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I figured it'd be a good idea to put up the rules for how to post; what style and all that. It seems like the sort of thing that deserves it's own thread, so here it is.

Talking normally:
Simple. Keep the "Post Style" on say and don't modify the text at all.

Raising your voice:
If the spoken part of an entire post is a shout, change "Post Style" to shout and just type out what you're shouting. If part of your post is talking and another part is shouting, you may use Large text size to indicate you are being louder. Please refrain from using X-Large text size. The only time X-Large will be used is by those with voices so loud, they can be heard for miles. It is very uncommon for a character you create to be capable of such things.

Lowering your voice:
If the spoken part of an entire post is a whisper, simply change "Post Style" to whisper. Whispers are assumed to only be heard if you're intentionally whispering something to someone, or if someone decides to role a listen check (with a very high DC, determined by me based on the situation). To simply lower your voice to a lower level, but something everyone around can still hear, use Small text size. To lower it to a whisper that requires a listen check to hear unless your mouth is to their ear, use Tiny text size. As you can see, Tiny can only be seen by copy/pasting the text into notepad or something similar.

Thinking:
If an entire post is in thought, you can use the Think style. Anyone without psychic ability cannot hear what you say in this post, but sometimes it's handy to capture your facial expression. If you wish to insert a thought into the rest of your text, use italics.

Acting:
If you want to indicate your character is doing something, enclose it in *stars*. Try to post it so that your name could be put in front of it to make a full sentance, such as:
*picks up the pen and starts playing with it*
Actions such as these are the only place where capitalization and punctuation don't matter, though you should still capitalize names and such. Also note that you can do this as part of any other post, even a thought.

Tone of voice:
If you are using a tone of voice that cannot easily be described with the things I mentioned above, such as sarcasm or anger, use (parenthesis) with an -ly word. For instance, (Sarcastically) or (Angrily).

OOC:
OOC can be used to clarify rules and such, or when you need to go Away From Keyboard for a few minutes. Please keep any text in these situations to a minimum, and use ((double-parenthesis)). By "to a minimum," I mean that you should say you're going away and for how long, but not why, or anything else bound to start up conversation. For instance, avoid ((My dog just pissed all over the rug! Brb)). Instead, simply write, ((AFK, probably for about 5 mins.)) Depending on how crucial you are at that point in the game, the GM (me) will indicate whether we should continue without you or take a short break to wait for you.

Rolls:
Anytime you are doing something you know requires a roll, such as an attack, you can make the roll as part of the post. At the top of the post (so it will appear right under the roll) add any modifiers in [brackets]. If you attempt to do something that requries a roll but don't make one, I will ask you to roll.

I'll be posting some example posts below. Any questions, post them here.

I've got him now...

*suddenly jumps out*

Boo!

*dodges out of the way* ((Defense is higher than 17.))

Zetan, what are you doing?

I could've been killed...

*shakes off the suprise and shock and puts on a smile*

Just try to be more careful, all right?

There, that's enough posts for now. I think you get the idea.

Note that normally, in combat situations, the GM will have you roll initiative, or at least announce that one player has the suprise round (in this case, I would have probably had the first round since Nebula didn't intend to attack, but I would've checked with the GM first) and you will have to wait for your turn to act, but since I was acting as a player here, I didn't have a GM, so couldn't do it that way. I'm sure you'll all get the hang of it real qucik. Again, any questions, post them here.