Post by Whim on Oct 7, 2012 1:09:01 GMT -5
The Rules
Those which Proboards declares:
- 1 - You must be 13 or older to join.
- 2 - This site is rated PG; limit the swearing, and don't show any sex.
- 3 - No stealing, plagiarizing, or otherwise copying someone's idea. If they give you permission, give them credit.
Those which I declare:
- Harassment: is not allowed. Name calling, swearing at another member, flaming and flame baiting, and all other forms of harassment are banned.
- IC and OOC: In character behavior and out of character behavior are separate. You are not your character, and no one else here is their character either. Do not get mad at any member for what their character does.
- Godmodding: Is also forbidden. If I find it, or it is reported to me, I will warn those involved; persistent godmodding may result in being banned, and any godmodding will result in my watching your posts closely.
- Activity: There will be no formal activity checks. However, if you have not signed into your account in two weeks or have not posted in character in a month, you will be considered inactive and your characters may be NPC'd or killed, according to staff decision. Similarly, keep all of your characters active; if you have not posted with a character in five weeks, even if you have posted with other characters of yours, that character will be considered inactive and available to be NPC'd or killed. Exceptions will be made if you notify Whim in advance of upcoming absences.
- Faceclaims: You are not required to have a faceclaim. If you do wish to have one, it may be animated, drawn, or a celebrity; the only thing you may not use is a picture of a real person who is not a celebrity. If you do use a celebrity or animated character, please post here.
- Characters: Upon joining, everyone has two free character slots, and one additional slot per fifty posts that they make. Additional character slots may be purchased from the site shop. (An Impressed pair, plus any pets, only fill one slot.)
- Accounts: One account per person/writer. The account may be named anything you like, as long as it doesn't break Proboards' PG13 rule, and you may have as many characters on one account as you have earned slots for. If you wish to have more than one account, PM me and I'll consider it. However, anyone caught with multiple accounts without permission, or using their possession of multiple accounts to break or get around rules, will be banned immediately.
- Posting:Please post in third person, past tense, and apart from telepathic speech, please leave text in the default color. Double posting is allowed, as long as your posts are with different characters. You may combine characters into one post too, if you'd like (though you'll earn more if you post separately), but please make the division clear.
- Plagiarism: is forbidden, as are all other forms of stealing. If you didn't create something, you don't own it, and you can't use it without permission. In particular, face claims and character images: if it's not a celebrity or from a published cartoon, animation or comic, and you didn't make it yourself, then you need permission.
- Time: is fluid; there will be approximately one month OOC for one season IC (and so, four months OOC for one IC turn). However, you may also write in both the previous and the next season, provided you aren't risking contradicting timelines (such as, if you have a candidate and a hatching is coming up, don't write anything set after the hatching until you know if and what your character Impressed).
- Flights: When a female flies, the female's writer chooses which male wins the flight. Males may try to catch the female, and do whatever they think will convince her to choose them, but they cannot catch her or be chosen by her, until the female has already posted herself being caught of choosing the male. If a female dragon's writer wants to have a flight, please check with staff to be sure that timing works.
- Hatchings: will be run by staff. However, if you own a clutching female and would like to assist in preparing for and running that female's hatching, please PM Whim.
- Firelizards: Each person gets two free firelizards by joining. You may either choose the firelizard's color yourself from green, blue and brown, or may ask Whim to randomize the colors of one or both firelizards, in which case it may be any color. Additional firelizards may be purchased from the shop, or from other members.
- Firelizard Flights and Hatchings: Like with dragon flights, a female firelizard's owner starts the flight and chooses which male wins. The owners of firelizards, however, may distribute their firelizard's eggs ICly. However, staff will still generate the number and contents of the eggs.