PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES!

PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES!

Gotham City RPG is a website that can be based on any Batman stories from comics, movies, TV shows, and video games or you can freely create your own stories. This RPG website is for SERIOUS FANS AND ROLE-PLAYERS ONLY.

I'm the Administrator of Gotham City RPG. If anyone has any questions, I will reply back ASAP because I will have days that I maybe busy so give me sometime to reply back.

When you begin a RP story on a board under Gotham City catagory, please announce the name of a role-player who you want to role-play with. For example: (Bella Raven Only)

Normally, only two RP partners can do a RP at a time.

There’s no need for anyone to be rude and obnoxious. If it’s in your character’s nature to be rude, that’s fine, however, OOC I would like people to be civil to one another. Remember, just because your characters don’t get along doesn’t mean that you don’t have to!

There will be a very low tolerance for swearing on this board. We will allow a little leeway with certain words, however, if I notice any extremely rude or offensive language is used, it will result in dark admin interference. No Bad Or Foul Language. This Board Is Open To ALL Ages. Please Keep Slang To A Minimum.

Romance is fine! There is no reason people can’t be in love! However, there are times at which one should draw the line. Don’t drag out love scenes. If people are going to kiss/make-out please keep it to a minimal. We don’t want to read about people eating each other’s faces. Same goes for “romantic” scenes. KISS (Keep It Simple) If you do go into detail about intimate scenes, then please place a warning of some kind in the subject line.

A RP involves using proper English and spelling. There’s some ability to use abbreviations in OOC boards and such, but it’s easier for everyone to understand and looks much better for the board, if people try to use proper spelling and some grammar.

People can fight, but I don’t want to see huge descriptions of bloody fights and such on the board. Grace over the really bad parts of the violence and just post the after effects if that’s better for you. Just consider other people when you post fight scenes. No Strong Gore Bloody Violence.

You can be creative by creating your own Advantures in Gotham City. You can also create your own main characters, Hero or Villain. Make a character that is developed in every way and has flaws as well as strengths. Have fun and create your own UNIQUE characters.

ANY Member Can Be ANY Character In ANY RPG. But do NOT steal the creation of a player's original RP characters like Bella Raven for example, that's my original creation.

Characters CANNOT BE ALL POWERFUL. They Cannot Have Too Many Powers Or 'World Dominating' Powers So They Can't Be Beaten.

Members Are Allowed To Play More Than One Character.

The Posts Of The Storyline Will Move From Place To Place, But It Will Stay The Same Story Until Somebody Ends It.

There Can Be MORE THAN ONE RPG Going At A Time As They Each Have Their Own Title.

You Can Have A Character Date Or Married To Another But Again You MUST Talk (via PM) To The Member And Discuss This First. If They Do Not Want To Date Or Marry Your Character, Then Find Someone Else.

You Cannot Speak For Or Move Another Players Character Without Their Permission.

Please Use Quotation Marks " " When Your Character Is Speaking.

While Interacting Or Fighting With Other Characters In Threads, You Need To Give The Other Person A Chance To Make A Move. Keep In Mind The Character You Are Interacting With May Be Offline. Make Your Move (Post) And Wait.

No More Than TWO Posts Back To Back, Give Others A Chance To Respond.

No Killing Off Characters Unless You Get Permission from The Character You Want To Kill. ONLY EXCEPTION: Minor Thugs That Have No Character Profiles Are Expendable.

NO SEX OR NUDITY! Mild Sexual Content allowed!

These rules are for everyone's enjoyment of the site! We want to make sure that everyone gets a good and fair chance at RPG on this site. We all want to have a good time and to do that we need to follow the rules and make sure that everything is alright for any new members as well.

Respect your fellow players and the staff. This forum is here for everyone's enjoyment, not for arguing and whatnot. If you want to argue, take it somewhere else. There's enough IC-drama in Gotham, we don't need any more OOCly. If you feel that someone is not treating you fairly whether it be in or out of character, alert a staff member and we will take care of the issue. Multiple or severe cases of this will get you banned. Don't do that.

