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((The following was written by ForsakenFiora, leader of The Perfect Fit guild on Gaia Online. I own none of this, but the terms are important to know.))

# Auto Hit: Declaring your character has hit someone or something else. This is fine while combating player-controlled NPCs. When combating a PC, you must ALWAYS give them a chance to react.
# Game Master: The person running the game, they are in charge of setting and enforcing the rules, supplying plot and direction, and make sure everyone is having fun
# God Moding: Also known as “puppeteering”, it refers to taking control of another character that is not yours without permission. It is fine to do with player-controlled NPCS, but only Game Masters are allowed to control PCs without permission.
# Het: Also Hetro, refer to a heterosexual or straight couple. Het-only role-plays only allow heterosexual couplings, and are typically not allowed in this guild. Heterosexual couplings are perfectly fine.
# Literate: Someone who is capable of using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation to type out posts averaging about or over two or three paragraphs per post in an RPG.
# NPC: Non-player character. These characters are controlled by the game master, and often times in forum role-plays they are controlled by the players to an extent.
# OOC: Out of Character, a post that is made outside of the current game. OOC posts are often marked by surrounding the text with {{}}, [[]], or (())
# Original Character: A made up character for use in a series-related Role-play; these characters did not exist in the cannon of the series.
# PC: Player character, or the characters controlled by players. In general, being a player character means they have special rules.
# PG-13: Motion Picture Association of America describes PG-13 as:

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A PG-13 rating is a sterner warning by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their children under age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material might not be suited for them. A PG-13 motion picture may go beyond the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements, but does not reach the restricted R category. The theme of the motion picture by itself will not result in a rating greater than PG-13, although depictions of activities related to a mature theme may result in a restricted rating for the motion picture. Any drug use will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. More than brief nudity will require at least a PG-13 rating, but such nudity in a PG-13 rated motion picture generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence. A motion picture’s single use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, initially requires at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive requires an R rating, as must even one of those words used in a sexual context. The Rating Board nevertheless may rate such a motion picture PG-13 if, based on a special vote by a two-thirds majority, the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG-13 rating is appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous.

# Power Play: A character who always avoids getting hit, and always does a great deal of damage. Only a Game Master is allowed to power play.
# Yaoi: Reference to a male homosexual or gay couple. Yaoi-only role-plays only allow male couplings. Yaoi couplings are perfectly fine.
# Yuri: Reference to female homosexual or gay couple. Yuri-only role-plays only allow female couplings. Yuri couplings are perfectly fine.