Post by Lady Trevelyan on May 12, 2006 21:03:41 GMT -5
Here's the rules...read them, learn them, love them. (Just kidding about the last part. )
1. No profanity, inappropriate material or content:
This is a family friendly game; we have players of all ages, including children. Profanity is strictly prohibited. Any material that is pornographic, sexually explicit, derogatory, or discriminates on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, colour, creed, religion, and lifestyle; or, any other material that may be deemed as objectionable in a public community environment, is strictly prohibited. Excessive use of foul language in an inappropriate context, including swear words, real-world racial slurs, alternate spellings and other language that is not consistent with the fantasy environment and designed to hurt, will be considered a disruption. The existences of the built-in swear word filter does not mean you should let it do your editing for you.
2. You may not harass or abuse others.
Harassment is defined as specifically targeting another player or group of players to harm or inconvenience them. As harassment can take many forms, the moderators will make a determination as to whether or not a "reasonable person" would feel harassed and act accordingly.
Actions which would be considered abuse include but are not limited to:
a. Sexual Abuse or Harassment - untoward and/or unwelcome advances of a graphic and sexual nature. This includes, but is not limited to, virtual rape, overt sexual overtures, and stalking of a sexual nature
b. Attempting to Defraud - petitioning with false information with the intent of receiving benefits as a result. This includes reporting player misconduct without basis for it.
c. Impersonating a Moderator - falsely representing yourself to another player as a Staff Member.
d. Personnel Abuse - including, but is not limited to, sending excessive private messages or e-mails to a moderator or staff member, making physical threats, or using abusive language against a moderator.
3. No inflammatory speech.
Any speech or inference, direct or indirect, that constitutes a personal, attack against another individual or group, is forbidden.
4. No whining.
Whining is defined as "an attack upon an idea, concept or problem, without offering a counter-idea, alternative concept, or a solution." Any and all whines are strictly prohibited. We want to hear your ideas; however, attacking ideas without offering constructive criticism is counter productive.
5. No Spam.
Unsolicited promotion of other web sites, or products, is rude. The occasional post about a game, (we all love games) is fine, but no advertising your Uncle's Avon catalogue site, etc. Please keep our forums free of unsolicited advertisement or product promotion.
6. No trolling.
In other words, don't post pointless replies to every thread that someone writes. If you don't have any serious things to contribute to the conversation, stay out of it. Please try to keep your replies relevant to the topic you are replying to. If they are asking about Zards, do not start going on about your pet snail Snoopy or your great thirst for orange juice.
7. You are fully responsible for your own account & the protection of your password.
Statements such as "My friend/sister/brother/ was using my account" are not acceptable as an explanation for violation of any rule. If you share your account with someone and they break the rules it will be treated the same as if you broke the rules yourself. Your account & password are your sole responsibility.
8. Read and Follow Staff Messages.
If staff or moderators post rules specific to a board they must be obeyed. Staff gives of their own time to keep the boards running smoothly and failure to comply with their requests is grounds for deletion.
9. Staff may delete messages at their discretion:
Part of the job of moderators is to keep the boards clean. Messages deemed inappropriate, old, or off topic may be deleted by moderators at any time.
10. You may not "kill" other members:
There will be no killing of character that are controlled by members. They may be mortally wounded, but they will not be killed by anyone.
If you've read these, put the word "strawberries" at the end of your character application just so I know you've read them.
1. No profanity, inappropriate material or content:
This is a family friendly game; we have players of all ages, including children. Profanity is strictly prohibited. Any material that is pornographic, sexually explicit, derogatory, or discriminates on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, colour, creed, religion, and lifestyle; or, any other material that may be deemed as objectionable in a public community environment, is strictly prohibited. Excessive use of foul language in an inappropriate context, including swear words, real-world racial slurs, alternate spellings and other language that is not consistent with the fantasy environment and designed to hurt, will be considered a disruption. The existences of the built-in swear word filter does not mean you should let it do your editing for you.
2. You may not harass or abuse others.
Harassment is defined as specifically targeting another player or group of players to harm or inconvenience them. As harassment can take many forms, the moderators will make a determination as to whether or not a "reasonable person" would feel harassed and act accordingly.
Actions which would be considered abuse include but are not limited to:
a. Sexual Abuse or Harassment - untoward and/or unwelcome advances of a graphic and sexual nature. This includes, but is not limited to, virtual rape, overt sexual overtures, and stalking of a sexual nature
b. Attempting to Defraud - petitioning with false information with the intent of receiving benefits as a result. This includes reporting player misconduct without basis for it.
c. Impersonating a Moderator - falsely representing yourself to another player as a Staff Member.
d. Personnel Abuse - including, but is not limited to, sending excessive private messages or e-mails to a moderator or staff member, making physical threats, or using abusive language against a moderator.
3. No inflammatory speech.
Any speech or inference, direct or indirect, that constitutes a personal, attack against another individual or group, is forbidden.
4. No whining.
Whining is defined as "an attack upon an idea, concept or problem, without offering a counter-idea, alternative concept, or a solution." Any and all whines are strictly prohibited. We want to hear your ideas; however, attacking ideas without offering constructive criticism is counter productive.
5. No Spam.
Unsolicited promotion of other web sites, or products, is rude. The occasional post about a game, (we all love games) is fine, but no advertising your Uncle's Avon catalogue site, etc. Please keep our forums free of unsolicited advertisement or product promotion.
6. No trolling.
In other words, don't post pointless replies to every thread that someone writes. If you don't have any serious things to contribute to the conversation, stay out of it. Please try to keep your replies relevant to the topic you are replying to. If they are asking about Zards, do not start going on about your pet snail Snoopy or your great thirst for orange juice.
7. You are fully responsible for your own account & the protection of your password.
Statements such as "My friend/sister/brother/ was using my account" are not acceptable as an explanation for violation of any rule. If you share your account with someone and they break the rules it will be treated the same as if you broke the rules yourself. Your account & password are your sole responsibility.
8. Read and Follow Staff Messages.
If staff or moderators post rules specific to a board they must be obeyed. Staff gives of their own time to keep the boards running smoothly and failure to comply with their requests is grounds for deletion.
9. Staff may delete messages at their discretion:
Part of the job of moderators is to keep the boards clean. Messages deemed inappropriate, old, or off topic may be deleted by moderators at any time.
10. You may not "kill" other members:
There will be no killing of character that are controlled by members. They may be mortally wounded, but they will not be killed by anyone.
If you've read these, put the word "strawberries" at the end of your character application just so I know you've read them.