As a part of the rule above, do not flame, harass, verbally abuse, or anything of the sort whether that be via threads, or PMs here. As stated, if you want to argue, do it somewhere else. It will not be tolerated here.

Super brutal murders are not going to be tolerated here. If the staff finds that your posts are a little too gory or if we're getting complaints about them, we'll let you know. Violence is unavoidable here, but use your common sense to figure what others may be comfortable with.

Swearing is allowed, but it is not encouraged and if you use it excessively, you'll get a warning. Try to stay away from the F-bomb especially. Those will be tolerated less.

This website for mature members only. (18+) That means some intimate stuff and a lot of violence is allowed, but please don't overdo it. Yes, this is Gotham (and Metropolis), and yes there is a hefty amount of violent crimes, and stuff. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the majority are comfortable playing that kind of stuff out in all it's gory detail. Super brutal murders or sexy-time scenes are not okay here but kissing, cuddling, hugging and stuff is fine. And they'll get you banned. When it doubt, ask a staff member first. This especially is not going to be tolerated, because not everyone here is guaranteed to be over the age of 18 and that'll just cause problems for everyone. Kissing, hugging, some cuddling and stuff is fine. Remember: It is not against the rules to have your character and another get all intimate and whatnot. What is against the rules is typing it out and posting for all the world to see.

TALK TO EACH OTHER. Get plots going! Do something! The staff will occasionally come up with forum-wide plots that everyone can, and are encouraged to join if they'd like, but you guys, the players are going to make up the vast majority here. Don't wait up for us. If you've got an idea, post it in the 'Ideas' thread or PM buddies and get stuff going. Don't just mellow out and die.

This also applies to talking out content agreements for scenes that can involve violence. Make sure it's okay if so-and-so gets a busted up face. Don't assume. Assuming makes an ASS out of U and ME.

We understand that real life happens and sometimes people get too busy to post. However, if an FC goes for a month without posting (or at least letting us know what's up), that character will be opened up to other applications. We will not warn you; a month is a very long time and keeping track is your responsibility.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Lighten up. Seriously! This is supposed to be a fun environment. There's nothing worse than a community in which the players don't get along and everyone is stepping on eggshells just to get a scene in. Be friendly with the other players, joke around (OOCly and in the proper channels of course) and just have a good time. Remember that this is a game, so you should be having fun.

More detailed rules about characters and IC conduct can be found here, but to sum up the main points: we don't tolerate powergaming, we expect players to act like themselves, we expect players to talk to each other, any character who does not make an RP post for a month will be deleted without warning.

For paranoid legality reasons: take note that all Featured/Canon characters belong to DC and their rightful owners, not the players. You're free to play them as you'd like as long as it sticks to their already set-canon, but don't be all claiming them as yours.

Absolutely NO powergaming will be tolerated. In an environment such as this, it may be easier to slip into the ungodly realm of powerplaying/gaming, and that's never a good thing. We understand that sometimes mistakes happen and people are misunderstood, but please, communicate with those that you are playing with to make sure things are alright. Some examples would be:

- The Joker cannot simply kill off or seriously maim someone without their OOC consent.
- No matter what we might think, Batman is human, and thus does not have superpowers. He cannot fly, and he cannot shoot laser beams.

For characters with actual superpowers, the line may be hard to see. If you're ever in doubt, please ask a member of the staff so we might try to help you out in future cases. You don't have to think of every action as a matter of powergaming or not; use common sense. But if the issue comes up, the staff is here to help, and your fellow players should be willing to clear up issues as well.

If you are suspected of powergaming unintentionally, or other players complain, the staff will send you a message and this will be your first and last warning. If you seem to be purposefully doing it to annoy others (and it's easy to tell when this happens), there is no warning; that's it, you're done. Powergaming is treated as a zero-tolerance issue here.

Since we are playing as characters that generally already have a history and their conduct written out for us to study, please stick to that. Batman isn't going to wander around Gotham with a baseball bat beating the bejeezus out of civilians for no reason. The Joker isn't going to all the sudden realize what a jerk he is and stop killing people. If you really don't know how the character acts, do not apply for them. It's better for everyone to have a player with a pretty sizeable knowledge of the character they're playing.