The infamous Artificial Room lies before you. This room is big. Really, really big. Straight ahead of you is a huge statue of a man made of apparantly discarded peices of gears and metal; it stands above you, staring of into the sky - and there is a sky, a sickly looking thing that's pale blue only when not obscured by an ever-shifting grey cloud cover. The light source for the room is unclear, as there's no sun in sight. The horizon spreads as far as you can see to the left and right, but it mostly seems to be a vast expanse of lifeless dirt. The only peices of interest are the statue and a few buildings in it's direct vicinity. Glancing away from those the more obvious structures, you can see a robotic eye on a small stalk poking randomly out of the ground off to the right. It blinks occasionly but doesn't seem to be looking at anything in particular. Moreover, a ways off in the distance there stands an oddly shaped skyscraper with a variety of sattelite dishes and other indiscernable devices hapazardly poking out of the sides. As the rumours go, the higher-ups don't want you heading out there.
And finally, behind you is the room you just came from, visible only as a small falling-apart aluminum shed with no connection to any larger building, especially not the suspicious, crippled apartment building you just came from. For a split second a pockmarked grey rock scuttles across your field of vision, and you have just enough time to spot tiny mechanical legs pulling it along before it dissapears behind the shed. Rumour on the street is that some Zurg technology was hijacked to create this room, and you certainly see how someone could get that impression. Nothing left to do now but explore.
And finally, behind you is the room you just came from, visible only as a small falling-apart aluminum shed with no connection to any larger building, especially not the suspicious, crippled apartment building you just came from. For a split second a pockmarked grey rock scuttles across your field of vision, and you have just enough time to spot tiny mechanical legs pulling it along before it dissapears behind the shed. Rumour on the street is that some Zurg technology was hijacked to create this room, and you certainly see how someone could get that impression. Nothing left to do now but explore.
Literacy Expectations and Post Size
Although expectations on roleplay will vary from thread to thread and event to event, the general expectation is that you make a good attempt to spell properly (no ch4tsp33k plz) and use proper grammar, and that your posts is at least one good-sized paragraph each (about five or six sentences, depending on sentence length of course.) Spam is not tolerated except for in some threads in the guild chatterbox, and except for in The Bar a certain amount of realism is expected.
Other Rules
1. Follow the Gaia TOS. All the regular Gaia rules apply within any guild.
2. No godmoding or powerplaying. This should be a given, but I figured I'd throw it out there.
3. Don't take OOC grudges IC, and vice-versa.
4. Respect whoever created the thread that you happen to be posting in, and ALWAYS at least read the first posts. If someone is breaking the rules with a thread or post, message the mods - it's preferrable that you don't post your greivances in the guild if it's about a specific member.
5. Respect each other OOC, take any conflicts to pm. IC, you can be nasty as you like. It's all pretend, after all. (But plz see rule 4)
6. Keep OOC to a minimum in the main forum, especially the more literate/serious threads.
7. You ARE allowed to roleplay a character that does not look like your Gaia avatar, HOWEVER, it must be generally human-like. No animals, dragons, unicorns, etc., although furries are allowed. The one exception to this rule is robots. You can roleplay just about any kind of robot you want, but remember the other rules. No godmoding: you're not indesctructible. If the mods feel you're playing an overly powerful character, whatever the species, they have the right to ask you to change it.
8. Currently the character limit is ONE. This will change shortly after the Grand Opening, however, and may change sooner depending on how things go.
9. These rules are subject to change as the community grows and evolves, so make sure to be checking up on the news occasionally. Any rule changes will show up in the first post of the Billboard.
