No Mary Sues!
They’re irritating, they won’t be accepted, and nobody really will want to role-play with one. This role-play is of an intermediate level, and

When making your first character, a role-play sample is required.
It only has to happen with your first character. You can make multiple if you’re bored, but we just want to be certain that you’re up-to-snuff before we accept your character.

Make your character realistic!
Personality and physical wise. Someone who spent half of their life wrongfully imprisoned would probably not be happy-go-lucky, and I also doubt that very many five-year-olds are sadistic and out for revenge. On that same token, somebody who doesn’t have to work would probably be a little overweight, whereas someone who works in a physically demanding occupation would most likely be muscular or at least thin.

Be original!
The generic, racing supporter of the Dragon Booster gets boring. What about a character who doesn't race? What about a character who isn't anorexic-thin? Try something different here.

Don't repeat already used names.
"Hi, Bob. How are you today?"
"Fine, Bob, how about you?"
"Good, too, Bob, thanks for asking."
Beginning to see the problem? It gets confusing, and it seems vaguely like Bob is talking to himself...

Gold, grey, and light green bone dragons are restricted to higher ranking members.
Light greens go only to super-class-and-up racers; golds and greys can only be registered by elite ranking members.

No new draconium colors!
We’re sticking to canon on this one. There will be no new draconium colors here.

While there is currently no limit on the number of characters you may have, the staff reserves the right to place limits or holds in place if this privilege is abused.
Yep, that's right. Since we've bumped the board level to 'intermediate', we're going to place a little more responsibility in your hands. You guys can create as many characters as you choose; we're trusting you not to go overboard. However, if there is a problem with this, we can and will reinstate the character hiatus.
However, to keep the number of profiles being assessed at one time down, only one character per member may be undergoing the registration process at once. Any more than that and both characters will be automatically denied.

You may not role-play with an unregistered character.
Since you might end up making some big changes to a character, role-playing with them before they are totally registered can destroy the continuity of the role-play (I doubt it would, but it's still very possible).

Humans cannot speak or understand 'Dragon'.
I don't care if your human was born to and raised by dragons (ahem, just taking it to the extreme...), humans are incapable of interpreting or replicating the dragon's specific sounds. Humans can get the gist of a dragon's meaning via body language, expressions, and general tone/sounds (growls, roars, etc.).

NOTE: There is one and only one exception to the above rule. Orange riders can understand their dragons sometimes, under certain conditions, those conditions being that they have Orange Harnessing Gear on, that the gear is activated, AND that the dragon is actually thinking to them. Yes, thinking. Orange dragons control their riders using thought and Harnessing Gear, so it stands to reason the rider can understand the dragon's thoughts, even though they can't understand the growls and roars and whatnot. This means that when the Harnessing Gear isn't turned on or the dragon isn't thinking to the rider, the rider CANNOT understand the dragon.

All gear you use must have first been bought in a gear shop.
As long as you bought it from the shops, you can further decide how your character 'acquired' it. Your character can have stolen it, built it, whatever, so long as it was bought.

The only exception to the above rule is crew gear.
When you join a crew, you will get a 'default' gear. This gear comes free of charge and is picked by the crew leader. It isn't going to be really powerful, like gray or light green draconium gears, but it's still going to be gear.

Always make sure you have enough drakkals to buy a gear before requesting.
You can easily check by looking at your mini-profile. IOUs don't work at Dragon Legends.

Gear only goes to one character.
You buy one gear for one character only. If you want to give three characters the same gear, you have to buy that gear three times.

You may not add the gear to your profile as soon as you request it.
The drakkals must first be subtracted from your profile. A staff member will inform you of the subtracted drakkals when that happens.

Pay attention to the 'Updates' board for various gear sales.
On holidays, certain colors of gear will go on sale. These colors are usually associated with the holiday (the fourth of July would put red, white, and blue gears on sale; Halloween would put orange, black, and purple gears on sale; etc.). On Christmas, all gears go on sale.

Gears have no levels.
That would be too confusing to keep track of, and somebody might try to take advantage of that.

Gear cannot be upgraded.
Ditto.

In case you haven't figured it out, gear stats can't be changed.
Hopefully you realized...

Temporary gears are allowed, with specific administrative permission.
As long as it's returned by the end of the role-play, and isn't gray or light green draconium gear (those are harder to get into the role-play), you've got a good chance of being granted permission. Just ask first.
All temporary gears must be returned by some means by the end of the role-play.

Gear cannot be shared between characters.
One gear goes to one character; if you want three different characters to have the same gear, you have to buy that gear three times.
In the main role-play, if a character and another are 'friends' or 'teammates', they can borrow it. That means it's temporary, and for that role-play only.
In official competitions, nobody can share it. Not staff, not regular members.

If there's a type of gear you have in mind, but doesn't appear in the shops, then you may suggest it in the 'Ideas' board.
Yes, you can request other gear types. I believe we have virtually all the gears from the canon, since our shops are stocked with the gears that were, very kindly, shared with the fans by the creators of Dragon Booster. Members can read more about the gear in Dragon-City.org's Kitt's Guide to Dragon City.

When suggesting in the 'Ideas board', stick to the general rules outlined in the informational thread therein.
If you don't folllow these rules, your request won't even be considered.

Don't spam or flood the C-box!
It's pointless. It's irritating. I ban everybody who does it from the C-box, and possibly from the board. This is an intermediate site; try to be a little more mature than normal there.

Grammar is not as important on the C-box as it is in the boards.
So relax a little there; while I can't guarantee that I'll understand your chatspeak (never have and probably never totally will), I can tolerate it on the C-box.

You must first register in order to use the C-box.
Type your name into the proper box. Click ‘profile’. If the name is already protected, it will ask you to log in there. If not, follow the directions to register/protect the name.
If you are already registered, then simply type your name into the correct box, click profile, and log in with your password.

Don't draw unnecessary attention to your site.
The C-box was registered for a faster way of communicating between members, not as a place for advertising your site. Hyperlink your name and that is all.
And don't say anything like, 'Click my name!' or just make a random post to show your hyperlinked name.

Don't hyperlink to any inappropriate sites.
Not everybody wants to see pornography, you know.
Anybody found guilty of this will automatically be banned from the C-box and from the boards.

Don’t fight on the C-box.
I know that, in order to maintain your confidence, you have to defend yourself from attacks, but please, please, try to ignore them until a C-box moderator gets on…

Don't try to get around an IP ban.
If you find out that you've been banned, don't go getting a new IP. We'll just keep banning you, and you'll be reported for spam to the C-box people. Yes, there's an option for that; did you know?