly broken, or the RP no longer involves you, then inform the RP master and use plot based posts to withdraw your character/faction/group.

The same goes for anyone who makes an RP, they must be willing to stick with it. Vanishing without formerly announcing the RPs closure is at the very least bad manners. It is also your job to keep the RP going for people who may genuinely want to continue but can't because a key player is disobeying the above fourth rule, or some other problem along these lines. In situations such as these, you do have absolute power over the fates of all characters. Don't kill them, but get them out of the RP somehow, so that you and the others can continue with the slaughter, er, I mean the RP.

An RP should also have at least three players (counting the RP master if they are playing). Any less just shows the RP doesn't really have any interest behind it. If you started with three players but have lost one of them, then by all means continue if possible, but start steering things towards their conclusion, as interest is clearly still dying off.

If a running RP has lost all interest (or very nearly so) then it may need to be 'put into stasis'. To do this is to presume that interest in the RP will resume; perhaps everyone else is just diverted to a different RP right now? It is also a promise: that you (the RP master) will resume play when interest is rekindled. Players should post on a thread in stasis if they want play to resume, but try not to spam it. Showing that it is in stasis should be put in the title as well.

Okay, that is about it I think. Now, I don't intend to impose these rules on anyone outside of my RPs. How can I for that matter? But these are rules that anyone in my RPs must follow, and that I myself intend to follow. Anyone who wants to follow these rules should post below, it is basically an agreement that you will obey the rules during your RP career. Once again, I'm not forcing, or demanding, just asking. If you want to do it to an exception, I guess that might be okay too, though it would depend upon the exception.

Hope these rules work out properly for those who choose to follow them.

May you have the Emperor's protection!

The Lord of Silence 