Character Profiles
ALL profiles should be formatted using the Character Profile sheet. It's not that hard to follow unless you're a COMPLETE MORON and believe me we've had our share.

Character Color
First come, first serve. Colors are not recycled among characters so don't bother waiting for one to open for use...it ain't going to happen.

NPCs
Like normal characters, NPCs can be written in by other writers, not just the author that created the NPC. NPCs are not to be given text color, only addressed by name as according to the text.

Examples:
(Script) NPC: Blah blah!!
(Paragraph) "Blah blah!!" NPC screamed.

Admin Approval
Characters entered must be approved by DamnGlitch, Sasuke, and Neko. Mostly this is to ensure characters are as fleshed out and usable to all participants.

SPELLCHECK, USE IT!
Firefox 2: Nothing additional needed.

Firefox 1.x: SpellBound Dev or AspellFox
Installation instructions for SpellBound Dev
1- Install the SpellBound Dev extension
2- Select the appropriate Mozilla spell check libraries from the Mozilla Dictionaries page.

Installation instructions for Aspell Fox
1- Install Aspell for windows here http://aspell.net/win32/
2- Install appropriate dictionaries http://aspell.net/win32/
3- Install AspellFox for windows: http://www.thunderbird-software.com/aspellfox-0.5.8a-fx-win.xpi.

Internet Explorer: Spellcheck.net

Using Word Processors to Compose Posts
If using MS Word or any like word processor, please make sure to turn Fancy/Curly/Smart quotes off. Some browser configurations don't like them and will garble them into garbage. In MS Word, this is in the AutoCorrect panel under Tools.

Internal Linking
Please when linking to a page here on the board, use the [thread] and [post] tags. Using [url] causes a new window/tab to open so do this out of courtesy more than anything.

Posting comments the Story Forum
DON'T! Random chatter and non-battle stuff should be posted in General Discussion.

Plots and Plans
Since BO7P is free form there should be NO whining if your carefully thought out plan gets screwed up.

Continue Thread vs New Thread
Only start a NEW thread ONLY if your story is totally separate from the others or it takes the story in a totally new direction.

Reserving a Post
You may reserve a post for a short time. Try to get it up by the next day if you do, because if the we feel you're abusing the privilege we will remove your reservation as possibly revoke your privilege to reserve.

Keep track of your character(s) continuity
Make a post in your profiles section that will indicate where your character is and what he/she/it was doing at the end of the post that the character was in most recently. This is to help the other participants write so that mistakes aren't made in the progress of the story.

First / Third Person
All stories, profiles, and backgrounds are to be written in THIRD PERSON ONLY! NO EXCEPTIONS!

Keep ALL attacks reasonable
No "I use KI to blow up the universe" or "I summon a fleet of 83,246,018,264 heavily armed X-Wings carrying neutron bombs."

Your Character and Battles
You can write about yourself and set up battles about yourself, but once the battle starts, the outcome's out of your hands... Someone else has to write the outcome.

Once your character is dead or you quit, that's it they're done
You can write about other characters, but your guy is going to have to sit out the rest of the Battle. You can still continue to contribute and are encouraged to do so!