Welcome to SoulxSociety!
We're a friendly roleplaying community based on Tite Kubo's manga, BLEACH. We are a canon/original roleplay site, so you can take a favorite canon or make an original character to take to our original plot.
The Gotei have emerged from a long and bloody Civil War within the Seireitei and the Rukon. Five centuries ago the Soitaicho Xiaoyu Demizu and her Fukotaicho Kimiko Demizu found out that the ruling body of the Central Forty Six had become corrupt. The Rebels who numbered but in the thousands came to the crater and began construction of a memorial to all those who had lost their lives in the conflict. Most notably the two Soitaichos that had triggered the very war they had just ended. Now with the war being over the leader of the Rebels passed away leaving the bloodied hakama that was the symbol of the Gotei to her eldest daughter Lhin who now is in charge of the Gotei and tasked with leading them out from the ruins they where within.
Many have risen and many have fallen during the Gotei’s Civil War but there has been but a few constants. The Tres Beasts roaming the sands in honor of their Reyes. Along with them the elite squadrons of Grimmjow roamed the sands for four centuries as the Gotei imploded, but then one day they stopped. No one knows what happened to the former Espada. Those so strong they said could suck the very light from the air about them when their powers where used. Now the sands stir restlessly. Those afraid to show their face for the previous century are now emerging. Stronger Adjuncha’s clawing around trying to find the rumored source of the power of the Reyes within the ruins of the White City.
However by comparison the old ruins that was once Aizen's kingdom whilst in Heuco Mundo has had some presence dwelling from within. Neither Hollow or Arrancar dare trespass however due to the reiatsu emitting from it's once proud walls. What threat could be looming within the former citadel of power...
During the Shinigami's absence from the Human realm, Hollows have grown unchecked, the Quincies just as much as they hold much dominance over the realm of man as the last defenders against the hollows. Feeling that the Shinigami have abandoned mankind the Quincies have had no issue or opposition crushing any pockets of resistance with their newfound allies the Fullbringers.
However the Fullbringers feel that despite the lack of Shinigami within the world the threat of Hollow and Arrancar alike have risen. Local rural towns decimated within hours as many once ruins of mankind have become desolate holds for Hollow factions.
However during all of this two amongst a handful of others from a past long since forgotten have awoken and seized opportunity during the detonation of the Sokyokyou Hill. The names forgotten by the sands of time however with the mishap and under sight by the Shinigami this darker shadow from the past will need to be addressed before it surely spoils ruin to all fronts, Hollow, Quincy, Shinigami and Human alike.
The LASER'S EDGE v5 theme was built by Grimmjow-sama of SxS using official series art and royalty free stock images. The plot and idea for this site were created by the SXS STAFF, and are based off of BLEACH by TITE KUBO. characters, topics, graphics, and the likes are copyright of their respective owners. Do not steal any content found on this site.
Hello and welcome to SoulxSociety! And more importantly, the rules page! The rules here are divided up into sections and categories, and linked in the list below to provide easy navigation. Each section of the rules is put into a separate post and you are provided a link to each section below. Please make sure to read the rules carefully, and also pay attention to the offense table which is the last item linked in the list.
SoulxSociety's rules are in place to maintain order and make sure the site is enjoyable and fair for all our members. The staff reserve the right to take disciplinary action if these rules are broken.
01. After registering, please be sure to change your display name to the name of the character you will be playing on the site. You can do this by clicking on profile, modify profile, and it will be the fourth field down. Please do not keep something random like "Ilovekitties" as your username. It will be changed by the staff if it has not been changed after you posted your character application.
02. You may not have one account for multiple characters. Having one account for multiple characters can be very confusing especially when people forget to put the names of their characters in their name somewhere. So to prevent this you must have you characters on separate accounts.
03. You are not required to log in on all of your accounts every day, but it is something the staff would appreciate as the more active the site looks and becomes, the more people we'll have join us!
01. First and foremost, no excessive swearing, we don't need your character cussing like a sailor. This is supposed to be a pretty much family friendly forum. Profanity is allowed just do not make it ridiculous.
