Post by Hollow, Sky, Laurel, Jay, Rye on Nov 26, 2014 20:26:54 GMT
I know there are quite a few rules, but it has to be this way to make the site run smoothly and fairly! They are mostly common sense anyway, so it isn't that bad! Also, this website is about different Clans, but they are related to the oringinal 5. BadgerClan is related to RiverClan, BearClan is related to ThunderClan, DeerClan is related to WindClan, FoxClan is related to ShadowClan, and WolfClan is related to SkyClan. The original name of the Clans are the password to each forum for the new Clan. For example, the password for DeerClan is WindClan.
1. Please tell me if you are leaving for a while so that I know you didn't just quit! I have the right to replace anyone that I don't see on frequently! This is especially applicable to high-ranks!
2. Please respect all the people on this site! Do not ask for really personal information! Something friendly like asking their name or something is allowed, but you do not have to tell anybody anything about yourself if you don't want to. Just say something like: "Sorry, I don't really want to share that!" If you want to email me, but you don't want me to know your personal email, you can always make a different email address or simply send me a PM on the site!
3. The maximum number of kits you can have per litter is four, because it is very hard to RP all of them equally, and it isn't fair to the people who want kits also. I will make bans on kits if there are too many in a Clan! If you don't think this is fair, just imagine you have seven kits, and I make a kit ban. That means seven other people can't even make one kit because you have so many! Please think of others too! You are however, allowed to have your queen have more than four kits if you plan on having some die right from birth, or if other people are role-playing your kits!
4. You may only have one mate at a time. In the books, there were absolutely no cats who had several mates at a time or anything sketchy like that. You may also not have kits until you are a warrior. Also, it is extremely inappropriate for an older apprentice or any aged warrior to have a crush on a kit. That's basically the human equivalent of a teenager having a crush on a toddler! A young apprentice or kit doesn't even really have a proper concept of love anyway, so please go easy on that!
5. If you see any cyber-bullying, swearing, spamming, or any rule-breaking or offensive posts on the site, please tell one of the admins! If you get caught up in something like that, it is best to ignore whoever is doing it. If you give them attention, it will get worse.
6. No power-playing other characters! This means that you cannot control anyone else's character, or pretend to be someone you're not! This also includes adding cats in your description or story without asking them first, or using battle techniques improperly.
7. There is no limit on characters, but please only create characters that you will play! It takes up space on the site and confuses everyone else!
8. You are only allowed to create a character that is a normal, non-magical, and decently realistic cat. Any non-forest Clan character is allowed to have some relations to bigger cats, so there could be a cat that is part tiger and is bigger than others because of it, but all Clan cats must be just normal sized house-cats. No forest Clans in the books had any cats that were, lions for example, partly because big cats don't live anywhere near them, but also because certain Clans would have completely unfair advantages over others! Also, no cats are allowed super-powers or anything silly like wings, seventy five inch metal claws, the ability to breathe fire, etc.) It takes away the whole fact that this site is based off of the books, and is not a fantasy version of the books. If you want to make a magical cat, please go find another RP site because there are lots of sites out there specifically for that!
9. I'm sorry but Tom-tom and She-she relationships are not allowed!
10. You may only have a name that is appropriate for your Clan or rank, and a name from the books, or that the cats could know about. For example, no names related to Twolegs or something that the cats wouldn't know, like Citypelt, Galaxyfur, Butterwing, Posterpaw, or anything like that. The name "star" is never allowed for the forest Clans, unless you are a leader and it is your suffix! Also, we only allow names such as Autumn, Winter, Summer, and Spring if you're using "spring" and "fall" in reference to the action. But cats do not know what winter, summer or autumn are! This goes only for Clan cats! (If you are a kittypet who has joined a Clan, or have an otherwise convincing backstory, you may keep your name. The leader of the clan can choose to make you change it, however.)
11. There cannot be two cats with the exact same name in a Clan because it gets way too confusing. You can share names from different Clans though.
Hint: It can be easy to check to see if your name is already taken if you hold down Control, then press F. A little search box will appear in the top right corner, so just type in the name and press enter to find any names similar to yours!
12. If you are joining a Clan and have a non-Clan name, you really should change your name because that way, the leader knows you will stay loyal to the Clan. However, if you really want your name, you may keep it, but I will not allow this if it gets out of control (like having half the Clan with non-Clan names).
