Post by Twilight on Sept 26, 2007 16:45:21 GMT -5
1. Look for the password to the char. sign up board in the rules. The letters will be underlined in order so look carefully.
2. These rules will be updated often without warning so be sure to check back periodically.
3. Please be kind and courteous to staff and guests on the guest board. Flaming will not be tolerated at all on this forum. Flaming will be punished by bans. The following times for offenders are as follows:
1st time: 1 day ban
2nd time: week long ban
3rd time: indefinite ban
I will decide how long the indefinite ban will last. It may be anywhere from a couple days to several months depending on the severity of the posting in question.
If any members are flamed or see flaming, please report it to an admin [Clan Leader] or global mod [deputy] and we will take care of the bans.
This applies to staff as well. As much as I trust my staff, I will not let them slide with a warning.
The only place flaming IS allowed is the Forest of Fire in the General section. Any flaming outside of there is forbidden [clearly].
4. No threatening staff or other members [for things like rape, death threat or anything of the sort]. If you see ANYBODY threatening other members or get any threats yourself, please tell me IMMEDIATELY and I will personally see to it that the member is banned indefinitely.
Even if the person is staff or has a plot cat, I WILL ban them immediately and indefinitely.
5. No racist remarks against other members. If I see anywhere [even the Forest of Fire] you will get banned for at least a week or longer, depending on the severity of the remark
6. I'm trying to keep this a friendly forum, so no swearing because it goes against some people's religions or they find it offensive. The most you can say is WTF? though I'm not sure how cats would know that to begin with. You will recieve two warnings from staff before recieving a one day ban.
7. No graphic matings, births or battles. I'm aware that all are inevitable, but I'm trying to keep this no higher than PG13.
-Matings:
No describing it PLEASE. This is not a hentai/porno forum. Seriously. Just do a timeskip PLEASE.
-Births:
If you wish for your she-cat to die for some odd reason while giving bith, no in-depth descriptions. Remember Silverstream? Good cuz I do NOT want to read in-depth descriptions
-Battles:
Extremely inevitable, I know, but please not much more description than in the books.
Acceptable:
Blood trickled down Shatteredstar's face from her torn ear
Not:
Won't even do it...
8. With this being a Semi+ forum, I want at least four sentences per post please. And don't make them choppy, either.
Not acceptable:
Frostbreath listened. She stalked. She killed the mouse. She carried it back to camp.
Acceptable:
Frostbreath's ears twitched and the scent of mouse hit the roof of her mouth. The mouse's tiny paws scuttled in the forest undergrowth and fallen leaves. She quickly and silently fell into the hunter's crouch. Moments later, she spotted the tiny creature and pounced. She silently broke the creature's neck and quickly ended its life.
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See the difference? Course you do. Of course dialog is acceptable, though I just didn't wanna do it right there.
9. No more than eight cats per person. If I see alternate accounts just so you can get more cats, yah shalt be banned!
-Plot cats: no more than three
If you have Tigerstar, you can't be Firestar and vice versa.
-High positions: no more than one and profiles must be GOOD
10. Username/display name doesn't have to be you main cat's name, thought it would be helpful. Please try to stay in the habit of keeping your display name the same, though if you switch between your cats, that's fine.
I MIGHT switch between:
Flowerstar [most common]
Glasspaw
Snowpaw
Tigerpaw
Frostednight
Kiki
Also, make sure you have all your cats in your sig along with their Clans.
11. Feel free to contact me via PM, MSN or email if you have any questions or concerns about anything. I'm free nearly all the time except for a couple times a week when I have bible study, ballet, lyrical and homework. I'm willing and ready to listen to anything you have to say. You can trust me to be totally confidential with anything you say. I'd hate it if somebody told my secrets, so you can expect me not to tell yours. Also, if you have the desire to talk to me about personal problems, that falls under this too. Not expecting anybody to, but if you need a friendly ear, I'm ready and willing to listen no matter how strange things get. [Just try me on strange things. I can prolly top it]
12. Characters can only be active in one thread at a time.
Reasoning being that if your character dies in a battle in one thread and they're alive in another, you'll prolly just continue to play them regardless.
