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1.) Be Respectful - It is quite simple, whether you have come here to improve or demonstrate your writing skills, immerse yourself in a Naruto based world or to roleplay with others; the fact is we have all come here to enjoy ourselves in some way. Therefore you should be respectful to every member of this site. Members should not engage in name calling, bullying, harassment, or pressuring of other site members.
Staff is only able to moderate and discipline individuals for behaviors demonstrated on site or in the site discord server. If an issue arises in private messages, please block the offending individual and send a screenshot of the exchange to a member of staff so we can watch for further inappropriate behavior on the public channels.
Individuals may receive warnings or temp-bans/timeouts for minor infractions such as expletives or heated arguments, but will receive a strike for more severe behavior such as targeted harassment, sexual harassment, or demonstrating bigotry. The site operates on a three strike system and members who accrue three strikes will be permanently banned from the site and discord and have their characters archived.
2.) Listen to the Staff - This is fairly obvious, but sadly still needs mentioned. The entirety of the staff is taking time out of their lives to perform their duties on this site. They could have remained a regular member, but instead they decided to do their best to help everyone. As such you should treat them with respect and listen to what they have to say. (First number is character's age plus thirteen) If they ask for something to be changed on an application you should do it. If you feel they misunderstood or missed something, feel free to mention it, but if they still feel it needs changed then you change it with no further argument.
3.) No Plagiarism - From time to time staff will randomly check to see if an application is plagiarized. If the application appears on any other site the thread will be locked and a member or members of the staff will speak with the member who posted the application. If they can not prove that the application found elsewhere was theirs as well then the application will be deleted and the member may be banned. The only exception to this is if credit is given at the base of the application, any applications accredited to another individual will still be investigated by the staff to confirm permission was given.
4.) Separate Accounts - Members must use separate accounts for each character they create. This is to keep track of experience points for each character. Staff must also maintain an account for the sole purpose of their staff duties. The only exception to this separate staff account is for Kages, whose character accounts will be given some light staff powers solely for their village's boards. Lastly each of these accounts should display the character's name with the exception of staff accounts which will display the staff member's chat name or a simplified version of it.
5.) Image Size - All avatars must be no larger than 100px wide by 100px tall. Furthermore avatars must be hosted off site and link to your account rather than uploaded. The hover icons for profiles are 200px wide by 300px tall and are added in the personal section of your edit profile options. All signatures and any images that go inside a post must be not wider than 500px. This is to avoid stretching the board. Any images that do not fall within the acceptable range will be removed, with the link and a brief notice being sent in a pm to the offending member. Signatures may not be larger than 250px tall by 500px wide.
6.) Double Posting - Double posting counts as posting inside of an in-character thread directly after one of your own posts. It can be in any amount from two and up, and is not allowed on the site. If you need to make a correction to your post or wish to change something regarding what is going on you can simply click the Edit button on your post and change it until it suits what you need. Beyond that there is no need for double posting. The only exception is during approved solo missions which will be monitored closely by staff.
7.) Skipping Post - When threads have been halted because one person hasn't posted for a period of time, their turn can be skipped and the next person in the posting order will be allowed to post. As long as it has been a week since the said person has posted, the thread has at least 3 members, and doesn't have a combat situation, the social thread can continue moving after their post is skipped. The person can jump back in once they return and then a new posting order can be established.
7a.) DE Rule Update - Those involved in a Death Enabled thread will be under a four day (96 hours) time limit. If the next player in the rotation does not post within four days, they may be skipped. In the event that anyone in the thread needs an extension, each player is given a week (7 days) towards the whole thread for an allotted extension. These seven days may be broken up into multiple smaller extensions or used all at once. Notification to those in the thread is required.
Also. Those within a DE thread may set up their own time limits if the others participating agree to those terms as well.
8.) Activity For New Characters - In order for a member to register a new character, all of their current characters must have posted within the past two weeks. That is to say if you are neglecting your posts with the characters you already have, you will not be permitted to make another. It should be noted that staff are exempt from this, so long as they keep on top of their staff duties.
8a.) In addition to having two weeks activity with all characters, in order to create a new character members must now wait 2 weeks after their last character approval. This is to allow you as a member to enjoy what you have created as well as get used to the handle on more than one character. You are more than welcome to create a WIP of your character but must now wait 2 weeks from last approval, on top of being active with all other characters, to add to the notify list. [Added 01-13-19]
9.) Dropping Characters - In the event that a character is dropped in any way or put up for adoption by a player, that player will be unable to have a new character accepted for two months after dropping. This is to encourage activity with already made characters and promote plots between members.
[Added 06-13-16]9a.) In the event that a character is dropped by a player, that player will also forfeit any characters that were approved a month prior to this drop. For Example, I create a new character. Then in two weeks I decide to drop one of my previous characters. My character that I got accepted two weeks previous will also be forfeited and unable to be played. Note: Dropping still effects the player by rule 9.
10.) Activity Expectations and General Activity Rules on Site - Extended information on Activity considerations and processes related to such can be found in our Activity Rules post.
[Edited 08-17-22]***By roleplaying on this site, you agree to abide by the rules listed here. You also acknowledge that rules might be added at any time or modified with or without announcement beyond the notation of when it was last updated. Failure to abide by these rules may lead to your being banned from the chat and/or site.