13. Your character, of course, can have talents, but with those, they also must have flaws. You cannot be good at hunting, climbing, running, swimming, healing, jumping, and fighting all at once. You may pick one or two that you excel in. Otherwise, you are basically a super-cat, which is boring for everyone that is role-playing with you. If you make a kit, you cannot say that they are good at fighting or hunting because they aren't allowed to know how. However, you could say that according to their build, they will likely make a good fighter or hunter in the future.
14. Your cat is only allowed to be of natural color, such as grey, yellow, black, brown, white, etc.) and any shade of those colors, although you can have whatever colored eyes you want. If you say that your cat is red or blue, I will assume you mean a blue-grey, and an orange-red. You are allowed to mix colors in any random way you want though (black with cream spots, brown with grey stripes, etc.).
15. Please respect your cat's rank in the Clan! For example, kits cannot fight full grown warriors without getting easily killed, and leaders must lose lives somewhat often, but the major thing is that warriors are not allowed to use herbs like a medicine cat. No warrior would want a medicine cat giving them battle tips and hanging around the training hollow all the time getting in their way, so please respect that! The only exception is, if some cat is dying and there is no medicine cat there, you can use easy herbs like catmint or cobwebs because it's an emergency! Even if you joined the Clan knowing herbs from your past, if you were a respectful warrior, you would leave that job to the Clan's actual medicine cats! Also, remember that a kit has not been trained in the slightest, as it is against the warrior code! So for example, if I see something in your description about how your kit is a great hunter, I will take it out because that is impossible! The only exception to this is if your cat was from somewhere else first, like BloodClan, where they didn't have such rules, and they may have learned battle or hunting skills. Also, no cat besides the leader should be ordering the Clan around (except maybe the deputy), making ceremonies or announcements, or going onto the high-ledge.
16. You are not allowed to create a character that has more than one life like a leader. This is unfair, and many people will soon want to do it, creating several seemingly impossible-to-beat characters!
17. Absolutely no swearing (obviously warrior insults are fine), and no inappropriate content and spamming/non-stop advertising in the chat boxes is allowed!
18. To role-play, you can either use WCP style (using stars for actions and just typing the words normally), or the story style (typing as if it were a FanFiction) based on what you are used to, or what is most comfortable. In both versions though, please type in brackets if you are not RPing! Here are some examples of what I mean!
WCP Style: *pads into camp, looking confused* What's going on over here? (Oh PS guys, when is the ThunderClan battle again?)
Story Style/How the Books are Written: Briarpelt padded into camp, looking confused. "What's going on over here?" he said. (Oh PS guys, when is the ThunderClan battle again?)
19. Your character cannot be in two places at once, or "teleport" around. For example, you cannot post in the leader den box when you are supposed to be in the patrol box. I know sometimes people do this by accident, but please don't knowingly skip around the boxes. This also means that you can't randomly appear in the den of another Clan's camp. There may be a situation where you enter the camp unnoticed because there were no patrols going on, but there is no way you can pop up into, let's say, the nursery, without someone seeing or smelling you first! Cats can smell intruders easily and they always have guards at camp for that reason! If you have read this far, the password to Administrator Profiles is "hugs".
20. You may only have one high-rank at a time. If you just had a high-rank but no longer have one, you should not be allowed to get another one right away because that isn't fair to others. You cannot sign up as a high-rank, as those are chosen specially by the admins! If you are a leader or medicine cat and want to choose a deputy or medicine cat apprentice, you MUST send me or any of the admins a PM to confirm your choice. Otherwise, I will assume that you didn't pick one and deny everyone that asks. There are no more *lines* allowed for high-rank positions either, as this leads to a lot of fights. In other words, please don't promise people that you will give them a high-rank. For instance, if you are a medicine cat apprentice, please don't already promise somebody that they will be your apprentice once you are the full medicine cat! Events like this have happened before, and don't end well.
21. Please use battle techniques fairly! Posting something like *jumps out of the way before Snowfur can hit him and rakes him across the nose, then pushes him into a tree* is power-playing because you don't know how Snowfur would have reacted after you scratched his nose. Posting that message implies that Snowfur did nothing to defend himself, which may or may not be true. An easy way to avoid this is to break up the techniques. For example, you could post *jumps out of the way before Snowfur can hit him and scratches his nose*, then wait to see Snowfur's post, then post again after, according to what Snowfur last said. It's no fun to fight someone invincible, so I mean, unless you are fighting a kit or something, you are obviously going to get somewhat injured.
