Post by poizuun on Apr 11, 2010 0:32:16 GMT -5
General Rules
Posts
In Character
Characters
These next few rules are where it gets different and a bit complicated so pay attention.
Fighting
Stealing
Breeding
Stallions
Mares
Foals
1. When you sign up for an account, you are automatically agreeing to each and every one of these rules. If you disobey, it will result in a warning. Continuous disobedience will result in a ban for a week. If you STILL do it, you're account, characters, and everything will be deleted.
2. We don't need any assholes on here. It's not hard to be nice and be respectful of staff and other members.
3. Activity checks will be set up about once every month or so (or whenever I feel necessary). You will be expected to post in the thread with an IN CHARACTER POST. If you do not do this in the allotted time, you will receive an e-mail notification. If you do not respond to this, your account will be deleted.
4. Do not post anywhere (except the ooc boards) until your character is accepted.
5. Please read and understand the plot before you go into how your character has been a prize show horse since s/he was born. It makes me wonder how much else you didn't read. However, if you have any questions concerning the plot, feel free to ask me.
6. Only one account per person. It helps keep everything organized.
7. If you're having problems with a person, don't take it to character posts or ooc posts or the cbox. Take it to PM. Or, if it's bad enough, tell me and I'll take care of it.
Posts
1. I would prefer a minimum of 200 to 250 word post. I know we all have our days (or weeks or months or whatever) where we can't come up with anything good, but there's no rule saying that you HAVE to post everything at one time. Please just don't leave the other role players hanging for too long.
2. Though we don't have a posting maximum, we don't want the equivalent of ten pages of nothing. I hate reading through what a character thinks about a dandelion for five paragraphs in order to pick out something to reply to.
3. There is a posting order. You follow it. Unless otherwise stated by another member or one of them disappears for a while.
4. We're not going to be using the fancy words (i.e. dial, pillars, daggers, etc.) to post with. You're going to say head, legs, and hooves, etc. No exceptions. You do it, you get warned and the chance to fix it. If you don't fix it or continue to ignore this rule, your posts that have them in it will be deleted.
5. You post in third person, past tense.
In Character
1. As with any board, GM or PP is not allowed at all. You do it, you get a warning. You continue to do it, you get suspended. STILL continue to do it you get banned.
2. If you have pictures in your posts, they can't stretch the page. It just makes it looks nicer.
3. There is liquid time, but there is a three thread limit for each of your characters. No more than three.
4. If you think your thread may be too graphic for some members, please post a [pg-13] or [r] or [m] rating on the title so people know to avoid it if they don't want to have to stab out the memory of it later.
5. There are pretty much no limits for language or violence. Cuss as much as you want. Rip off faces if that's your thing. I don't care. Just keep the really graphic breeding out of it.
Characters
1. You can have as many characters as you want so long as you keep them active.
2. Gender ratio doesn't matter here.
3. Not every black horse is a Friesian. If it's not a friesian, that doesn't mean it's an Arabian. These two breeds will be heavily monitored. Actually, any purebred will be heavily monitored. Purebreds are very rare for this island, especially based on the time frame.
4. Stay conscious of breed standards. If your horse is made up of multiple breeds, keep it relevant. If your horse has a million shorter breeds and then one draft in it, that does not mean it is 18 hh.
5. No strange colors, eyes or otherwise. The weirdest eye color I will allow is green. And that will be rare.
6. If I see a pure white mare that's sweet but "you better watch out when she's angry", it's going to be a pretty much automatically rejected. If she's got a terrible past, it will be even faster.
7. Foals cannot survive without their mothers a month after being born. Don't say their mother died before the foal could survive without her unless it was adopted. It's impossible. Nowhere near possible. Don't do it.
8. Any breed, aside something completely obscure, foreign, and rare, is allowed. Mostly working or pleasure horses would be most possible though.
9. NO FANTASY CHARACTERS. Characters do not have changing eye colors depending on their mood, wings, or powers.
10. Mules and donkeys are allowed, though not in very large numbers.
11. Now this is an imporant one: THERE ARE NO LIGHTS, NEUTRALS, OR DARKS ON THIS SITE! Get it? No alliances or any of that shit.
