Post by Official on Mar 6, 2017 22:18:36 GMT -5
[attr="class","genistitle"]GUIDELINES
[attr="class","genistxt"]GENERAL
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- RESPECT: All members must respect one another and if an Admin asks you to do something, do not try to fight them. Our Admins work very hard to keep this place running smoothly and their suggestions are to help both you and the site. They deserve the utmost respect, but most of all, be kind towards everyone. If you have any issues with a certain individual, please PM Official, Lykaon, or Sinister .
- ARGUMENTS: Should a problem arise, we ask that you keep it to OOC and don't let it affect role-play (RP). If there is no solution in sight, please contact a member of the Staff.
- APPROVAL: Do not RP without first having your application accepted - Your first post must be at the pack border for your species. If you are found doing otherwise, your posts will be deleted without question.
- BIOGRAPHIES: You have THREE weeks to complete your joining application after starting it. Similarly, if you have not posted a Bio at all within two weeks of signing up, your account will be deleted. If you are posting your application in an incomplete form to finish later, please put '[WIP]' on the end of your post's subject title to mark it as a 'work in progress' so that the Staff know not to review it just yet, and then remove this from the title and post a message below your application when it is ready to be checked over. If you have not completed it by the time limit, it will be moved to the Archives. You can still finish it by messaging a member of the Staff and they can move it back for you.
- CUSSING: This is allowed in posts, but please keep it to a minimum. We don't want to see a swear every other word.
- ACTIVITY: If your account is inactive for THREE months, we reserve the right to delete it. After two months of inactivity, your account will be moved to an inactive status.
- CHARACTERS: In the beginning, we allow THREE accounts, but after that you need special permission from the Staff. Please contact an Admin and they will discuss it, taking into account your activity, and get back to you as soon as possible.
[attr="class","genistxt"]IN CHARACTER
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- RANKS: You cannot ask for a High Rank when joining as a new member as this is judged both from your character's skills and your writing ability, plus level of activity. If you are given an important rank further on, which is Dux or higher, you will be required to be active and posting every week. If you go inactive and don't post at all in SIX weeks, you will be demoted without question as we cannot have inactive members holding important positions. In some situations, there will be some slack, but it is all on a case-by-case basis so notify the Staff in the event of you going inactive.
- LANGUAGE: All characters will primarily speak English. If you purchase an Exotic History, your character will have another language as their native language.
- MATES: Mating differentiates between each pack. Make sure to read up on the rules here.
- PACKS: Currently, we only have three different species to join, each with their own pack. In the future, this may change. Only Bears, Tigers and Wolves are allowed on the site currently and members of each species must live with their own kind.
- AGE: The minimum age for characters when creating them is 18 and the maximum age is 40. The only way younger characters may join are if they are born to characters already on the site.
- PHYSICAL HANDICAPS: Due to the regenerative powers of the Werecreatures, physical disabilities are not possible and therefore no handicaps are allowed. This means no lost limbs, blindness, deafness or anything else.
- SIZE: For each species, the Werecreatures are around 20-25% larger in feral/primal form than the size ranges of their normal animal counterparts. When creating your characters, keep this in mind for their height and weight in this form. Characters not within realistic or acceptable limits will not be accepted and you will be asked to change this.
- APPEARANCE: Only coat colors found naturally in each animal species are allowed. Acceptable eye colors are: blue, brown, green, amber, yellow, grey and anything in-between. If your character has light hair in human form, their primal form must also have matching pale fur (and the same for dark hair). No wings, horns, saber teeth, etc. are allowed in either form.
[attr="class","genistxt"]POSTING
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- THIRD PERSON: All posting on Born Wild should be done in a third person perspective for the narrative parts of your writing. That means the use of "I, me, us" is reserved for speech or internal monologue.
- GHOSTING: Ghosting, or taking control of another's character, will not be tolerated unless the other player gives consent first. That means that if you are in a thread with another character, you cannot post actions for that character. This includes saying what the outcome is of an action your character made towards theirs. If you have permission from another player to have control over their character, please make an OOC note of this in your post so you are not warned to fix it.
- GODMODING: Godmoding and use of unapproved powers are PROHIBITED! Characters are only allowed the powers given to their species. Every character must have flaws as well as strengths, and this should be shown in the your Bios as well as in threads, as such that they don't win and defeat everything they come across. If any member believes another is not playing out their character's weaknesses sufficiently and is therefore making their character highly and unfairly at an advantage, please PM the Staff and they will warn that person to fix their respective post(s).
