Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-6975131-20140516205611/@comment-6975131-20140517030955

"It really bothers me a lot that there are so many rules concerning OCs. I understand that there must be some boundaries, but some of the rules are just plain arbitrary. The one of which I am thinking is the color name rule. That is a thing in RWBY, I get that, but even if I have a really good explanation my character still gets rejected. As in, a good explanation that contributes to the story, and changing it would dilute the main theme considerably. I'm not asking for anarchy, I'm just asking not to be so oppressed by weird and pointless rules."

The other admins and I are no strangers to the difficulty of forming your OC to so many rules. We know it is difficult, and it can be disheartening at times. But the rules are there to maintain quality of the OCs. Now, you might be thinking "Why should I not be allowed to RP due to someone else's standards?" And that is true, you should be able to RP at your own will in a free and open internet, but every establishment has rules, and without these rules, we risk becoming a pool of OP and ridiculous characters. Doing so would give us a reputation of a Fanon with poor quality, a fanon with awful characters, a website with no discipline. Now, if you think having a rep as a super strict authoritative ruleset for RPing is bad, think about how many people would avoid us if we had that rep. The ore picky we are, the higher quality creations you'll make. We also spent a LONG time deliberating over that new ruleset, and we got a lot of opinions, so we really did try to please everyone.

On the color rule, we have that because it is the only rule Monty set, and we thought it would be the only rule no one would mind, since it seems pretty obvious. This is just my interpretation, however, other admins should pipe in.