Post by Scio on May 4, 2009 22:17:27 GMT -8
Out of Character/Account Rules
- Respect the staff and other members. This means in the C-Box and in OOC topics.
- Your character's biography must be accepted by a staff member before you post on the site. If you post before being accepted, the post will be deleted and you will get a warning.
- If a staff member catches inappropriate behavior, (This includes sexual content, swearing directed at a member, threats, or not following the rules) The member will be temporarily or permanently banned depending on the situation.
- Keep swearing to a minimum.
- You must be at the age of 13 to register on this site. If you are not mature enough for this site, being obnoxious and annoying, I will temporarily ban you from the site until your next birthday.
- If you are gone for over 3 days, you must post your absence in the absence board. If your characters are inactive for more than a month, your account will be deleted but not banned. If you choose to come back, you will have one more chance to be active. If you are missing for another month, you will be banned permanently.
- You are allowed 5 characters at one time. Each character must have a separate account. Characters die at some point, you can create another character after one dies. That doesn't mean if you're sick of a character you delete the account. At least be creative and give your character a post of how he/she died. Your first two characters are free, if you want more, you must buy them from our shops.
- The display name on your account must match the name of your character. That means no obnoxious symbols, numbers, etc.
[Example: ~*~*~William~*~*~, >>RiCkY<<, J@C0|3.] - You can only have 1 type of species at one time. That means you cannot have two wolf characters or have all your characters felines. Be creative and expand your horizons. I'm not saying you can't have two of the canine/feline/etc. species, you just can't have two of the same animal. Or have all your characters be canines/felines etc.
- Please don't roleplay in OOC boards.
- You can choose to have a C-Box image or not. But the image must be one of your characters.
- Avatars must be 100x100 px. and must be an image of your character.
- Signatures must be no more that 500px in width and 250px in height. [500 x 250px] And they must be an image of your character. Under the image of your signature, be sure to add the name of your character, the age and the species/breed. Update the age when your character's birthday comes around.
Roleplaying/Posting Rules
- Your character can only be in one place at one time. That means no liquid time.
- Posts must be no less than 300 words.
- Bold your character's speech and italicize your character's thoughts.
- There will be no godmodding (Invincible in other words) or powerplaying (Controlling someone elses character) without permission by the member you are roleplaying with.
[Example: John charged at Chris at 100 mph and chopped Chris's arm off. Chris started bleeding to death and after 10 minutes, he died.] - You must proper grammar and punctuation. If you have trouble spelling words, I suggest you use firefox. It notifies you of your misspellings. Your sentences must make sense and be properly punctuated and come at complete stops.
- Breeding is aloud on this site. Make sure you look at your species information to find out when the breeding seasons are. Do not be desperate to find a mate, you cannot be mates with your own characters, and you cannot have an unusual hybrid.
[Example: Bear/coyote hybrid, cougar/wolf hybrid, Eagle/raccoon hybrid.]
Normally a hybrid consists of the same species of animal. It is very rare to find a wolf/coyote hybrid. It is possible, but normally does not happen. If this does happen, a staff member must approve. - If there is sexual content in one of your threads, be sure to notify it in your thread's title. That, or take the roleplay to the personal messages.
- Forced breeding is aloud as well. It happens in the wild sometimes, why not here? Just be sure the member you are in a roleplay with is notified about your actions.
- You will not choose how many young are born and when they are born. A staff member of your choice will be the one who decides how many young your character will have and when they will be born. However, you can determine the genders and appearances. If you are in a hidden personal message roleplay with another member, and your character bred there, tell a staff member so we can determine the gestation/incubation period from the time conceived.
- Do not post more than once unless you are in a thread with yourself.
- Don't be a posting whore either. That means if you are in a thread with 4 people, you don't post after another person posts each time with each member. It's really annoying, just look at Fred in the example.
[Example: John posts, then Fred posts, then Sarah posts, then Fred posts again, then Tom posts, and Fred posts again... etc.] - Do not have overly large text and unreadable fonts and colors. It is suggested that you use size 1 or size 2 font. No larger. Colors can be used for your characters speech. But please don't use hot pink and bright yellow. etc.
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