General

Roleplay Guide & General Information.'♥
If you break a rule;

Once...............Warned.

Twice..............Warned, & on 'rp parole.' Thrice.............Banned for a week.

Fourth time...Banned for a month.

Fifth................Banned for good.

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Enrollment;
♥ Fill out the sheet given.

- Don't copy anyone else's.

- Don't switch to polyvore or any other form (sharetext is acceptable in the case of 'forbidden language').

* Polyvore/etc can be used to provide the appearance for your character.

- Look-a-likes are acceptable for appearance, but try not to take someone else's look-a-like.

- Everything is realistic roleplay; you are not Bella Swan, and your Dad is not a millionaire. (Idealistic salary for your parents should stay in the five digits.)

♥ You change your enrollment as often as you like.

- I don't care if you change your name/etc, just clarify if this is the same person or not.

♥ You're allowed 4 registered characters, as long as you keep them active.

♥ (I'm not worrying about acceptance. As long as I can read it & it isn't too inappropriate, you're good to go!)

♥ Roleplay!

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Terminology;
♥ rp = roleplay

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ ooc = out of character

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ oos = out of story

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ charrie = character

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ enrollment/enrolment; These are different spellings, based on where you're from (people from America use two l's, everyone else uses one). This is the sign-up, or where you create your character

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ noob/newb = short for 'Newbie,' this is an often derogative term used to describe those new to roleplaying. they are characterized by their poor RP skills and lack of RP knowledge

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Godmodding = an extremely annoying form of roleplay, this is where someone roleplays as their own, as well as others', characters

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ NPC = nonplayable character. This would be someone who isn't enrolled; at SCA, NPC's can sometimes be roleplayed (i.e., a waitress at a restaurant)

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">OOC;
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Be kind & respectful when talking 'out of character'.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ If you have a problem with someone, talk to me.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Swearing is forbidden.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ After an issue has been addressed ooc, try not to comment, as this creates drama.

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">When roleplaying;
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ DO. NOT. GODMOD. Godmodding is, by far, one of the most annoying noob mistakes that can be made. [See GODMODDING.]

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Swear words are allowed. I suggest using Greek text for <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">vowels (Google translate works marvelously), or replacing a proper letter. (i.e., |3itch, shet, dαmmιτ)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Try to keep everything PG as SCA has its share of younger members.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- If you're going to 'discuss' mature topics, write 'WARNING, MATURE CONTENT' at the top of your post.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">* As far as I know, no one in all of SCA history has been reported for this. Please read at your own risk.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Two characters that are yours may not date. It's annoying and it's like PDA with yourself.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- With that said, if you're going to create a side account to make a relationship...I can't sto <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">p you. (

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ When you wish to switch to OOC, enclose your message inside parenthesis or something of the sort [{(ooc;)}] and write OOC/out of character.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Use this at your own risk. Use of OOC to chat isn't appropriate; you have Chat for that.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Try to go at the pace that's around you.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Don't complain that no one talks to you. If you want to talk to someone, approach them, spill a drink on them, etc

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- With that said, if someone is obviously busy with something, headbutting them seems immature and annoying.

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">RP Format;
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Two types of formats will be acceptable. When roleplaying, please use font that is easily readable. Fancier fonts are, of course, allowed, but it can get hard to decode.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Story Mode

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- This is written like a story. You can use 1st ( "I" "me" "we" ) or 3rd person ( "she" "he" "they" ), present (I walk, hug me, we are BFFs) or past (I walked, hugged me, we were BFFs). <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ex.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">I pause, and stumble into my mailbox. Darn. All my things spill out of my satchel, and I bend down to pick them up.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Symbols Mode

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- This is written with symbols. This is more traditional roleplay, and is stereotyped to be for noobs. But someone who can master Symbols is, in reality, an expert.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Quotation marks, ~ (can't think of the proper name), and asterisks are used to create the image of action.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- The same tenses/perspectives can be used for Symbol mode as Story.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ex.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- She pauses. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- This causes her to stumble into her mailbox. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">~ Crap ~ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- She bends down to pick up the now-spilled objects that had come from her satchel.

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">DO NOT;
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Godmodding

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- A form of roleplay 'technique', godmodding is the act of roleplaying for someone else. This is VERY annoying, and irritates more than impresses people.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ex.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Me; *struts out, smacks you* Hah, lol. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">You; What was that for? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Me; I'm awesome. *struts away*

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">Your next reply can't be me returning; everyone rp'er for themselves, and that includes controlling our character's actions.

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">FAQs;
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Where are we in the roleplay world?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Isle Atlantic is a small island plopped smack in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It's currently owned by Dr. Jennifer Jones, and is based off American governments, but better. (Because you can do that in the roleplay world, haha.) There's a school on this island, called Seaside Coast Academy (SCA).

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ What is a Head Girl or Boy?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- The Head Girl and Head Boy are the leaders of Seaside Coast Academy. They will be picked this summer semester.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Are there Cliques at SCA?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Just like every school or group, there are divisions in the people. So, yes, there are cliques, but you aren't forced to conform to one stereotype from Day 1; you find your friends and enemies just like in the real world.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Can I be manager?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Currently, SCAcademy is not in need of managers. But as soon as the opportunity arrives, it will be posted.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ How do you pronounce 'SCAcademy' ?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Ess See Ay Cademy. (:

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Will you join my club/heart my yb/etc?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- No. Advertising isn't allowed and will be deleted. Please post it elsewhere.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Do we have cliques?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Just like any other realistic roleplay, there are cliques. We just don't want to assign them to you, forcing you to conform to a stereotype of a character.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ How long has SCA been open?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- SCA has been open since July 2010, originally under the name 'SCA_Private' (a club owned by Miss_Lola_4).

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Can I throw a party as a roleplay topic?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Yes. You're welcome to create any topics you'd like, as long as they are appropriate or properly marked.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Can I roleplay as a teacher or principal?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Although the principal will be roleplayed by OMG-hacked, you're welcome to be a teacher.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Should I post my real information on my enrollment?

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">- To protect your privacy, the only information about YOU required is your nickname. It's advised that you stay fictional to keep your online identity safe.

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">SCHOOL SPIRIT
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">♥ Would you like to buy a SCA shirt/badge? Coming soon for STARCOINS.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">School colors; Light pink & baby blue

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;">School mascot; Penguin