Forsaken Lullaby

With Forsaken's one year mark on us, we would like to thank you all for making it possible, without you Forsaken wouldn't be where it is today.

However, some recent roleplay threads have diminished the quality that Forsaken always strives to achieve. With that we're incorporating a new rule for the Roleplay areas as well as a simple request that everyone should be able to follow. Occasional mistakes do happen but please try to remember to adhere to the following:

Posts should be at least four sentences [or three rows of text], not including line breaks between sentences [and don't have those four sentences looking like this: "Yes." She responded, "I agree."]. Make the post be an addition to the thread, make it have a bit of substance. The plot will simply die if you don't have anything to go off between yourself and your partner(s). These lines do not include a quote from another character.

Spelling and grammar have become a much larger issue than need be, considering you all have access to spell check built into the forum itself. Grammar should be a simple reread of your post to make sure you have the proper punctuation and tense. We understand that there are simple mistakes that spell check won't always catch, and on occasion human error makes us miss our mistakes [like their, they're, and there], but a simple reread of your post should catch said mistakes.   

Here at Forsaken Lullaby we like to think that everybody is family no matter how often we see them or not. Some places has homes elsewhere as well. Think of them as neighborhoods we also visit on occasion. That is what a Sister Site is: Another forum where the family expands to include many and all from various sites. Like the other half of the family we only see at family reunions. To be considered for a Sister Site you must be a member of both sites and ask the owners.

---

---

Dies Irae has typed up a wonderful guide to find your way around Forsaken Lullaby!

If you are lost and have no idea what to do, this Guide is your best way to find your way around.

We hope you enjoy your stay!

-Tako and Dies

What's up ladies and gents, Your Admin, Dies Irae, here, bringing you newcomers a guide to getting started on our lovely home away from home, Forsaken Lullaby.

Now when you get past all the account making and browsing you might be a little confused on just what you should do to get started and get some roleplays going or chats with fellow members, well that's what I'm going to explain here, following this should get you off to a nice start. But first a little formating and streamlining is in order, so here's the rundown on what we will be learning here, the table of contents below will give you an idea.

Table of Contents:

i: Forum Index.
        - The Welcome Center.
        - Roleplay OOC.
        - Roleplay District.
        - Avant-Garde.
        - The Human Equation.

ii: Forum Basics.
       - Making a topic.
       - Posting.
       - Private Messaging.
       - Chat.

iii: Getting Started, Making Yourself Known.
       - Posting an Introduction.
       - Posting a Request Thread.
       
iv: Required Reading.
       - The Site Rules.
       - Chat Rules.
       - Other things.

v: Important People.
       - Your Staff.
       - The Regulars.
 
vi: Closing.
       - Conclusion
       - Contact.

So without further delay let's get started on the New User Guide to Forsaken Lullaby.

To ensure everyone enjoys their time on Forsaken Lullaby, All users must adhere to the following rules for chat.

1 - Harassment will not be tolerated. Ever - you will be chat banned for a miniumum of One week should you do so.

2 - If any user takes offense to a discussion, speak up and it shall be stopped immediately. If ignored please report it to staff with a chat log! We will take care of the situation.

3 - Serious RPing is not allowed in chat. Goofing off is more than welcome.

4 - Be courteous and respectful of other forums. Even if you don't like them try to give them, and their members, the same respect you give to Forsaken and it's members. If you cannot be polite about it please keep it off-forum or restricted to PMs.

5 - RP discussions are more than welcome in chat! However if it overrides whats currently going on, please take it to PMs.

6 - Be respectful of others. People come from different backgrounds, faiths, lifestyles - you name it we probably have it! Please treat them like you would yourself. 

7 - Do not Troll, at all.

8 - Lastly, Have fun and enjoy your time in chat!

The Rules for Design Your Universe are more like guidelines as each Verse shall have it's own sets of rules and regulations.

The Main Rule is for those who use this forum to obey the TOS. As Design Your Universe is the hub for several pre-set universes made by various members on the forum who have put in a lot of time into making such places these members are Moderators of their information section.

Roleplay should be placed in the general main section of the DYU area. The Child boards are to be used for information, discussion, and any bios that need to be placed.

To avoid confusion within the titles of your RP please place the Verse you are playing or the short hand of it should it be a long verse in either [] or {} to help remember which rp goes to what verse.

A general idea:

[Verse] Title (Users A/B, or Users A, B, C, OR Open)

Here are some of the banners we've made for Forsaken for various other sites.
You may use them as you will. This post will be collectively updated with other creations from users from The Bohemian Sector




http://failproof.webs.com/forsaken/forsakenbutton.jpg

(88x31)
Made by TakodaVega

---

(468x60)
Made by TakodaVega

We here at Forsaken Lullaby would like to address an issue that has been currently floating around due to the recent influx of members.

