Post by Administrator on Mar 15, 2007 10:00:12 GMT -5
Any violation of these rules can result in being banned or struck.
These rules are applied to the entire Avalon site, including to a lesser degree the private messages.
If you accumulate 4 strikes, you will be banned from the site, the banning may apply to just that character or your IP address as well.
Lesser strikes (non-harrassment or spamming) may be removed after 6 months, and lesser warnings may be removed after 3 months if a request is posted in the Help Forum.
The administration reserves the right to ban and strike on offences not listed here. This is a list of the most common rules to guide the site, but we strongly express that sometimes obvious and general social rules that are not listed here will be required by the users. Please treat everyone in a kind and courteous manner.
1 - No Spamming
Spamming is completely unacceptable, and is defined as posting/repeating the same thing multiple times, plagiarism or posting general nonsense. If you spam, by the descretion of the admin handling the situation, you may be automatically banned - including your IP address too. Strikes may be given for lesser offenses at the discretion of the admin.
Note 1: If you double-post, you must request for it to be removed within 2 days of the posting time or the post will make you elligable for ban/strike.
Note 2: If you recieve gold or items from a source you are not familiar with, you MUST report these immediently in the help forum. If you recieve gold or items obtained through spamming, you may be banned.
2 - No Harassment
Do not harass other users OOC (out of character) in any way, and do not do it IC (in character) if it offends them OOC or relates to any OOC matters. This includes, but is not limited to, constant flaming or hunting for reasons for a person to recieve a strike.
3 - No God-Moding/Power-Playing
Do not god-mode or power-play. Guardians may, however it should still be kept to a minimum. If a user's level is higher than another person's, they are more powerful, but god-moding is still unacceptable.
Please refer to the Guide on Rules in the FAQs for more information on what these are.
4 - Battle
In a fight, the user with the highest level will win unless their opponent has far better equipment than them - however, if you're a Level 1 and they're Level 15, you're going to lose no matter what.
Levels do not apply to styles of fighting such as T1 etc (see Fighting Styles in the FAQ for more information on these).
5 - Companions/Items
You are not allowed to make up your own companions and items (excluding basic clothing) unless you have bought them from the shops and have it in your inventory.
You may buy an item to substitute it for another - for example, you may buy an eagle but call it a hawk or a falcon.
Note 1: You can not substitute for items that -are- sold in shops.
Note 2: Posts are given a 1 month expectancy timer. You must hold onto all items used in a role-playing post for at least 1 month after the post has been made.
6 - One Character Per Username
You are limited to one character per username, but this does not mean you may not have multiple usernames. Infants too young to be RPed independently may be RPed on the parent/guardian's account, but as soon as possible they must be transferred to their own account.
7 - No Advertising
You may not make posts advertising websites. You may link to them in your profile, but please do not make posts about it. (Note: Signatures may not include unallowed links and character descriptions may contain off-site character information links, but may NOT be used for advertising.) This includes websites to other playable games.
This also means no advertising through Private Messages (PMs) or the chatroom.
Advertisement Exceptions:
(No soliciting these through PMs though.)
Links beginning with avalonrpg82.proboards99.com/index.cgi
www.daeluin.net/
Deviant Art [and other sites that purely host images, ask if you're not sure]
Live Journal [Or any other form of web-log site]
YouSendIt [www.yousendit.com, or any other pure file hosting sites]
((EXCEPTION: You may advertise as much as your hearts content in the advertisements board))
If you have any suggestions to add to the exception list, please contact an administrator.
Note: This rule is loosely enforced, if you're just posting an informative link or the such, you will probably not be struck for it. If you're concerned, contact (excluding PMs) a moderator/administrator or post in the help forum first.
8 - OOC Discussion
Try to keep OOC to a minimum on the RP boards, and remember to clearly mark OOC from IC using a suitable method such as parantheses ( ) or a notation such as OOC:.
9 - Foul Language
Do not swear, say sexual terms, or demonic terms. You may say slang like 'Frick, Dang and fag' And even in IC, keep it to an absolute minimum, for some people do not appreciate it and we want to make Avalon fun for all. NO SAYING "GOD" AS A SWEARWORD!!!!
