Site Regulations (JUNE 2017 UPDATE)

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The following is a manual of regulations relating to forum conduct.
Please read this guide thoroughly before proceeding to post.

If you think something is missing and/or unfair, please contact the main administrator.

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Directory
Terms of Agreement
General Conduct
Role Play Rules
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Quoted directly from the terms you, as a member, agreed to, these Terms of Agreement, as well as the Proboards.com Terms, must be followed at all times. Failure to comply will result in a ban.

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You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. This is not only humorous, but legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum.

Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this forum. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this forum immediately. We have the rights to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy goes for member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum, and any related websites to this forum. We at this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another member, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another member's account to post messages or browse this forum.

After you register and log into this forum, you can fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information we deem inaccurate or vulgar will be removed.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

You are solely responsible for any and all attachments that you post to this forum. You may not post files to this forum which contain copyrighted material that you do not have permission from the author to post.

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The following is a list of rules pertaining to general forum conduct. These rules are to be followed at all times, as they apply to the site in its entirety.

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Penalty System
The Council reserves the right to increase or decrease the severity of the penalty according to the severity of the action that requires it.

[Warn 1] > [Warn 2] > [Warn 3] > [3 Day Suspension] > [7 Day Suspension] > [Ban]

You are encouraged to report infringements of these rules.

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--Respect
Respect your fellow members [staff esp.], their beliefs, mannerisms, culture, etc. at all times.
If you are caught flaming, trolling, or any such manner of derogatory speech, you will receive a warning. Any further action taken will follow that of the Penalty System.

--Relevance & Literacy
As amusing as 'i liek cheez' or 'hi ppl wut up?' may be, pointless messages of this sort (spamming) are disallowed. For the sake of preserving a literate community, we encourage you, as a member, to post - on topic - using your best grammar. Please do not double post. If there is something else you wish to add, please eidt your previous post to include your thoughts. If you wish to relax from the rigidity of formal English, feel free to spam in designated areas.
If you are warned on 3 or more occassions, further action taken will follow that of the Penalty System.

--Rating
Here, we use the Universal RPG Rating System. Based on the criteria for each category (Language, Sexual Content, and Violence) we use 212. This means:

Language (2): Swearing is generally permitted. However, the language cannot be used to severely abuse.

Sexual Content (1): Mild sexual innuendo and references permitted. No explicit representations or references to genitalia or sex acts.

Violence (2): Graphic is permitted. Explicit description or in-game narration of violence is allowed.

Punishments will vary according to the severity of the infringement.

--Enjoy Yourself
Self-explanatory; simply follow the above and have fun.

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The following is a guide for conduct in an in-character situation. All members are to adhere to these rules whenever in role play.

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--Profiles
You must create a character profile and have it approved by either a Global Moderator or Administrator before you begin.
Contrary to prior forum regulations, there is NO LIMIT on number of characters per account. Use as many, however often you wish. The one exception is if you hold a leadership/limited position, you must be active with that character or risk losing the position.
Posting without a valid profile will result in post deletion, reduction of post count, and a warning. You are allowed 3 warnings. Further penalty will be at the discretion of the Council.

--Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu
[Click for Wikipedia article on Mary Sues]
Please do NOT make a Mary-Sue/Gary-Stu character. These are unoriginal, unfair, and generally an extreme annoyance to role play with or against.
You will be warned once for having a Mary-Sues/Gary-Stus character. Further penalty will be given at the discretion of the Council.

--Posting
You must comply to General Forum Conduct rules at all times.
[l]--God-Moding/Powerplaying
GModing or PPing, as they are commonly called, is strictly disallowed. These two terms cover a variety of unfair manners of role playing. All of the below are included, and will receive warning.

[1] Taking control of another member's character(s) without given permission.
[2] 'Super' characters with amazing abilities of skill, strength, etc. (i.e. - never hurt, constant evade, magical powers, etc.)
[3] Controlling non-player characters. NPCs are to be played by their creators, those allowed by the creators, and the staff - anything beyond that is a direct violation of Rule 1.

--Accuracy
Set in a medieval time period, a crucial key to realistic role playing lies in your ability to conform to the setting. There will be no guns, tanks, etc.
Please note that we do not use crossbows in this forum.
You will be warned only once before suspension.
--Length
Although we do not expect full essays on every post (wonderful though it would be), we do, at least, expect a fairly decent post. A normal post consists of about 7-8 sentences; about the length of a small paragraph. Oneliners - posts with only one sentence - will be deleted, and you will be requested to rewrite your post.
Action taken will adhere to the Penalty System.
--Text
It is not disallowed, but we discourage members from using colored, formatted, etc. text for several reasons -

- the default text has already been formatted to be legible
- the default text does not clash with the background, being of suitable saturation and brightness
- some members have sensitive eyes; for the sake of their comfort, please refrain from using colored text
- text decorations load slowly; please do not ruin the role playing experience for others with slow internet with pages that lag