02. Secondly NO bashing on other members because of opinions, ideas, race, gender, sexuality, religion, or anything else that can be brought up. Not abiding by this rule is a serious offense and will warrant an account time-out or a ban. Do NOT discriminate.
03. Absolutely and positively NO BITING THE NEWBIES. This includes, insulting, harassing and making biased reviews on applications. Constructive criticism is allowed by staff members only. We want to create a friendly atmosphere on the site, so please don’t scare away the new people by being jerks! =P
04. Keep all NC-17 related things out of the forum. If you want to have something of this rating happen in an RP, take it out of the forum and to an Instant messenger or email or something of that nature! Anything else needs to be have a fade to black
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05. Absolutely, positively, NO SPAM. Spam is hereby defined By:
The posting of advertisements, abusive, or unneeded messages on Internet forums, which in more gentle terms comes to mean: unrelated, un-useful threads that don't do the forum any good. If you happen to post a thread which does belong somewhere else on the forum, it will be moved by a member of the staff. It is recommended that new members get to know where things are on the forum. Get comfortable! And if there are ever any questions, the staff will be more than willing to answer them!
06. Harassment is against the rules because even if we did not mind, it is against the law, and terms given by proboards. If you believe that you are being harassed, you are to report it to one of the administrators, who will look into the issue. You may play with people, and tease them, but do not go overboard in doing this. Teasing almost crosses the fine lines of harassment and disrespect, so be sure that you know the person.
07. There will be no applying for staff status, not through PM, nor through any other means (i.e. IMing staff, threads). Doing so will probably merit a banning or a stern warning. Staff opportunities come from seniority and hard work.[/blockquote]
01. No spamming in RP threads, we aim for IC threads that are not cluttered by OOC (Out Of Character or Out Of Context) thoughts. If there must be an OOC post or comment, make sure to use the following symbols ((YOUR TEXT HERE)) or [YOUR TEXT HERE], or at the very least indicate that it is OOC to prevent confusion.
02. Regarding post-length -- Provided you are capable of maintaining a quality, well thought posted, we will not begrudge you based on length. SxS is about stepping outside reality and enjoying yourself. You are not expected nor required to write a novel. Merely type at a length you feel comfortable with, in reason. We do ask for 150 words. So there is a minimum, granted a minor one.
03. When in fights, there is to be absolutely no god modding, meta gaming etc. The definitions and examples of these two things are listed below:
"God Modding" is in essence when someone’s character has the ability to do practically anything without limits or boundaries. And example is when they simply cannot be harmed by any and all means other RP-ers try.
-It can be killing or injuring a character without the player's express permission. -It can be when they simply can’t be hit and dodge all attacks or anything for this matter aimed at them. -It can also be using other characters that other people RP with. In other words, if you do not RP as A gang Member, then you cannot have The Gang Member say anything, or do anything, without the player's express permission.
Another RP example of this would be:
Player A: Punches Player B Player B: Dodges attack, grabs Player A and throws him. Player A flies at Player B, who warps behind him and slashes Player A in the back.
Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. In other words, sometimes using out-of-game information, or resources, to affect one's in-game decisions. In role-playing games, a player is metagaming when they use knowledge that is not available to their character in order to change the way they play their character (usually to give them an advantage within the game), such as knowledge of the mathematical nature of character statistics, or the statistics of a creature that the player is familiar with but the character has never encountered. In general, it refers to any gaps between player knowledge and character knowledge which the player acts upon.
Look at it this way. This is BLEACH. Not even the “heroes” of the games get out of situations without even a scratch, and Bleach is one manga which does not merit “know it alls”. Sure, your character can think they are well prepared, but often times they are entering a situation which they ultimately cannot control.
04. You must have an accepted application before you start RPing in threads. All threads that are posted prematurely will be moved to the archive.
05.Proper grammar and punctuation are to be followed, because that is common sense. We do not want posts lyk tis. It really isn’t that hard to use the spell check, and it is suggested that you type anything up using Microsoft Word, or any equivalent program before posting just to be sure.
