After talking to some of the other admins, and assistants, I think some posting standards should be laid out. Now, these are just guidelines for posting, and they are flexible, but they should be viewed not as a do-this-or-die scenario, but more as a do-this-or-you-may-lose-a-thread scenario.

These are to keep things easily accessible and readable.

1. In the streets we do NOT use (Open RP)... or (RP) or any other tag there-of. The streets are, by definition, Roleplayed out. There is no need to define an RP, because all are RPs. The only tag that we will allow stay is (Story) or (Short Story) because these are not completely out of character, as you are stating your character is standing in the streets reading a story. Now, it's slightly out of the norm for mobsters to do that, but since it's a game, we give leeway there.
2. Along with the first item... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CLOSED RP IN THE STREETS. or in public at all for that matter. If you want to do a closed RP, that is great, I feel happy for you, but take it to the HQ or the Backalley or Mobmail. Don't put it in the streets and then complain when people get involved in it.
3. Please use some formatting. You can find a tutorial in the help forum for how to format your posts, and we have the new WYSIWYG posting form, which makes formatting your posts that much more accessible. Again, this won't always amount to a removed post, but if you want people to read it, and understand it, and reply, you should use formatting.

Read the rest of this topic, all the replies and what not, because I'm not the end of it. I expect the other admins to come and post guidelines for you as well. Also, if any of the more experienced users decide to weigh in on this conversation, that would be great, since you've got more experience in posting then even most admins.

I'm hardly an experienced player compared to many... but unless someone specifies in their post that they are telling a story, then do not say "Great story!" afterwards. I have, rarely, told an actual story in the streets but this is the exception rather than the rule. If someone is roleplaying their character in a certain situation it is appropriate to respond with words or actions IN CHARACTER.

So, for example, if you read something in which a character is in a stakeout and snipes a target from two hundred yards away... it would be appropriate to react to that event in character... you wouldn't turn to the shooter and say "Hey that was a great story!". Stay in character- you could even try to continue or add to the "story" that is being played out!

http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/intro.html

That site is AMAZING!  It has wage tables for common jobs, slang of the era, political issues and wars, information about the famous people of the time including Amelia Earhart,  and Charles Lindbergh, the music, coinage, music, planes, trains, buses and boats, and GUNS!  Some of the articles are a bit short but it should give you a big hard shove into understanding the era and the authenticating details that will make your RP *pop*!

In addition to the above statements regarding posting standards I would like to add two links:

https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/10433
https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/3908

Those should be of help.

I would also like to explain that threads that are of poor quality, little effort, or are deemed unacceptable will be deleted. A warning mail will be sent out. If you continue to repeat the behaviour over.. and over.. regardless of being warned you may face discharge or jail time depending on the severity and number of warnings you have received.

If you are still clueless as to what is acceptable just look at the forums. See what has been left. Use them as a model.

"Good story", "great story", "I want more", "I can't wait for more" and other less literate versions are not acceptable forms of posting praise. If you wish to share your praise, put some effort into it.

Time and time again we have people complaining about these unacceptable replies. It doesn't take much work to add a little bit to your reply. Think of how you would feel if you had put huge effort into a role play scenario or story and were met with "n1", "GUD WRK", and the like.

If you do post these types of replies they will be deleted.

Going along with what Jack was stating; I've used these sites in order to place myself in that era to help things along. Not sure if this can help, but worth the look none the less. Have fun out there people.

