face claim/celeb claim/play-bys

[IMO !]

face claim, celeb claim and play-bys are all the same thing. just about every site you join will have one of these and the purpose of it is always the same.

basically you have created your character and if you filled in an application you might have to describe what they look like. the celebrity you choose to be in your avatar/signature should be somebody who looks like your character. if the site you joined is based on a movie you may have to use the actor/actress who plays them in the film.

an example of this would be using rupert grint for ronald billus weasley.

however you may have free choice of your face claim. if you wrote in your application that your character has brown hair then the admins will expecting you to have a play by with brown hair not blond or red.

the rules of choosing a play by are generally the same. the majority of sites will not allow you to use people who are not celebrities and even more will not allow you to use hand drawn pictures.

unless your character is somebody else's twin then two people cannot have the same play by.