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       Rules of CST
       By: M217 Date: December 9, 2014, 3:47 pm
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       These are the detailed rules of CST. Try not to over-think there
       and this is NOT REQUIRED READING. You can totally join a CST
       without going over there.
       The idea of CST is to make a reasonable story, all you have to
       do is keep that in mind, and you'll be great
       However if you so need them, here are the advanced CST rules
       1- No God-modding (This means don't create characters that can
       take control of other characters)
       2- No Overpowered Characters (Pretty self-explanatory; OP
       characters break the story, and while it's tempting to make a
       ridiculously strong character that can do whatever they want,
       RESIST THE URGE.)
       3- Only Bunny Within Reason (This rule is broken quite often,
       which annoys me to no end. Characters in general belong to their
       creator, so in general I would limit bunnying to cases when a)
       the owner has given you specific permission and set parameters,
       b) you do not do anything crazy, and c) you stick with the same
       personality of the original character.)
       4- Follow Character Limits (Each story sets its own limits on #
       of charaters allowed; it is important that you follow them
       Filling a story with 50 characters that are nothing but cannon
       fodder is just pointless. Similarly, 50 characters that do
       important stuff is also pointless. Keep yourself to 4 or 5 at a
       high maximum.
       5- LOGIC (Good logic -> Story makes sense. Bad logic -> Story
       doesn't make sense. Please, no flying buildings (unless it is
       sci-fi in the premise) and no finding extra ammunition under a
       bush. That kind of stuff makes stories confusing and they lose
       continuity, thus taking away from the experience.
       6- Avoid removing prior posts (This again makes it confusing and
       difficult to follow.)
       7- No Mary-Sues or Marty-stues (Perfect characters with no
       personality faults have a place. That place is not here. Please,
       just don't.)
       8- One-scene characters may not have major plot impact.
       -A one-scene character is defined as a character without a
       sign-up form that is only present
       during one scene for one purpose.
       -These characters should be clearly foreshadowed or obviously
       exist(i.e. "Go talk to the mayor,
       she's over there) and exist only to communicate with the main
       characters.
       9- Don't be greedy; if you have an idea for the plot, and
       someone does something contrary to it, don't just negate
       everything they do; in short, work with other people.
       10- If Character death/injury is a part of the cst, don't
       complain and don't take it personally.
       -Going off of the last one, don't kill/injure characters
       for no reason. Do it with a legitimate reason in mind.
       RESPECT.
       Seriously. Be nice to people.
       [glow=red,2,300][font=courier]--Sincerely, your local CST
       moderator, M217.[/font][/glow]
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