Rules of Conduct 3.0 — Blue Skooma archive

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Rules of Conduct 3.0 (Most Up-to-Date Version)

Submitting an application means you understand and will respect these rules. In effect Jan 26th, 2015.

This will be long, but bare with me. I'll throw some jokes in here and there if you can find them. I have hidden a word in the rules. If you read through the rules you won't miss it, but it is necessary for you to input it on our application for you to be approved.

Table of Contents

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1.0 Respect & Appropriateness - rules on respect & appropriateness in the guild
1.1 Member Inactivity - what happens if you're inactive
1.2 Members & Leadership - what to do if you need help/ have suggestoins
1.3 Blue Skooma & Other Guilds - what to do when in contact with another guild
1.4 Discord Usage - rules to our Discord server
1.5 Account Name Changes - what to do when you change your account name (@name)

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2.0 General - basic rules
2.1 Criminal Activity - what criminal characters should expect
2.2 Sexual Content - what to do and what not to do

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1.0 Respect & Appropriateness

Always be kind OOC.
Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism, religious and political discrimination and intolerance, bullying, and all other forms of prejudice and harassment are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN OOC. Your characters can be any of these, but you as a player CANNOT.
Slurs or derogatory words towards any groups of people, including but not limited to race, sexuality, religion, etc., are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN both IC and OOC (though non real world insults targeted only towards made-up TES universe groups of people are allowed, ex: "Ash Skins" for Dunmer). This means that these words are not allowed at all, even in the form of jokes.
If you and another member want to discuss political and religious matters, you are welcomed to do so in private chats between yourselves. Said discussion is to be kept respectful. All involved must be alright with the conversation.
Every member has the right to call fade to black (FTB) in any RP circumstance and their rights to do so MUST be preserved.
Adult content (including but not limited to graphic/continuous sexual jokes and erotic roleplay, ERP) to be posted on the forums should be hidden in spoiler boxes, with a NSFW warning and a link to an external website where the post is actually posted. Enjin does not allow sexual content in forums.
Adult content (including but not limited to graphic/continuous sexual jokes and erotic roleplay, ERP) in game should done in a group chat or whispers and not displayed to public. No mention of genitalia is allowed in public chat.
Any arguments will be brought out of guild chat by an officer. If all parties agree, they will be brought into group chat and an officer mediate/facilitate calm, respectful discussion and offer some solutions. Otherwise, they will receive a strike.
Do not spam in emote/say/yell/guild chat.
Advertisements are forbidden in guild chat unless it is related to RP and only if you ask an officer and they approve the ad.
WTB/WTS is not allowed, but if you need something feel free to ask the guild, and you can hash out trade and payments in private chat.
3 Strike System - If any of the listed rules are broken, you will receive a strike. Any first offenses in chat appropriateness will result in a warning, second offenses the person must talk to an officer or myself directly, third offenses will be demoted to The Dungeon (a guild rank with no perks or abilities, essentially time out) or kicked if the situation is severe enough.
All chat rules also apply to the Blue Skooma website chat. The 3 strike system is still implemented here, and any offense in this chat will be documented and counted as a strike.

1.1 Member Inactivity

Full members will be removed if absent from the game for 60 days without notice. Post here in the general discussion that you will be gone. No need to list the reason(s) why.
Trial members need to post a character sheet thread in the character sheet forum. If you don't submit an approved character sheet within 2 weeks of your join date, you will be removed from the guild.
Faction leaders must be active in the guild, but specially in RP. They must look at the doc of the new members and recruit, as well as recruit for their factions ICly. They are in charge of making up a few side stories now and again to keep their faction members engaged.

