(Aside) This thread exists to help foster better posting. Certain rules of posting etiquette seem to be violated almost constantly by members of the REF. Please review the information presented here. These rules are subject to editing at any time.

1. Please remember to label your out-of-character posts by placing one of the following at the start of your posts:
OOC: This prefix denotes that you are speaking out-of-character, and thus you may speak of topics outside of the Hyrulian scope.
(Aside): This prefix denotes that you are speaking as your Earth self, not your Hyrulian self. Therefore, you may speak of topics outside of the Hyrulian scope.
Unless you have one of these two items at the start of a post, or switch to one of them mid-post, please do not include information about matters that do not directly bear on your character's perceptions of Hyrule. For example, unless you can find a logical reason for your character to know too much about Hyrulian history, confine talking about other Legend of Zelda games to posts marked as noted above. For example, Arthur has a book called the Lexicon Adventurae Hyruliarum, the Dictionary of Hyrulian Adventures, that details several old legends, including information on OoT, MM, ALttP, Oracle, FSA, and LA, giving him the right to talk about topics in those games. He believes that the events related in the legends might have taken place, but cannot be sure, and I have written his posts conveying that attitude of slight skepticism. LoZ took place a year ago, so we can all reference the general story of that with no problem.

2. Please recall your English grammar. Avoid making errors such as improper grammar or capitalization whenever possible. (Shouting) CAPITALIZE THE FIRST LETTER AT THE START OF EACH SENTENCE! (Normal speech) This is so that everyone can clearly understand what you post.

3. Please do not use AIM slang such as "lol," "ttyl," or similar, even if you are involved in a Quest on AIM. Hyrulians wouldn't know the meaning of such terms, and this RPG is supposed to be at least semi-serious. This is not AIM. Also, please do not use forums as places for AIM-style conversations.

4. Avoid multi-posting on a topic whenever possible unless all of your posts on that topic are relevant. This is one of the Narrator's pet peeves, and it does tend to irritate the rest of us a little.

5. DO NOT RESORT TO EXCESSIVE VULGARITY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER! Using excessive amounts of profane words has caused one participant in the RPG (who I shall not name here) to be permanently kicked out of Hyrule. You can use some swearing, but keep it mild, such as "d**n" or some such. You can also use nonsensical symbols to stand in for profanity. If you use excessive vulgarity, the Narrator and others, myself included, will become extremely angry.

6. Unless you note parenthetically (within parentheses) that your character is shouting, please do not type anything with every letter capitalized. The first sentence in Rule 5, above, is an exception because I am trying to reinforce an important point.

7. Please do not end sentences with more than two exclamation points. Even a second exclamation point is rather sloppy-looking, and beyond that, it is rather juvenile.

8. Please do not seriously insult another REFer. We're supposed to be one big, happy family. Some squabbling is okay, but when taken to excess, it makes everyone mad.

9. If you fill up a topic with mindless chatter, please make sure it is at a topic marked as an inn or tavern. That way, the important extra-tavern topics are clear for all of us.

10. If you are talking to one character and start talking to a different character, please note this. For example, if I were talking to Wyndisis and I started talking to Ronin, I'd mark (To Ronin) before the first sentence where I was talking to Ronin.

11. The "Destinations" threads at certain locations, mainly towns, are not free-for-all topics for discussion. Please avoid posting in them if at all possible.

12. Make sure you note character actions as being separate from character speech in some way. Separate actions from speech by a line, italicize the actions, put the actions in parentheses, or do whatever you want to make sure we're clear about what you're saying versus what you're doing.

13. When you create a poll, please try to keep its composition kosher--that means no posts on who Link from OoT would marry, nothing that insults anyone in the REF, especially the Narrator, and so forth. Post about topics that are relevant to the RPG's ongoing course.

You are all welcome to comment on this topic. I am trying to help the Narrator out by posting this topic at North Castle Courtyard. Thank you for your patience in reading this. (To Narrator) If you think this topic is a bit much, you are of course welcome to banish it to the dungeon.

William Givens/Arthur Dent

You enter the bar, and as you do so you can see two men fighting on the floor