Post by --Ven on Mar 22, 2008 17:25:49 GMT -5
Here lie all the rules of thy land. Obey and be just, and you will survive in this unforgiving world. Hopefully...
One Activity Checks are there to make sure you are staying active. When a p.m. is sent out for an activity check, you need to reply, showing us you are staying active. If you don't reply within a week, and you don't have a post in the away board, your account will be deleted and you will be sent an e-mail.
Two Do not swear out of character. If you are warned and continue to do so, you will be banned.
Three NEVER, may I repeat this, NEVER post inappropriate images, links, content, ect. You will be immediately banned.
Four Respect everyone, not just staff, everyone.
Five Do not pick fights. If someone starts calling you names, do the mature name and just ignore it and tell a staff member.
Six The only place for affiliating is in the Affiliating thread.
Seven We do not advertise. Advertising is unfair for us.
Eight Do not double post unless it is absolutely necessary.
Nine We cannot swim, so do not flood. If you flood, all the posts will be deleted and you will be banned.
One When posting, please let everyone involved have a chance to respond. Then everyone can post, and it will all be fair.
Two When your character is talking, please make it noticeable. Make it bold or colored.
Three If a thread has no posts (dead) for one week, it will be locked in the archives.
Four If a thread is finished, please pm a staff member to put it in the archives.
Five All posts are required to have a 100 word count. Every single one. If it falls below this, you will be sent a pm, and you need to modify it. If it is not modified, it will be deleted. There is a handy word counter here.
www.wordcounttool.com/
Six Spelling and grammar is very important here. If you are unsure about a word, look it up.
Seven Swearing is allowed, but do not take advantage of it. If every other word is a cuss word, it will be deleted and you will be banned.
Eight The only species allowed in Shattered are red foxes. Period.
Nine Technically in real life fox groups are called Leash, Skulk, Earth, or lead, but we will just call them Clans.
Ten There are no specific ranks you have to follow, but the dominants of the Clan can decide ranks, if he/she wants ranks.
Eleven You can only have one account.
Twelve You are allowed to have as many characters as you would like, but they all have to be active. If they become inactive, they will be deleted.
Thirteen If your charrie dies, please pm a staff member, and they will be put into the graveyard.
Fourteen No godmoding or powerplaying whatsoever.
Fifteen If you have an unwanted character, find someway to kill it off, or put it up for adoption.
Sixteen No strange or odd colors allowed. Not even rare. The only colors you can have are red, any variations of that, with maybe black stockings, muzzle, and underneath the tail.
Seventeen Occasionally I or x.Alibi.x will put a fox up for adoption with strange colors. These foxes are very rare, so try your hand at getting one.
One A fight will be judged on how well the role playing was, if you gmed, or pped, a staff member will judge and decide who wins. The opponent has one week to respond. If they don't they automatically forfeit.
Two Reasons for a fight are over food, land, mates, ect.
One Foxes must be over two years in age to breed.
Two Force-breeding can take place at any age.
Three You may graphic breed, it's just natural. But please put a large X or G in the title, if you are going to.
Four If you have a male character and want to force breed or claim a female character, you have to get the female character's RPer's permission to do so.
Five Claiming and breeding are allowed on your own terra, but cannot take place if you are on smeone else's terra.
One The only ones who can acquire powers are the Good-Hearted. This may seem unfair, but we all know that everyone wants to be the big bad dark one, so this might boost the Good-Hearted population. Though there is a secret.
Two You can have basically any power, but one that makes you invincible, or bring back the dead, or live forever.
One You may claim up to one land, so everyone gets a chance.
Two If you or your (whole) clan become inactive, the terra will be put up for grabs and all previous posts in that terra will be moved to the archives.
Three Do not ask any staff to put up any more terras. There was a set amount when we created the site, so respect that and if you want a terra, fight for it, try to steal it, or audition for it.
One Males may steal a land, pup, or female.
Two A female may steal a land or pup.
Three Your steal must be in the form of a riddle including the lead male of the terra you wish to steal or seal from, a hint about what/who you want to steal, and a hint of who is stealing it.
Four If your riddle fails to make a successful steal(is solved) you can either fight for or give up on what you wanted to steal.
Five If you suspect someone of trying to steal a female, land, or pup from you, post the correct solution. (Ex. Bobby protects Sally from Joe) or (Ex. Bobby protects Legends Lake from Joe) etc.
One If your audition fails, you must either fight for or give up on the terra you auditioned for.
Two Monarchy can be auditioned for.
Three You may audition to be a monarch or to get a terra when someone already has claimed it.