1.2 Members & Leadership
- If you have an issue with a certain person of the leadership, contact any of the officers, senior officers, or guild master. Whoever you feel most comfortable talking to.
- If you have a suggestion for anything, including guild story, events, or the way something is done, contact any of the officers, senior officers, or guild master.
- Anything important that comes up will be posted in a thread on these forums, spammed in guild chat, and sent in in-game mails.
- Please contact an officer with questions if you wish to apply for leadership. The officer application can be found in the drop down menu of the "Guild Application" button on the site menu.
- Faction leaders must be an active member of the guild. Faction leaders CANNOT make auxiliary guilds for their factions due to possible issues with overstepping recruitment boundaries and interest conflicts.
1.3 Blue Skooma & Other Guilds
- You MUST be polite and respectful to guests and other guilds.
- Do NOT specifically bad mouth another guild in chat or Discord. Violation of this counts as a strike.
- If you want your guild to be considered a partner/friend/sister/rival guild, contact the Guild Master (@Vulano).
- To advertise for other guilds' events, contact the Guild Master (@Vulano).
1.4 Discord Usage
- Use private chats for any and all conversations that could be considered Mature, Vulgar, or Offensive by any means.
- All rules listed and relevant apply in Discord.
1.5 Account Name Changes
- We ask that players that change their account names (@names) contact an officer (preferably a roster one if available) to notify us of the change as soon as possible. Players get a week to do this before the guild administration takes action. We like knowing who's who, and this prevents people with strikes from attempting to wiggle free of them. Previous account names should be listed in their guild roster notes. A roster officer will update this as soon as you notify them.
- The players are responsible for changing their account names on all character sheets or threads with our information. This will help us stay organized and know what characters go with what accounts.
- Should we not be informed of an account name change and it has been over a week, or a player refuses to give it, the player is to be demoted to the dungeon rank until they can provide their account name.
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2.0 General IC
No Metagaming. This means, no taking information you've learned out of character and bringing it in character. This can be something as simple as reading a person's name and addressing them as such, when in actuality your character has never been introduced.
No GodModding. This means, no player killing (PK), injuries, etc. without consent of all parties involved. This also means, you cannot force something onto another character without consent of all parties involved.
To make actions that might change the guild's in character structure, contact a senior officer before doing them.
To make actions that might disrupt the natural ways of the town (i.e. daedra attack the town), contact a senior officer or the guild master before doing them.
Dark and heavy, sensitive subjects like rape, dismemberment, torture, killing and the like should be done in group chats, and not involve the entire guild. If you want to make it public, contact a senior officer first.
You MUST use dice rolls for combat the first time you engage in IC combat with a person you've never had IC combat with before. This is to keep things fair, so that people don't have disputes. Once you've had IC combat with that person at least once, you can both mutually agree whether or not to use dice rolls or just roleplay combat in your next encounters.

2.1 IC Criminal Activity

If you have a dark, evil character, expect guards and lawful characters to enforce town rules. By creating an unlawful character, you understand that they are subject to the punishments of our town laws depending on the crime committed (see In Character Town Laws for a list of punishments).
Criminal actions in the area between the Vulkwasten wayshrine and the north cliff area may result in in character punishment (see In Character Town Laws for a list of punishments).
Vampires & werewolves must follow TES lore and are subject to punishment (see In Character Town Laws for a list of punishments, see Lore & Roleplaying for lore).
You ARE able to escape jail if, and ONLY if, an officer or guard who is online at the time rolls a 1d20 (20 sided die) via Rolz. Otherwise, you will have to wait in jail.
Please put the word "pineapples" in the "Did you read and do you agree with the Rules of Conduct?" field of the application.

2.2 Sexual Content/IC Insults
- As stated before, adult content (including but not limited to graphic/continuous sexual jokes and in this case specifically erotic roleplay, ERP) in game should done in a group chat or whispers and not displayed to public. Take it to a private chat as soon as possible. Mention of genitalia outside of group chat is NOT allowed, unless explicitly stated in an insult form.
- All parties involved must consent to ERP.
- Public discussion of events that occur during ERP must be limited to non-graphic descriptions. You may discuss publicly what happened up until the removal of clothing and may NOT mention genitalia. If you wish to discuss what happened during ERP with another character in detail, it must be done in private whispers or group chat, and the other character must consent to this discussion.
- Slurs of any IRL/OOC group (race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc) are totally unacceptable in IC or OOC context.
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Officer Inactivity
- Inactive officers on leave who have given notice will be removed, but given the option to regain their position once they are back.
- Officers are required to have PM notifications sent to their email.
- PM (both in game and via Enjin) all officers if they have been inactive for a week (senior officers are allowed 4 days of inactivity) notifying them that they will be removed from their officer position. Said officer has a week to respond (senior officers are allowed 4 days to respond). If given a notice of absence in response, refer back to the first protocol.

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