22. Please don't beg the admin staff to make you either an admin, or to allow someone back on the site after they have been deleted! We delete people for a reason; they are harming the site, and we want the site to be as friendly and fun as possible! Also, only I choose new admins, so please do not ask me repeatedly if you can be one. I'm sorry, but if you PM me asking to be an admin, I will probably just delete the message, just because I get so many a day and don't want to type the same thing over and over again! If you've read the rules this far, the password to the stories section is "leopard".
23. No spoiling any of the books! If someone asks to know something, send them a PM. Don't ruin the book for whoever else is in the chat.
24. If you have one high-ranked character, you cannot make another.
25. Listen to the Admins and Moderators.
26. Unrealistic RP is accepted but only in the Chatbox. Realistic RP can also be used in the chatbox. No unrealistic RP is accepted in the clan territories. But, you are allowed side comments, but not full conversations, but they must be in brackets.
27. Please do not create a forbidden love (ex. medicine cat x warrior) without permission.
28. Do not kill or injure other player's cats without permission.
29. StarClan and Dark Forest cats may not be seen in the clans unless special circumstances are present. Both may visit cats, though. In addition, a member who roleplays a clan cat may not roleplay the StarClan or Dark Forest cat that visits him or her.
30. Warrior names and mentors will be chosen by the leaders/deputies of each clan.
31. Cats roleplayed are not related in any way to cats within Erin Hunter's series.
32. Leaders pick deputies and medicine cats pick their apprentices.
33. Border disputes, animal attacks, etc. are allowed to be roleplayed without permission.
34. Cats may not be reincarnated unless an administrator approves.
35. Cats in the Clan must follow the Warrior code, with the exception of FoxClan and WolfClan, because they have a slightly different one. There will be a Codes thread where the warrior code will be, including the Medicine Cat Code. Also, rogues, loners, and kittypets don't have to follow the warrior code either, obviously.
36. You can start a band of rogues, but you must ask me or another administrator to approve and create a forum with your rogue band's name and location. The leader of a rogue group doesn't count as a high rank.
37. Do not ask to be a moderator.
38. Each thread under a place in the large forest where the clans, rogues, kittypets, and loners live, is about one subject. Meaning, if I were talking about hunting with a friend of mine, I would make a new thread, and start typing the whole story. Do not continue a thread unless you are still talking about the same subject, please. I know there will be a lot of threads then, but you can search it up to find the thread you are looking for easily. Also, once the story becomes really old, and it seems as if no one is continuing it, it will appear in the "Old Threads" section. If you find that the thread you are looking for isn't in the spot it just was, look there, before you start panicking.
Thanks for listening!
1. Please tell me if you are leaving for a while so that I know you didn't just quit! I have the right to replace anyone that I don't see on frequently! This is especially applicable to high-ranks!
2. Please respect all the people on this site! Do not ask for really personal information! Something friendly like asking their name or something is allowed, but you do not have to tell anybody anything about yourself if you don't want to. Just say something like: "Sorry, I don't really want to share that!" If you want to email me, but you don't want me to know your personal email, you can always make a different email address or simply send me a PM on the site!
3. The maximum number of kits you can have per litter is four, because it is very hard to RP all of them equally, and it isn't fair to the people who want kits also. I will make bans on kits if there are too many in a Clan! If you don't think this is fair, just imagine you have seven kits, and I make a kit ban. That means seven other people can't even make one kit because you have so many! Please think of others too! You are however, allowed to have your queen have more than four kits if you plan on having some die right from birth, or if other people are role-playing your kits!
4. You may only have one mate at a time. In the books, there were absolutely no cats who had several mates at a time or anything sketchy like that. You may also not have kits until you are a warrior. Also, it is extremely inappropriate for an older apprentice or any aged warrior to have a crush on a kit. That's basically the human equivalent of a teenager having a crush on a toddler! A young apprentice or kit doesn't even really have a proper concept of love anyway, so please go easy on that!
5. If you see any cyber-bullying, swearing, spamming, or any rule-breaking or offensive posts on the site, please tell one of the admins! If you get caught up in something like that, it is best to ignore whoever is doing it. If you give them attention, it will get worse.
6. No power-playing other characters! This means that you cannot control anyone else's character, or pretend to be someone you're not! This also includes adding cats in your description or story without asking them first, or using battle techniques improperly.
7. There is no limit on characters, but please only create characters that you will play! It takes up space on the site and confuses everyone else!
