*You must join the community to post. *Place "For Frodo..." in the subject line of your post. This will PROVE you've read the rules. *Please fill out the application posted below. *Photos ARE mandatory. No photos? Don't apply. *Make sure your photos are CLEAR. *Absolutely NO nude/partially nude photos, whatsoever. *NO LOTR based costumes/cosplays or mention of them allowed, in order not to sway the votes. *You may only apply ONE TIME. *ONLY application/theme/community related posts are allowed. Promos for new stamping communities (by members) are also allowed. ANYTHING else will be promptly deleted. *Please help promote lotr_ratings!
Voting
*You do NOT need to be stamped yourself to vote, but you must join the community to do so! *PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO VOTE FOR ONE ANOTHER!!!!!! If you don't, there's no point to this community, is there? *Trans-gendered voting IS allowed. (Ie. if you feel that a female applicant suits a male character, or vice versa, that's fine.) *Please BOLD your votes. Learn how to bold text here. *Give reasons to WHY you voted the way you did. *BE HONEST! Though this definitely isn't a "hot or not" community, let's make these stamps SOMEWHAT prestigious. If the applicant doesn't "scream out" a specific main character to you, then vote one of the more generic/side characters, instead (see list below). Not EVERYONE can be a main character (nor, should you aimlessly give the titles out to just anybody)--so vote with discretion. *Under NO circumstances is abuse tolerated. Play nicely.
Stamping
*Only Moderators are allowed to stamp. (hellbelle & socialdragnfly) *You will be stamped after accumulating at least 10 votes, or a number of days have passed (whatever comes first). *If votes are extremely close or equally split in half, the mods will either choose the stamp they feel is best fitting of the applicant, or, they will award both stamps (if deemed necessary). *If you wish to display your stamp graphic, SAVE IT TO YOUR OWN SERVER. Failure to do this will cause our image server to go down--and that means no stamp for you, or anyone else.
Other
*All written material in the userinfo of the community is copyright of the lotr_ratings staff. We sat there and worked on writing a kickass and precise set of rules and application--so DON'T STEAL IT FOR YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. And don't take parts of it, either. In fact, get a freaking life and use your brain to write your OWN shit. Anyone caught stealing will be hunted down and tortured in Mordor (the bad kind, mind you) by Sauron, himself. *Have fun!
*Please cut and paste the following into your application, along with your answers (DO NOT alter the html):
Voting Possibilities
If you are unfamiliar with a character and would like to learn about them, try this link. (Click on the character you are wondering about in the alphabetical index...)
WHEN PARTICIPATING IN THEMES, PLEASE BE SURE TO PLACE THE WORDS "STAMPED: THEME" AS THE SUBJECT, SO IT'S NOT CONFUSED FOR AN APPLICATION.
Affiliates
Want to be an affiliate? If you have a similar character rating-type communtiy of your own and would like to share traffic, please contact either hellbelle or socialdragnfly.