These next few rules are where it gets different and a bit complicated so pay attention.
Fighting
1. There's none of this "3 hits 2 dodges and it will be judged" shit. You fight like on any other forum. Unless...
2. You're fighting for territory or mares. When you are fighting for either there will still not be a set amount of hits and dodges but, unless you can't come to a decision yourselves, it will be judged by staff.
3. You can fight over whatever the hell you want, but the only ones that will be judged and a winner announced will be for territory or mares. Anything else is a free-for-all. So long as you don't godmode or powerplay.
4. Territory or mare fights also have a time limit, unless otherwise discussed. When you're fighting for one or the other you have two weeks to finish and declare a winner. If this isn't reached in the time limit, the fight is done and a winner is chosen, no matter where you are. The only thing that changes this is if one of the members is absent.
5. If you disappear during a fight and no one knows why and the deadline is reached, the other member wins by default.
6. There is no designated area for fighting. You can do it wherever you want, just be conscious of how dangerous it might be, such as on the Watchtower or in the Boatyard.
7. Don't take character fights ooc. Just because your young stallion got his ass handed to him by an older one doesn't mean you can flame the other person or anything like that just out of spite.
Stealing
1. There is a specific board in the information area where you post to steal land or a mare. Post there.
2. You have three days to block the steal unless you have posted in the absence board. If you have posted in the absence board, you have a day within your return to block it. If you don't, you lose whatever was stolen.
3. Anyone can steal anything they want. Except newborn foals. If you want to steal a foal you must wait until it is weaned (About 2-3 weeks after it's born).
Breeding
1. Breeding is PG-13 only. No exceptions. If it gets too graphic, the thread will be deleted and you won't get to try again for another two weeks. If the season changes and you can't breed anymore, too bad. You should have followed the rules.
2. You breed your horses, you post in the adoption center for a foal. If you don't post there, you still get the foal. There's no pleasure-breeding here folks.
3. You can breed anywhere, but when it's done, you have to post in the adoption center.
4. When you post in the adoption center, all we need is physical attributes of the parents (breed, height, weight, fur and eye color, etc.). Personalities and histories of the parents aren't necessary. Personality of the foals will be decided by the role player of the foal.
5. Pregnancy lasts at least one week. If you want it to last longer go ahead.
6. Birthing takes place wherever you want, but be conscious of it being in other stallions' territories or having to move your foal over a great distance. If you are far from your home, you will have to wait for your stallion to get you.
Stallions
1. If you have multiple stallion characters, you can only have one own territory. Any other has to be a subordinate.
2. Claiming land comes on a first come first serve basis. If the territory you wanted gets claimed, too bad.
3. If we run out of available territories for stallions to own or every stallion already has two subordinate stallions, I'll make more, but you have no say in what it might be. Just like those that claimed the original territories did.
4. When you want a territory, PM me and let me know. Once I respond and let you have it you can post your claiming post.
5. Stallions can force-breed. The mare cannot be claimed or has to be stolen first.
6. Stallions with their own territory can have as many mares as you want. But you can't just claim them and then forget about them. Nor can you claim every mare in the Faraway Meadows. That's just retarded.
7. Subordinate stallions can claim mares, but the max they can claim is two. Subordinate stallions can also breed with their mares.
Mares
1. Mares can breed at three years.
2. Mares can fight stallions for territory but not mares. However, the odds are highly stacked against the mare, so keep this in mind before you start a fight.
3. If a stallion claims you, you go with him. No questions.
4. Mares can own territory, but the moment they get a lead stallion, the territory goes to them. You don't have a choice.
5. Post your mares in the Faraway Meadows which is a sub-board in the Tiring Plains when you want them to be claimed.
Foals
1. Foals can be stolen once they are weaned (about two weeks after their birth).
2. Foals cannot breed or claim territory until they are three years old.
3. Foals cannot fight for anything except to play.