; rules

[Brightstar]

THE RULES

• Let's get the most important thing out of the way first, respect is a main priority on this site as it is on every other sane site in the universe. Racist, sexist, or disrespectful things are frowned upon and are considered harsher than breaking some of the other rules. One thing that has to do with respect is that only two high positions per person. Sorry, but we give everyone a chance.

• Okay, I know that we all should have lots of muse seeing as this is an intermediate to advanced role play, I know that cussing will be something brought to mind. The only thing is that I do not want cussing in character due to the fact that warriors swear in different ways then our own. And nothing out of character.

• Canons aren't allowed in this game. This game takes place years later than Firestar and his buddies. The only time I will accept the same name as these characters are when the cat is a kit, apprentice, or leader and has the same prefix and suffix. I will not allow warrior names to be the same.

• Speaking of warrior names, please no names that aren't anything like the names in the series. I won't allow "Stardust" or "Dinobone". They're nothing like the original names, so they won't be accepted. Sorry, it's just the rule.

• This site expects the best of you. We'd like a good two or three paragraphs at the least. One liners are definitely frowned upon outside of the general boards. Another thing is that we ask that you use the spell check as much as possible. One more suggestion is blockquoting each post once, putting speech in bold and thoughts in italics, and putting it to size one, but this isn't required- just something to make your post look neater.

• Absolutely no god modding. What’s that? You ask. It’s when you take control of another person’s character, you write that you ‘slashed Gingerfeather across the face and she howled in agony as her blood poured on to her body.’ No, not good. Give the other person a chance to dodge or respond.

• Drama is crucial to a good roleplay. That's why I will allow large battles, hissing, spatting, and even forbidden love in character. The only restrictions are that I don't want every medicine cat running around with a secret mate and kits of her own, and your cat can't be in a fight with every clan member. Drama is welcome, just don't overdo it.

• No graphic images in your signature and/or avatar. This includes graphics with cussing (what if a newbie happens to stagger in to your profile?), nudity, gore, or sexual themes. I mean, come on.

• Avatars should be 100x100, any smaller they look blurry and make your eyes hurt. Signature images no bigger than 500x500 so that the screen doesn't take years to load and doesn't stretch any pages. I mean, it's so easy to set a little size. Why not do it?

• Okay, I have to admit- what would warriors be without a little romance? I encourage you to have your cat find a mate. The only conditions are these. Firstly, I will allow you to post that they mated, as I don't want she-cats running around pregnant without the tom's consent. Just nothing graphic. A simple "and in the twilight, they mated" is good. Another thing is that force mating is allowed, but it can't be graphic, as said above. And give her a chance to resist.

• I know that you will probably want to have kits after you have mated, but a she-cat doesn't know she's pregnant right off the bat. Please have her visit a medicine cat and then be told by said medicine cat that she is pregnant, and then she can break it to her mate if she chooses to. As for the kits, please PM the admin (me) once your cats have bred (if you want kits, of course) and I'll give you the stats :P

• Something else on kitting, once you have the stats please wait until the season after the current one to have them. Sorry, I just find it a good idea. Then, you may roleplay the kits birth. The only requirements are that there shouldn't be any gore, and naturally no cats will be allowed near her but the medicine cat. Afterwards, through that post, other cats can ask to claim the kits and the tom and she-cat can name them.

Phew! Lots of rules. Sorry about the long wait, but thanks for reading :P Bye!