13. People who obtain high positions must be active at least every couple of days when the RP starts.
14. No godmodding/powerplaying/bunnying
15. No unnatural colors, accesories or extra appendages. Collars are acceptable . Violet/purple eyes are acceptable, but not too often. It's a rare genetic conditon so yah. No earrings or purple, green, neon pink, ect fur
16. No giving out of personal info.
17. Female leaders/deputies may have kits, but they must give them up to another queen unless they want to lose their position. [not recommended, though]
Also please find people to RP the kits unless you wanna keep one yourself unless you already have eight characters.
No more than six kits to a litter.
If nobody adopts them, you'll sadly have to find a way to get rid of the kit/s. Fox, sickness or something else. Hate to say this, but it's true
18. When activity checks come up, there will be a PM and they will last two days. Those that aren't here will not be exempt. When they come back, they must post to tell of their current RPing status. If the person does not come back within a week after the check [unless they notified us, they will be deleted and their characters given to somebody else and their account deleted. If somebody is responsible enough for a high postion, they must be active at least every couple days. Our first check will be when we get 20 members.
19. Mmhmm. Now I bring the hammer down about one of my biggest pet peeves: GRAMMAR. I absolutely DIE when I have to RP with Illiterates unless they're my friends. This is VERY VERY VERY rare.
PLEASE MAKE ALL POSTS AS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT AS POSSIBLE.
Here are some of the biggest mistakes I see:
-there/they're/their:
Mkay. Here's the differences:
There:
Snowfrost went over there to the waterfall
They're:
They're going near the waterfall
Their:
Cloudstep's near their waterfall
-here/hear:
Here:
Here I am
Hear:
I hear you over there
-its/it's:
BIG problems with this.
its:
Its tail went down
THIS ONE IS POSSESSIVE
it's:
It's Random Hug Day
This one means IT IS
-then/than:
Then:
I was smart then I met you
Than:
You are stupider than I am
-a lot:
There's a space between A and LOT
-your/you're:
Your:
Your face is stupid
POSSESSIVE FORM
You're:
You're stupid
STANDS FOR YOU ARE
-Apostrophes:
No need for them when you're making plurals.
Ex:
Deputy's
should be
Deputies
----------
Mkay. Just check the grammar guide for more stuff. Those were some biggies. Also, NO chatspeak. Got it? JUST NO
20. NO telling other members what the password is for the character board is, ok? That way they have to read the rules
2. These rules will be updated often without warning so be sure to check back periodically.
3. Please be kind and courteous to staff and guests on the guest board. Flaming will not be tolerated at all on this forum. Flaming will be punished by bans. The following times for offenders are as follows:
1st time: 1 day ban
2nd time: week long ban
3rd time: indefinite ban
I will decide how long the indefinite ban will last. It may be anywhere from a couple days to several months depending on the severity of the posting in question.
If any members are flamed or see flaming, please report it to an admin [Clan Leader] or global mod [deputy] and we will take care of the bans.
This applies to staff as well. As much as I trust my staff, I will not let them slide with a warning.
The only place flaming IS allowed is the Forest of Fire in the General section. Any flaming outside of there is forbidden [clearly].
4. No threatening staff or other members [for things like rape, death threat or anything of the sort]. If you see ANYBODY threatening other members or get any threats yourself, please tell me IMMEDIATELY and I will personally see to it that the member is banned indefinitely.
Even if the person is staff or has a plot cat, I WILL ban them immediately and indefinitely.
5. No racist remarks against other members. If I see anywhere [even the Forest of Fire] you will get banned for at least a week or longer, depending on the severity of the remark
6. I'm trying to keep this a friendly forum, so no swearing because it goes against some people's religions or they find it offensive. The most you can say is WTF? though I'm not sure how cats would know that to begin with. You will recieve two warnings from staff before recieving a one day ban.
7. No graphic matings, births or battles. I'm aware that all are inevitable, but I'm trying to keep this no higher than PG13.
-Matings:
No describing it PLEASE. This is not a hentai/porno forum. Seriously. Just do a timeskip PLEASE.
-Births:
If you wish for your she-cat to die for some odd reason while giving bith, no in-depth descriptions. Remember Silverstream? Good cuz I do NOT want to read in-depth descriptions
-Battles:
Extremely inevitable, I know, but please not much more description than in the books.
Acceptable:
Blood trickled down Shatteredstar's face from her torn ear
Not:
Won't even do it...