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html

This is a good site if you enjoy what the fashion was like in the 30's I know I do. This is just for the women of that time.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/normavalentine/sets/72057594086018769/

Here are some other resources...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930s

VEHICLES OF THE 1930's

This is handbook to vehicles of 1930s era, I hope it will help to make mafia more variable when it comes to choices of vehicles : )

Ford Model T

Ford Model A

Ford V8 Touring

Chevrolet Master Fordor

Blackhawk Fordor

Pontiac Chromium Fordor

Hudson Terraplane Coupe

Cord 812 Cabriolet FWD

Cord 810 Phaeton FWD

Cord 810 Beverley Sedan FWD

Buick Fordor

Stutz Speedster 851

Mercedes Benz Model 500K  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_500K

Mercedes Benz Model SSK  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SSK

Cadillac V16 Model 70 Fordor

Cadillac V16 355B Phaeton

Cadillac V16 Model 70 Roadster

Pierce Arrow

Cadillac V16 Model 70 Fleetwood

Phantom Corsair Prototype

Duesenberg Model J

Bugatti Type 57 4WD

Miller 4WD

Duesenberg Racing 4WD

Alfa Romeo 8C Mostro

Ford Ambulance

Ford Firetruck

Ford Hearse

Cadillac V16 Charon

Chrysler Airflow Fordor

Chevrolet Sedan Police

Chevrolet Master Police Fordor

Ford Truck Flatbed

Ford Truck Covered

Ford Truck

Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Racing 1931-1939

Triumph Gloria Six 1934

bigger choice of Caddilacs:

http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm

Motorcycles

Harley-Davidson 1000 cc HT 1923

Harley-Davidson 1200 cc SV 1931

MZ RT 125 1930s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_125

BMW R 32 1923

BMW R 35 1939

Sokol 1000 1934 - 1939 Polish Motorcycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sok%C3%B3%C5%82_motorcycles

FN 1913, Belgium,

Hildebrand & Wolfmüller 1894 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hildebrand-Wolfm%C3%BCller_1894.jpg looks like chopper

Triumph Riccy 1922 top Speed 84mph - 135km/h http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/triumph/riccy.gif

Just to clarify... One word posts will be deleted. This is a role play forum. Put some effort into your posting..

Not all one word posts are irrelevant and effortless.

One such one word post I made triggered a debate that involved 4 Dons and 2 Godfathers, surely this should tell you it was worth keeping.

Whilst I'm all for preserving the integrity of the forums, there are times when judgement and discretion needs to be exercised.

Although I hate myself for having to agree with Gwarble, in this case I feel the need to do so.

When such one word post becomes the sparkle for a debate we shouldn't be left talking about something that "future generations" will have no idea what happened in the first place.

It is alright, it happens to everyone eventually.

I had not stopped to think of what era this might be, I have a post where I use a cellphone lol

Oh well, maybe it will chalked down to the ramblings of a drunk ole' wiseguy lol

Great story Sreaming butterfly. Great Bio of our fearless leader!

Epic fail.

OhhCrap, if you think the guy is funny, how would you describe yourself in all fairness? I would love to get an answer of that question, please.

How's that, Ed?

Legend chuckles at the prediction of what he is about to be told.

I fear my mature language would be to much for your young ears Knight..

I fear my linguistic skills are too much for all of you. Especially Mario. He's a grammar n00b.

Though I'm a noob to MR, I have enjoyed RP on other sites and thought perhaps I could offer a suggestion:

Seeing how MR is largely based on game-playing alone, I assume a generous portion of the players aren't all that interested in role-playing. However, I also note that this number is probably balanced out (give or take, I'm not sure where the majority stands) with those of us who do wish to role-play. Instead of cracking down on players who habitually intrude on someone's writing, is it possible that they could instead make it clear that their comments be disregarded in context to the role-play? For example, instead of just saying "Good story" or something along those lines, they could say something like "OOC: Good story"? This way the writers may not be offended at the "interruption" of their story-line. They could simplify matters quite a bit in my opinion.

Of course, if they could do this, they could probably also differentiate between the "Streets Forum" and the "OOC Forum".  However, if they were just in the Streets Forum reading up a bit for entertainment, one might want to praise multiple writers of a story line without seperately messaging all contributors. It's quicker, it's clearer, and it's easier. In the other sites I've used to enjoy a bit of RP, most people included "IC (In-Charactor)" or "OOC" prior to their writing, so it was clear what the content was about.

Just something to consider. =]

*~grendel~*