Site Rules
This is a collection of all the general rules you should follow around the site. It includes behavior, posting limits, and more.
Behavior and Chatbox Rules
- Do not ask staff to approve things, or ask them "will this idea get approved?" in the C-box. Staff might approach you to discuss an ability you've put up for approval, but you should never be pouncing on staff members to get things approved or graded in the chat.
- Please refrain from swearing continuously in your posts as well as on the Chatbox. You won't be penalized if you say one or two bad words, but if people start to feel uncomfortable you should stop.
- The site and it's content is PG-13. Swearing and minor sexual terms are alright, but we may have younger people registering who don't need to hear all of that. Make sure to keep that in mind.
- As we strive to provide a friendly, welcoming environment to all members, we have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY regarding behavior that falls under the following headings: Harassment, intentional annoyance, instigating a fight, repeated instances of negativity, bullying and blatant rudeness. If someone lodges a complaint regarding your behavior, you will be given only one verbal/written warning. After this, your warning bar will be docked and you will be banned from the chat box for a week. If another complaint is lodged, your warning bar will be docked again and you will be permanently banned from the chat box.
If you have a personal difference with a player, please keep your issues with them to Private Message or outside messaging services. If you have an IC issue with another character, feel free to message staff about the issue. If you feel you are being harassed, bullied or negatively targeted, please contact staff via Private Message ASAP with evidence to support your claim, as well as any steps you have already taken to resolve the matter privately, so that we may address the issue as quickly as possible with as much information as possible.
Again, this is a Zero Tolerance Policy and will be enforced as such. - Moderators and Admins: Unless if they don't mind, don't bug moderators and admins with requests as soon as they log onto the chatbox. They're users just like you, so please try using the staff notification section instead.
Failure to comply with these rules may also get you banned from the Chatbox (but only the chatbox if you aren't breaking too many). The first ban will be a weeklong. The next will be 2 weeks, and the final ban will be permanent.
Posting
- As stated before the site's content is PG-13. Keep descriptive sexual topics to Private Messages, and don't go into too much detail when describing injuries.
- Be mindful of your punctuation and overall grammar, and make sure to use spell check.
- Keep at least 15 minutes between each of your posts in a single topic.
- The minimum post length is 100 words. As long as you meet that requirement you'll be fine. However if you go below that you'll receive a warning at first. If it happens again a warning bar dock, and so on and so forth.
- Double posting is not allowed unless you are soloing, or the other players in a thread have not posted for more than 48 hours.
- During serious battles (in coliseums, plot topics, and/or dungeons) you can not edit your posts without the permission of every person in the topic and/or an admin.
- Once you train abilities and get them approved you cannot use them in any topics which started before the date stamp on the approval of that ability.
- Plagiarism or otherwise copying texts from things like Wikipedia or other forums is strictly forbidden. You may still use outside sources to help with your posts but anything in your writing must be in your own words. If your post can be copied into a google search and show exact matching results then you can expect the thread to be rendered void as far as approvals for jobs and training go.
- No God-Modding: God-Modding is basically making your character perform completely unfair and unimaginable feats. This includes dodging attacks when you typically wouldn't be able to do so as well as controlling other people's actions.
- No Meta-Gaming: Meta-Gaming is using information you've learned OOC, IC. For example, say you know a person's name since you've seen them around the site or if you speak to them. If you've never met before IC (and they don't have much of a reputation either), knowing there name within a topic would count as meta-gaming.
Graphics
- Do not post any nude or explicit material in terms of images and videos.
- You can open up a Gfx shop of your own in the "Other" section. In there you can sell of signatures, avatars, and anything else people will buy for actual Huang. Make sure you keep track of all your transactions as well. Whenever you make a transfer a moderator will post in your shop, clarifying whether or not it went through.
General Transactions
- Outside of player shops, when you transfer Huang to another user, post a request in the staff notification section. The transaction will be completed and filed away into a secure location.