Here you can put a welcome message or forum description. This scrolls, so put as much as you like (though it looks better when it doesn't have to scroll).
Leviathan
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For now just something for me to remember what I want to put where. Also--Basic's needs to include avatar sizes. Do we want to do a shop or something? There's a monetary system, I'll have to look at it. OH! Maybe this can be a 'rumors' thing, or I can put rumors in the newfeed. Example being sighting a Primed Eikon and stuff.
DATE - JULY WIP For now, unclaimed Eikon's will be NPC's played by mods. I think I have a plug-in for it, I just need to activate the thing.
DATE - JULY WIP Remember to look at the chat and tag box at the bottom of the page. Is this something we want? Rather than a regular shoutbox, could it be a discord widget? Something like that might be cool.
1. RESPECT. Respect your fellow player, respect the characters and their player’s comfort levels with what they do with them, respect the staff, and respect the board. 2. NO HARASSMENT. Harassment of players will not be tolerated, both on the board or in other modes of communication. If someone is harassing you, report it to a member of staff. While we encourage people to try and work out their differences themselves, staff are also able to act as mediators should it be necessary. This is supposed to be a fun hobby. 2a. If you feel you are being harassed by a member of staff, tell another staff member. 3. TRY TO BE FRIENDLY. This is a community, and as such we all have a responsibility to contribute to the atmosphere of it. While we know that everyone has their bad days, we want the overall atmosphere of the site to be welcoming and warm. 3a. We highly encourage talking to and plotting with a variety of people! This sometimes means you have to initiate the conversation, but it will enhance your experience. 4. TRY TO BE ACTIVE. Every player has an effect on the community. Staying active means a more robust and vibrant community. We all are busy in the outside world, and sometimes that means posts are less frequent, and that is perfectly okay. What we don’t want is to leave another player or plot hanging for months with no word. 4a. If you anticipate being gone for an extended period of time, please let us know! 4b. If you have been inactive for six months with no communication to us, you will be set as inactive, and plots will continue without your characters. (Note: characters will not be killed off without player permission, but will be written out in whatever way is appropriate, if need be.)
We the staff reserve the right to change the rules as we see fit should the need arise. We will be sure to let you all know if this happens, though it likely will not without real concern.
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Content and Rating Rules
While FFXVI has an ESRB rating of Mature, Pro-Boards does not allow content above PG-13. According to the official MPA’s Classification and Rating Rules, Article II, Section 3C, this is defined as:
“[...] may go beyond the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements, but does not reach the restricted R category. The theme [...] by itself will not result in a rating greater than PG-13, although depictions of activities related to a mature theme may result in a restricted rating [...]”
Further explanation of the rating states
“[...] any drug use will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. More than brief nudity will require at least a PG-13 rating, but such nudity in [will] generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be depictions of violence [...], but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence.* A [...] single use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, initially requires at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive requires an R rating, as must even one of those words used in a sexual context. [However], a PG-13 rating [may be] appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words [...] is inconspicuous.”
*Based on recent movie ratings, violence has more (a lot more, depending on who you ask) room for ambiguity than sexual content. Notable movies with this rating are Warcraft (2016), Suicide Squad (2016, NOT 2021), and Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and the Dark Night Rises. A good movie to look at for limits on Sex and Nudity, Profanity, and Alcohol and Drug Use is the 2012 movie adaptation of the musical Les Misérables.
Even with these flexible boundaries, we ask that everyone do their best to abide by these regulations.
For the sake of the board, however, we have a three strike rule. The first offense will result in a private warning from staff, the second a formal warning via the Pro-Board system, and the last a ban from our forum. We want everyone to be able to enjoy their time here, and our forum suddenly disappearing because of rating violations is not how that’s done.
Now the really cool part: Upon request, staff can make a channel in our Discord chat for scenes needing to go beyond the PG-13 rating!
For tagging and label purposes, we use the RPG-Rating rating system, and have a 1/1/2 forum rating.
If your application or thread contains possibly triggering content (ie mentioned/prior sexual assault, graphic violence or gore, etc), add a TW (trigger warning) to the topic description and at the top of the first post. If any of these things happen mid-scene, please go back and edit the warning into the topic description and first post.
Sample warnings: TW: emotional abuse TW: gore TW: assault / mentioned sexual assault
Active sexual scenes with children or animals will not be permitted ANYWHERE -- neither here on the board or in the Discord chat. Violations of this rule will result in an immediate ban, no exceptions.
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Character Rules
While we do not have a limit on how many characters a player can have, we do ask that you try to be somewhat active with the ones you do create. Characters that have not been active in 3 months will be automatically moved to inactive unless we hear otherwise from the player.
Godmodding and meta-gaming (the use of out-of-character knowledge in-character) are not allowed.
Killing another player’s character in-game without express permission is not allowed and will result in a formal warning from staff via the Pro-Boards system.
Players may have as many Branded/Unbranded Bears as they like, along with those of the crystal populace. Dominants, until further notice, are to be one per player. This means that if all are taken, so be it.
But remember: Rosarian First Shields are given the Blessing of the Phoenix. Characters may also be blessed by active Dominants with the Dominant Player’s permission. Non-active Dominant blessings need staff permission.
Because more will be expected of Dominant and Dominant Blessed characters, there will be a few extra fields to fill out in their applications, as well as higher minimum word counts. Dominant’s may not be one of a player’s first four (4) characters, and Dominant Blessed may not be one of a player’s first three (3) characters.
