Rules *UPDATED AGAIN*
Apr 28, 2013 11:12:56 GMT -5
Post by Snakey on Apr 28, 2013 11:12:56 GMT -5
these rules were written by snakey :3
M a i n R u l e s
* No--swearing, no inappropriateness, no sexual content, impersonating, stealing, and everything under PG-13.
* Do not reveal your home phone number and home address.
* Try your best to be optimistic, and not be a wanna-be-emo, pessimist, and a jerk. Our friendly members/admins are willing to help out nicely with a smile. =)
* Signatures no larger than 600x250 pixels. They stretch page badly.
* For high ranked positions, once it's past 2 weeks without any roleplaying and if you haven't logged on during those time, without a warning, your characters will be in idle mode. Where it will most likely get replaced and be ignored due to inactivity.
R P R u l e s
* This is a literate site, with no 'tlk tlk', abbreviations, and distracting/awful spelling/grammar. I also understand many have writer's block or a loss of muse--but please try your best to get at least 300 characters (a short paragraph including spaces) for an RP. Make sure it's a REAL RP too.
Additional Note: There is a word counter under the spell check and preview buttons below your posts. We enforce a strict 75-100 word minimum per post. This is 5-8 sentences. Its really not that hard, ladies.
* No post should all be in 'thought' mode unless in dreams, journal, those kind of things.
* Post in literate paragraph form. "Quotation marks" around a dialogue.
* 3rd person rule; past tense rule
* No godmodding/powerplaying; do not control other characters out of your ownership, do not make your character invincible, and do not make your character 'the best.'
* Keep all you're characters active, they can be in as many threads as you like, as long as they are all active.
* Liquid Time- there is no real Liquid time, you cat can't get pregnant in one thread and give birth the same day in another. if you start a thread and you cat is injured in that thread, you can't post a thread after that were your cat is perfectly healthy.
* Our OOC board is different from our Rp Boards [ic board]. Do RP in our Rp Boards, do chat in our OOC boards. If you are doing an outside RP, like that's not Warriors or something, OOC and PM [one on one] is the way to go.
* Threads with more then two users should be posted in consecutive order. EXMPL: user 1 posts, user 2 replies, user 3 replies, used 1 replies ect. Rules Suggested By Jade
* Open threads that anyone can reply to should be marked OPEN in the title. Private threads should contain the name of the cats involved in the title EXMPL: Title: 'Strolling through the woods :: Patchpelt and Lionpaw' Rule added by Snakey
* Bios should be semi-realistic, kit-free, queen-free, and must be approved by a staff in order to RP. Eye color can be slightly unrealistic and patterns can be unique. And dude--cats only for the most parts. Other animals should be checked by a staff member.
* Cats should not be created as mates for the sole purpose of having kits. If you do create two cats as mates, they can only have kits once in their life. If they already have kits created as adults, they can only have one more litter. It is preferred you create relationships between your cats and cats that are not your own.
* Litters should always be approved by Snakey first. He will role a random number on random.org between 1 and 6 for the amount of kits and give you genders for each. You may decide color/personality/names/anything else. If you have certain kits that need to be made and you get less then you need, please let Snakey know and he'll adjust to your needs. Colors should be realistic, you shouldn't get a black kit from two white parents without a reasonable explanation.
W a r r i o r R u l e s
* Do not cross the borders of your clan territory, without a staff permission, unless you are a rogue, kittypet, or a loner. Cats from different clans, however, can meet AT the border.
* Warriors may talk, but they have their own words. They say, Twolegs, monsters, kits, and Starclan. We say, people, cars, babies, and heaven. Do get use to the vocab.
* Your cat will age, and eventually die. After each Gathering passed, every cat will gain a moon.
* No major big plots; we have a plot. If you'd like to suggest a big plot, please PM Snakey. But you may create mini/sub plots and/or may not participate in the current plot. Sub-plots should be small and not threatening to the others. Medicine cats, Starclanners and Dark Forest realm cats, you may come down in a dream, but you cannot predict that will trigger a major plot.
* If you are going to be sick, the disease/wound should be realistic. Cats aren't likely to be in a coma, but they are likely to have a green-cough (a dangerous cold).
* You can't kill another cat without permission and your death should be realistic. For after-life, you have two choices:
Starclan, if your cat maintains the faith of Starclan and are good to the world.
Dark Forest, if your cat is bad and does not have faith in Starclan while they have been introduced.