Out of Character
One Activity Checks are there to make sure you are staying active. When a p.m. is sent out for an activity check, you need to reply, showing us you are staying active. If you don't reply within a week, and you don't have a post in the away board, your account will be deleted and you will be sent an e-mail.
Two Do not swear out of character. If you are warned and continue to do so, you will be banned.
Three NEVER, may I repeat this, NEVER post inappropriate images, links, content, ect. You will be immediately banned.
Four Respect everyone, not just staff, everyone.
Five Do not pick fights. If someone starts calling you names, do the mature name and just ignore it and tell a staff member.
Six The only place for affiliating is in the Affiliating thread.
Seven We do not advertise. Advertising is unfair for us.
Eight Do not double post unless it is absolutely necessary.
Nine We cannot swim, so do not flood. If you flood, all the posts will be deleted and you will be banned.
In Character
One When posting, please let everyone involved have a chance to respond. Then everyone can post, and it will all be fair.
Two When your character is talking, please make it noticeable. Make it bold or colored.
Three If a thread has no posts (dead) for one week, it will be locked in the archives.
Four If a thread is finished, please pm a staff member to put it in the archives.
Five All posts are required to have a 100 word count. Every single one. If it falls below this, you will be sent a pm, and you need to modify it. If it is not modified, it will be deleted. There is a handy word counter here.
www.wordcounttool.com/
Six Spelling and grammar is very important here. If you are unsure about a word, look it up.
Seven Swearing is allowed, but do not take advantage of it. If every other word is a cuss word, it will be deleted and you will be banned.
Eight The only species allowed in Shattered are red foxes. Period.
Nine Technically in real life fox groups are called Leash, Skulk, Earth, or lead, but we will just call them Clans.
Ten There are no specific ranks you have to follow, but the dominants of the Clan can decide ranks, if he/she wants ranks.
Eleven You can only have one account.
Twelve You are allowed to have as many characters as you would like, but they all have to be active. If they become inactive, they will be deleted.
Thirteen If your charrie dies, please pm a staff member, and they will be put into the graveyard.
Fourteen No godmoding or powerplaying whatsoever.
Fifteen If you have an unwanted character, find someway to kill it off, or put it up for adoption.
Sixteen No strange or odd colors allowed. Not even rare. The only colors you can have are red, any variations of that, with maybe black stockings, muzzle, and underneath the tail.
Seventeen Occasionally I or x.Alibi.x will put a fox up for adoption with strange colors. These foxes are very rare, so try your hand at getting one.
IC Fighting
One A fight will be judged on how well the role playing was, if you gmed, or pped, a staff member will judge and decide who wins. The opponent has one week to respond. If they don't they automatically forfeit.
Two Reasons for a fight are over food, land, mates, ect.
Breeding and Birthing
One Foxes must be over two years in age to breed.
Two Force-breeding can take place at any age.
Three You may graphic breed, it's just natural. But please put a large X or G in the title, if you are going to.
Four If you have a male character and want to force breed or claim a female character, you have to get the female character's RPer's permission to do so.
Five Claiming and breeding are allowed on your own terra, but cannot take place if you are on smeone else's terra.
Powers
One The only ones who can acquire powers are the Good-Hearted. This may seem unfair, but we all know that everyone wants to be the big bad dark one, so this might boost the Good-Hearted population. Though there is a secret.
Two You can have basically any power, but one that makes you invincible, or bring back the dead, or live forever.
Claiming A Land
One You may claim up to one land, so everyone gets a chance.
Two If you or your (whole) clan become inactive, the terra will be put up for grabs and all previous posts in that terra will be moved to the archives.
Three Do not ask any staff to put up any more terras. There was a set amount when we created the site, so respect that and if you want a terra, fight for it, try to steal it, or audition for it.
Stealing
[/center][/size]One Males may steal a land, pup, or female.
Two A female may steal a land or pup.
Three Your steal must be in the form of a riddle including the lead male of the terra you wish to steal or seal from, a hint about what/who you want to steal, and a hint of who is stealing it.
Four If your riddle fails to make a successful steal(is solved) you can either fight for or give up on what you wanted to steal.
Five If you suspect someone of trying to steal a female, land, or pup from you, post the correct solution. (Ex. Bobby protects Sally from Joe) or (Ex. Bobby protects Legends Lake from Joe) etc.
Auditioning
[/u][/b]One If your audition fails, you must either fight for or give up on the terra you auditioned for.
Two Monarchy can be auditioned for.
Three You may audition to be a monarch or to get a terra when someone already has claimed it.