8. With this being a Semi+ forum, I want at least four sentences per post please. And don't make them choppy, either.
Not acceptable:
Frostbreath listened. She stalked. She killed the mouse. She carried it back to camp.
Acceptable:
Frostbreath's ears twitched and the scent of mouse hit the roof of her mouth. The mouse's tiny paws scuttled in the forest undergrowth and fallen leaves. She quickly and silently fell into the hunter's crouch. Moments later, she spotted the tiny creature and pounced. She silently broke the creature's neck and quickly ended its life.
---------
See the difference? Course you do. Of course dialog is acceptable, though I just didn't wanna do it right there.
9. No more than eight cats per person. If I see alternate accounts just so you can get more cats, yah shalt be banned!
-Plot cats: no more than three
If you have Tigerstar, you can't be Firestar and vice versa.
-High positions: no more than one and profiles must be GOOD
10. Username/display name doesn't have to be you main cat's name, thought it would be helpful. Please try to stay in the habit of keeping your display name the same, though if you switch between your cats, that's fine.
I MIGHT switch between:
Flowerstar [most common]
Glasspaw
Snowpaw
Tigerpaw
Frostednight
Kiki
Also, make sure you have all your cats in your sig along with their Clans.
11. Feel free to contact me via PM, MSN or email if you have any questions or concerns about anything. I'm free nearly all the time except for a couple times a week when I have bible study, ballet, lyrical and homework. I'm willing and ready to listen to anything you have to say. You can trust me to be totally confidential with anything you say. I'd hate it if somebody told my secrets, so you can expect me not to tell yours. Also, if you have the desire to talk to me about personal problems, that falls under this too. Not expecting anybody to, but if you need a friendly ear, I'm ready and willing to listen no matter how strange things get. [Just try me on strange things. I can prolly top it]
12. Characters can only be active in one thread at a time.
Reasoning being that if your character dies in a battle in one thread and they're alive in another, you'll prolly just continue to play them regardless.
13. People who obtain high positions must be active at least every couple of days when the RP starts.
14. No godmodding/powerplaying/bunnying
15. No unnatural colors, accesories or extra appendages. Collars are acceptable . Violet/purple eyes are acceptable, but not too often. It's a rare genetic conditon so yah. No earrings or purple, green, neon pink, ect fur
16. No giving out of personal info.
17. Female leaders/deputies may have kits, but they must give them up to another queen unless they want to lose their position. [not recommended, though]
Also please find people to RP the kits unless you wanna keep one yourself unless you already have eight characters.
No more than six kits to a litter.
If nobody adopts them, you'll sadly have to find a way to get rid of the kit/s. Fox, sickness or something else. Hate to say this, but it's true
18. When activity checks come up, there will be a PM and they will last two days. Those that aren't here will not be exempt. When they come back, they must post to tell of their current RPing status. If the person does not come back within a week after the check [unless they notified us, they will be deleted and their characters given to somebody else and their account deleted. If somebody is responsible enough for a high postion, they must be active at least every couple days. Our first check will be when we get 20 members.
19. Mmhmm. Now I bring the hammer down about one of my biggest pet peeves: GRAMMAR. I absolutely DIE when I have to RP with Illiterates unless they're my friends. This is VERY VERY VERY rare.
PLEASE MAKE ALL POSTS AS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT AS POSSIBLE.
Here are some of the biggest mistakes I see:
-there/they're/their:
Mkay. Here's the differences:
There:
Snowfrost went over there to the waterfall
They're:
They're going near the waterfall
Their:
Cloudstep's near their waterfall
-here/hear:
Here:
Here I am
Hear:
I hear you over there
-its/it's:
BIG problems with this.
its:
Its tail went down
THIS ONE IS POSSESSIVE
it's:
It's Random Hug Day
This one means IT IS
-then/than:
Then:
I was smart then I met you
Than:
You are stupider than I am
-a lot:
There's a space between A and LOT
-your/you're:
Your:
Your face is stupid
POSSESSIVE FORM
You're:
You're stupid
STANDS FOR YOU ARE
-Apostrophes:
No need for them when you're making plurals.
Ex:
Deputy's
should be
Deputies
----------
Mkay. Just check the grammar guide for more stuff. Those were some biggies. Also, NO chatspeak. Got it? JUST NO
20. NO telling other members what the password is for the character board is, ok? That way they have to read the rules