Innocent kits who died will automatically go to Starclan. Other cats who have not heard of Starclan, their after life will be based on how they did good to the world.
* Please limit the outer-clan relationship. Friends with others is OK. Love/mates is a no no. Check with your staff if you want one.
* On the matter of same-sex relationships, I say, go for it, but be aware that your clan will frown on it greatly, nothing explicit should happen, and there will be no kits produced from these kinds of relationships. Rule added by Snakey
* Gatherings--This will regulate most likely once every two months. We will remind you of it earlier than a week away and will be posted up in public. Most likely they'll be in a real full moon and will last for an estimated time of ten days.
You will leave with your clan and the leader will have a clan meeting; you cannot go to the Gathering by yourself to Fourtrees.
If you've missed the clan meeting, feel free to just hop in to the Gathering thread as if nothing happened; we don't want you to miss it.
* The Half Moons for Medicine cats is very similar to the Gathering, except that it'll be shorter, five days, and you will dream.
* Large battles cannot be started without a staff member's permission. Remember that most likely lives will be lost and medicine cats will be busy.
* Apprentices need to have had 1 assessment and 2 training threads before they can ask to go to the moonstone. They must go to the moonstone with their leader at least once before they become a warrior. At the moonstone, their leader will get a dream about them, from Starclan, telling them someone important about the apprentice. The user who plays the apprentice should decide this, and an admin or the leader will make up the dream. Rule added by Snakey
* She-cats can have litters of kits that have multiple fathers. This is realistic, and interesting. Rule added by Snakey.
* Two cats should have been in a thread together at least twice before announcing they are mates. Preferably two 1 on 1 threads, but it is not needed. Rule added by Snakey.
H i g h r a n k R u l e s
* Auditions will be held a week after the old highrank is dead/gone and will run for one week. If only one bio is posted, it will win, if more then one are posted, they will be judged by the mods and the mods will pick a winner. For deputies, players holding the leader rank for that clan will be consulted.
* Only two highranks per person. You cannot have highranks in the same clan, and you cannot hold two of the same ranks at any one time. If you have a leader and a deputy and the leader of the deputy's clan dies, you must choose whether you want to get rid of your deputy or kill the leader in the other clan.
* When you obtain a leader highrank, you must make a thread at the moonstone with at least one other cat (preferably the medicine cat of your clan) and rp gaining your nine lives, however see the next rule about how many lives you get.
* When you obtain a leader highrank, Snakey will roll a number on random.org between 1 and 9 and that will be how many lives you have to work with.
* Leader's are in charge of all clan ceremonies and announcements. They can make them at the meeting spot in their clan. If you need an apprentice/warrior/anything ceremony, contact your leader.
* Leaders must attend Gatherings and share the news of their clan. Leaders must also be the first posts in the Gathering threads. If a Leader doesnt post within 5 days of the start of the Gathering, then a deputy may stand in to make the clans announcements for that moon.
* Leader's go to Starclan after death, and may actively participate in giving the next leader their nine lives.
* Deputy ranks have a choice of either becoming leader after the previous leader's death or dying/becoming an elder in which will open up both the ranks to new members.
* Deputies should organize one patrol rp a month between the members of their clan. You can either PM members and ask them, or you can make a thread for volunteers in the clan's central area. Deputies do not need to be apart of these patrol's but can be.
* In the extended absence of a leader that is not an inactivity absence (aka they posted in the away boards) then the Deputy must step up and act as leader while their leader is 'indisposed'.
* Deputies may retire at any time during their career.
* Deputy auditions will be held the day after the previous deputy dies/retires/disappears and will run for a week.
* Medicine cats and their apprentices must participate in the Medicine Cat Gathering. They may only get prophecies from Starclan with admin approval.
* Medicine cats may approach any member if they want their cat to be Medicine Cat Apprentice. No auditions will be held for this position. Members may approach Med Cat players if they want their cat to be MCA, but understand it counts toward your 2 highrank positions.
* MCAs can be either apprentices or warriors when they start training. If they are apprentices, Starclan will decide when they gain their Medicine Cat Name, but they should have been training for a while before they get it.
* MCAs usually cannot decide they no longer wish to be Medicine Cats, however it does happen. But they will never be allowed as Medicine Cats again.
* Now, you read the important part of the rules. And if you are creating your bio, on the "Password", please put: "AURA" That is our codeword.
* Our password changes from random times.