- LITERACY: This is a literate site, so we expect your posts to be at least 200 Words long, and you must use proper grammar and punctuation to the best of your ability. For posts that are not at least 200 words, the player will be notified and asked to lengthen their post. If you have read this far, include 'JOINING KEY' in your applications joining key section.
- TEMPLATES/TABLES:Tables/templates are welcomed on the site, for both IC and OOC posts! The only rules on this are that they should be legible against the site background, not so large that they stretch the post area, and any images used must abide by the PG-16 rating of the site with nothing graphic, obscene or offensive. You will be warned if any changes need to be made and your table removed in the meantime. Templates can be found from the sites listed to the right of the 'Vote Sites & Resources' section at the foot of the page, or alternatively some members may have their own art shops and are able to make you one.
- THREADS: Born Wild allows characters to be in as many threads as they'd like, as long as they are not in two threads in the same territory at the same time. Chronologically, events occur in the order in which the threads were started. It does not matter when the events in those threads actually occur. Only when the first post of that thread was made.
- MANDATORY THREADS: Mandatory threads are indeed mandatory. You are required to respond to mandatory threads in a timely manner so that you are not preventing its progress. The only way to be exempt is to have a legitimate reason in real life (IRL) as to why you can't reply and for your Rex/Regina to be aware of this, or to be on a Leave Of Absence (LOA) before it was started. You cannot take a LOA simply to avoid a mandatory thread. Failure to appear in a Mandatory thread will result in punishment.
- JOINING APPLICATION: Before posting in-character (IC) on the site, you must have a JOINING APPLICATION completed in full and approved by a Staff member. You may not alter the joining application in any way, or copy other people's work without permission. Plagiarism is taken very seriously here and will not be tolerated. Once your application is accepted you will receive further instructions from the Staff.
- NPC: If you find yourself in need of a Non-Playable Character (NPC) in a thread, you must use one of our NPC accounts for the interaction. You may either play the NPC yourself or ask a Staff member to play the NPC for you. Please note that if you do wish to play the NPC, the 200 Word minimum post length and good literacy (grammar, spelling and such) still applies. You must make sure you play the NPC realistically for whatever species it is and follow our sparring rules and all posting rules listed below. Failure to follow any part of this rule will result in the thread being deleted immediately without question.
[attr="class","genistxt"]OUT OF CHARACTER
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- OOC NAME: Only Staff members will have OOC accounts. When you join, there is a section for the OOC Name which will be the same for all of your characters and is used to identify you as their player. If you get promoted to join the Staff, you will be asked to create an OOC account.
- GIF: In your profile section, there is a part for a gif. This can only be of your character, in either form.
- PROFILE: This will need to be completed in order to be accepted.
- AVATARS: The size of the avatars are 230x400 pixels. This can be of two things only: Human Shell or Primal Form. It must be of your character and nothing else - nothing inappropriate either.
- SIGNATURES: This area appears below your posts and is only for an image of your character, and/or smaller images to show the other characters you have. Any images used in your main signature picture should be proportionate and 600x300 pixels in size. They cannot be too graphic or sexual, so stick to PG-16.
[attr="class","genistxt"]CHATBOX
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- ADVERTISING: Advertising is PROHIBITED in the chatbox. The chatbox is to be used for chat and a little IC play. All advertising should ONLY be done in our advertising sectionhere!
- CUSSING: Although it is allowed on the site, please keep cussing to a minimum in chatbox. Some people may take offense to it in OOC discussions. Excessive use of profanity may lead to moderator intervention.
- SPAM: Spam in the chatbox will not be tolerated. That means no copying and pasting long paragraphs such as song lyrics or other things that may clutter the chat. Doing so may result in a loss of chat privileges. Any trolls seen posting moronic things in chat will be banned.
- TOPICS: The topics discussed in the chatbox should remain appropriate (PG-16) and considerate to other members and guests who may be viewing it. The chat is meant to be a safe and enjoyable place for all, so please be considerate of what others may find offensive. Born Wild is meant to be a fun place, so if you have an issue, please take it to PM. We will take all issues seriously.
- DRAMA: As mentioned before, this forum is meant to be a fun place for people to write and escape to. Please do not start drama in the chatbox. If you have an issue with another member please take it to PM and inform an Admin of the issue if necessary. We are here to help.
- ADMINISTRATION: Admins and Mods are expected to follow the rules and use their power appropriately. If there is a belief that a member of the Staff has abused their power by needlessly kicking a member from, or clearing, the chat or doing something else for that matter, please bring this to the attention of Official , Lykaon , or Sinister immediately and they will endeavor to fix the problem.
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