Rules and Regulations

**No copyrighted characters.** You may not play
characters drawn from books, movies, TV or similar works to which you do
 not hold the copyright. You are allowed to play characters inspired by
books, movies or TV or with comparable powers, but not characters
directly lifted from those works or directly referencing specific
elements of those copyrighted works.

*There are no canon characters from the Mad Max universe allowed.*

**Be considerate.** The Wasted Lands is home to a
community of players with diverse backgrounds and sensibilities. If you
are informed that an OOC conversation is making another player
uncomfortable please respect their feelings and find something else to
talk about. Racism, sexism, homophobia, stalking, harassment, or other
abusive or discriminatory behaviour will not be tolerated.

**Conflict resolution.** The great majority of OOC
conflict between players results from miscommunication rather than
malice. Disagreements or differences of opinion between players should
thus be addressed first with mutually respectful private conversation
between the parties involved. Moderators can be called upon to provide
neutral mediation if necessary.

**Away for awhile? Let us know.** Life always comes
first. If something comes up which means you’re no longer able to
participate in an ongoing story, let someone know! This allows the other
 players to work around your character’s absence rather than the story
stalling and everyone being left in limbo.

**No OOC in the RP**. Please only make in-character
posts on the roleplay subreddit. Any OOC comments should be directed to
the IRC or the community subreddit.

Do **not** engage in any of the following behaviours:

* **God Modding** is a term used to describe someone who consistently and flagrantly ignores, avoids, blocks or otherwise disregards actions taken against their character, often to the point of being effectively invulnerable. This makes things really boring.

* **Power Gaming** is a term used for someone who defines the outcome of an attack themselves without giving the other player an opportunity to react or evade. This is considered to be very poor form and a breach of the central principle noted above.

* **Metagaming** is a term used for the practice of basing IC actions on OOC knowledge. As a player you can access a lot of information that your character could not possibly know – reddit posts, Wiki entries or OOC conversation with other players. Having your character act on such privileged information is strongly frowned upon unless there is a plausible way they could have come to hear about it.

**“Mature” vs. “Explicit”** - Roleplay in The Wasteland
can and does touch upon mature themes--regularly more often than not.
Characters are free to use adult language, engage in physical
relationships, or commit acts of violence, but we expect our players to
exercise a modicum of restraint in how such subjects are portrayed.

Does this mean that you have avoid sexual themes altogether? No, it
does not. It simply means that we would not prefer to get a graphic
play-by-play of all of the ins and outs of such a scene, as it were.
Please be responsible enough as a player to tag your posts as NSFW if
they include sex or graphic violence.