We here at Forsaken pride on our continuously growing community, and encourage members to ask other people, if they wish to, to join it. We are by no means trying to replace your home forum. Forsaken is an entity of it's own and will continue to be a Haven for those who wish to come. Whether that be for a different writing community, or to just disassociate from a busy forum to a calmer one. We understand that full heartily.

This place was never meant to be about the Quantity of members on the forum, never has and never will be, this place is about Quality. Without the quality members we have, we would not be the community we are today.

We're currently working on trying to find a modification for the forum to make the forum inaccessible to spam bots. In the mean time, if you find one, don't hesitate to report it to a moderator! We appreciate you guys seeing things that we may miss.

We're also looking for a mod to display the Spiders from Search Engines so that the occasional guest that pops up that seems to be head deep in your rp that you're wondering *who* they are you can actually see what/who it is.

There are mostly no rules in Open Roleplay - this is pretty much a free-for-all area so I am just going to post guidelines to help you be successful in the Open Roleplay section:

• Post a Bio in the Bio Section
• Unless strictly noted, all rps are considered nonsexual
• If you wish to write out a sexual scene in a NON-sexual rp - please place the Scene in The Scenic Route
• If you decide to leave an Open RP, please be courteous enough to write an exit post so that other characters do not have to write your character off in case you decide to come back.
  

Hey you guys!

In order to have FL the full lively community we know it can be we need YOUR help! It's not going to look very lively without active posters also posting along the various Advertisement sections we have!

Here are our Page bases:

Forsaken Lullaby Fet Group - Run by TakodaVega and Akuma, be sure to post here and hopefully more and more people will come join us from the darker side of facebook. We even have our own fetish!

Forsaken Lullaby Facebook - Not one to be comfortable with the Fet scene? Well then just pass along the FL facebook page to those who you know will be interested! Note that the page itself will not be displayed to those who are under the age of 18 for Legal purposes. Run by both Dies Irae and TakodaVega

I mean the Site. This account is shared by both Dies and Myself [TakodaVega] and will be used as mostly for Administration only purposes. Such as here. We'll be defining more and more people later on as the site comes back together and successfully moves over. (And perhaps I could, I dunno FINISH EVERYTHING XD). As you can probably tell we are on our own server now. That being said I haven't gotten to the custom Tags (such as Youtube) yet so please be patient. Chat, if you've noticed, isn't quite up yet - I have to manually put in a new Header for the forum to make it so that I can even equip chat as it seems that it wants to yell at me and tell me I have no authorization for doing some things server side from the forum side so I have input everything manually.

Which by the way is a bitch and a half.

BUT! We are at least up <3 If you want a particular theme for Forsaken you should leave a comment, and serf around the SMF themes. As you can see we are NOT MyBB and we are NOT PHP. Think of SMF as the hybrid. Also to activate the Quick reply you must add that feature to your profile [Some people like it others don't so I left it to you, the users, as an option]. Also we now have a spell checker. It will at least get the bare minimum things caught if you're posting at like 3 AM and are doing it Via window. =P

1: By registering you are agreeing to obey International and United States Federal Law.

2: You must be 18 years of age or older to register or enter this website.

3: No Lolicon or Shotacon allowed, any character, image or conversation involving fictional or non fictional under 16's in sexual situations, the offender will be immediately banned. Breaching this will result in the contact of the proper authorities.

4: In accordance with Federal Law, Images or Videos of Bestiality is strictly forbidden. Breaching this will result in the contact of the proper authorities.

5. You understand that Forsaken Lullaby's staff and owner cannot confirm the validity of posts, that we do not actively monitor posts, and thus are not responsible for content contained within posts. However, we strive to remove objectionable content and encourage you to report it to our staff, as we reserve the right to remove objectionable content.

6: You agree to refrain from posting any nude images of yourself or others, unless you can reference a 2257 document offsite, in the case of another they must reference the 2257 document, a valid form of identification and expressed written consent to the publishing of their image by you.

7: Any harassment or general drama from members of another website against the members, staff or owner of Forsaken Lullaby will be immediately deleted and the offender will be banned, if the issue persists the proper authorities will be contacted.

8: Please be civil to other Members on the forum - We are adults who should know how to handle our attitudes towards someone else. In other words don't make an ass of yourself just because you don't like them.

9: Please try to keep posts relevant and substantial to the current thread. As well attempt to keep all 1x1 and role-play discussions through PM's to keep the boards from getting too cluttered. This is imply so Forsaken's spam guard does not decide to label a user as Spam by mistake. Also, please try to keep OOC conversation in Roleplay threads to PMs as well, or in chat.

10: Posts should be at least four sentences [or three rows of text] not including line breaks between sentences [and don’t have those four sentences looking like this: "Yes." She responded, "I agree."]. Make the post be an addition to the thread, make it have a bit of substance. The plot will simply die if you don't have anything to go off between yourself and your partner(s). These lines do not include a quote from another character.

11: Have fun!