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ALL WORDS ARE AWESOME WORDS!!!! (tryslora) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2010-07-29 13:37:00

Rules
One thing I hate doing when I'm working on a new game is writing up the Rules post. There's such a fine line between saying too much and being too restrictive, to being too laid back about things. So I'm wondering a few things...

1. Can anyone point me to what they think was the absolute perfect set of rules/faq/information that they saw in a game they played in?

2. What rules do you like seeing, or expect to see information about?

3. What rules are a complete turn-off to you for a game?

Thanks to all! And as always, thank you to everyone in this community for all of the wonderful resources.

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	forgot something :\| spiffynerd 2010-07-30 07:35 am UTC (link)
	One more thing about the FAQ--if a player IMs you with a non-character-specific question OOC, once you've answered it, add it to the FAQ. Chances are if they've asked, someone else is wondering, and if you don't, you might forget what you said and give a different answer if asked later. Or maybe that's just me being scatterbrained. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: forgot something :|

tryslora
2010-07-30 04:25 pm UTC (link)

Oh no, it's not just you being scatterbrained, it's excellent advice. I try to remember to either update the FAQ or go back to the other reference pages (like my settings page) to update it when I'm asked a question. Having a proper FAQ will help for when people ask me questions there's no page for already...

And thank you for the samples, and more importantly, for the advice on tone. Once I stopped trying to be all business-speak and proper, the rules/faq started flowing right out of my fingertips, AND it sounds like me. I like this much better than any rules I've written before. So thank you.

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