10 - RP Realistically
RP realistically for the medieval era, meaning you can't go around skateboarding, listening to CDs or slapping others with frozen beavers.
11 - Do Not PM Questions
Do not PM (Private Message) questions to the Admins or Mods, unless it is something private or extremely important (major bug reporting, harassment, etc.). You are to post them on the OOC Help forum.
12 - Topic Flags
Respect the flags of a topic. If a topic has a Q, P, or PG13 limit or otherwise clear restriction on the topic abide by it. P automatically mean that a topic is private and you must obtain the author's permission to join in.
[Q] refers to a quest topic.
[R] refers to a private topic that contains R rated content. R topics may not contain explicit sexual description that may be considered pornographic in nature, but may contain VERY mild sexual descriptions (IE: Kissing, touching, (If you have questions, PM me)) , more than mild violence, etc.
refers to a private topic.
[L:#] refers to a limit number in an open thread. For example [L:3] would mean that only 3 people may join the thread (including topic author).
13 - Smilies/Emoticons
Do not use the smilies/emoticons on RP boards. This includes, but is not limited to ASCII emoticons such as ^_^.
14 - Signature and Avatar Images
Signature Images
You may have a maximum of one images in your signature.
The personal image/banner may be no larger than 430x475 OR 475x430 pixels.
To find out how large an image is, right-click on it and select Properties. In the window then displayed, there is a section labelled Dimensions. The image size is then displayed next to it.
Note1: Animated images, flash, stream, real media, sound/music or video objects are not allowed in your signature.
Avatar Images
Avatar images must be .jpg or .gif in their file nature (extension). Avatar images must not be over 50kbs in size, but may be animated if you so wish. Avatar images are not to exceed the dimensions of 160 x 160.
15 - FAQ
Read the FAQ forum before posting questions in the OOC Help forum, or any other forum. Also, please ensure you read any stickies posted at the top of the help/suggestions forum and reading the announcements will generally answer a lot of your questions.
16 - Glitches and Errors
Do not take advantage of board glitches or errors, simply report them. If you take advantage of a glitch/error (for example, using it to get extra gold/items without earning them) you may be automatically banned.
17 - Race Combinations
You may not have an entirely obscene combination of races for your character. If it goes too far, you will be asked to change it by an Admin, or Mod. If you do not comply, you will receive a strike.
18 - Multiple Languages
Do not post/write the same thing in multiple languages. There is no reason to do this other than to gain gold. Writing the same thing over and over within one post is also counted within this rule. If you are found to be doing this, you will be struck or banned, dependant on the administrators discretion.
19 - RPing with Yourself
You may not RP with yourself. This is defined as posting twice or more in a row with different posts each time. You may not RP with two accounts that you own unless at least one other person is present in the RP and posts between your account's responses.
20 - Debates
Users may not engage in arguments/debates on a specific subject unless it is posted on the Debate Forum. Any topics that turn into a debate are to be reported to a Administrator so they can be moved to the Debate Forum. Any topics made purposely, and clearly for debating outside the Debate Forum will result in the poster being struck.
21 - Gods, Goddesses and Guardians
If you are going to talk about these, you must must talk about the one true God. God.
22 - Post Length
The minimum RP post word requirement is given for each RP area type (Normal, Advanced, etc) and must be met with in character words. If you use an OOC comment to make your post long enough (ie, you make a 40 IC word post, and you use an OOC comment to make it 50+ words), you will be given a strike for a Level Gold Post, or LGP.
23 - Age Limit
Your character can be no older then 3000 years of age.
24 - Naming Policy
Account names must adhere to the role-playing enviroment that is set out in this site. If a name is found to be violating this role-playing enviroment, by nonsense, vulgar language, racism, etc; the user will be asked to change it by an administrator. If the user fails to comply, the account will be suspended.
If a user continually creates nonsense names after they have been warned, they will be permanently banned from the site.
Note: This rule falls under the discretion of the administration and may not be enforced by the moderators of the site.
((ALL CREDIT GOES TO ZARATH FROM WWW.DAELUIN.NET FOR THE ORIGINAL RULES!))