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Post by DISENCHANT on Sept 1, 2012 12:50:54 GMT -6
General
Proboards ToS- As we are using Proboards.com's board hosting, we must follow their Terms of Service. We would highly recommend reading it. If we or any of our members violates one term, the entire workings of NS will be gone. We've worked too hard and love this site far too much to let one member ruin our pride and joy. So please, respect Proboard's requirements, and don't join us if you violate one of the terms.
- You must be at least 13 years old to join.
- No part of NS can be reproduced, copied, or sold for any commercial purpose unless we get permission from the Proboards staff team.
- All user information you provide must be complete, accurate, and kept up to date. This includes e-mail, date of birth, etc. You can choose who gets to see these pieces of information, so no other members will see your information if you so choose.
Joining- First and foremost; before joining NS, please think about how active you'll be able to be. We require you to be on at least once a week, unless you have notified us in the Away board. We don't want to be strict, but activity is the only thing that keeps a site alive, and we really do want NS to stay alive.
- We are a one-account-per-member site. All of your characters should be under one account.
- We don't care what name you join as, but please keep your display name aesthetically appealing. We'd much rather see a Fluffy♥ instead of a xfluffy0123.
- NS accepts all role-playing levels, beginning through advanced. However, we do require a 200-word minimum when posting IC (in character).
- For every two females you make, your next character must be a male. For every two males you make, your next character must be a female. This is to keep the genders as balanced as possible.
- Only one out of every three characters can be a Rifted.
- When you create a character, you must make them realistic. The only way you can add jewelry, wings, etc, is to buy items from the Outlet, so your first character is probably going to be pretty bland. Don't worry; you can add items as you earn Coins. And if you absolutely need something for your first character, Staff and other members are usually very helpful and will lend Coins, just don't beg.
OOC- We allow swearing (just not excessively). If an occasional "shit" offends you, we might not be the right role-play for you.
- No pornography allowed in any form, whether it be pictures or words (as per Proboards ToS).
- No racial discrimination or using racist terms against any groups of people (as per Proboards ToS).
- No supporting illegal substances (as per Proboards ToS). Actually, no speaking of any illegal substances at all, including alcohol. Even if you are over the age of 21, you can guarantee that we've got teenaged members on our site.
IC- Like we mentioned before, we require a 200-word minimum.
- Again, no pornography allowed.
- Swearing is also allowed IC, but keep it minimal. If I count 5 swear words in one post (maybe less), that's too much.
- Horses are the only creature you can role-play on NS.
- We only allow horses between 14 hh and 17 hh. Anything shorter or taller needs to be bought through the Outlet.
- Please keep all posts in size=1. It makes it look more professional and neat.
- We use liquid time, which means that you can be in as many threads as you want. Just don't overwhelm yourself.
- No god-moding (pretending to be invincible, not gaining a scratch or injury from a fight, etc).
- No power-playing (playing another person's character without their permission). An example of this would be "Fluffy kicked Scruffy and was proud when he saw blood." Instead, you would write "Fluffy kicked Scruffy and hoped to see blood."
- We do not allow Susie Q's or Gary Stu's. These are perfect characters with no flaws.
Images- Avatars can be up to 125 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall. They must be at least 100 x 100, though.
- Signatures can be up to 450 pixels wide and 250 pixels tall. There is no minimum limit.
- All other images (ads, posting templates, etc), can be up to 450 pixels wide, and no more.
- No character images can be taken off of NS without the artist's consent.
Warning System- We use the Proboards-installed Warning System.
- Each warning increases your warning bar by 33% and lasts for one month from the last warning. This means that if you have two warnings, you can't get another warning within the next month. After the month passes, your bar goes back down by 33%.
- If you reach a warning bar of 100%, we will ban you from posting on the site or posting in the Cbox. You will get a PM notifying you to grab any information you want (your character bios, any posts you're proud of, etc), and your account will be deleted within 3 days.
- If you break any of the Proboards Terms of Service, your account will be deleted immediately and you will be banned from the Cbox and site.
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