8. You are only allowed to create a character that is a normal, non-magical, and decently realistic cat. Any non-forest Clan character is allowed to have some relations to bigger cats, so there could be a cat that is part tiger and is bigger than others because of it, but all Clan cats must be just normal sized house-cats. No forest Clans in the books had any cats that were, lions for example, partly because big cats don't live anywhere near them, but also because certain Clans would have completely unfair advantages over others! Also, no cats are allowed super-powers or anything silly like wings, seventy five inch metal claws, the ability to breathe fire, etc.) It takes away the whole fact that this site is based off of the books, and is not a fantasy version of the books. If you want to make a magical cat, please go find another RP site because there are lots of sites out there specifically for that!
9. I'm sorry but Tom-tom and She-she relationships are not allowed!
10. You may only have a name that is appropriate for your Clan or rank, and a name from the books, or that the cats could know about. For example, no names related to Twolegs or something that the cats wouldn't know, like Citypelt, Galaxyfur, Butterwing, Posterpaw, or anything like that. The name "star" is never allowed for the forest Clans, unless you are a leader and it is your suffix! Also, we only allow names such as Autumn, Winter, Summer, and Spring if you're using "spring" and "fall" in reference to the action. But cats do not know what winter, summer or autumn are! This goes only for Clan cats! (If you are a kittypet who has joined a Clan, or have an otherwise convincing backstory, you may keep your name. The leader of the clan can choose to make you change it, however.)
11. There cannot be two cats with the exact same name in a Clan because it gets way too confusing. You can share names from different Clans though.
Hint: It can be easy to check to see if your name is already taken if you hold down Control, then press F. A little search box will appear in the top right corner, so just type in the name and press enter to find any names similar to yours!
12. If you are joining a Clan and have a non-Clan name, you really should change your name because that way, the leader knows you will stay loyal to the Clan. However, if you really want your name, you may keep it, but I will not allow this if it gets out of control (like having half the Clan with non-Clan names).
13. Your character, of course, can have talents, but with those, they also must have flaws. You cannot be good at hunting, climbing, running, swimming, healing, jumping, and fighting all at once. You may pick one or two that you excel in. Otherwise, you are basically a super-cat, which is boring for everyone that is role-playing with you. If you make a kit, you cannot say that they are good at fighting or hunting because they aren't allowed to know how. However, you could say that according to their build, they will likely make a good fighter or hunter in the future.
14. Your cat is only allowed to be of natural color, such as grey, yellow, black, brown, white, etc.) and any shade of those colors, although you can have whatever colored eyes you want. If you say that your cat is red or blue, I will assume you mean a blue-grey, and an orange-red. You are allowed to mix colors in any random way you want though (black with cream spots, brown with grey stripes, etc.).
15. Please respect your cat's rank in the Clan! For example, kits cannot fight full grown warriors without getting easily killed, and leaders must lose lives somewhat often, but the major thing is that warriors are not allowed to use herbs like a medicine cat. No warrior would want a medicine cat giving them battle tips and hanging around the training hollow all the time getting in their way, so please respect that! The only exception is, if some cat is dying and there is no medicine cat there, you can use easy herbs like catmint or cobwebs because it's an emergency! Even if you joined the Clan knowing herbs from your past, if you were a respectful warrior, you would leave that job to the Clan's actual medicine cats! Also, remember that a kit has not been trained in the slightest, as it is against the warrior code! So for example, if I see something in your description about how your kit is a great hunter, I will take it out because that is impossible! The only exception to this is if your cat was from somewhere else first, like BloodClan, where they didn't have such rules, and they may have learned battle or hunting skills. Also, no cat besides the leader should be ordering the Clan around (except maybe the deputy), making ceremonies or announcements, or going onto the high-ledge.
16. You are not allowed to create a character that has more than one life like a leader. This is unfair, and many people will soon want to do it, creating several seemingly impossible-to-beat characters!
17. Absolutely no swearing (obviously warrior insults are fine), and no inappropriate content and spamming/non-stop advertising in the chat boxes is allowed!
18. To role-play, you can either use WCP style (using stars for actions and just typing the words normally), or the story style (typing as if it were a FanFiction) based on what you are used to, or what is most comfortable. In both versions though, please type in brackets if you are not RPing! Here are some examples of what I mean!
WCP Style: *pads into camp, looking confused* What's going on over here? (Oh PS guys, when is the ThunderClan battle again?)
Story Style/How the Books are Written: Briarpelt padded into camp, looking confused. "What's going on over here?" he said. (Oh PS guys, when is the ThunderClan battle again?)
