Forever Knight War 15: rules of war

The war will be played in a friendly, courteous manner. The List Owner and/or List Gardener reserve the right to ban a player or faction from the war for disregarding these rules, and to terminate the war after a warning if there seems to be a problem with keeping the friendly atmosphere.
An FK War is not a role-playing game. Participants are not allowed to assume the persona of any FK character or assume supernatural powers. Participants come as themselves, with slight exaggerations allowed. This is how fans get to know one another.

Note: Nevertheless, there are a few players from the earliest wars (before there were rules), who have aspects that would not now be permitted. These are grandfathered in.
It is not necessary to belong to a faction in order to play. You may instead choose to participate as an independent. If you do want to join an affiliation, all you have to do is declare yourself a member.
All participants must have a permission slip on record with McLisa.
War posts will be archived on this website. Every attempt will be made to keep it updated on a daily basis. In any case, there is an FK War Archive Yahoo!Group that automatically archives all posts to the FKFIC-L list that have the WAR: prefix. This is an open archive; and anyone can read it.
Please try to reply to email requests to write you in a story or asking for information in as timely a manner as possible. Remember, if you hold up a writer, you hold up the war.

Posting your Stories

All war story posts must be posted to FKFIC-L. Posts are limited to 3 per person per day. You may want to split long stories into sections.
All the regular FKFIC-L rules apply during the war. Only stories may be posted to FKFIC-L. All war discussions belong on FORKNI-L in posts with the WAR: prefix. Coordination is done off list.
The FKFIC-L mailing list requires plain text to post correctly. If you don’t know how to make your e-mail program create plain text e-mail, please find out or else get someone else to post your story for you. You might find it useful to check out Nancy Kaminski’s tips for creating plain text files.
All war story posts MUST include the WAR: header in the subject line. Please follow this format:

WAR: Faction: Story Title

For example:

WAR: Ravenettes: Janette Goes Shopping

The colon after WAR: is very important!
- First, it’s required for the PSU server to recognize the topic and send the post only to people who have signed up to receive war posts.
- Second, it’s required for the FK War Archive Yahoo!Group to know to archive the post.
Please don’t forget it!
In the header within your post, include the date and approximate time your story takes place at the top of the story. If the post follows up on or is set before another post, mention that at the top of the story as well. This is very helpful for readers—not to mention being useful in archiving the war.
Anyone who can’t get the listserv to cooperate should write to McLisa (mclisa1014 at gmail dot com).

Attacks

Attacks on factions or individuals are allowed, and indeed, are encouraged. As Susan Garrett said, “In war, attack is the sincerest form of affection.”

By filing a permission slip, you’ve agreed to be attacked, and no further permission is needed.
Attacks may not be ignored.
For this war, it is not required to notify either factions or individuals in advance about a forthcoming attack. However, it is not a bad idea to do so, time permitting, if only to ensure that people don’t wind up in two places at the same time.

Miscellaneous

Because the war is played in real time, dropping post-dated stories (that is, posting a story on Tuesday that is dated as taking place on Thursday) is strongly discouraged. Also, please try to avoid skipping backwards to set a story at a time prior to stories that have already been written. (This does not refer to the progessive minor delays that tend to happen as the war progresses, simply because writers get behind.)
Unlike previous wars, no faction has control over any of the FK characters; and permission does not need to be obtained in order to use them in a story. If scheduling conflicts occur, use your ingenuity.
Joining other faction’s lists for spying purposes (for instance, if someone playing with the Perks joins the Cousins under another name in order to scope out their war plans) is not permitted and is grounds for dismissal from the war.
No killing, maiming, or bringing across of players or FK characters is permitted. This also applies to pets and family members.
No crossover characters from other shows are permitted. (NOTE: On 5 February 2014, McLisa amended this rule to accord with the usual rule for crossovers on FKFIC-L.)