0: YOU MUST BE 15 YEARS OR OLDER TO JOIN THIS SITE! If you are found to be under 15 you will be removed.

1. Join the site. You have to, in order to post in the forums.

2. Write up a character. It can be as detailed or as basic as you like. A sample character, with what I consider the absolute basics, is over here. And yes, you can play as ANYTHING. Just be aware, the weirder and more 'powered' a character, the less likely people will be to want to play with you.

2.5 You're free to edit your character's profile, but please do not make edits to pages that you did not create. If you feel a change should be implemented, PM the person or make a post in the discussion page of that character's profile.

3. When starting a new thread, use the Thread title to describe whats going down, and the summary section to put in more description. For example! If the thread title is 'Hanging around the Cafeteria' Your summary might be 'No GM, just chatter. Foundation Characters only." Whereas if someone were doing an active thread, it might come up as 'Off to capture a rogue SCP' with Summary 'Looking for five agents to take on a new SCP. Combat likely, low possibility of death.'

4. When joining a new thread, it is polite to link to the character sheet of the character you are playing. You may have more than one character… as many as you want! However, making threads where you roleplay with just yourself is frowned on. That's what stories are for.

5. No GMs are needed! While some people can run things, and specific groups are only under certain GMS (for instance, Tamlin House Exploration Threads can only be GMed by Bright or Heiden) for the most part anyone can GM, or you can have a game with no GM at all.

6. Because these are forum posts, games can take longer to happen then they might in, say a chat game. An hour of game time might stretch over a weeks worth of posts. This is ok. Don't feel you have to drop someone from a thread because they are on a different time schedule. Also, you can be in as many threads as you want, don't worry about it.

7. It's not cool to take a character that isn't yours. For example, just because Waxx isn't playing Strelnikov, doesn't mean you can. Nor does it mean you can make Boris Ivanakov, who hates chechens and yells at people…. and you get the idea.

7.5 If you are using a idea not your own, aka an MTF, SCP, or character, you may be asked to stop by the creator of said idea. If you are asked to stop using it, do so.

8. ALL THREADS THAT INCLUDE SMUT OR OVER THE TOP VIOLENCE MUST BE MARKED (NSFW) IN THE TOPIC. It's just polite. Note separately for each, aka (NSFW/Smut) or (NSFW/Violence.) Also, I feel this should be common sense, but NO SMUT WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE OTHER PLAYER. Don't just throw it in suddenly, it's rude.

9. This is one of the hard and fast rules, so I'm gonna capslock. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ROLEPLAY WITH ANYONE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO. Because this is an open rp site, where people can do what they want, there will be characters that not everyone wants to roleplay with. If you are approached by one such, you are free to say 'I do not want to roleplay with this character.' If a person insists on trying to roleplay with someone who doesn't want to, they will be banned from the site.

10. If you want to chat with other RP'ers about the games in forums, chat room is #307ale on synirc.

11. Words in (()) are considered ooc.

12. No god moding. Do not state what other peoples characters do, or feel.

13. Post your new characters to the 'Concrit' forum (http://scp-rp.wikidot.com/forum/c-859275/concrit) before you play them. This will give you feedback, and allow people to tell you if your character is inappropriate for a base level Foundation game. Your characters must be approved before you can roleplay with them.

13.5 If a staff member (mod or admin) tells you to change your character, please change your character. Refusing to do so may result in site bans, as ignoring feedback isn't fair to the people who do adhere to the rules correctly and put effort into making their characters better.

14. Only those with approved characters, and staff members, may give critique in the concrit forums.

15. Have fun.