06. No 1337 speech. Save chat talk for MSN, AIM, etc. We do not want it in RP posts. You will have to correct it yourself.
01. You are not allowed in any circumstances to ever have a character that is godlike. Meaning your character can not dodge every attack thrown at them. Or kill in one move.
02. Please for the Staff of this forums sake, NO Mary-sues or Gary Stus. Those terms are defined as follows:
Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clichéd mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as "Mary Sues" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the "Mary Sue" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an "author's pet".
A male "Mary Sue" is usually referred to as a 'Gary Stu' (or similar masculinized term). References to male characters being a 'Gary Stu' are less common than those to female 'Mary Sues'. They are generally identified as being much cooler, tougher, and sexier than the canon characters. Gary Stus are often shown as the popular, excessively popular, and the jock of every story. Girls in the story will fall over themselves to capture a Gary Stu's attention.
03. The Character limit is as follows: Allowed Canons: 2 Allowed Customs: Unlimited
04. When completing your character application, do not bash other races, sexualities, genders, etc. in your character’s personality section. This section is supposed to be for creativity; give your character some depth! If it does happen that this rule is not followed, it will lead to a warning, and modification of the application to remove offensive materials.
05. Sex-crazed characters are particularly frowned upon. Yeah, Shunsui likes the ladies, but he is not blatantly attempting to have intercourse with everything he sees. Keep the flirting reasonable and REMEMBER to keep anything else OFF of the forum.
Last Edit: Jun 25, 2013 23:05:39 GMT -6 by Banhammer
01. No Pornographic or extremely offensive material is allowed in your signature, your avatar or your custom title.
02. Your signature should NEVER be one giant image, and the staff will ask that it be changed if it stretches the page.
03. There are many members that happily create graphics for your characters. Be sure to give them the appropriate credit in your signature. Do not try to pass it off as your own.
01. NO disrespect for other members in Cbox. Cbox is for fun banter between members and for new people to drop in and say hi.
02. Keep arguments out of the C-Box, our chat box is a reflection on our very community, that said, the staff would like it to be a good reflection on the community. If you have a disagreement with another member on the C-Box, notify a Moderator or Administrator and the staff will handle it.
03. Discussion above a PG-13 rating which includes explicit subjects such as: Sex, Drugs, Violence, Gang-related material etc. in the Cbox is not allowed. That’s just silly, come on guys. This is a family-friendly site, and if you are caught doing so proper reprimands will be taken.
This is the offense table where we list infractions of the rules and their ranking and the punishment the member will get if there is an infraction on these rules. Yellow are the least severe, but more common. Orange are medium in severity, and Red are the most severe infractions on the rules. Make sure to read over this table carefully and understand what it means to make an infraction on each level.
The Offense --- Punishment Table
Yellow Offenses
Orange Offenses
Red Offenses
Yellow Offenses are Low Ranking offenses that will merit a warning. The other time you will get a yellow offense is if you're a first time offender to an Orange offense.
Orange Offenses are infractions on the rules that are on a higher scale than the yellow offenses. These offenses are for second time offenders or if someone directly disobeys an orange rule.
Red offenses are the most severe offenses and the staff have a Zero-tolerance policy on red-offenses. These are direct infractions of core forum rules.
Yellow Offense Punishments
Punishment can be and is not limited to a PM warning, an account warning or an 24 hour ban from the forum or the C-Box.
Orange Offense Punishments
Punishment for infringing on an orange offense can be but is not limited to: Account warning, 48 hour ban from the forum, or 72 hour ban from the C-box
Red Offense Punishments
Red offenses are punished severely and are the rarest of the punishments doled out on SxS. These are permanent bans on all of your forum accounts, and permanently banning you from the C-Box as well.
Yellow Offense List
-Excessive Swearing - Disrespect to Members/Mods - Metagaming - Godmodding
Orange Offense List
- Cbox Flooding - Fighting in the C-Box - Posting NC-17 Material in the CB
Red Offense List
- Harassment - Posting NC-17 rated things on-site - Spamming the forum