1. Posting Speed

• As mentioned in my game advertisement, I will maintain, as best as physically possible, a two-day turnaround on posts. That's 48 hours, max. So if you send a post at 7 am Tuesday, while I will try to respond sooner, I am giving myself until 7 am Thursday.
• You have the same time frame. I will not consider a post late until 48 hours have passed since I sent mine.
• I intend, however, to get posts out within twelve to 36 hours when I can, and would appreciate the same.
• If you can't make posts in the time frame mentioned, then please find a way to let me know. I do not penalize or puppet PCs if real life is getting in the way.
• If, for some reason, I am unable to send out posts within this time frame, I will let you know, one way or another.

2. Grammar and Spelling

• I will confess that I can be a bit of a grammar and spelling nazi. I will do my best to keep this aspect of myself under control. However, I will need some help from the players on that.
• Spelling is not the biggest issue. I can usually tell what someone wants to say when words are misspelled. Nonetheless, please try to keep spelling errors at a minimum. Spellcheck can help a lot in that respect.
• Word order and word choice are more important. If the context of a sentence is unclear, it doesn't matter if all the words are spelled correctly. Conversely, if the context is clear, spelling becomes even less of an issue. If you know that you have issues with grammar, please take a moment to read over your posts before sending.

3. Writing style - Subject and Tense

• As this is a multi-character game, please use Third-Person Limited (See the Wikipedia entry) for your characters, and Third-Person Objective for anything else. As GM, I will almost exclusively use Third-Person Objective.
• To maintain a sense of immediacy, please use Present Tense, except where appropriate - such as recounting or remembering past events.
• (Bolded for emphasis) Do not, under any circumstances, change the title of the thread. I will be using Thread titles for plot control and advancement guides. Changing the title will throw all of that off. When it's time to create a new thread, I will do so.

4. Narrative Control

• Amber allows characters a great deal of control over Shadows and Shadow-people. However, your PCs will not always know whether the world they're on is Real or the people they're dealing with are. So it will occasionally be necessary for me to override your posts to correct some element of the scene. This is not stealing narrative control from you, simply me operating with greater knowledge of the situation.
• Under no circumstances should one player ever puppet another PC, without the other player's express permission for that scene.
• As GM, I will only puppet PCs in one situation - if multiple PCs are part of a scene that cannot advance without the input of a PC, and the player misses the posting deadline. The sole exception there is if the player has indicated before hand that there will be a delay in posting, so that the other players are aware.
• Under no circumstances shall players puppet known Elders. They are Real, and in virtually every case, beyond the abilities of the PCs to control in that fashion

5. Advancement and Growth

• Advancement points will be handed out each time I change Thread titles. If I change titles, and you have not received Advancement points after two days, email me to remind me.
• I will allow you to spend Advancement points as you see fit. You must, however, keep me up to date on your spending, as I will not be keeping you updated on your character's rank - and if I don't show your character having surpassed the 1st Rank character in points spent, I won't care how many your character sheet shows.
• Yes, your character can surpass the 1st rank PC. All you have to do is spend more points in that Attribute than he/she does, and pass the total number of points he/she has spent. Of course, you won't know when you've done so until your character actually gets into a conflict with the other.

6.Archival Emails

• Please 'Reply All' to any post sent, unless I say otherwise. The game has an official archivist, and I have an additional email which I use to provide redundancy on posts. Also, please quote at least a portion of the post you're responding to, so the archivist has a guide to where your post goes.