19. Your character cannot be in two places at once, or "teleport" around. For example, you cannot post in the leader den box when you are supposed to be in the patrol box. I know sometimes people do this by accident, but please don't knowingly skip around the boxes. This also means that you can't randomly appear in the den of another Clan's camp. There may be a situation where you enter the camp unnoticed because there were no patrols going on, but there is no way you can pop up into, let's say, the nursery, without someone seeing or smelling you first! Cats can smell intruders easily and they always have guards at camp for that reason! If you have read this far, the password to Administrator Profiles is "hugs".
20. You may only have one high-rank at a time. If you just had a high-rank but no longer have one, you should not be allowed to get another one right away because that isn't fair to others. You cannot sign up as a high-rank, as those are chosen specially by the admins! If you are a leader or medicine cat and want to choose a deputy or medicine cat apprentice, you MUST send me or any of the admins a PM to confirm your choice. Otherwise, I will assume that you didn't pick one and deny everyone that asks. There are no more *lines* allowed for high-rank positions either, as this leads to a lot of fights. In other words, please don't promise people that you will give them a high-rank. For instance, if you are a medicine cat apprentice, please don't already promise somebody that they will be your apprentice once you are the full medicine cat! Events like this have happened before, and don't end well.
21. Please use battle techniques fairly! Posting something like *jumps out of the way before Snowfur can hit him and rakes him across the nose, then pushes him into a tree* is power-playing because you don't know how Snowfur would have reacted after you scratched his nose. Posting that message implies that Snowfur did nothing to defend himself, which may or may not be true. An easy way to avoid this is to break up the techniques. For example, you could post *jumps out of the way before Snowfur can hit him and scratches his nose*, then wait to see Snowfur's post, then post again after, according to what Snowfur last said. It's no fun to fight someone invincible, so I mean, unless you are fighting a kit or something, you are obviously going to get somewhat injured.
22. Please don't beg the admin staff to make you either an admin, or to allow someone back on the site after they have been deleted! We delete people for a reason; they are harming the site, and we want the site to be as friendly and fun as possible! Also, only I choose new admins, so please do not ask me repeatedly if you can be one. I'm sorry, but if you PM me asking to be an admin, I will probably just delete the message, just because I get so many a day and don't want to type the same thing over and over again! If you've read the rules this far, the password to the stories section is "leopard".
23. No spoiling any of the books! If someone asks to know something, send them a PM. Don't ruin the book for whoever else is in the chat.
24. If you have one high-ranked character, you cannot make another.
25. Listen to the Admins and Moderators.
26. Unrealistic RP is accepted but only in the Chatbox. Realistic RP can also be used in the chatbox. No unrealistic RP is accepted in the clan territories. But, you are allowed side comments, but not full conversations, but they must be in brackets.
27. Please do not create a forbidden love (ex. medicine cat x warrior) without permission.
28. Do not kill or injure other player's cats without permission.
29. StarClan and Dark Forest cats may not be seen in the clans unless special circumstances are present. Both may visit cats, though. In addition, a member who roleplays a clan cat may not roleplay the StarClan or Dark Forest cat that visits him or her.
30. Warrior names and mentors will be chosen by the leaders/deputies of each clan.
31. Cats roleplayed are not related in any way to cats within Erin Hunter's series.
32. Leaders pick deputies and medicine cats pick their apprentices.
33. Border disputes, animal attacks, etc. are allowed to be roleplayed without permission.
34. Cats may not be reincarnated unless an administrator approves.
35. Cats in the Clan must follow the Warrior code, with the exception of FoxClan and WolfClan, because they have a slightly different one. There will be a Codes thread where the warrior code will be, including the Medicine Cat Code. Also, rogues, loners, and kittypets don't have to follow the warrior code either, obviously.
36. You can start a band of rogues, but you must ask me or another administrator to approve and create a forum with your rogue band's name and location. The leader of a rogue group doesn't count as a high rank.
37. Do not ask to be a moderator.
38. Each thread under a place in the large forest where the clans, rogues, kittypets, and loners live, is about one subject. Meaning, if I were talking about hunting with a friend of mine, I would make a new thread, and start typing the whole story. Do not continue a thread unless you are still talking about the same subject, please. I know there will be a lot of threads then, but you can search it up to find the thread you are looking for easily. Also, once the story becomes really old, and it seems as if no one is continuing it, it will appear in the "Old Threads" section. If you find that the thread you are looking for isn't in the spot it just was, look there, before you start panicking.
Thanks for listening!